20 tricks to make towing a trailer off-road a whole lot easier The biggest problem you’ll find when heading off-road with a trailer in tow is that you’ll usually only have one chance to get through an obstacle. That means your trailer needs to be setup right from the start, and you need to be…

Tackle any water crossing with confidence with these proven driving tips Spend enough time on the tracks and you’re bound to be faced with a water crossing. Whether you want to be there or not, often your only way forward is to tackle it head on. Some 4WDers go in search for these sorts of…

  The final part of our three part series on setting your 4WD up for whatever you want to point it at 12V – SORTING THE BASICS WE’LL SHOW YOU WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT DOES AND WHY YOU NEED IT! In the last decade, there have been more advances in 12V technology than in…

  Part two of our three part series on setting your 4WD up for whatever you want to point it at. STORAGE IF YOU’RE BUILDING YOURSELF A TOURER, DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND FACTOR IN THE COST OF A STORAGE SYSTEM BASIC A simple drawer set-up can be picked up relatively cheaply or even knocked…

Part one of our three part series on setting your 4WD up for whatever you want to point it at Setting up your 4WD for the truly astonishing amount of off-road tracks we have in this country can be a tricky thing. Sure, there’s a basic recipe for building a well-rounded tourer: You need some…

  Up there with the long-handled shovel, the best ‘bang for your bang’ self-recovery gear has gotta’ be a Domin8r X 12000lb winch , because armed with a little know-how, it can be used to pull you out of nearly any sticky situation. When you break a winch down, an electric motor sends drive through…

Answer to Cape York’s 15 most frequent questions, and proof anyone can have the adventure of a lifetime! There really is no place on earth that’s as ultimate a 4WD destination as Cape York. The place is a deadset stunner! You’ve got remoteness without being so remote that you need a fuel drop, you’ve got…

REPAIRING ANY TYRE FAILURE IS DEAD SIMPLE WITH A LITTLE BUSH INGENUITY Most of us do a lot to prevent tyre damage off-road, like lowering tyre pressures, but what about those accidental blow-outs like staking a sidewall, nail in the tread or rolling a tyre off the bead? Sure, you carry a spare, but multiple…

The final part of our series of the very best tricks to make your camping experience better and simpler, from those who’ve spent years in the bush EASIER TUCKER ON THE TRACKS! Forget burnt snags – becoming a bush master chef is way easier than you think TAKEAWAY TUCKER If you’re not the Masterchef type,…

Here’s part two of our 3 part series of the very best tricks to make your camping experience better and simpler! DRINK LAST As tempting as it is to get stuck into a few cold beers when you land at camp, delay the pleasure and get set up first. As an added bonus, it will…

We know our gear and without these top 10 bits of gear to take camping it wouldn’t be a proper trip! CAMP OVEN The humble Bedourie Camp Oven can account for a dozen bits of cooking gear and is a real jack-of-all-trades piece of kit. The lid can be used as a bush frypan, the…

Camping’s getting way too complicated for our likings. Here’s our 3 part series of the very best tricks to make your camping experience better and simpler, from those who’ve spent years in the bush How to cut the camping gear you need to carry in half Ways to win back space inside your 4WD Simple…

PART FOUR OF OUR SERIES FOR HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR 4WD IN A DAY 100 easy and essential DIY mods for under $100! 25 – AUTO-OFF HEADLIGHTS COST: $10 TIME: 1 hour DIFFICULTY 2/5 Use a multimeter to figure out which pin on your headlight relay powers up when you turn your headlights on, then…

PART THREE OF OUR FOUR PART SERIES FOR HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR 4WD IN A DAY 100 easy and essential DIY mods for under $100! 50 – SMARTER REAR CANOPY TABLE COST $100 DIFFICULTY 2/5 TIME 2 hours TOOLS Drill, circular saw, MIG welder MATERIAL 20×20 square tube, 30×30 box tube, 12mm ply, screws, flatbar…

PART TWO OUR FOUR PART SERIES FOR HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR 4WD IN A DAY 100 easy and essential DIY mods for under $100! 74 – CANOPY ROOF STORAGE COST: $50 TIME: 30 minutes DIFFICULTY 2/5 Canopies offer a massive amount of space but for that extra storage, you can make a cargo net for…

OUR FOUR PART SERIES FOR HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR 4WD IN A DAY 100 easy and essential DIY mods for under $100! It’s in every red-blooded 4WDer’s DNA to give something a go yourself. Heck, half of us out there drive trucks around that we’re proud of because we built them in the shed with…

There we were, packing up at the mighty King Ash Bay after what was an epic run through some of the Gulf’s most iconic 4WD hotspots. While it was sad leaving such an epic campsite, we had nothing but big fat grins on our faces. Why? We had 1,000km of red dirt adventure still ahead…

FIRE Nothing lifts the mood like a fire. It is a primal response and one we all still enjoy today. In a survival situation, fire is a critical and key component both as a tool and a measure of wellbeing. Lighting said fire when stranded with a 4WD should be an easy task. You would…

Cape York and the Simpson Desert are two of Australia’s most iconic 4WD destinations, and being asked to choose between the two is as criminal as being forced to pick only one favourite drink. It’s impossible! Which is why we’re going to show you how to combine the best of both worlds in one epic…

It’s an all too common scenario making news headlines at least a couple of times a year. A vehicle becomes stranded, broken or immobile in an inhospitable, hot and remote location and its occupants abandon it to try to walk to safety. The results are all too predictable and almost always tragic. IF IT ALL…