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Sideways in the Snow
There are two experiences in cars that just put an instant grin on your face… and I mean those experiences where you’re driving. One is gut-flattening acceleration, and the other is drifting. The latter is especially fun when it’s in…
Australia’s Most Treacherous 4×4 Locations
Sometimes the most isolated country in the world is every bit as perilous as it is beautiful. Danger. It’s a part of life as an off-roader, the raison d’être for everything we do. It might sound like I’m exaggerating but…
The Limestone Coast
Here’s six reasons you need to get to one of the most underrated off-road destinations in the country: South Australia often gets overlooked as a 4X4 destination, often thanks to places like the Cape, the Kimberley, the deserts and Fraser…
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK TO TOWER ROCK
Heading up to Darwin this winter and not looking forward to the long boring Stuart Highway north of Alice? Forget it… we know an off-road track that will blow you away. For images and the full Unsealed 4X4 experience,…
LAKE EYRE IN FLOOD… OR IS IT?
Lake Eyre is filling with water and the tourists are flocking to see it, so we sent Vic Widman out to see what all the fuss is about. For images and the full Unsealed 4X4 experience, read this on our…
STAFF CORNER: EV ESCAPES THE OFFICE
For images and the full Unsealed 4X4 experience, read this on our digital magazine platform. So my Patrol has had new wheels and tyres, suspension, roof rack with rooftop tent and awning and a dual-battery system installed. Recently…
5 REASONS TO VISIT THE PILBARA
A photo essay of arguably one of the most picturesque Outback locations in the country. The Pilbara region up in north-western Australia is a place like no other in the entire world. It has everything that four-wheel drive adventurers…
FIRE ACROSS THE TOP END
Australia’s tropical Outback is a place of outstandingly dramatic and contrasting seasons – the lush, rejuvenating monsoon season and the long parched ‘dry’ – each of which portrays the landscape so differently. The transition from almost fluorescent green grass…
6 Reasons You Need to Get to the Snow this Winter
Serious adventure… in a grown-up kind of way. Winter is right around the corner. Fireplaces are firing up and 4X4s are getting parked up until the weather improves. It’s a scene we all see year in and year out, and…
A little about Ranger Barry Lyon
Barry has worked as a ranger for over thirty years, mostly on remote national parks on Cape York, but also in Queensland’s wet tropics, far west, and Gulf Country. As a self-employed bush guide he also took people on small…
THE 6 HAIRIEST WATER CROSSINGS IN AUSTRALIA
Water crossings are among the most rewarding and fun obstacles to drive when out in the bush. No two are the same, and fording a body of water always comes with its own set of unique challenges. Quite often you…
WILL HISTORY BE LOST TO BUREAUCRACY?
Root Hog Fire Trail – Update As some may be aware, a rock fall and landslide occurred on the The Bridle Track at Monaghans Bluff (between Bathurst and Hill End, NSW) in 2010 – closing the track to through…
PROVEN WAYS TO KEEP THE DUST OUT
Do you turn up at your destinations looking like a stunt extra from Mad Max? I know I do sometimes: After a bit of dirt road driving, my Defender leaves me dustier than the morning after a B&S Ball. New…
WHERE MADIGAN WENT, PLUS WHERE HE DIDN’T…
After two failed starts over five years, doing the Madigan Line was looking like the stars just weren’t going to line up and it would remain an unfulfilled dream. Then out of the blue, four XXXX cans lined up in…
KINKUNA: LIKE INSKIP (MINUS THE HOLES)
It is tough living in Brisbane where we are blessed with an almost embarrassing number of beach camping options. Double Island Point, Fraser Island, Moreton Island and Straddie are all only a decent cooee up, down or off the…
