00:00Friendships forged in the face of adversity.
00:05Nick and Joe Norrin had driven from Perth to collect their Zone RV caravan,
00:11arriving in Queensland just as the Sunshine Coast-based manufacturer entered administration.
00:16I definitely have more grey hairs now, so maybe this grey nomad lives well.
00:21We will be more grey nomads.
00:24Enter Jenny and Gary Drummond Gower.
00:26The Noosa residents already own a Zone and opened their mobile home and their hearts to the stranded pair.
00:32Jenny and I sort of looked at each other and thought we can do something to help these people.
00:39Zone RV owes hundreds of customers, suppliers and employees $42 million.
00:44This week administrators have begun allowing some customers, who'd paid in full, to collect their vans.
00:50But they have to pay an extra fee, understood to be 12%, which equates to tens of thousands of dollars.
00:56We have somewhere where we can start the dream we had and just feel really sorry for people who won't be able to do that.
01:04While the Norrins won't make it home for Christmas, the happy campers can finally hit the road.
01:09Most other customers will have to wait until the new year to find out whether they can get their vans or their money back.
01:15At the next creditors meeting it will be revealed whether there's a buyer for the company.
01:20You are now.
01:21Your
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