Cover Story
Snug as a Bug
WORDS & PICS LISA MORA
Lisa Burgess and her partner
Louis Van Slobbe live on a
five-acre property in Warwick,
Queensland. Having been
interested in Volkswagon Kombis, old
motorbikes and mad keen collectors of
all things retro, it wasn’t long before their
interest turned to vintage caravans.
Louis had spotted an old caravan
that had been parked in the carport of a
house in Warwick for about twenty years.
About four years ago they decided to ask
if the owners would consider selling it.
The lady they spoke to told them that it
had belonged to her late husband, but
now was her daughter’s, who lived in
Brisbane. After speaking to the daughter,
they agreed to sell it. Lisa and Louis
became the proud owners of a 1960
Sunliner, which they christened: “The Egg”.
Over the past four years Lisa and
Louis had been doing a bit of work on
her now and then with the intention
of her eventually getting the Sunliner
back on the road again. The interior was
stripped out in preparation for a total
refurbishment.
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