Simone and Luke Skinner took the huge plunge to exit the rat race and instead embrace life with sons Louis, 10, and Beau, 8, living in a “tin can” on a year long lap of Australia.

A sharp decline in caravan trips to Victoria’s regions could spell doom for the industry which has been “neglected” amid major cuts to tourism marketing funding, caravan bosses say.

Caravans Industry Victoria — which represents more than 200 caravan and RV brands — chief executive Daniel Sahlberg called on the state government to step up its funding for caravan tourism ...