All About Us
Winnebago Adelaide is a South Australian family business. Also trading as Camperagent, we have been selling motorhomes, campervans & caravans from the same site since 1996. From small beginnings selling our own converted campervans we have grown into the largest RV sales yard in South Australia. Integrity, fairness & good old fashioned service have given the Munro family a great name in the industry and we have developed good relationships with hundreds of repeat customers all over the country.
John Munro has over a decade of new caravan sales experience and is the Sales Manager. John ran a successful parts washer rental & service company in the 90s and started the new caravan sales yard (called Gazal Caravans Adelaide) back in 1996. Next door, brother Daniel Munro & brother-in-law James Brown were running Sopru Campervans. It was decided to merge the two businesses and Camperagent was born. John is passionate about layout, design & colour selections and enjoys assisting customers to find their perfect combination. His skill in this area makes him a great help to new Winnebago customers.
Daniel Munro is our motorhome man. After years of running the service station side of the roadhouse in the 90s & helping plenty of RV-ers he developed a vast mechanical knowledge of all types of motorhomes. He’s gone on to sell hundreds of them in the years since starting Camperagent. He’s involved in new Winnebago Sales & Service and he likes big engines. Daniel and his family spent 6 months touring Australia so he really understands life on the road.
Dad Kevin Munro has many years of experience with sales & marketing, ranging from a large real estate company in the late 70s through to hospitality businesses in the 80s & a very successful road house at Port Wakefield in the 90s. Kevin manages finance and the sale of used caravans and really enjoys coming to work. He likes to “do a deal” and we are glad he still enjoys selling with us.
David Munro builds our new campertrailers and helps to present caravans for sale. His chief delight is his little boy.
Jane Brown (nee Munro) is our Office Manager and is also in charge of finance, storage & caravan rentals. She has a background in managing small business & accounting. Jane is a singer, song-writer and musician, and can be heard around Adelaide now and then.
Auntie Rosemarie is responsible for internet marketing. She and her husband have driven across Canada and explored the UK in a campervan. Rosemarie has been a language teacher and proofreader, and has a background in real estate.
Rick Lazell has been in caravan sales for many years, and specialises in new caravan designs & ordering. As our New Caravan Warranty & Parts Manager, he delights to be of service to our customers. He has been around Australia many times, and has plans to travel Route 66 in the US. Rick loves wolfhounds and motorbikes.
Lynton Allen has joined us to promote motorhome sales, and in particular the exciting Winnebago range. His background is in the mechanical area, and in particular Fiat, Isuzu and Iveco. He was top salesman in commercial Fiats at NE Fiat. Lynton and his wife have owned motorhomes and campervans since 1984.
Ivor Earl looks after our used caravans and the camper trailers. He has an engineering and technical background. He’s driven limousines and trucks and spent three years as the chief engineer and cruise director on the Proud Mary, our Murray River paddle steamer. Ivor loves life in the bush and off the beaten track.
Darryl Fenton is our Motorhome Service & Warranty Supervisor. He has many years experience in the caravan and RV industry. He’s a mad keen dad and 4WD racer.
Darren Shammall is our Caravan Service Manager and is in charge of our caravan detailing & repairs team. He loves the outdoors – sitting around a campfire under a dark sky, and always ready to throw a line in for whatever’s biting.
Gary Hurrell also works in repairs & maintenance and performs the occasional miracle on vans passing through the workshop. He’s a real family man, loves camping, nature and animals.
Last but by no means least are our cleaning and repair teams who earn so much praise from our customers, and finally our long suffering caretaker, yard man and guard dog minder Alan. Alan also owns a motorhome.
In 2009, the Camperagent family was invited by Winnebago Industries to become part of the Winnebago Dealer Network and Winnebago Adelaide was created to handle the motorhome side of our business. We are excited to be part of the Winnebago family and welcome you to come and visit us anytime. We are open 7 days.
The Motorhome Lifestyle
“This lifestyle is now the fastest growing segment of the Australian tourism market.”
Australians are spending more of their time pursuing leisure activities in Australia than ever before. The baby boomer generation who have discovered that there is so much to see and do in Australia are getting out there and “doing it.” Baby boomers have never held back in the past and when they decide to do something, they generally do it in a big way, which is why so many are now travelling the country roads in an RV of some description, motorhomes often the vehicle of choice.
The term RV stands for “Recreational Vehicle” and encompasses a variety of offerings such as motorhomes, campervans, caravans and tent trailers, and largely because of the baby boomers, the RV industry is on a roll, a great benefit for Australia generally, especially rural Australia.
The motorhome is a phenomenon of massive proportions and particularly over the last decade, the motorhome lifestyle is one being discovered daily by those looking for escape and seeking to adopt the motorhome catchphrase – “enjoy your life”. Motorhomes are the pinnacle of luxury travel and Winnebago has motorhomes for everyone. They all have hot showers, flushing toilets, well equipped kitchens, comfy beds and much more. Being an Australian company, Winnebago understands what is required to meet Australia’s harsh climate and builds motorhomes very suited to the conditions.
It is estimated that at any given time, there are 100,000 to 110,000 RV’s travelling on extended trips at any given time, hardly surprising when over 390,000 RV’s are currently registered in Australia.
Surveys have found that RV travellers spend around $600 each week on food, fuel, entertainment and other essentials and take say an average 100,000 vehicles on the road at any one time, that’s a massive $60 million PER WEEK, largely being distributed amongst far flung country centres, often suffering from rural blights such as drought, unemployment, bush fire and flood.
The freedom of travelling Australia’s wide brown land is an experience that more and more of the time-impaired, excessively stressed city dwellers are opting for – and mostly, they opt to do it in style. Gone is the nine to five, the packed trains, the constant harassment by the ubiquitous timepieces that seem to infest every nook and cranny of the big city. Go to where time is meaningless, stress is nonexistent, and doing what you want when you want is paramount.