Thanks for the welcomes! This is obviously a very active forum. My experience in campers so far is pretty limited. Years ago my family hired one to go through the vic high country and we loved it. More recently I borrowed a friend's camper for my wife and I to use for a week. It was very basic but good for what we wanted. Now I have 3 kids and we've camped in a big 3 room canvas tent for a couple of years but the hours of setup is a bit prohibitive for quick trips so we're thinking a camper is the way to go.
We're not in any hurry to buy and with any major purchase I always do my research so that's why I'm here. I'd rather a quality setup that isn't going to give us trouble while we're in the bush than a cheap one with loads of inclusions I don't need! I've heard of lots of brands but want to find out who builds the quality stuff that will last. We're thinking of going around Australia one day but that won't be for a few years so I guess I'm open to either getting a more basic setup for now and then upgrading later, or just getting a good one now that will last us years. For now we want to be able to do weekend trips and an annual week or 2. My kids are 18 months, 4 and 6 so for now it needs to house us all, but we're happy all sleeping in the same area as that's what we do in our tent setup.
Anyway, that's our basic situation and what I'm after.
