Hippie Camper Hire Australia

This is the biggest competition we have had ever! The Ultimate Motorhome Holiday Competition is offering Monthly Prizes - $50 Amazon.com vouchers plus a grand prize of an Australian Motorhome Holiday valued up to $25,000 . With A massive prize pack with 5k worth of flights included why not try your luck and enter today! All you need to do it submit a blog, video or post promoting the Motorhome Experience in one of the countries we operate. This is open worldwide which means anyone can win! *Terms and conditions apply Click the link above for details on how to enter

Our Hippie Camper "Get Refreshed" competition has now closed and a winner will be advised this coming week. We had some great entries from people telling us where they would take our new "refreshed" Hippie Campers on a trip. Thanks to everyone who entered and stay tuned for the winning announcement! Keep up to date with new comps, stories and events with the Hippie Camper Facebook page

Last Sunday the Hippie Gang from our Head Office in Brisbane, Australia went out to Grantham QLD, to volunteer for the Grantham Flood Recovery efforts. Leaving at 7.00am on Sunday morning – large coffee in hand, they drove out our new Hippie Campers to Grantham which is about 1 ½ hours West of Brisbane. After a few slight hiccups with the GPS we found our way and arrived in Grantham to start the day. This year Australia was hit by a once-in-a-life time flood event and no town suffered more than that of Grantham. Casie, who organised the volunteer work here and heads to Grantham from Ipswich (40minute drive) every Sunday to help, showed us around the town and explained just how badly they were affected. They were hit by 3 waves of water from 3 separate directions and the devastation this caused is still apparent as you go down the main street. Some houses are now completely gone while others sit the same as they have since January. We got to work shovelling mud and rock from the inside of what used to be a hardware shop and helped disassemble a house which will be rebuilt somewhere else. It was a humbling experience and the efforts that Casie and her team put into the recovery is a true testament to helping your fellow man – Something that Hippie Camper is a great supporter of!! We encourage all Hippies young and not so young :) to get out and volunteer for such a great cause!! For More information or to register for a volunteering session Contact Casie on lockyervalleyfloodrecoveryvolunteers@hotmail.com (half day 9-12pm or full day 9am -3pm every Sunday). See the pics from our team on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/HippieCampers

This year Australia was hit by a once-in-a-life time flood event and no town suffered more than that of Grantham. A good Hippie parties hard and then absolves himself by giving back so in keeping with this philosophy Hippie Campers is sending a troupe of staff to Grantham to help the Lockyer Valley Flood Recovery Volunteers. We’d love to encourage our customers to volunteer too! So if you find you have a spare Sunday and want to earn some sweet karma points and give new life to the devastated town of Grantham email Casie at lockyervalleyfloodrecoveryvolunteers@hotmail.com. We hope to see you there Hippies!

Have a Rad Hippie Camper Roadtrip? Taken lots of photos? Want to win some awesome prizes? Why enter into Tourism Australia´s " Nothing Like Australia" campaign!! You simply need to upload your holiday photo experience and share in 25 words or less why there´s nothing like Australia. You could win a share of over $300,000 in prizes courtesy of Luxury Lodges of Australia and Qantas Airlines. You can even nominate up to 5 people who you would most like to take away * with you by creating an Aussie Holiday Dream Team We´d love to see your Hippie Pics up there so get cracking! http://www.nothinglikeaustralia.com.au/index.htm

Hippie has had an exciting past few months and to top it off we have been announced as a finalist for the Best Car / Camper Rental Australia award at the “The Golden Backpack” awards for 2011. “The Golden Backpacks” reward companies who work hardest to make backpacking around Australia & New Zealand that extra bit special. They are a bit like the backpacker industry version of the Oscars, but are driven by votes from you, real travellers. This is key as who else knows our product better than the people who are in them! This year, our hard work and all your support has paid off! With our new “look and feel” and brand new vehicles with extra features being built every day it’s a very exciting time for Hippie and we are honoured that has been recognised! This is Hippie’s second year running we have made the cut and the team would like to thank all those that have voted and supported us over the years. The winner will be revealed in Sydney in October and while a win would be amazing it’s great to be recognised and placed in the same ranks as the top companies out there!! Peace!

Welcome to the new look Hippie Camper, the campervan rental company that provides rockin´ road trips for happy campers. Very soon Hippie Camper will begin stage 2 of the brand´s transformation. Already boasting the coolest new look, Hippie Camper will soon launch upgraded vehicles to market plus an awesome Facebook competition. Like us on Facebook to find out how you can win yourself an awesome holiday!

Hippies and music festivals go way back and in keeping with this time honoured tradition Splendour in the Grass is thrilled to partner exclusively with Hippie Campers to provide this year’s festival goers with a great offer on campervan rentals! With a sneak peak at our new look Hippie campers, reduced minimum rental period and free extras up to $50, why not book your Hippie Camper today! Available for pick up between 25 July 2011 and 31st July 2011 from Brisbane and Sydney (Subject to availability ), Just quote promotion code HCSPLEND when you book http://www.hippiecamper.com/campervan-hire-splendour.aspx

Hippie Camper´s parent company, Apollo Motorhome Holidays, is proud to announce the opening of its Denver branch in Colorado. This is Apollo’s 4th USA branch with 20 more branches located in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The location is just minutes away from Denver International Airport, with nearby hotels, restaurants, and shopping. Its central US location means that Apollo now has significant coverage of the Western portion of the country. This opens up many additional popular destinations and one-way options for Apollo customers, including several National Parks and Monuments (Yellowstone National Park, Grand Tetons National Park, Colorado Rocky Mountains and Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills). The Denver branch has only recently been built and has immaculate facilities. The branch capabilities include automotive maintenance and repair, body shop (panel beaters), and trained motorhome repair technicians. At present Hippie Campers can only be hired in Australia and New Zealand but with its parent company taking on Canada and the US who knows where you´ll next see a Hippie Camper!

The Christchurch branch is still open for business and we are operating to our normal trading hours. The areas and towns outside of Christchurch are also open as usual for holiday traffic. At the branch, we are still dealing with intermittent power restrictions; however, at all times, we do have systems in place to support any power outages. Our consultants are doing a fantastic job and we thank our customers for being so understanding of the situation. The team in Christchurch have really appreciated this. All vehicles will be available to our upcoming customers as booked. Due to local authorities’ advice, we don´t have access to water to clean the outside of the vans however inside the vehicle will still be cleaned. There are various routes into and out of Christchurch open for motorists however access to the city’s CBD is still closed to the public. The Christchurch airport and the branch which is near the airport are both open for business. To all our customers, please exercise caution if travelling near the Christchurch area and try to avoid unnecessary travels to the areas affected. Clients affected or concerned by the earthquake are still best to contact our free call number 0800 113 131 and select Reservations for assistance. Our continued support and thoughts go out to the many lives that have been affected by this earthquake.