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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…
DAVENPORT RANGE: A HIDDEN OASIS
South-east of Tennant Creek in what appears to be a sea of red sand and low mulga is a 4WD Mecca with one of the best campsites in central Australia. For images and the full Unsealed 4X4 experience, CLICK HERE.…
THE FLINDERS RANGES
Now is one of the best times of the year to get to SA and find out just what makes this place so special! For images and the full Unsealed 4X4 experience, CLICK HERE. One of the great things…
7 Different Routes to the Big Red Bash
Because getting there and back is part of the adventure. The Big Red Bash is just a few short weeks away. The beers are being shipped in, some of the biggest names in Australian music are finalising their song lists,…
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…
EDITOR’S COLUMN: HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY, UNSEALED 4X4
This issue is a pretty exciting one for us here at Unsealed 4X4. I mean, we always get a bit happy when a new edition goes live, but this one is a little bit extra special because it officially marks…
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…
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…
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…
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…
TRACK REPORTS – Tasmania
Talinah Lagoon Track in the Western Lakes area of the Central Plateau Conservation Area is closed due to recent heavy rains. The track surface has become very soft and boggy. This temporary closure helps protects the track from excessive damage…