G'day Sweeper four fives,
Welcome to the forum and thanks for raising this subject.
Scattered around the forum there is mention of museums that have a caravan or two in them..... now is the opportunity to get them all in one place state by state and put them in DHL
NOTE ! NOT ALL MUSEUMS HAVE THE CARAVANS ON PERMANENT DISPLAY.... CHECK BEFORE YOU GO THERE. If any of the links don't work try doing a google on the name of the museum -------------------------------------------------------
VICTORIADunolly.
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Members of this forum
Graham & Linda’s Vintage Caravan Museum is located at 68 Broadway, Dunolly.
Open to the public most Fridays – Saturdays – Sundays – Mondays.
$2 entry , group bookings by appointment.
Contact :
03 54681380
0409173461
lindaandgraham60@gmail.com. Click
here to see an article about the collection.
In Victoria at
Buangor there is a collection of old and very old caravans owned by Kevin Wild Ph # 0408503914... phone before you go there.
Museum Victoria apparently has a 1957 “Skyline” caravan on display.
museumvictoria.com.au/treasures/colldetails.aspx?pid=54The
Lockington Heritage complex in Victoria has a 1939 pop-top caravan on display.
www.lockingtonvic.com.auCamp's motor museum 226 Coleraine Rd.
Hamilton Vic. Phone 0355723438 or 0419168400 .. Larger than a teardrop, home made 1950s but they do have about 80 cars on display also.
www.visitsoutherngrampians.com.au/campes-motor-museumSOUTH AUSTRALIAIn South Australia there is the "National Motor Museum" at
Birdwood... mostly cars but they do have a couple of caravans.
www.history.sa.gov.au/motor/motor.htmIn South Australia at
Hahndorf the painter Hans Heysen's 1932 caravan (actually a camper trailer) is apparently on display at his house "The Cedars":
www.hansheysen.com.auAt
Nuriootpa in the Barossa Valley at the
“Barossa Valley Tourist Park” you can inspect one of the “Motor Homes” built by “Pop” Kaesler in the late 1920s.... and you can buy a post card featuring the motor home
At
Goolwa 'The National Trust' of South Australia have a museum containing the first of 'Pop' Kaesler's caravans, built in 1929 it was bought by the Mayor of Goolwa later that year when Pop & family visited the town while touring.
The Museums web site is
HERE.
Advisable to contact them before travelling there to visit.The second 'Pop' Kaesler van built during 1930/31 is on display at
The Barossa Valley Tourist Park ( Often some speculation as to when each of these vans was built

I have relied on
This document )
NEW SOUTH WALESIn New South Wales at
Tocumwal there is “Crystie's Museum” which is a collection of all sorts of farm equipment including some very interesting caravans. Ph # 0358743358. See some photos on page two of this thread.
Also in NSW is the “Australian Motor Life Museum” at
Kembla Grange (near Wollongong). It is mainly a motor museum supported by the NRMA... but it does have a couple of caravans.
www.australianmotorlifemuseum.comThe Powerhouse museum in
Sydney has a propert caravan and a home made caravan on display.
www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/search_tags.php?tag=caravansDon't miss the “Harry's Cafe De-Wheels” and the Gypsie caravan they have on display at their
Castle Hill “Powerhouse discovery centre”
www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=46876&search=caravans&images=&c=&s=AT Deniliquin.
THE DEPOT HISTORIC COLLECTION
158 Hardinge Street
Deniliquin NSW 2710
Phone: 1800 819 000
www.depotdeni.com.au. (Click on the 'about us tag' 😉)
In New South Wales at
Coffs Harbor,
Watsons Caravans has a Propert with an unusual lift up roof section on display.
Mulwala pioneer museum at
Yarrawonga.
www.yarrawongamulwala.com.au/companies/608/44/Pioneer-Museum.html.
Inverell there is the www.nationaltransportmuseum.com.au/index.php “NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM with one vintage caravan on display ( home made I think)
Corrimal near Woollongong. A Vintage Caravan and memrobilla specific Museum.
You need to book to arrange an inspection..Ph: 0408 671770
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McFeeters Motor Museum that does have a caravan..... but if you don't think you will ever get there you can see some of it
HERE (Thanks Max

)
Lockhart N.S.W. Greens Gunyah Museum.....
(The town is Heritage listed)
greens gunyar museum
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
At
Wagin :
The Wagin Caravan Museum.
Started by one of our forums long time members 'Nobelsgarage' together with a few friends. At the moment it is open by appointment only so ring Brian on 0408090962 before turning up at the 'Wagin Woolorama Showgrounds' where the museum is located. Read a bit about it
HEREACT.The “Australian National Museum” in
Canberra has a couple of caravans on display.
www.nma.gov.au/index.htmlThere is a good inter-active game you (or the kids) can play if you click
HERETASMANIAIn Tasmania the "Queen Victoria Museum" at
Inveresk has a 1930s caravan that was built in Tasmania, see some photos of the van lower down on this page.
www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/QUEENSLANDThe Queensland Auto Museum @ 67 Erbacher Rd
Hampton has a 1948 “Holiday Home” caravan that was restored by our very own Mark T.
www.australianmotorlifemuseum.com/ There are others scattered around OZ and I invite anybody who has first hand knowledge of them to mention them on this thread and I will add them to the above list.
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