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STAFF CORNER: THE UNSEALED 4X4 TEAM GETS DIRTY
It doesn’t happen often, you know – with the pressures of pumping out the biggest four-wheel drive magazine in the country, amongst other things – but we decided it was high time to get the entire Unsealed 4X4 team out…
A week out of Adelaide: MURRAY-SUNSET NATIONAL PARK
Ever seen a pink lake before? Neither had we… After completing an unbelievable run through the Outback, we found ourselves staring down the barrel of interminable hours on the bitumen for the run back home to Sydney from Adelaide.…
NSW SNOWIES
That little Batlow sticker you see on apples all the time may be familiar, but what may not be so familiar is the actual region those apples come from. The tiny town of Batlow is actually a gateway to the…
THE CORNER COUNTRY
Wayne Nielsen puts plenty of red dirt under his tyres through Mad Max and Charlie Sturt territory after more than two decades between visits – how much has the Outback changed in that time? For images and the full Unsealed…
KOSCIUSZKO CAMPING
For the majority of off-roaders a working week is simply a means to fund our real interests – those much-anticipated bush getaways. While it is great to have the big weeks-long trips pencilled into the calendar over the year, the…
THE GOLDFIELDS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Four mums and nine sons cut loose for a few days out of Perth. For images and the full Unsealed 4X4 experience, read this on our digital magazine platform. Some called us crazy and others said they couldn’t think…
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…
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…
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…
THOMSON STATE FOREST
This year we attended the annual Victorian Gathering which is organised on the 4x4earth website and located at O’Toole’s Flat campground in Thomson State Forest. The gathering is largely a social event, however, if you look beyond the gathering there…
THE VICTORIAN HIGH COUNTRY RUN
What happens when you let a forum full of avid four-wheel drivers loose in the High Country? A full-on adventure, that’s what! Every year for the last eight years a group of Victorians from the website 4x4earth.com have organised…
BAY OF FIRES
To say I am a dedicated four-wheel driver would have to be an understatement. There are not too many off-road tracks in this country that I haven’t explored – and with 20 Simpson Desert crossings under my belt, the thought…
BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD
I watched from a sand dune as my children played below – the beach quiet and empty, the ocean clear and calm. The bright morning sunlight glowed in their shiny hair. They dug holes, built walls and were peacefully…
SUZUKI ACROSS THE SIMPSON
Two-stroke fuel wafted across the red sand dunes as the wind blew fumes back into the cabin of the LJ50 Suzuki, giving its occupants an oily pungent smell that stuck to their clothing and any exposed skin. The little Suzi…
