{"id":913291,"date":"2026-10-02T09:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/913291\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:28:11","slug":"maverick-campers-aussie-caravan-maker-falls-into-liquidation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/913291\/","title":{"rendered":"Maverick Campers: Aussie caravan maker falls into liquidation"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Australian<\/a> caravan company has fallen into liquidation after almost 10 years in business.<\/p>\n

Maverick Campers, which traded under the company Fetch Business Solutions Pty Ltd, appointed\u00a0Yulia Petrenko and Malcolm Howell of Jirsch Sutherland\u00a0as joint liquidators on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\"Maverick<\/p>\n

Maverick Campers has fallen into liquidation after almost 10 years in business.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n

The company has showrooms in Adelaide<\/a>, Brisbane<\/a>, Perth<\/a> and Melbourne<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Liquidators said the company\u2019s liabilities appear to exceed $6 million, based on currently available books and records.<\/p>\n

Petrenko said the figure remains subject to verification as part of the liquidation process, including the assessment of creditor claims and the company\u2019s asset position.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is still very early in the liquidation and there is a significant amount of work to be done before we have a complete picture,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur immediate focus is on affected customers and creditors and identifying the best way to preserve value and maximise recoveries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liquidators have also taken possession of the company\u2019s stock.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith limited stock available, there was very little capacity for the business to continue normal trading or fulfil existing customer orders,\u201d Petrenko said.<\/p>\n

Maverick Campers founder and CEO Matt Winen told customers of the news on social media on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all know that the financial problems that Australia is having, the world is having,\u201d Winen said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOil prices, fuel prices, every expense in our household is going up, it\u2019s an unfortunate part about the Australian economy right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat had a roll on effect to every business, not just the caravan industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaverick Campers have been bucking a lot of the trend, we know a lot of other campers are measuring significant downturns.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been ups and downs like any business, but generally, we feel we have bucking the trend with some of that stuff.\u201c<\/p>\n

The company is the latest in a string of caravan sellers to experience challenges.<\/p>\n

Caravan maker Australian Off Road entered administration after 26 years<\/a> in September this year.<\/p>\n

Australian Off Road said Chinese imports, competitors copying its products and lower manufacturing costs in other parts of Australia had made it increasingly difficult to compete on price.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe caravan industry is a good example of the pressures facing businesses that have significant capital tied up in stock,\u201d Petrenko said.<\/p>\n

\u201cManufacturers and dealers are dealing with higher operating and finance costs, with recent interest rate rises adding further pressure. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, consumers are becoming more cautious and taking longer to commit to significant discretionary purchases.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFor businesses carrying substantial stock and work-in-progress, even a relatively modest slowdown in sales can quickly translate into cash-flow pressure. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a number of caravan businesses nationally experience financial difficulty, which reflects some of the broader challenges facing the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liquidator Malcolm Howell said the pressures were not confined to one business. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re seeing similar issues emerge across the caravan sector, particularly where businesses are carrying significant amount of stock while facing higher finance and operating costs,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cCanterbury Caravans was a recent matter we handled – and the scenario was similar. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the circumstances of every business are different, it\u2019s another example of the financial pressures being felt across parts of the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Australian caravan company has fallen into liquidation after almost 10 years in business. Maverick Campers, which traded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":["post-913291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}