Pick the perfect campervan or motorhome for an unforgettable road trip

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Is there anything better than a road trip holiday? The call of the open road beckoning you onwards, another discovery around every bend, and your day-to-day worries evaporating into wide-open spaces. Whatever the adventure, Apollo has the vehicle to suit your next holiday.

Choose your style of holiday to find the right vehicle:

1. The Foodie Fanatic

2. The Outback Adventurer

3. The Coastal Escapee

4. The Festival Goer

5. The Family Clan

6. The Romantic Couple

7. The Nature Seeker

The foodie fanatic

Australia’s fabulous food and wine regions include WA’s Margaret River, the rolling Hunter Valley near, and South Australia’s best culinary getaway, the Barossa Valley. On a road trip, it’s easy to stop at roadside stalls, cellar doors and markets before finding a scenic spot to enjoy your local produce.

Your Apollo vehicle: 2-berth Euro Tourer

Foodies favour indulgence and this deluxe campervan with its own shower and toilet provide plenty of comfort at an affordable price. Featuring full kitchen facilities, including a three-burner gas stove, fridge-freezer and microwave, you can cook up a tasty meal with great local produce you’ve found along the way, pour yourself a wine and relax.

Kitchen amenities, Euro Tourer 2 Berth, Apollo Camper Vans, Australia
Cook up a tasty meal with great local produce you’ve found along the way.

The outback adventurer

Among Australia’s bucket list destinations are the rust-red Flinders Ranges, stunning gorges and waterfalls of the Kimberley, and the Stuart Highway between Darwin and Alice Springs. There’s no better way to immerse yourself in the sights of the outback than by road tripping while sleeping in your own camper.  The rewards are immeasurable but you will not forget one incredible outback sight: the stars.

Your Apollo vehicle: 4WD Adventure Camper

This 4WD campervan , which has extra fuel capacity for long distances, suits couples looking for a proper outback adventure. Set up the external awning, get your gas stove going and enjoy dinner under the stars. Air conditioning and heating in the driving cabin provide comfort on the road.

4WD Campervan, Apollo Camper Vans, Australia
This 4WD campervan has extra fuel capacity for long distances.

The coastal escapee

Everyone should see Victoria’s Great Ocean Road, relax in Coffs Harbour in NSW and soak up Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Beyond the obvious, discover SA’s Fleurieu Peninsula and Tasmania’s Cradle Coast. The beauty of coasting along is that you can find your own headland, pocket-sized beach or little slice of paradise all for yourself.

Your Apollo vehicle: 2-berth Euro Tourer

This top-level campervan is easy to drive thanks to its automatic transmission, and has all the comforts and convenience you need for a coastal getaway, including a fully equipped kitchen, air conditioning and heating. Choose your scenic spot, put the kettle on and let the water views work their magic.

Beach, Apollo 2 berth Euro Tourer campervan
Explore remote and not so remote beaches at your own pace in a 2 berth Euro Tourer.

The festival goer

With its year-round schedule of festivals celebrating everything from music to theatres, cabaret to food, you can’t beat Adelaide for festival fun. You can also let loose in Byron Bay (Splendour in the Grass is a must), while Brisbane has polished its reputation as one of Australia’s great festival towns. Why not enjoy hopping from one memorable festival to another in a camper?

Your Apollo vehicle: Hitop Camper

Young couples will love the compact, cost effective and functional Hitop Camper , which packs in a kitchenette and dining and sitting space, as well as plenty of storage. Automatic transmission makes driving easy, and who doesn’t love some additional head height

Hitop Campervan, Apollo Camper Vans, Australia
Enjoy hopping from one memorable festival to another in a camper.

The family

Keep the whole family happy with an endless variety of water sports, adrenaline activities and theme parks on the Gold Coast. For more low-key getaways, try Cairns, Jervis Bay in NSW and Victoria’s Murray River region. A motorhome gives you the flexibility of stopping whenever it suits for a break, whether you want to plunge into a waterhole, hit the surf or spot some local wildlife.

Your Apollo vehicle: 6-berth Euro Deluxe

With power steering, automatic transmission and a reversing camera, you’ll find this 6-berth motorhome an easy drive.

Family, Euro Deluxe 6 Berth, Apollo Camper Vans, Australia
A motorhome gives you and your family the flexibility of stopping whenever it suits for a break.

The romantic couple

Romance is an attitude, but you can encourage it in lovely spots such as Rainbow Beach or the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Victoria’s Yarra Valley or the Blue Mountains in NSW. On a road trip, you can travel at your own pace to suit your mood, whether you’re ready for a cellar door, want to wallow beneath a waterfall or steal a seductive sunset moment.

Your Apollo vehicle: 2-berth Euro Tourer

This top-of-the-range air-conditioned campervan keeps the mood romantic with the creature comforts of home, including a large double bed and back doors that open out to make the most of those stunning sunrises and sunsets. The kitchen is fitted out with all the cooking equipment you need, so you can whip up a romantic meal to enjoy under the stars.

Bush, Apollo 2 berth Euro Tourer campervan
Create some special moments with a top of the range Apollo campervan.

The nature seeker

Hit the Top End and camp out in Kakadu or Litchfield National Parks amid giant termite mounds,      or head into the Daintree Rainforest north of Cairns to explore Cape Tribulation, home to cassowaries and crocodiles. Road tripping allows you to take it slow and easy while enjoying magical wildlife encounters.

Your Apollo vehicle: 4WD Adventure Camper

You can’t immerse yourself in nature more than in this 4WD campervan ; it’s rugged enough to explore remote landscapes yet roomy enough so you don’t feel confined. Featuring a full kitchen kit, fridge-freezer and solar hand-held shower, it won’t feel like you’re roughin’ it even though you are in remote Australia.

4WD Camper van, Apollo Camper Vans, Australia
Explore remote landscapes with this 4WD camper van that is roomy enough so you don’t feel confined.

Why Apollo motorhome holidays?

Apollo’s fleet of motorhomes and campervans has kept passionate travellers on the road since 1985. Having a hotel on wheels allows you unbeatable freedom and flexibility: stay an extra day when you find the perfect spot, sleep in without having to check out, take everything you need without having to cram it into a suitcase or car boot, and cook your own meals when the mood takes you.

Euro Deluxe 6Berth, Apollo Camper Vans, Australia
Apollo’s fleet of motorhomes and campervans has kept passionate travellers on the road since 1985.

The quality vehicles are easy to drive and Apollo offers great support and maintenance, including how-to guides and videos and 24-hour roadside assistance. The ApolloConnect app makes booking campgrounds, finding sights and getting discounts on tours and attractions simple. Go where you want, when you want. Take the road less travelled. And most of all, enjoy.

Euro Deluxe 6Berth, Apollo Camper Vans, Australia
Go where you want, when you want.
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What it’s really like to stay on the world’s largest sand island

Exploring the world’s largest sand island starts with the perfect K’gari homebase.

The morning light is still soft, but it’s already a perfect sunny day. We left our K’gari homebase at Kingfisher Bay Resort  with our guide, Peter Meyer, at 9 am to make the most of our time to explore all that the world’s largest sand island holds. The size of K’gari is hard to grasp until you arrive here. This is no sandbar. Stretching 120 kilometres, unique lakes, mangrove systems, rainforest, 75 Miles of beach, historic shipwrecks, small townships and even one of Queensland’s best bakeries are all hidden within its bounds.

But first, one of the island’s most iconic sights: the pure silica sand and crystal clear waters of Lake McKenzie.

Laying eyes on it for the first time, I’m finally able to confirm that the photos don’t lie. The sand is pure white, without the merest hint of yellow. The water fades from a light halo of aqua around the edges to a deeper, royal blue, the deeper it gets (not that it’s particularly deep, six metres at most). The surface remains surprisingly undisturbed, like a mirror.

Arriving with our guide before 10 am means that no one else is around when we get here. Which means we have the pleasure of breaking the smooth surface with our own ripples as we enter. As a self-confessed wimp with chilly water temperatures, my fears are quickly assuaged. Even in the morning, the water stays around 23 degrees – perfect for lazing about all day. But we have more sights to see.

Exploring K’gari

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Relax in the warm waters of Lake McKenzie. (Image: Ayeisha Sheldon)

This was the Personalised 4WD tour offered by Kingfisher Bay Resort, and my absolute top pick of experiences. Over the course of the day, we had the freedom to create our own bespoke itinerary (plus a provided picnic lunch along the way), with an expert guide who had plenty of stories and local expertise to give context to what we were looking at. From the history of the SS Maheno shipwreck, which survived the First World War only to be washed ashore by a cyclone in 1935, to a detailed description of how an island made of sand could sustain such diverse flora.

If it’s your first time to K’gari, the Beauty Spots Tour is another great option. Departing daily from Kingfisher Bay Resort (you’ll start to notice a trend, as many of the tours do start and end here), an air-conditioned, 4WD bus takes guests to the island’s most iconic locations, including the best places to swim, like Lake McKenzie and Eli Creek. The latter offers a gentle current, perfect for riding with a blow-up tyre out towards the ocean.

The next day, for a look at a completely different side of K’gari, I joined one of Kingfisher Bay Resort’s Immersive Ranger-guided tours to kayak through the mangroves of Dundonga Creek. This long, snake-like stretch of creek winds its way inland from the ocean outlet we entered by, at times too narrow for three kayaks to be side-by-side. Small insects buzz from leaf to leaf, while birds call overhead. Occasional bubbles indicate we’ve passed some fish that call this place home.

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Learn about the island’s mangroves from your Ranger. (Image: Reuben Nutt/ TEQ)

If kayaking isn’t for you – or if, like me, you simply want more – other ranger-led experiences include nature walks and a dedicated Junior Eco Ranger Program for kids ages five to 12 (these run every weekend, and daily over the peak December holidays). Just ask for a timetable of upcoming tours when you check in.

While during whale season, Hervey Bay Whale Watch & Charters operates tours from the hotel’s jetty to get up close to the famous Humpback Highway of Hervey Bay, from 7 November to 31 May, attention turns to the Aqua Oasis Cruise . Departing from the resort every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday for resort guests, adventure along the island’s remote western coast, pointing out wildlife like dolphins, turtles, flying fish and eagles along the way.

The cruise drops anchor so guests can jump into the water using the boat’s equipment – from SUP boards to inflatable slides and jumping platforms. Then refuel with a provided lunch, of course.

Unwind at sunset

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Unwind at the Sunset Bar. (Image: Sean Scott)

As much as days on K’gari can be filled with adventure, to me, the afternoons and evenings there are for unwinding. Sunsets on K’gari are absolutely unbelievable, with Kingfisher Bay on the west side being the best spot to catch the colours.

The Sunset Bar , located at the start of the resort’s jetty and overlooking the beach, is the ultimate location for sundowners. Let chill beats wash over you as you sip on cool wines, beers and cocktails in a relaxed, friendly vibe. Personally, a cheese board was also absolutely called for. As the sun sinks, the sand, sea and horizon turn a vibrant shade of orange, with the jetty casting a dramatic shadow across the water.

When the show is over, head back to the hotel for dinner at the Asian-fusion Dune restaurant, or the pub-style Sand + Wood. But if your appetite is still whetted for more lights and colours, the evening isn’t over yet.

Settle into the Illumina stage for Return to Sky, an immersive light and sound show leading viewers on a captivating journey through K’gari’s stories and landscapes.

Indulge and disconnect

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Find bliss at Island Day Spa. (Image: Jessica Miocevich)

Of course, there is a type of traveller who knows that balance is important, day or night. While Kingfisher Bay Resort offers more than one pool for guests to spend all day lounging by (they’ll even serve you food and drinks while you do it), you’ll find me at the Island Day Spa.

The masseuses could match the magic hands of any big city spa, and I felt the warm welcome as I walked into the light, breezy reception. Choose from a range of botanical facials, beauty treatments and soothing massages using traditional techniques (obviously, I couldn’t go past a relaxing massage). All products used contain organic, native botanical ingredients with nutrient-rich plant extracts to soothe skin and mind. To really indulge, try out one of the packages, couples treatment or even a pre-wedding day offering.

Getting there

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The world of K’gari awaits. (Image: Jessica Miocevich)

Getting to K’gari is shockingly easy. Find daily flights into Hervey Bay from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Kingfisher Bay Resort offers a shuttle bus between the airport, their headquarters in Hervey Bay and the ferry to take you to K’gari.