200 original one-liners

Wicked started back in 2000 with second-hand commercial vehicles and in 2009 we're phasing out our oldest vehicles (*tear*...you usually have the greatest adventure in our older vans) and putting 200 brand-spanking new vans on the road.

With brand-spanking new vehicles comes the need for new one-liners and new artwork.

We're inviting a variety of Australian celebrities/writers to conjure up and submit their favourite quotes for the back of our vans. We want fresh stuff from a selection of Aussie icons (none of the recycled-quotes you find on the web). So far I've been in touch with the likes of Kevin Bloody Wilson, Rolf Harris, and Hamish and Andy...it will be interesting to see who takes us up on the offer!

We're also inviting 10-20 artists to spraypaint vans for us with their original artwork. If you're an artist and would like your artwork on display all around Australia, let us know by emailing evangelism@wickedcampers.com .

Surfin' Steve hangs five in a Wicked

Well, I'm back in the Brisbane Evangelism Headquarter's after an exciting week playing netball (and starring in Digicel TV commercials) in Samoa.

My fellow evangelist, Brother Paul received a text message from Surfin' Steve today saying the first installment of his Wicked roadtrip was up on the web. According to his website, Surfin' Steve is "(almost) blonde, (almost) Aussie, but above all he’s (almost) a surfer…". Steve and his own production crew nakedly swept into our Brisbane depot on Monday to pick up his pimped up Wicked Campervan, which he'll be taking on a 3-month roadtrip around Australia.

Part 1 of his adventure is up now and it's a hoot! Click here to view the footage.

Check out Surfin' Steve's website here.

Wicked Agent Gifts

This morning I went for a spin around town, visiting all the hostels and agencies in Broome.

We're lucky to have terrific relationships with The Kimberley Klub, a YHA hostel situated smack bang in the middle of town (across the road from Broome International Airport...a little tin shed with its runway backing onto Coles. By the way its called an International Airport but there are no international flights because they don't want to upgrade the runway) and Cable Beach Backpackers, a very relaxed hostel about 200m away from the stunning Cable Beach. Actually all of the hostels and agencies here are very welcoming and accommodating -- part and parcel of living in a remote outback town!

Our latest Wicked offer to our agents is something pretty cool...for every seven days of hire a travel agency rents out, we'll give the agency a free day of hire! So...let's just say our cleaner Phoebe got tired of working as our Wicked cleaner and decided to start up her own travel agency, 'Busty Tours'. In her first week at Busty Tours she sells a 30 day roadtrip to a tall couple from Germany. By selling this roadtrip Phoebe scores herself 4 days of free Wicked Campervan hire at any depot location in the world -- that's her trip to Glastonbury 2010 all sorted, what a terrific incentive!

Anyway I'll be away for the next week, playing netball in Samoa. I'll arrive back in Brisbane the following week for a stint working in the Evangelist headquarters with my delightful fellow evangelists Brother Paul, Sister Mary and Sister Sam, before entertaining agencies from Europe at the annual Australia Travel Expo (ATE) in Melbourne.