I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

  • Hirsty

    So happy.

  • sam1148

    Wow, that’s amazing. 

  • brerrabbit23

    For the lazy – US$ 47,328 fully loaded

    • http://glitch.tl/ Michael Smith

      Not bad if you are a recently retired baby boomer with a pocket full of superannuation payout. And this will take you into places where a big camper van can’t go.

    • Promethean Sky

      Also great if you travel a lot for work, and cheap rural motels freak you out.

    • http://profiles.google.com/joshuabardwell Joshua Bardwell

      Is that for the camper alone, or does it include the truck?

      EDIT: It’s just the camper.

  • http://www.barelyfitz.com/ BarelyFitz

    I prefer my camper demonstrations to have more cursing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NO05RfHO_4s

  • 10xor01

    Get out of my dreams, and onto my truck!

  • jimh

    WANT. Also, this guy is awesome. I want to hear him explain LOTS MORE STUFF.

    • http://burntheflag.ca Jardine

      I watched the whole thing and I don’t even like camping. There was just something about the way he was going through everything that made him seem like just a regular guy. I think my expectation with a sales video like this is a sales douche with a heavy emphasis on marketing terms. This guy just goes through the features and says what you could use them for and why they put them there. Instead of calling the fridge an “executive premiere cooling unit”, he calls it a fridge. I did notice that getting into the fridge from the outside looked fairly difficult if you’re short.

    • David Kopelman

      He said “insict mish”. 
      I love ‘strine.

      • ludd

         This guy knows his stuff and seems a very genuine bloke. But that is not a standard Australian accent. On a first listen I thought it had many English overtones. There are also plenty of New Zealand ‘isms too and the vowel shift that David notes is indicative – of Kiwi-speak – not Strine. If I had to put money on it I would say he was a Pom who emigrated to NZ and then  moved to Australia – where he has been for quite some time. That is a very well thought camper BTW. But when I was a boy 47 grand was a lot of money. Now I cant afford it. Perfect for the cashed up “grey nomad” though.

        • ocker3

          He’s not ‘strine, but I reckon he wouldn’t turn any heads if he ordered food in any Aussie city. He’s obviously educated. I wouldn’t at all be surprised to find someone with that kind of accent working in a school or university somewhere in NSW or Qld

    • Diogenes

       He’s the Bob Ross of Australian RV sales!

  • http://www.aarongilliland.com/ Aaron Gilliland

    Includes ergonomic perch for baby-eating dingoes.

    • Preston Sturges

      ….and an optional play pen/dingo feeder.

  • bobcorrigan

    What a lovely man.

  • http://twitter.com/michaelallison Michael

    It looks a lot bigger from the inside than the outside!

  • noah django

    bonkers.  want.

  • Morgan Blodgett

    Very impressive.

    Little worried about the safety of indoor food access. Main rule of camping, at least in the USA: KEEP FOOD AWAY FROM WHERE YOU SLEEP. Attracts bears and whatnot. Nothing ruins a camping trip faster than a sheet of canvas separating you and the smell of food from a bear.I dunno about australia. Don’t think koalas are much of a threat. Maybe dingoes.

    • Preston Sturges

      Your main threat in that area is salt water crocs, very poisonous snakes, very poisonous spiders, very poisonous jellyfish.

      I’m pretty sure its resistant to jellyfish.  

      • Morgan Blodgett

        Bah, give nature time. Flying camper attacking animals is a niche that has not yet been filled. Jellyfish are just as poised as any to fill it.

      • http://twitter.com/dargaud Guillaume Dargaud

         Yes, having camped on all continents, this camper is well suited for Australia, less so for other places. ‘Creepy crawlies’ indeed: you don’t want to go for a piss in the middle of the night in northern OZ and step on a croc. There’s a reason why tents are not popular there and why australian invented car roof tents. In crowded Europe I’m a lot more worried about discretion, I prefer a large but standard car with no outside sign that people may be sleeping in it. In northern America you can still put your food outside. And in Antarctica the mosquito nets without windows are not well suited…  ;-)

      • http://twitter.com/johncfarrier John Farrier

        If it was jellyfish resistant, he probably would have mentioned it in the video. That would be a major selling point.

        • ocker3

           That feature is probably available, if you drop him a line and ask about it :)

    • ocker3

      Koalas might get confused by that jungle pattern on his bed for a moment, but they’re Very picky eaters, gum leaves and only certain types at certain times of the year. Dingos ‘mostly’ stay away from humans, apart from in areas where stupid people feed them and they get desensitised to humans.

      The biggest problem you face while camping in Australia really are the biting insects and ants

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003195870008 Dan Toomey

      Cheers for the heads-up, but you’re in more danger of a 12ft salt water crocodile than a bear!

  • Preston Sturges

    The truck snorkel seems to be pretty standard in the NE coast. 

  • http://twitter.com/TimmoWarner Timmo Warner

    This is the greatest camper I have ever seen.

  • Van Diemen

    Did you hear him say ‘doona’ a couple of times?
    That is Australian for ‘duvet’.

    • Brad H.

      We also call bedding; manchester. No idea why.

      • John Tanner

        Because all of your cotton sheets used to be shipped to Auz/NZ from Manchester, UK in crates stamped “Manchester” :)

        • ludd

           Because a vast textile manufacturing industry was once centred in Manchester. Lots of cotton from the colonies were  transformed into sheets, quilts etc. Manchester=Bedding.

  • Richard Schneider

    Some guys watched Transformers much harder than other guys.

  • Tathy Sparmdonner

    It’s a great camper and a nice presentation. But this Renault 4 Camper http://youtu.be/YkcNeL4BNOs?t=11s is great too. (Jaques Tati: Trafic)  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069400/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Agenbroad/100002463876063 James Agenbroad

      I was just about to post the same clip.

  • http://twitter.com/johncfarrier John Farrier

    I love it! My favorite part is that so many features, like the stove and the fridge, are accessible from both the inside and the outside.

  • Woody Smith

    Forty-seven large is not a lot of money for a house you can drive.

  • ocker3

    I Really hope the video was shot and edited by his wife Madge, that would just make my day.

    But he probably got someone to do it professionally, I mean the entire unit isn’t something he knocked up in the garage, it’s been produced by some serious people.

    • http://twitter.com/captainperson Captain Person

      He did knock up a prototype in his garage first, then started producing them on a large scale.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=531022789 James C Wise

    how would this thing handle a midwest thunderstorm with wind gusts?  that would be a wild night.
    jc

  • MooseDesign

    What a delight… 15 minutes well spent.