YABBIES IN HERB BUTTER
Outback Gourmet: YABBIES IN HERB BUTTER These tasty little crustaceans are really worth the effort it takes to catch them. Serves 4 | Time 20 minutes
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.
The Unsealed 4X4 Reivew: 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK
Hill End, the site of one of Australia’s great 19th century gold rushes, seemed so right to put this 4X4 through its paces. Jeep is an internationally famous 4X4 brand, but here its products have not always been viewed as…
AFS: ACRONYM FATIGUE SYNDROME
This debilitating illness often strikes someone looking to buy a 4X4. Acronyms have reached plague proportions in the 4X4 world as manufacturers compete to deliver similar technologies and systems, all with slightly different names.
THE PIONEERS: BROTHERS IN ARMS
Here’s two pairs of brothers that changed the four-wheel drive world forever—they’re certainly fit for our pioneers series! Read about Mike and Mal Leyland, and the Brown Brothers from ARB.
UNSEALED 4X4 GEAR NEWS – ISSUE 003
We take a look at the four-wheel drive industry’s latest and greatest gear! This month we’ve got a new LED light from Lightforce, a new line of rear bars from Kaymar, a new awning from Bushmaster, and more!
Q&A: THE AUSSIE OVERLANDERS
Gareth Wright and Kirsty Hobbs, the Aussie Overlanders, are young adventurers travelling the world in their 4X4. Over the past few years they have built their knowledge from the ground up. They don’t pretend to know everything but are happy to share…
PLAYING BANJO
The landscapes of Australia’s great bush poet, A.B. Paterson When we were looking for a name for the journalists’ room at Unsealed 4X4 HQ, all tracks wound back to Banjo Paterson (1864-1941). No man has done more to capture the…
HEY PRESTO! WE REVIEW THE INNOVAN XC CAMPER
The unfortunate reality with most camper trailers I’ve seen, used, and personally abused is that frankly, they’re quite a pain to set up. Usually, by the time my mates are finished setting up their camper trailer, I’ve already set up…
GEAR GURU: ISSUE 003
Gear Guru takes a hands-on look at the latest and greatest four-wheel drive products this side of the moon. This issue we’re looking at some indestructible cases from Pelican, an LED lightbar from Rigid Industries, an awesome dash cam, and…
ISSUE 003 – THIRD TIME PLUCKY
The patron saint of journos here at Unsealed 4X4 is Banjo Paterson. It’s 150 years since the great writer was born, and a beautiful big feature in Unsealed 003 celebrates this milestone by exploring the landscapes he made legend through his poems such as The…
T IS FOR TOUGH: A TVAN ALWAYS TURNS HEADS
Camper trailers come in all shapes and sizes; it’s just a shame that the majority of them look the same (an obese box trailer with a giant muffin top ballooning out the top). Not all camper trailers fit this description,…
KIMBERLEY DREAMING
Death and rebirth are central themes in Moira McKinnon’s debut novel, while a central character of this exquisitely written book is the Kimberley itself. The reader is effortlessly drawn in by McKinnon’s keen descriptions of the landscape and its first…
FRASER ISLAND AND THE HUMPBACK HIGHWAY
Queensland’s World Heritage-listed Fraser Island is worth visiting at any time of the year. It’s the planet’s largest sand island and a 4X4 paradise, with stunning rainforest, dingoes, awesome fishing, crystal clear freshwater lakes and endless beaches.
LED LENSER X21 R
If this torch were a gun, it would be Inspector Harry Callaghan’s Smith & Wesson Model 29. Like the iconic .44 Magnum, it’s huge and ridiculously powerful. If it’s not the Rolls Royce of the lighting world, it’s the Bugatti…
CIVILISATION CREEPS UP THE CAPE
First seen by Europeans as far back as the 1600s, it remains one of white man’s last frontiers. It’s been a place of big adventure, big mines and big cattle properties. But times are changing as civilisation – and the…
