September 2017

GATES – THE RUBIK’S CUBE OF THE BUSH

If you have ever travelled rural Australia, you will have come across a gate that you had to open (and then close). Did you ever have trouble with the latch, even slightly? If you never have, you haven’t seen enough…

FRESH FISH ON THE FLY

According to my sources, last summer was face-meltingly hot in Australia and power outages were ruining ice-cream parties everywhere. And the reprieve from the heat came in the form of incessant rain. Here in northern Colorado, where the 4X4s are…

GAWLER RANGES NP – SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Why this place may actually be better than The Flinders   Many visitors to SA’s north make a beeline for the magnificent Flinders Ranges; and rightly so. But often the fixation on one of the Croweaters’ best-known locations can overshadow…

MUNGO NP – NEW SOUTH WALES

Time Travel Made Easy   Like no other place I have ever been, you can see pre-history emerge from the sand in front of you. You may be the first person in 20,000 years to see the burnt piece of…

WOMEN LIKE MEN WHO DRIVE BLACK UTES

And they prefer utes over sports cars…   After a couple of days in a black Isuzu D-Max running errands around town, Evan told us he was getting noticeably more attention from the fairer sex. Well, that’s interesting, we thought.…

GO THE TROOPY!

Out of the box they’re one of the best touring rigs money can buy, but this bloke has found a way to turn his big white van into something special…   Toyota Troop Carriers have always had a bit of…

COMPARISON: SNATCH STRAPS REVISITED

We retest the losers  from our previous snatch strap comparison have they learnt a thing or two about building quality snatch straps yet? CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Back in Issue 012 of Unsealed 4X4, when…

Amarok Sportline: $55,990 Driveway

You can now get V6 grunt for SR5 money. Getting into a V6-powered Amarok just got a fair bit cheaper, with Volkswagen releasing a lower-spec level: Sportline. Where the Trendline and Ultimate cost $59,990 and $67,990 respectively before you factor…

SCENIC EATS: BASIC BREAKFAST PARFAIT

Not-so-fun fact: The inventor of cornflakes, Mr John Harvey Kellogg, created them with the resolute belief that eating bland foods would curb certain… ‘enthusiasms’ in pubescent teenagers. Despite that theory being thoroughly (and repeatedly) disproven around the world, somehow the…

LIGHTFORCE GENESIS LED

Alright, Let’s get the specs out of the way. These lights are 140 watts, via 37 Lumiled LEDs that make 1053m @ 1 LUX. The lights have a 210mm diameter, and a 73mm depth. Price? $669 a pop. CLICK HERE…