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MAKING A FINKEING MISTAKE THAT WAS ALL WORTH IT
Sometimes you make decisions in life that are absolute failures… but if you have fun on the way, who bloody cares? CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE When it comes to travelling the Outback, there are…
4X4 EARTH NSW ANNUAL MEET
What happens when roughly 40 four-wheel drives converge on Turon River National Park for the weekend? CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE The first annual 4x4earth.com New South Wales gathering, that’s what. After having annual meets…
Bourke to Birdsville
Cutting up the Cut Line Everything you need to know about this Lesser-known track from Bourke to Birdsville An Outback adventure that can be done over a few days or a few weeks! Sound interesting? It did to me…
A LOCAL FAVOURITE
If you were told that R M Williams (the man, not the company) said that one of the most beautiful, rugged valleys in Australia was only a couple of hours from you, would you take a look? You’d be mad…
THE GRAND CANYON HAS NOTHING ON KINGS CANYON
It feels like you’re on top of the world with nothing to prevent you from stepping over the edge… We’d been told that while Uluru and Kata Tjuta encapsulate the spiritual heart of the Red Centre, Kings Canyon is…
HIGH COUNTRY HOONS
Don’t stuff it for everyone else. There is a line, don’t cross it. How do you like to wake up? Kookaburras singing? The patter of a small animal scurrying around your campsite? I bet a chainsaw 20 metres from…
LITCHFIELD NP – NORTHERN TERRITORY
The NT Hotspot that you need to visit WHY LITCHFIELD NP HAS IT ALL – INCLUDING KIDS WITH CROCS AS PETS CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE KICKING OFF THE ADVENTURE Litchfield National Park is located…
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…
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…
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 Scariest Camping
We venture to Ground Zero of Australia’s biggest atom blast and survive with just a slight green glow… As Outback folklore has it, nowhere has ever gone off like Maralinga. The rocket range at Woomera had big bangs often and…
Kwiambal National Park
Sometimes you find a spot and wonder why you’ve never been there before… Where is this Kwiambal National Park, you may ask? I was asking the same question as my map showed me that I had arrived… but I…
Is private property camping the future of 4X4 exploration?
We go to Lorella Springs Station to find out. Northern Territory. Atrip to the Gulf Country is not for the faint-hearted. It was the effort to reach this remote place that led to the demise of the famous Burke…
Cape York in 1981 – Part Two
Last issue Vic Widman had reached the Jardine River in his convoy of two Subarus and one Daihatsu in his epic 1981 trip to the top of Australia. With no vehicle ferry operating, he had no choice other than to…
A week in stunning Salvator Rosa – Queensland
There’s way more to Carnarvon National Park than just the gorge. What do a 17th-century Baroque painter and a New South Wales Surveyor-General have in common? They both loved the dramatic landscapes that this section of the Carnarvon National Park…
