RV REVIEW
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Kakadu Caravans is a brand that is gaining more and more traction in the Australian caravan market . These Australian-built vans are available in on-road , semi-offroad and offroad configurations , ranging in size from the 17ft 6in Drifter to the 22ft Mulga .
One of the flagships of the range is the Sanctuary III . And on one cold Melbourne day in early August , we hitched it up for a shakedown .
This 21ft 8in van , with its white composite aluminium cladding over a meranti timber frame , black checkerplate protection and purposeful stance on the road , seemed very promising as I hitched it up .
The owner of Kakadu Caravans , Michael Steindorf , is very proud of the Kakadu range . He has used them on his own family trips for R & D purposes and feels they more than measure up …
TOWING THE KAKADU
Towing-wise , the Kakadu Sanctuary III behaved very well . Hitching was straightforward and it was rock-solid on the road as I towed it in strong wind .
I traversed numerous grassy hills and boggy sections , and at one stage backed it into a muddy ditch . No damage – though the D-MAX spun its wheels as I tried to extricate the van . But it was nothing a little low range couldn ’ t fix .
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