Desert Edge hardens up

Gold Coast-based Desert Edge Trailers has responded to customer requests and produced its first hard-top camper trailer.

Unveiled at Melbourne's Leisurefest, the folding hard-top Outback model has similar features to the company’s soft-top range of campers, albeit with the folding hard floor that sits above the ground, reducing the entry of moisture and cold air into the living areas.

“Outback is a completely new model, it’s the first hard floor from Desert Edge,” said a representative from the Geelong Caravan & RV Centre, a Victorian distributor. “If you have ever gone over the Tanami desert, you need to be off the ground, it’s cold, and something like this you can sleep a couple of kids on campbeds.”

The Outback features a queen size mattress and 12 gauge Australian canvas, and is “fully sealed on the flipover so no draughts can get through”.

“It comes in different colours, but right now you can have anything you want as long as it’s red,” he said. "It’s something that makes it stand out. Years ago they used to do a lot of them in earthy colours, now you need something that people can see.”

The display model at Leisurefest was painted in a bright fire-engine red, the durable two-pack paint featured right down to the pull-out kitchen galley, with aluminium sheeting to protect the wear points. Complete with burgundy canvas, it retailed for approximately $27,000.

It also featured the deluxe, pull-out kitchen with splashback, two decent-sized carry boxes on the towbar, spare wheel, gas bottle, stone guard, and deep cycle battery.

Desert Edge campers are manufactured by Telwater, the company behind leading aluminium boat brands Quintrex and Stacer. The camper trailer bodies are manufactured from lightweight, marine grade aluminium, underpinned by a hot-dipped galvanised chassis and independent, rubber suspension.


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