Vrilya Point Lightship Only a little bit of a backtrack from the end of the OTT, Vrilya Point and its famous lightship is a little bit off the ‘usual’ path, but it’s absolutely worth it. There’s plenty of bush camping…
Is Fuel Available In Cape York? When you consider how remote it is, fuel is actually readily available on main routes throughout Cape York, and there are a few petrol stations located in Bamaga and Seisia. If you’re tackling the…
A Perentie In The Australian Alps About halfway through my four-wheel drive adventure through the Australian Alps, it struck me that I wasn’t really driving the Perentie I was in. Rather I was tractor wrestling, as a veteran who used…
Where To Take a Dip If you’re looking to swim, the good news is that you’re surrounded by water. The bad news is that you can’t go into most of it thanks to the critters that are waiting for you…
Adventurous or Crazy? No matter which way you look at it, a trip across the Simpson Desert is one of those 4X4 adventures which culminates in a multitude of different opinions and emotions. Whether it’s excitement or trepidation or quite…
My teenage daughter and I have travelled many thousands of kilometres across this wide brown land. We crossed the Simpson last year, drove the Birdsville track and explored the Flinders Ranges the year before. We even camped on the snow…
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…
There is no reason why a local overnighter or weekend away can’t be every bit as exciting as a major adventure to one of the iconic off-road attractions we all dream about. What’s not to love about driving only a…
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…
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…
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…
When a tyre company launches a new product, it’s pretty standard for them to host an official launch. Usually, this is nothing more than a highly-controlled carnival ride, where the tyre shows some of its strengths, and you never really…
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…
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…
Fresh from a three-week trip to The Tip, Unsealed 4X4’s Matt Scott takes us through the gear he used For many four-wheel drive enthusiasts, Cape York is the trip of a lifetime. Whether you are heading up the Old Telegraph…
