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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…
BEYOND BOURKE STREET
Have you ever saved a mate’s life? How about a stranger’s life? Can going bush really save a life? How many lives have you saved by going bush? Most of us will go our whole lifetime and the closest we…
Australia’s Best Coastal Drive
We live on a big island, so there is a lot of coastline to explore – but Vic Widman reckons this stretch in South Australia is possibly the best. There is no question that we have some simply amazing coastal…
BACK-O-BOURKE AT GUNDABOOKA NP
Sturt’s obsession with finding an inland sea in the middle of Australia did not deliver an ocean, but he did find a salty Darling River. He described this discovery as ‘certainly a blow for which I was not prepared’. Sturt’s…
IT’S HAPPENED AGAIN
A couple of weeks ago it happened again. Another death during a recovery; this time up in the coastal Queensland town of Yeppoon. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE While this a tragedy and all of…
OUTBACK SURVIVAL LEGEND
This bloke has trained with the SAS, lived through a helicopter crash in the desert, and walked away from being thrown overboard with a couple of sharks. He knows his stuff when it comes to surviving just about any mishap……
WATER CROSSINGS FOR DUMMIES
I came across a bloke a couple of years ago in the Victorian High Country. He was stopped in the middle of the Crooked River with the water up to his door handles… and looking nervous. After a brief chat…
THE GREAT SPEEDING SCAM
Over the last 20 years or so, we’ve been constantly bombarded with the mantra that speeding on our roads kills, and slow equals safe. What a giant crock; and frankly, road users are being scammed. The person travelling 20km/h under…
10 Lessons We’ve Learn in the Western Desserts
WA has some of the most beautiful, and deadly, remote touring on the planet, here’s how to avoid the pitfalls Whenever we head off on a trip, it’s only natural we do some prep with our setup to make sure…
ROBINSON GORGE…WHERE THE HECK IS THAT?
I’d never heard of Robinson Gorge or Expedition National Park either – but here’s why I’m glad I stumbled across this ripper Queensland hideaway. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE BOOM! They had no idea what…
Australia’s Most Popular 4×4 Parks
Paying to play has never been more fun! How many of these amazing four-wheel drive parks have you visited? Private four-wheel drive parks have grown in popularity, which is logical considering how popular four-wheel drives and off-roading have become. While…
How to: Tackle Steep Descents (Minus the brown undies)
Sooner or later you’re going to come across a steep hill that you’re going to need to drive down. It’s simply a fact of life when driving off-road. The nose of the vehicle drops down and the back end rises…
Is Moreton Island better for families than Fraser?
Named Queensland’s least tourist-friendly island, Moreton has way more to offer than you think… CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE If you’ve ever been to Fraser Island, you’re going to love Moreton. It really does have…
9 things I’ve learned from camping disasters
Here’s how to prep for a trip to ensure your time in the bush doesn’t mentally scar you… OK, I’m a professional freelance travel writer, so I’m not going to admit to too many mistakes I may or may not…
