Unsealed 4x4

Unsealed 4x4

Unsealed 4X4 delivers honest 4WD advice, gear reviews, and travel guides crafted from real Australian adventures. Since 2014, we've tested the gear, driven the tracks, and learned what works - so you can hit the tracks safely.

ISSUE 052 – BIG 4X4 WAGON COMPARISON

he wait is over, and the results are in from our massive 4X4 wagon comparison. We put the New Discovery, Y62 Patrol and 200 Series LandCruiser into direct competition to see which is the best full-sized 4X4 wagon available in…

Gold Coast Expo

LAST CHANCE: The Gold Coast Expo over the 27th to the 29th of July is fast approaching! Get on down to the Aquis Park, Gold Coast Turf Club at Bundall, gates open 8:30am-4:00pm each day. Entry for adults is an…

Goodbye Fortuner

After 15,000km and countless trips it’s time to hand the keys back. We’ve had this Toyota Fortuner since back in Issue 041 of Unsealed 4X4, and we have to say it’s become part of the family. We’ve taken it on holidays,…

Roast me …

With the winter months well and truly upon us, I’ve fallen into a ritual of cooking a Sunday camp oven roast every week. I actually crave it! Now, I’m not home every weekend (nor would I want to be), but…

You might be able to buy a new, old Jeep

When a vehicle manufacturer stops producing a vehicle, it’s often not the end of the story for an outdated design. Sometimes, they continue to build and sell older models in other parts of the world. Old designs will sometimes also…

Stale bread = yum campfire dessert

If there’s one thing that makes a night around the campfire memorable, it’s finishing a great meal with a perfect dessert. The problem is, after all that four-wheel driving followed by a hearty meal, it seems impossible to get out…

June 2018: Adventure Cinema

In this instalment of Adventure Cinema, we’ve got drowned 4X4s, Simpson Desert crossing in a petrol FJ and Cape York recoveries. There are Unimogs doing their thing off-road and characters of the Australian bush. All this and more in Unsealed 4X4’s…

JK Wrangler – Escape

The first step in working to live, is having an escape plan. For a lot of us, four-wheel driving is a way of escaping the daily grind. Get away from the rat race for maybe a weekend or a month, get…

June 2018: Readers’ Rigs

Beau’s Zook A lot can happen in five months, and Beau’s Zook is the proof! It was never intended to be anything other than a daily, but we all know how quickly things can get out of hand. After owning…

Gecko slide-on camper

Peter Barber and his wife Heidi have been touring all their lives and have fond memories of camping at the beach over the summer holidays for weeks on end, and it’s that love of touring that saw them bring up…