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4×4 Vs Goat No Kidding, This Billy Goat is Feral!
Rugged red ranges, spectacular off-road adventures, Outback skies and SA’s gnarly Billy Goat Ridge. Will you take on the goat? In the stunning southern Flinders Ranges our family drove over a goat – and loved it. But don’t go reporting…
Tackling the Great Victoria Desert
Enough went wrong on this trip… so learn from my mistakes to avoid your own disasters. Len Beadell and his Gunbarrel Road Construction Crew opened up the desert, creating tracks meaningful for the atomic bomb and ballistic missile tests before…
A TALE OF THREE RIVERS GETTING CAUGHT BY THE FINKE, PENTECOST AND FORTESCUE
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE During her three-month odyssey kicking up the dust in Australia’s backblocks of WA and the NT, Monica McInnes discovers it’s not the bulldust tracks you need to fear – it’s…
ILURLKA: A CULTURAL ODYSSEY ON THE ANNE BEADELL
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Who would have thought that a group of high school kids could lead you on an amazing experience at the remotest roadhouse in Australia? THE EXCITEMENT OF THE ANNE BEADELL…
Uluru Road Trip
A 4-week journey through the most popular destinations in Australia. We all know the benefits of travel. Done well, it’s restorative, experiential and life changing. Done badly, it reminds us of how great couches and TV are. It can be…
WHEN WATER RATS ATTACK
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE “A water rat caused $3,500 damage to my brand new 4X4 and nearly ruined our trip…” You won’t hear about this often; in fact most people I tell this story…
CLARENCE GORGE BY 4X4 AND KAYAK
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE With fantastic bush camping, a place like ‘The Gorge’ has everything on offer. It caters for people with highly modified trucks through to tourers towing caravans; everyone can have…
RECYCLED CAMPERS ACROSS THE GULF: A RECIPE FOR FUN OR DISASTER?
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE We take three couples with three second-hand campers on a Gulf adventure. There’s always a lot of fun in planning a trip and when it’s to a new location then…
VICTORIA’S BEST KEPT 4WD SECRET REVEALED
Well, it was until now… but you must promise to keep this information to yourself. I trust you. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE “So, what is so secretive about this place and why are you…
GEEHI GLAMPING: THE ART OF ROUGHING IT IN COMFORT
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE I have a lot of friends who would associate ‘camp grub’ with stuff that comes out of a can – such as Spam, baked beans, sardines and sauerkraut. Nothing wrong…
HURRY! GET TO CAPE LEVEQUE BEFORE IT’S SEALED UP
With plans and work underway to cover the road to Cape Leveque in Western Australia’s far north with blacktop, Monica McInnes gets one last hurrah in before the dirt road is sealed up. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN…
Alice Springs to Chambers Pillar
Take a selfie, but leave the ‘check-ins’ for Facebook… Explorer John Stuart first sighted the sandstone column in 1860 – towering 50m above the plain. He decided to name it after a buddy who kicked into Stuart’s travel fund: James…
THE TOUGHEST OFF-ROAD RACE IN THE WORLD: BAJA 1000
The toughest off-road race in the world, and I loved every single minute of it! CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE “Junket: An extravagant trip or journey or promotional trip made at another person’s expense.” It…
PROJECT RUSTY HITS THE ROAD
Two days after rego, Project Rusty drove from Sydney to Adelaide and Perth. Yes, we are optimists CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE With the 4WD show season upon us, our fearless and quite possibly crazy…
MELBOURNE JEEP OWNERS CLUB
Get ’Em Dirty CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE 20 years of converting strangers into off-road buddies and getting them dirty. That’s something worth celebrating. You’ve read the magazines, you’ve bought a fourby, maybe even…
