Purple Bridge offer Trailer and Caravan Awareness Courses in Toowoomba and the Darling Downs. The courses ensure that our clients understand the legal requirements to satisfy state road legislation. Our courses provide a wealth of technical information, handy hints and advice, which, when put into practice, will help clients tow their recreational vehicle with a greater degree of confidence and safety. Towing any type of trailer involves more than attaching a towbar to your vehicle and hitching up. It adds another dimension to your driving skills and there are many considerations that should be thought through before towing.

We also offer a Caravan Weighing Service to customers within the Toowoomba and Darling Downs region. Make your trip fully legal by having it weighed before you go. We can advise on redistribution if required.

With our experience and knowledge passed on to you in a safe, friendly environment while using your own equipment, you can drive away with great confidence. Knowing your vehicles towing capacities, weight, equipment, safety, maintenance, mirrors, levelling, weighing, coupling and un-coupling makes for a safe trip.


During the course, you will learn:

✔    The towing capacity of your vehicle.
✔    The type of tow bar you should fit to your vehicle and the maximum load capacity of the coupling.
✔    The trailer when laden and coupled to the vehicle shall not exceed any of the tow vehicle maximum ratings.
✔    GVM and GCM
✔    Coupling and un-coupling
✔    Reversing with a trailer
✔    The ATM must be specified on the trailer’s Vehicle (VIN) Plate.
✔    The type of trailer you are towing and whether it complies with all the laws.
✔   The regulations governing trailers in Australia.
✔    The type of equipment you may need to fit to increase the trailer’s stability when being towed.
✔    Whether your trailer is correctly loaded.
✔    The ways in which towing can affect your driving.
✔    The safety checks you should make prior to and during your trip.