I'm so sorry ... that you're towing a caravan | Auto Expert John Cadogan

[@alanhilder1883]

Dear caravaners, If you can do 100 km/h in the overtaking area, why the !@#$ are you restricted to below 80 km/h everywhere else?

[@danielschiller6785]

I've just joined the caravanning community, much to my own despite. I do slow down in the overtaking lane and anytime I get the chance I pull over to let other people thru. It's called not being a c*nt.

[@bugsy1254]

Because so many of them are self righteous pricks, who, while trying to convince us that they are innocently concerned with road safety, are actually psychotics who revel in annoying and pissing off other road users.

[@garrynuman5080]

True story

[@paulminchington6111]

Sorry Alan, are you in the eastern states - I usually see them doing 115km/h in the overtaking areas in WA!!!

[@danielbrown4133]

G'day Alan, Being a former caravaner myself, I hear what you are saying. A lot of these old codgers out there have this idea "I gotta get me fuel economy, I gotta do 85 mate". I looked at it this way, if you're pulling a van, the tow vehicle will use what it uses to do it and that's that!! I had a LandCruiser 200 and I'd do a 100km or slightly better and check the camera to make sure there weren't many cars held up behind me (if any). If there was I'd find a place to pull off and let them pass as it used to annoy the shit out of me when I didn't have my van on and I'd get stuck behind these old codgers holding everyone up. The worst offenders were these blasted Victorians coming up to Queensland.

[@lanceevans3443]

Pure gold, best apology ever DUDE

[@AutoExpertJC]

Sincere and abject, duuuuude.

[@Cupid_Stunt]

@@AutoExpertJC Bit whingey and whiney today dude ... Just change your name to Karen

[@Ghryst]

@@Cupid_Stunt not very good at context or logic are ya baddy? caravanners are the karens by default.

[@JackOfski]

@@Cupid_Stunt you live up to your name madam..

[@Cupid_Stunt]

@@JackOfski And you do too

[@johnsmith-sg2nm]

John, another humorous video, well received. I started my journey, relevant to this video, when sixteen years old. I worked, enjoyed my morning tea, often ate lunch and occasionally entertained in the same area . Located, very close by, were the toilets and showers. I was an apprentice Fitter, Turner, Toolmaker and it was called a factory. Similar logic, although somewhat larger than a caravan and without wheels. I own a caravan, primarily used for my hobby of gold prospecting. Unfortunately, even in Victoria, there is little accommodation close to where I dig holes. Therefore, towing my "mobile crapper", is still better than sleeping in a 4x4 or swag. Keep up the humorous barbs, I will treat them as intended, possibly with the contempt they deserve. I smiled at this video........

[@barrybbq1]

The couple of people picking up on the background noise are obviously not caravan towing motorists (caravaners?) , because they would be able to hear the kilometres of frustrated drivers behind them and maybe move over.

[@JohnWilliams-qf2cm]

Ahh John, you never fail to bring a smile to this old face.Love your opinions, and the way they are presented.

[@arnonmus1]

John, On behalf of all of us long suffering non caravan road users, a huge thank you for the reality check. Your metaphors are hysterical! Happy new year.

[@wozzie1492]

Most people have baggage but some unfortunate souls have caravans.

[@Nowhereman123]

I told my wife and daughters if i start wanting to buy a caravan they can put me away.

[@stendecstretcher5678]

Or a duel cab Ute.

[@unna1996]

Good on ya

[@davidkennedy4845]

@@stendecstretcher5678 I thought they threw in a caravan if you buy a ford ranger and a camper trailer if you bought a ford everust. Such was the status quo I observed on a recent trip!

[@grizzz6884]

@@stendecstretcher5678 i had to buy a duel cab ute because that was what the second hand market had , thanks to tax advantage that the duel cab got when new but if some idiot wants to pay me work from it he will price the price of killing the basic ute

[@patrickvanderlaan1151]

Rightly so

[@user-pp6kw6yl6z]

John, you've brought my attention to this marvel of engineering, the caravan. I can't wait to get one one on finance and then pay $100/night for a powered site to use it for 4 weeks of the year during the school holidays in caravan parks packed to capacity!

[@bomberaustychunksbruv4119]

Yeah. Nothing better than paying to park up next to some families free range kids, while they get shitfaced up at 1am.

[@joelevans6374]

Not everyone needs to finance a car and van mate. I own my Y62 and 15f Hybrid. I have not once paid $100 a night with a family of 4. And, I have no issues doing the speed limit.

[@davidparoz7370]

Hi John. I tow a caravan and my wife and I like your take on caravans. You’ve changed our vocabulary to include “sausage turner” and “shirtwa”. Thanks.

[@aussieaussieaussie9]

This apology reminds me of three English gentlemen who also loved caravanning. Those gentlemen being Clarkson, Hammond and May.

[@artmallory970]

And look how their caravans always ended up...

[@markh.6687]

Intrepid explorers, that team.

[@tomrobsmith4410]

"gentlemen" is a stretch too far

[@ukmitch86]

It's playground tactics, they all love it really

[@maxkendal5152]

I've always admired caravanners. Anyone who's willing and able to transport and dispose of bodily fluids hundreds miles from home deserves respect.

[@clintdart8572]

Boy did he ask for that… and you delivered. That was scary accurate and f#%king funny!

[@theosphilusthistler712]

Sounds damn appealing. After successfully bidding for a 1978 Oxford Pioneer deluxe 22' I shall cover that 120% with solar panels which will feed the battery of the tow vehicle, a 2013 Nissan Leaf. I shall then travel Australia completely sustainably at a very safe and comfortable 19kph spreading goodwill (and a small amount of leaked effluent) on behalf of the caravan community.

[@NoelSchutz]

Considering Nissan refuse to rate the leaf with any tow capacity you go ya hardest Nomadic Hippie is having a good crack at exactly that

[@markh.6687]

At that low speed you'll also attract assorted insults and missiles of various types being lobbed at you by the rest of the motoring public. And then the police with ticket you for driving too slowly, and creating a traffic hazard with the leaking effluent.

[@richardlove4287]

Ffs John, that was the best video ever done on caravans….spat my tea out 6 times!

[@AutoExpertJC]

I was hoping for leakage downstairs.

[@lesleypaterson1463]

Dear John. Truly an epic description. One little thing missing in your description. The two types of effluent carriages. Some have black water tanks and are easily emptied, but others have the Euro style cassettes. I've watched many a tired caravaner remove the cassette full of effluent and wheel it surreptitiously to a dump point and then let the golden treacle and nuggets of gold drift off to some treatment facility. I'm like you, I do not see the attraction of this lifestyle. When one drops a poopie you don't want to come in contact with it again. My new neighbour on our adjoining acreages was telling me he'd gone back to work so he could build a new shed and install a hoist, plus buy a caravan. WTF, the first part was very sensible, but a caravan OMG it truly is a disease this caravan obsession. I still love a good resort as does my wallets and my cars mechanicals.

[@CraigWindram-o2f]

It's only shit, harden up!

[@Pepper_brooks]

How about the amount of caravaners with the brand new car, chopped, modified, tuned and when it goes bang and no dealer warranty they lose their minds

[@PlumbBob-FGX]

@@Pepper_brooks Love those characters, always a great source of entertainment and laughter with friends.

[@MattBlack6]

Seen a few of those, don't wanna laugh too hard at other people's misfortune, but come on what did you think would happen.

[@deanchur]

It's written in the sales contract, warranty void if modified. Not the manufacturer nor dealer's fault if the owner wants to be ignorant

[@Pepper_brooks]

@@deanchur absolutely, as soon as they tune or chop, no warranty

[@TheWombat2012]

Not caravans but I own a Mustang with the 2.3 “High Performance” Ecoboost turbo engine. It’s great, puts out 260kw, and gets decent economy. On the Facebook pages and forums there’s talk of “my Mustang Ecoboost went ecoboom!”, and that they’re a terrible engine that goes “ecoboom” and explodes all the time. Other people will ask what they were doing at the time, and they’ll say “I was only driving normally. I’d only done a couple of little pulls”. Uh huh. And the mods? “Only a few…bigger turbo, chipped, exhaust, other things”. Remind us again why your engine went boom…? 🤣

[@Peter-cx7qy]

My pronouns are Van and Car. People quite obligingly indulge me by yelling out Vancar as I drive by....at least I think that's what they're yelling.

[@Ful-OGold]

Hello my fellow Vancar! Those rumble strips on the white lines is like braille to me.

[@stevebyrne9212]

If you have Victorian number plates, they are yelling out VICHEAD!!

[@plb475]

Outstanding take on it, will definitely share and revisit again, don’t think the best comic can come up to even close to this.

[@JackOfski]

Just because you can tow a caravan without an extra driving test doesn't mean you should.

[@rkc62]

Thankyou AEJC for giving a voice to the rest of us stuck behind these damned 80kmh rolling blockades. FFS caravanners, if you can't afford to burn the fuel to cruise at the speed limit, stay home until you can afford it.

[@orangejuicepony6881]

The beauty of being over 40 I can't hear the noise of the Cicadas

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Pardon?

[@tlpNZ]

I thought that in just my right ear. Turns out it's a tumour which I've now had removed along with my auditory nerve so totally deaf now. You might want to get an MRI.

[@charlestoast4051]

And the consequences of working around too much loud music - I always hear them.

[@philhatherell3711]

People towing Caravans are just as annoying as the cicadas 😂

[@schrenk-d]

Cicadas are a useful part of the ecosystem. Caravaners serve no purpose, and yet are a complete menace to society.

[@Rosso488]

I love cicadas. I sleep like a baby when they're out.

[@AutoExpertJC]

You defecate in your duds at 3am?

[@54macdog]

And not much smarter.

[@flocksbyknight]

​@@AutoExpertJCMost definitely still sleeping at Mommy's house

[@elliewhite2691]

The cidadas don’t actually kill the snakes and spiders.. they just make so much noise that the deadly snakes and spiders kill themselves

[@ProspectorswithParkinsons]

Nice, I think this is your best caravaning effort ever John. I coudn't stop laughing.

[@auntykriest]

Billions of insects eating deadly snakes and spiders? Sounds like cicadas are one of the best things nature ever gave the land down under.

[@spudsmckenzie4123]

Right up there with the Drop Bears in the deadliness department.

[@RichardJohnson-nq9ys]

And two headed brown snakes he must live near the Lucas Heights nuclear facility.

[@clives4501]

Man, you've nailed it. I'm in my 70's and on my second carahovel. MDC - never again. Love your work. Love travelling even though it entails all the indignities you describe. What else is there for oldies to look forward to? Clotted arteries thanks to the medical intervention? Get on the road folks. Just don't head on into me, when you have your heart attack. Merry Christmas.

[@MrAidenaiden71]

Best caravan episode yet 😂 Crying with laughter listening to the explanation of caravan utopia

[@blackscotydog]

My best friend (RIP) once said "The worst thing about owning a RV is that you have to use it".

[@markh.6687]

Not if you sell it. :)

[@Chris-gs8kc]

The people complaining about the sound obviously didn't see the episode when you stepped outside to explain that the noise was due to the cicadas. I was so pleased that you did that as the noise was driving me crazy and as I suffer with tinnitus, in both ears, I really didn't need any excess noise. Thank you.

[@Journey_and_Destination]

I'd love to see you do a Return On Investment video on caravans and tow vehicles like you did on solar panels.Apart from full-time travellers, I reckon the alternative of staying in good 4 star accommodation would be looking rather attractive.

[@captcarlos]

Now John, Many of us feel you are holding back somewhat.. Tell us what you really feel!

[@roosterfisher]

One of your most humorous monologue's. Thank you so much. Happy New Year to you John.

[@graemeottey]

I just came back from a trip away and stayed in a caravan park, but I was smart. I stayed in ones of their on-site cabins, with indoor plumbing and air conditioning. The only thing I couldn’t do was sit at the head of the dining table, dropping a brogan while stirring the bolognaise sauce on the cooker. And I got to leave the effluent behind AND go the speed limit up hill and down dale.

[@bengepp9314]

Every time i have the thought of owning a caravan, i pick up the phone, book a cabin or hotel at where a wanna go, load up Paj with misso n kids and go there. Having not invested $100k+ on a caravan and without the burden of storing, maintaing, extra fuel costs, towing and its risks, longer travel times, work involved and lets face it substandard living conditions makes me feel good.

[@LuvThe350Niner-Garth]

Absolute pissa, John. I pissed myself when you used descriptions of caravan's such as "Portahovel" and "Portaslum". Love it. You went to a new level on this one, with your descriptions of the inhabitants of these poorly engineered contraptions. 😂

[@bigbangger998]

Well done, John. That has to be without a doubt the best apology l have ever heard. Straight from the heart.

[@oomjaap7514]

Thanks

[@AutoExpertJC]

Thank you.

[@dougiep8464]

I hated caravans with a passion, until I bought one.

[@davegoldspink5354]

😂🤣😂 I hated caravans with a passion until I bought one myself. Amazing I didn’t think it was possible to hate them anymore than I do now. 😂🤣😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@CobraMade-]

You’re the problem

[@markh.6687]

Now you despise them with a bitterness not even a jilted bride at the alter could generate.

[@davidkennedy4845]

@@davegoldspink5354 Thats gold!

[@patkennedy1]

@@markh.6687 Altar! Unless the jilted one modified it... 😊

[@godfreypoon5148]

How dare you criticise my Viscount Ambassador Alumvan with its 100% original disintegrating water-damaged particleboard and peeling plastic faux woodgrain!

[@_bodgie]

As soon as I heard the audio I knew exactly what the noise was. The joys of an Aussie summer.

[@BusyElf]

I have to admire the elegance you have worked so hard to incorporate into this vlog. Such descriptions of caravanning are a joy to my ears. Having spent the last 4 summers in our 'hovel on wheels' I can tell you that it's not all piss-ups and' crapping in your living room'. some of us are more delicate in our constitution than to subject our families to such gross pastimes. We actually engage in meandering through the countryside and breathing the fresh clean air that we savour, away from the smells of car exhausts and piles of discarded tyres along the high streets. Oh Damn! that brings back the 'Mogadishu' issue again. I do have a towcar that is capable of dragging my Garden Shed on wheels at a reasonable speed up hills as well as downhills, while travelling at the maximum I am allowed to regardless of the inclines in the road. We all have speed limits, but what gets my goat, is the excessively large haulage trucks that tootle along at their permitted maximum speed and block even our modest loads from overtaking them. And the size of them doesn't allow you see past them if the road ahead is clear or not. See we all have our limitations and our desire for others to get out of our way and let us do what we like (within the law)to do. It's all about Freedom, Brother, It's what makes us the people we are, diverse and unorthodox maybe, but above all human. Now I've stopped laughing at your vlog, and you can carry on. I enjoyed the rhetoric and humour regardless of your denigration of caravans. It's like Vegimite, you love em or hate em. the choice is yours my friend. 😛

[@darrenstones]

I wouldn’t be surprised if John brings out a video showcasing his latest purchase - a new Garden Shed on wheels. I can hear wife No. 6 saying (in a snobby voice): “Jawn, darlink, can I ploise test drive your new rig.”

[@godfreypoon5148]

I didn't realise there were cicadas in the video too. Can't hear them over the cicadas here.

[@barkingpumpkin5693]

We have the same thing here in Canadastan, just bigger trucks and, therefore, bigger holiday trailers, more effluent.

[@donnieweston3249]

I love your sarcasm, unless it's directed at me.

[@robertmoffett3486]

Just yesterday I saw a video of a woman explaining what to do when you pinch one off in the shower, and can't smush the whole bolus down the drain with your foot. So apparently, taking dumps in the shower is a thing, at least for her. They're amazing, all these free instructional videos out there. Even for the most unexpected things

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

I can't see Viscount sponsoring this channel in the foreseeable future.

[@AutoExpertJC]

Sure they will.

[@williamchow7533]

Or Jayco for that matter !

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

@@williamchow7533 I think you're right. I can't see them exploiting the vacuum left by Viscount.

[@goldfools5445]

Towing a caravan isn’t always for taking your shit with you to dingo piss creek. Sometimes it’s so you have somewhere to live when you are working in the most isolated part of dingo piss desert and no creek. You are still towing at some point and probably being ridiculed by the sort of people that you are happy to be away from. For a while anyway.

[@TNT-projects]

@@goldfools5445 The only good use of a wobble box, is to allow you to do another hobby or job Although a camper van allows you to tow a trailer box full of toys or tools..

[@ultimateiphonedng8756]

That was classic Cadogan, love it! What a way to end the year.

[@user-pp6kw6yl6z]

It was so good! One of his best.

[@geeco1333]

I thought it was total crap!

[@Locknuts84]

I've taken your advice on towing, John (weights/physics etc.) Buying my effluent carriage this year to tour the country!

[@AutoExpertJC]

Don't tease me.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Get a 4wd double cab chassis TRUCK, fit a turntable and tow a 5th wheel RV (van). Best of all worlds. Built for towing/loads and the 5th wheel van could probably go to 5 tonnes safely?

[@chrisz8532]

Travelling to dingo piss creek in my acoustically challenged, effluent carrying, aluminium shitwa, whilst taking a dump and frying up a storm in the kitchen appealed to me, so I went ahead and bought a big ass caravan to back up traffic for miles. I’m 60 and don’t give a fuk what you think. Entertaining though 😂

[@sparkiekosten5902]

Chateau fibro? That reminds me of some lyrics to a song!...."The garden's full of furniture and the house is full of plants" Another riveting episode! Well done ole chap!

[@AutoExpertJC]

Australian Crawl. Beautiful people.

[@jradicals87]

And if the caravan-tower doesn't speed up in the overtaking lane, you can be sure there will be one goober at the front of the queue who wombles along and takes the entire length of the overtaking lane to pass the caravan.

[@danielschiller6785]

Cudos John, I've, sadly have to take the option and buy a caravan. I've had kids, so I have had to hand in the passport to create other memories. Your channel did help me selecting a caravan that was suitable to my vehicle and I learned about weights and a few other things. I think there does need to be driver training done though. I drove my caravan home from Melbourne, pulled over and slowed down at every overtaking lane and made sure I did the right thing. I watched people with cars that were not able to take the tow ball weight overtake me. I've flown first class many times and stayed in 5 star resorts, so can comment on both. Cheers, keep up the good work.

[@markwng]

i grew up in a non cicada area but went to high school in a cicada area so naturally i kept taking cicadas home till i had my own supply. genius.

[@MrButtonpresser]

Having grown up as a kid collecting cicadas in Sydney's north shore, I just LOVE the sound of those little beauties.

[@philtait62]

Awesome apology JC! You made the point my wife and I often raise... that for the $100k the 'modern' caravan costs, we can stay many nights in hotels of a suitable standard, where others cook the meals and wash the sheets, not to mention clean the lavatory. I further console myself in the fact that I am not having to tow, which is a job, nor am I annoying every other motorist on the road!

[@rodfredericks1939]

Absolutely correct and not have to worry about insurance ,extra fuel ,storage of van ,being cramped . The only possible exception is for an inland Australia trip far from hotels .for 99% of the time a decent hotel is a better option I reckon.

[@BradKarthauser]

In Kansas if the posted limit is 75 mph (120 km/hr) which means nearly all traffic including caravans will attempt to go 80 mph (128 km/hr) or faster. No car safety inspections either, so you can imagine the rusted 💩 boxes that fly down the well-salted freeways.

[@jonneytheboy8649]

That was pure genius Mr Cadogan. I could not hold my uncontaminated by pink chemical faeces together after the visual of one entertaining the guests from the head of the dining table, located in the Master bedroom whilst contemporaneously cooking a meal and sucking on a cold one and at the same time, taking a shower whilst showering. Who writes your material. I am now currently getting some plans drawn up to join the Master bedroom and ensuite to the Kitchen/dining. Cutting the ham next Christmas will have so much more than a pineapple garnish.

[@lauriegaston7443]

Im sorry you need to sell flashlights at your age. LOL

[@danstevenson3262]

I love to speed up in overtaking lanes just to see how many cars we can prevent from overtaking us. Great game to play.

[@PlumbBob-FGX]

Hi John. I look forward to catching up with you in person, so i can receive the unedited version of your thoughts on caravans.

[@oboist3]

I am not what you would call a real man, but I do love your you-tube channel.... it has me in stitches, but there is also a great amount of really worthwhile content.

[@AutoExpertJC]

Thank you very much, Obi-wan Oboist...

[@dougparker3685]

That's hilarious! I didn't even notice the background noise. I have Tinnitus, ringing in the ears. Sounds just like cicada plaque 24, 7 all year round for years now. Some days, worse than others but never stops day and night.

[@nextleveloz]

I hate myself for towing our 18.6 foot compost carrier around Shitsville. Don’t even get me started on the self-loathing for driving a Defender. But it really does look good! But dude, effluent in vans is so noughties and aluminium and MDF is, like, so last century. You know the olden days - when Shitsvillians debated important things. Holden being better than Ford, whether daylight saving fades the curtains and what is unrepresentative swill? Your thumbnail allusion to an apology almost - almost - upset my mojo and threatened the world order. But after listening carefully… twice, or was it three times? I don’t know, I got sidetracked on boobies and football. Anyway, after listening carefully we realised the apology was more a parable. Satire about satire. Very deep for a mechanical engineer, but kudos to any engineer that listened in English. I am nonetheless reassured all is still ok in the world and can resume my mobile compost cartage in self-inflicted abject misery, confident in the knowledge of ongoing free therapy. My only complaint? I now can’t get two recurring thoughts out of my head. Boobies… football…. boobies… football. So cruel!

[@voltare2amstereo]

Always holding up the lunch line and causing dangerous overtaking around the country.

[@omfgishBenneh]

This video is relative to me on many levels. I live in Lake Macquarie, so I am very aware of cicadas, but you get used to it. I am visiting Adelaide at the moment for Christmas holidays, and it's the first time in a long time that I've had silence 😂 And finally, I towed my caravan here... I'm 3 minutes in, so we will see what you've got to say about that 😂

[@omfgishBenneh]

Okay, not as bad as I was expecting 😅 Though we do not shower, shit, cook or entertain inside our caravan. It's pretty much only for sleeping in.

[@patrickvanderlaan1151]

Can confirm cicadas are noisy af! I can hear them in a truck @100kmh with windows up when driving through forested areas.

[@kenthesparky178]

Thank you John for all this years videos. Looking forward to more next year. Keep up the good work and don't let the bastards grind you down. Happy New Year and best wishes from Lincolnshire UK

[@jabberwockytdi8901]

Plus point for caravans, if you insist on going into the backcountry with a small house then at least you can leave a caravan behind when you get stuck and not die. If you've converted your 4x4 into a max+ GVW high Cof G "overlanding" behemoth you're walking if you screw up, might go very wrong.

[@6dayenduro]

John, this is truly exceptional poetry. I commend you, sir.😂😂👌🏼

[@tonyandjackieholmes9546]

Oh Flick I've just irrigated my new Depends. What a pearler of a video - thanks JC.

[@aaronchesebro6991]

John truly your finest rant, I’m watching in bed and crying with laughter waking my otherwise sleeping wife up! Pure GOLD keep going hard in 2025 Dude!

[@charlestoast4051]

This was a good one! I've never thought of caravaners as multi-taskers before.

[@JohnSmith-nz4bn]

I'm legitimately intrigued about the round Straya trip my wifey could organise for 200k based on where we want to visit and what we want to see. I have a feeling we'd have enough cash left over to do the same in her home country, the USA.

[@MEOxley23]

Be curious to see how much you could sell equipment afterwards.

[@brickus1249]

I drive a car with a caravan attached but I still love you mate.

[@aslkdfjhg]

Cicadas spend 99% of their life as immature adults underground, only come out for a few weeks every 13-17 years to mate, lay eggs and die. Sounds like caravaners.

[@alexjames1146]

Correct. In Sydney they come out every year. It's the natural music that RayGun trains to.

[@jacquelinebrincat3112]

When i was a kid many moons ago,it was always a givin to just pull over and let people pass what has happened to people.

[@stephenshields1662]

Caravan drivers should have an articulated vehicle licence

[@HomesickforAlaska]

You skipped a step there at the end of the "Trip". The next step is not planning the next "Adventure" but rather repairing all the things that you discovered didn't work or that quit working or broke or leaked during the last "Adventure". Former RV (Caravan) owner in the USA.

[@mit1346]

Having a caravan is a natural progression from Camping when all you could afford was a tarp and a sleeping bag. It was awesome free camping all through Tassie with the pups. Some amazing spots. Mainland also has hundreds of amazing beachfront camp sites where you can go swimming or surfing, walk back to your Van, have a nice shower, cold beer and a plate of fresh seafood your kids caught. Total comfort, and for a fraction of the cost of 5 Star Hotels. With a car and caravan still worth something if or when you want to sell. People that travel and hardly leave the resort are welcome to it. Some people just hate camping, in caravan or tent. Nothing makes them appreciate it.. I was brought up doing it and have some the best memories of my life. Nobody does half the stupid shit John mentions. He just exaggerates. He clearly prefers Hotels and his shed where he can take a shit, talk to his mates, snack on some kabanas and cheese while his 4th wife grabs him a beer. Hahahahah Just joking Hahahahah He doesn't have a wife!!!!

[@markh.6687]

He's got Ming Molls ringing him up constantly, looking for free meals. :)

[@brianhoward9217]

Hahahahaaa! MAN, you're on fire in this one John! Hahahahaaa . . .too funny! Proof once again that Cadoges is definitely the wordsmith extraordinaire and the conscious and intelligent wielder of the anti-caravan vibe. So very entertaining, thank you John for a great 18 minutes. Every time you mention the beard-strokers (with tobacco stains today!) or the effluent cartage I can't help but fondly reminisce about the very happy days I had as a kid in the 22ft Viscount twin bogie caravan dad used to hire each Christmas and/or Easter. He'd take us up the coast from Sydney to as far as Queensland some years, stopping overnight along the way. It was the days of much more lightweight caravans and cars. We'd typically have a Falcon or Holden Kingswood wagon 3.3L with the aforementioned 'van behind. The sixes had no issues towing the 'vans back in those days. These were the days when most 'vans didn't have a toilet or shower and the mostly well maintained Caravan Parks provided those for you. I have nothing but happy and adventure filled memories of life on the road, through the 1960s & 70s, playing with new friends at each caravan park at which we'd stay at along the way. They were great family-building holidays. Some of those friendships endure to this very day.

[@ozbassman11]

Watched your latest rant whilst getting the van ready for our trip to Busselton next week. We go every year, and love it to bits. One of my mates calls his caravan a DIY project that you take with you on holidays. At least I will have the awful quality caravan park wifi with which to watch your next rant in SD quality.

[@watto7728]

Loved the apology, We are all season caravanners here in the UK, and completely agree about neighbourhoods looking like Mogadishu but theres me thinking it was down to the number of illegal immigrants we have in the UK.

[@100Jeanluc]

So glad to be part of a community that cheeses off so many decent, law abiding, great car drivers. I toast you from on high. Haha.

[@bettysteve322716]

This bicycle rider says "hold my beer" hahahahaha.

[@tehocamien323]

Living in a sea side tourist village, I get to witness caravan sewerage cassettes emptied now and again, usually when I’m out for a jog. I reckon this piece of council infrastructure should be hidden away, and not on the main drag a couple of hundred metres north of the shops. Think of you John every time a see these people dumping their sewerage.

[@ufargarnidgit1927]

Caravanners came up with the term Snap- Chat..... the convenience of entertaining while dropping the kids off at the pool.

[@kemigr]

It’s nice to have a break away from the caravan dodging times I have while carting their spare parts. Like you stated a while back about pig trailers (and caravans), I find their road holding abilities a bit doubtful. A policeman at Yass, many years ago at a caravan roll over, summed up caravans in one sentence. What a marvellous and clever invention and then some crazy person put wheels on it.

[@brianmaclennan561]

My bootleg "Destination, dingo piss creek" tshirts and bumper stickers sell out at every caravan park i go to. Keep up the good work Johnno...😂😂😂

[@scottystillskates]

OMG I am listening to this with a million cicadas outside.... I just turned on the Captions LOL I drive the M1 everyday and no joke I see accidents involving caravans at least twice a week. It's like the folks in those old people carts in the shopping centre who have now idea how to drive one going around at lightspeed .

[@dfor50]

Cicadas don't make noise if you have a flame thrower.

[@nigelcox1451]

Snap, crackle, pop?

[@priscillabrown210]

Yes… Take out the Cicadas… Along with half of Sydney while you’re at it… 🤪

[@waynerobertson511]

@@priscillabrown210 Seems a bit harsh on the Cicadas.

[@SingaporeSling1]

The Dingo Piss Creek Paradox, it's always just out of reach. This futile journey has sent many a pilgrim insane.

[@davidwoodham1307]

Go get them John keep up with the great work John

[@carrielemmon1549]

LOL! Well spoken! I owned a van conversion a few years back. I sold it in a time of personal economic shortage. Once in a while, in a moment of temporary forgetfulness I miss that fuel guzzling land yacht. But then the less than fond memories of emptying the gray and black tanks at the end of each excursion reminds me why it was a good idea to divorce meself from it. In the long run, a motel is much cheaper and less fuss.

[@sfarr2921]

❤❤ I think this may well be your masterpiece. Having worked in an outback visitor info centre several years ago I was having flashbacks. How many times did I hear "I couldn't find it in the TomTom" !! You did though forget to mention caravan dump points that effluent doesn't have to brew for the entire road trip😂😂🤮🤮

[@MichaelCuthbertson-xv6ig]

Love it John, you have an amazing sense of humour. Regards Michael from Hobart

[@subwayfacemelt4325]

Love the noise in your bids John, the cicadas are great too.

[@thefakemaker]

If you tow a caravan please remember, you are a huge inconvenience to all other motorists. Drive accordingly.

[@TimGreig]

You should do a review of the boating community who have the added pleasure of rolling, pitching and yawing simultaneously while in their "vehicle"

[@billshy5670]

spot on...enjoy your commentary ... even for a yank !! you sure make sense... Have a good mate who lives in Morgan, in a shack on the Murray... there is a caravan park not too far from the ferry, and whenever we crossed back into Morgan and drive by the caravan park, he had about the same thoughts you do, about caravans.... for those who are upset with the commentary... get over it... its satire, mostly true and very funny

[@PhilipMR223]

Saw all the caravan antics when we drove around Straya. The sense of entitlement when they are on the road was only surpassed when they were herding in camping areas running gensets and caravan parks hogging the laundry facilities by (I kid you not) claiming that the empty machines are out of service and trying to physically block access when in reality "saving" the machines for their mates. We had a panel van, we could avoid them most of the time. Unfortunately some times unavoidable

[@Cycletroll]

Love your lambasting of efluent boxes! The physics and sarcasm is great too! (Edited to remove emoji)