Time to Roam Magazine Issue 13 - February/March 2015 | Page 34

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tried + tested motorhome review

Let's face it, when you’re
forking out a six figure sum for
a set of wheels, you don’t want
to drive around in something
that has a budget feel.
Review by Rod Bruem Tried and Tested Horizon Casuarina RRP $113, 300 as tested, drive away NSW

LIVING
LA DOLCE VITA

Italy’s latest more powerful Fiat Ducato
has made a popular Aussie camper even better.

We have Italy to thank for inventing roads,
good coffee and even the notion of “La Dolce
Vita”, which literally means, “The Good Life”.
Add to that list the Fiat Ducato, the world’s bestselling purpose-built chariot for motorhomes.
Far away from Italy in Ballina NSW the team
from Horizon Motorhomes have built on the latest
Ducato to create something truly “magnifico”.
Horizon Managing Director Clayton Kearney
and his team have established a reputation
for building a quality range of B-class
motorhomes Australian buyers seem to prefer.
The most popular model in the range is
baby Melaleuca which is the closest thing

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to a classic campervan. Measuring under
six metres in length, it fits in a normal car
space. The appeal for buyers is it can
double as a second car when needed.
The Casuarina, first launched in 2014, is
the next size model up in the range. Clayton
Kearney refers to it as the “Melaleuca on
steroids”. Measuring in at 6.36m long,
it’s slightly too big for a standard parking
space, but it’s hardly a bus either.

Great set of wheels
Let’s face it, when you’re forking out a six figure
sum for a set of wheels, you don’t want to drive
around in something that has a budget feel.
The Ducato has never failed to impress
and the 2014 facelift makes it even better.
From the outside, the upgrade includes
snappy new headlights (reminiscent