March 2017
To trade or upgrade? That is the question.
With so many modern and fancy campers on the market, is it time to trade in your camper for a new model, or is there an alternative option? With our camper having travelled well over 50,000 kilometres in the…
8 tips to protect your canvas
Are you rich enough to buy a new tent every trip? We aren’t, so here’s how to protect your investment… Also, can we borrow a few bucks? Canvas is a lot like underwear; you want it fresh and mould-free.…
The High-lift Jack – Hero or Hindrance?
We take a look at how to use the high-lift jack safely; the uses it has; how to make the high-lift jack a hero; and the carnage it causes when not used quite right. The high-lift jack is arguably…
Unsealed 4X4 Garage – Project Rusty
Brake Overhaul In this month’s Unsealed 4X4 Garage, along with the help of our mates at Drivetech 4×4 we are going to tackle the brakes on old Rusty. During one of our early test drives the brakes seemed to be…
How you’re buggering your auto-box
Want to find out exactly what makes autos so good off-road and how you’re probably killing yours? We have a chat with one of the best in the business… First, we need a refresher on how autos work. It’s no…
Staff Corner – Out with the old, in with the older?
Ev says goodbye to his GQ Patrol, but what could his latest purchase be? You might have seen my white GQ Patrol on these pages a bit, as it has been a base for testing products and a few…
Unsealed 4X4 – Readers Rigs
Andrew’s Disco 4 This is Andrew’s Discovery 4 and to say that he has become a Land Rover convert is an understatement. Andrew has set it up to be a great all-round tourer and he says it’s the most comfortable…
From the Editor: The Sickness
Hi, my name is Dex, and I’m a Gearhead. Nope, not into drugs; I’ll leave that to the politicians, people who wear yoga pants when they shouldn’t and professional rugby league players. I mean I would literally rather be working…
Long-term Product Review: 55L Evakool Fridgemate
Ugly Yellow Box 9 year test – Like a fine nine-year-old scotch, my Evakool Fridgemate has gotten better with age. Paul Simon’s Graceland has a line that goes, “My travelling companion is nine years old, he is the child…
Product Review: Companion Aqua Cube Logic Li
The camping accessory you never knew you needed. We’ve dragged this new portable shower unit through the Outback for a month, asked it to operate in the High Country in near-freezing temperatures and used it to keep man’s best…
Reviewed: AOR Matrix Pop Top
The AOR Matrix… good enough to be a movie but best taken camping. Matrix can mean many things, but I’m going to bastardise the Oxford Dictionary definition by dropping in the words ‘camper’ and ‘adventure’. Matrix: A camper in…
Mitsubishi Triton GLS Double-cab review
The Triton is one of the best-value options for the pragmatic ute buyer, but it has to work hard against some sharp competition. We give one a solid on-road and off-road test, to see how it stacks up. ON-ROAD…
Is private property camping the future of 4X4 exploration?
We go to Lorella Springs Station to find out. Northern Territory. Atrip to the Gulf Country is not for the faint-hearted. It was the effort to reach this remote place that led to the demise of the famous Burke…
Cape York in 1981 – Part Two
Last issue Vic Widman had reached the Jardine River in his convoy of two Subarus and one Daihatsu in his epic 1981 trip to the top of Australia. With no vehicle ferry operating, he had no choice other than to…
A week in stunning Salvator Rosa – Queensland
There’s way more to Carnarvon National Park than just the gorge. What do a 17th-century Baroque painter and a New South Wales Surveyor-General have in common? They both loved the dramatic landscapes that this section of the Carnarvon National Park…
