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Staff Corner: Ev’s Bar Goes for a Drink
If you have seen the movie The Big Lebowski, there is a classic line in the film surrounding the lead character’s household rug which is stolen… “It really tied the room together.” Now, there was nothing wrong with the bullbar…
Weird & Whacky Recoveries
We test a few different styles of self-recovery aids to see what works, what doesn’t and what you shouldn’t waste your time with… Traction mats have been around for over a decade now. In fact, it was back in 2005…
COOKING WITH KIDS: FRUIT TARTS
Cooking with kids would have to be the single most important thing I can encourage any parent to do. Not only does it set them up for a future where they are not reliant on awful take-away food with its…
ROAD TEST: LOTUS CARAVANS OFF GRID
For images and the full Unsealed 4X4 experience, read this on our digital magazine platform. Us journalists lead a charmed life. Getting to play with top products at our whim, and acting as chief judge and jury in the…
FOOD AND FODDER: PIZZA DOUGH
For images and the full Unsealed 4X4 experience, read this on our digital magazine platform. The easiest pizza you’ll ever eat is the one you don’t have to make. Second to that, it’s probably going to be this one.…
FIRST LOOK: CUB FORWARD-FOLD
So new it doesn’t even have a name yet… we take Cub Campers’ freshly-designed prototype out bush to find out if you should believe the hype. For images and the full Unsealed 4X4 experience, read this on our digital magazine…
The Recovery Special
If you have ever wondered how much force is required to recover a bogged four-wheel drive, you are about to find out my friend! Are you sick of the same articles over and over again preaching about the importance of…
OUTBACK GOURMET: FOOLPROOF FISH PARCELS
With fire bans in place all over the country and temperatures just too hot to be bothered cooking over an open fire, summertime sees us having to dig out our tried and tested stovetop meals. This recipe I am going to…
REVIEW: COMPLETE CAMPSITE EXODUS II
We take an 80-grand trailer off-road behind an 8-grand tow-rig, and find out if we’ve all been doing this camper trailer thing wrong all this time… Camper trailers are getting pretty ritzy these days. It’s not uncommon for them…
REVIEWED: DARCHE NEBULA 1550 HYBRID SWAG
With a design clearly based on our very own Sydney Opera House and with 360-degree views to match through its unique window design, the Darche Nebula 1550 certainly is a new take on the standard two-person vehicle-based touring swag. For…
11 Things You Need to Know About Lithium Power
1. Lifepo4 means Lithium Iron Phosphate And this is the one you want to know about. The battery in your phone is probably lithium-ion, but LiFePO4 takes things to the next level. It acts as the cathode material, and is…
FOOD AND FODDER: BREAKFAST BURRITOS
Light a fire in your belly with these spicy breakfast burritos. They’re a tastier alternative to plain old eggs and bacon, they’re filling, and they’re a good way to use up any leftover snags from the night before – a…
RHINO SLIDE-ON CAMPER
An Aussie-made slide-on camper that weighs less than 300kg and costs under $15,000? Tell us more! For images and the full Unsealed 4X4 experience, read this on our digital magazine platform. These days, the idea of cruising down…
THE EVOLUTION OF THE 4X4 CHASSIS
For images and the full Unsealed 4X4 experience, read this on our digital magazine platform. Back in the 1970s, a 4X4 chassis was little more than a pair of thick 5-6mm C-section steel rails kept roughly parallel to each…
INDUSTRY NEWS: A UNEEK SOLUTION
Melbourne-based 4X4 company, Uneek 4X4, wants you to tell them what to build next. Read this story on our Unsealed 4X4 magazine platform. In this marketplace, it is refreshing to hear of a company that wants the punters…
