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A World War Two Jeep Tackles Telegraph Track
If you look back throughout the history of four-wheel drive vehicles, there’s one that really stands out as the beginning of it all — the iconic World War II jeep. Just over 600,000 of them were made to fight the…
King Of The Hammers: Night Run
King Of The Hammers (KOH) just finished up in the California desert, and the event kicked off with some serious night rock crawl racing, the Backdoor Shootout. Off-roading doesn’t get much more specialized than this. A major highlight from the entire King…
A DAY’S DRIVE FROM BRISBANE
Stradbroke Fisherman’s Road Stray behind the sand dunes on North Stradbroke Island and you’ll discover Fisherman’s Road, also known as the number plate cruncher. It traverses through heathlands and marshlands, past lakes and lagoons and at times through some very…
JUST HOW BIG IS THE RV INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA
It’s little wonder that Australia won the right to host the 2015 World RV Conference, which will see members of the recreational vehicle industry flocking to Melbourne in February. The Caravan Industry Association of Australia says this nation’s love affair…
THE BEST TRAVEL CAMERAS FOR YOUR 4X4 ADVENTURE
These days, you don’t need a massive, complicated camera to get a great shot. We take a look at some of the best travel cameras that are perfect for documenting your adventures for your friends and family to see. No…
DESTINATION: VICTORIA’S HIGH COUNTRY
Sitting by the warm glow of a campfire, laughing about the track you drove today that made your knuckles turn white and your heart rate go off the scale is part of the whole Victorian High Country experience. Some of…
SEMA 2014: LOOKING FOR A FEW GOLD NUGGETS IN A SEA OF BAD IDEAS
SEMA and Las Vegas both represent everything that is wrong with the automotive industry: a mad dash to the bottom of the pyramid of taste and common sense, a cacophony of the uneducated shouting “More and More and More! More…
THE LOTUS CARAVANS TROOPER THE MOST LUX WE’VE EVER TESTED
There’s no doubt how popular caravaning is in Australia. Tourers are seen trawling up, down through and across all of Australia’s major and minor bitumen arteries all throughout the year. They’re up in Karumba tucking into the terrific seafood, lazing…
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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…
TIGER CUB
Making the transition from tent to camper trailer was a no-brainer. Twenty years camping with tents, tarps, stretchers, sleeping bags, gas cookers and of course the old Esky full of ice meant our set-up time often felt like half our…
STUCK IN THE GULF
GOING TO THE 4WD AND ADVENTURE SHOW IN SYDNEY, ADELAIDE OR PERTH? YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK TV ADVENTURER JASE ANDREWS ABOUT THIS LITTLE INCIDENT Deep in the heart of Gulf Country in June 2013, driving on a saltpan at…
OUTBACK CHALLENGE 2014
The 2014 Outback Challenge is poised once again to attract some of the world’s best drivers and off-road machines, pitting them against the roughest, most gruelling terrain that Australia has to offer.
ULTIMATE OUTBACK
Andrew is a music connoisseur and right now he is in the mood for something more serious and solemn. He pushes a CD of French-American cellist Yo-Yo Ma into the CD player in his 4X4: Bach’s unaccompanied cello suites fill…
SAND CASTLE: MORETON ISLAND
One could be forgiven for thinking a thousand asps are hissing on the lower deck as we motor out from Brisbane across Moreton Bay. Instead, it’s those eager to hit Moreton Island, the third largest sand island in the world,…
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.
