Our journey that lead us to the Expanda began in January when my husband suggested we get a cheap, second hand campervan. We decided very quickly on the Jayco Swan because we needed the room to sleep 5. After seeing a few and having to rethink our budget we noted that everyone we looked at was being sold so that the owners could upgrade to an Expanda. Our research then took a turn to the Expandas and the benefits over a campervan became quickly evident. So we started looking at second hand ones for sale (upgrading the budget yet again) but noted that we could never find one with most of what we wanted in it or if it did come close it was in another part of the country. We were limited to a max of 16ft due to our tow vehicle. Unfortunately we do not have the great 4wds that most of you have but will be towing with a 3.8L V6 Kia Grand Carnival. Then we deided we had to have one with the hard lids which pushed the price up again as we were looking at newer vans. Then after reading just about every post on this site (thank you to everyone's suggestions, opinions and stories) we figured out exactly what we wanted and ordered our brand new van at the Sydney Caravan and Camping Supershow last Saturday. Could've had delivery in June but can't get away until the end of the year so didn't want to waste the warranty with it sitting in our shed. The kids are so excited and now we are looking at all the places we can go to.