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WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT TRAKMASTER & PIONEER ARE NOW A PART OF THE TRACK FAMILY Gerard Waldron (director TRACK) and Wayne Gason (MD Gason industries) jointly announced today that Track has acquired the long-standing Australian brands. This deal, which will see these brands stay on our shores has been in negotiation since early December 2019 and the agreement transfers all the intellectual property for both the design/manufacture and marketing of both brands to TRACK. Under the agreement TRACK’s, OUTBACK HQ showroom and service centre, will provide ongoing service and parts for both brands and warranty services on behalf of Gason for all Gason manufactured products. Wayne Gason said “As a board we have assessed it over the past year and being a family owned business of 75 years in October – we felt we wanted to come back to our core business in Ararat.” Gason has recently made significant investments over 6Million dollars within its core businesses and concluded now was the time to concentrate its resources there hence the decision to find a buyer for its RV businesses. He went on to say — ‘we just felt Track was that right business, [...]

The CIA VIC association has conducted intensive lobbying on behalf of its members to get urgent clarification on the 'Restricted Activity Directions' allowing people to travel for the purposes of purchasing goods and services from our members.   On the 6th May they received notification from the Victorian Government that makes it clear consumers/customers are allowed to travel to our service, repair, dealer and retail members for the purposes of purchasing goods and services. Further the statement makes it clear our members can conduct their business under the 'Permission to Leave' provisions of the restricted activity directions.   The statement/notification from the Victorian Government is outlined below: Under the Victoria State of Emergency arising from the serious public health risk posed by Coronavirus (COVID-19), Victorians are being asked to stay at home and defer activities, where possible. Victoria’s COVID-19 Directions allow people to leave their home to purchase necessary goods and services or have someone come to their home to do work, which could include caravan collection and repair services. Victoria’s COVID-19 Directions would also permit workers to leave their home to offer caravan [...]

We had an amazing time displaying our products and promoting the “van life” lifestyle. This year was a record breaker with over 600 visitors who enjoyed our partner displays and family friendly entertainment. We wanted to thank our guests for taking the time to come and participate and we hope that you all had a great day!We had fantastic prizes kindly donated by our suppliers for the door prize raffle on the day. The lucky winners are: Alan W won a $500 Koni gift voucher Meredith D won a Redarc Tow-Pro Elite brake controller Peter W won an ARB Sky Dome swag Philip R won a Weber BabyQ donated by Britannia Chris K won a Pro Quip 18L water jerry Sharon W won a Pro Quip 20L chrome metal jerry can Congratulations to you all!A very big thank you to our amazing Suppliers/Exhibitors who attended on the day. We really couldn’t run our Open Day without your continued support. ARB Atlas Trailer Hire C.E. Bartlett Club 4x4 Concept Latch, Lock & Hinge