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Kaesler Caravan
The Kaesler caravan is recognised by both the National Museum of Australia and the National Motor Museum as the first motorised caravan in Australia. Built in the late 1920s by Nuriootpa engineer G.C. ‘Pop’ Kaelser, this ‘cottage on wheels’ consisted of a small house constructed on top of a motor truck chassis. The truck had two fuel tanks with 18 gallon capacity which enabled the Kaesler family to travel 250 miles before needing to refuel. Read more...