We (the Smith family) have been into caravans for a long time.

When people began buying things on the internet (2003) “CaravansPlus” was launched by myself (Peter) and my wife Judy.

We started it as a side business. Our bread and butter was renting out and repairing caravans. We had over 60 of them at once.

We started “ACT Caravan Hire” in 1984 and whilst the 25+ years had been fun (except for the endless cleaning), our side business “CaravansPlus” was quickly taking over.

In 2009 we needed to move into a much larger warehouse and we stopped renting out caravans. The business has kept growing and we now have 5 staff and thousands of products on our shelves.

In 2008 our son Steven joined the business and now he and his wife Nicole are co-owners with us.

Family at "Smiths" Caravan Park (1958) Peter 3 years old (left)	Mark, Mike, Judy, Peter & Steve in front of new warehouse (2011)

Caravans and our interest in them have been around a lot longer than the internet.

Ross & Ethel Smith (my parents) bought land and built the Queanbeyan Caravan Park in 1958 when I was just 3 years old. Our family lived there and my brothers, sisters and I helped out around the park while we grew up. I have been around caravans ever since.

It's hard to know where the internet will take us.

Many kind people have said they shop with us because of our speedy and personal service. We want to keep improving on that.

We don't want to be another faceless “web shop”.

We are a family run business with a lifetime of interest in our products.

Happy Travels,

Peter Smith..