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Towing Weights Explained: An Australian Guide (2026)

There are now around 938,000 caravans and campervans registered in Australia. That figure comes from Tourism Research Australia's 2025 data, and it's up roughly 32% on 2019, an all-time record. More vans on the road than ever. More gear packed into them than ever. And here's the uncomfortable part: surveys and roadside weigh-ins keep finding that a large share of them are towing overweight, usually without the owner having any idea.