Article from On The Road Magazine When we were invited to a gathering of friends and family in Victoria at a place called Bear Gully, only 160km south east of Melbourne – it was hard to …
Moyston Camp Ground
Article from On The Road Magazine Birthplace of Australian Rules football Moyston is a tiny village situated between the Grampians and Ararat. Once a booming gold mining town Moyston now slumbers in the sun in …
Rollin’ Down A River
Article from On The Road Magazine The Clarence River Canoe and Kayak Trail is the longest whitewater trail in Australia On a recent road trip through the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, we …
Chambers Pillar – A Complete Travel Guide
Article from Travel Outback Australia As soon as Chambers Pillar rises in the distance, you can’t help but marvel at its striking red and white walls, contrasting with the sky’s deep blue. At around 150 …
The Ultimate Bush Survival Guide
Article from Redarc Australia. The land of snakes, spiders, sharks and ‘drop bears’. The land of extreme heats and then near-death cool weather in a matter of minutes out in the desert. The land of …
Kwolyin Campground
Western Australian central wheatbelt The Western Australian Wheatbelt has very few opportunities for bush camping, but one I can recommend is the Kwolyin campground located on the Bruce Rock-Quairading Road, only seven kilometres west of Shackleton, and …
Big Bell Ghost Town, WA
Article from The Great Escape Australia Camping in a ghost town isn’t something you get to do everyday! The former town of Big Bell, Western Australia is about half an hour from Cue, Western Australia. This town sprung …
What We Don’t Have (& Don’t Miss!) On The Road
Article from thegreatescapeaustralia It’s easy to get caught up in all the gadgets available for camping & travelling. And while we do travel with quite a lot of creature comforts (it’s our full time life …
Discovering Birdsville
Article from traveloutbackaustralia Birdsville had been on our bucket list for years. I’m sure it’s on a lot of people’s travel lists: Birdsville, that legendary town at the junction of so many iconic outback tracks and …
This 4×4 Should Be Legal In Australia…
Article from Unsealed …and I’ll tell you why Imagine if you could fit 38-inch rubber to your dual-cab 4X4 – without a body lift. It is possible, and it’s being done every day in the small capital …
Five Days On The World’s Largest Sand Island
Article from Redarc Fraser Island is in the top 3 camping holiday destinations that we have experienced since starting Summit2Sea Adventures. For those unaware, Fraser Island is located off Australia’s eastern Queensland coast, and is the …
MINIMALIST CAMPERS: GUIDE TO PACKING
How packing less to take camping can take the stress out of the situation! We follow our own little list for each camping trip and it works for us. We call it the Three Ps: …
Parking Great Fun!
Getting to know Bruce from Bylong Creek 4×4 Park was a blessing. You see, it’d been some time since I had been camping– yes, I know, you have to make time, but lately it’s been …
CHECKED YOUR FIRST AID KIT LATELY?
I was cleaning the car the other day and I checked the compartment that holds a small first aid kit. We’ve had the vehicle about eight years and it was second hand when we bought …
FAMILY VACATION TIPS TO KEEP THE WHOLE FAMILY HAPPY
They say that it’s not always about the destination, but often the journey itself and this can be especially true during family holidays. We can all remember complaining about having to share confined spaces with …
21 FABULOUS OUTBACK SUNSETS (PHOTOS)
1. Local’s Secret This is the (famous) Alice Springs sand dune on what locals call Old South Road. It’s located approximately 30km south of Alice, take Stuart Highway out of town, but DON’T turn south …
What do you do when it all goes wrong?
This week we are please to change things up a little bit. This yarn (and the beautiful photos that accompany it) was written by one of our customers, Peter Wright, who while holding the copyright …
Our pick for the Mid-Sized 4X4 Wagon of the Year!
Recently we were asked to participate as drive testers for Unsealed 4X4’s Mid-Sized Wagon of The Year. With everyone else in the office unable to attend, I gladly snatched the keys to our MobileHQGU and …
Culgoa Floodplain National Park, Queensland
CULGOA Floodplain National Park, a place where you can switch off and enjoy the remoteness and serenity of this area, is only 800km west of Brisbane. Getting there from Queensland’s capital is a bit of …
7 DAYS IN BLADENSBURG
Bladensburg typifies what Outback Queensland is all about: Remote and harsh yet stunning and colourful with plenty to see and do. Located a few kays out of Winton in Central West Queensland, there’s a place …
Cradle Mountain
Somewhere between Nowhere Else & Never Never Words & images Jan Hawkins Yes… these are villages in Tasmania’s central north, all nestled around Cradle Mountain country. They sit alongside Paradise and The Promised Land where the …
Going Bush and Giving Back
Many of you may have noticed that this year as part of Club 4X4’s Corporate Social Responsibility program, we sponsored the Drive To The Top event to support Hope Street. As part of this, I …
