G'day everyone,
A quick introduction. I'm Rob, married with 5 mostly grown up kids with a 2012 TDI Passat wagon since new after previously having a TDI Jetta.
We do a lot of camping towing a trailer with our tents and gear and have done 2 trips of 8 weeks each with the Passat. The first trip was from Melbourne up through the centre to Ayers Rock, Kings Canyon, Darwin, Kakadu then across to the East coast, up to Cape Tribulation then back to Melbourne. Second trip was from Melbourne across the Nullabor to Perth and exploring the South West, then back to Melbourne.
Camping is with the good lady and youngest son.
Have done a fair amount of dirt driving on these trips and the Passat behaved beautifully, with the only issue a chipped windscreen.

Cheers

Rob