In here you will find techniques for driving on rock, mud, gravel or sand - whatever your surface. Discover the best in 4WD accessories or learn how to prepare your vehicle for an offroad excursion.
Find a new camping site, check out which utensils work and those that don't. Select the best camp bed or learn how to travel and pack light. From camp lighting to shovels - it's in here.
You could be forgiven for thinking that half the world is touring Australia on Highway 1 - 14,500km and the longest national highway on the planet. Find a great destination and get a few tips here.
From making great coffee to whipping up a quick campside meal for everyone - the cooking section has everything from selecting practical pots and pans to a host of great fire side recipes.
Want to know what bites in the bush and what won't? Find that classic road song or find the legendary Outback. How about some humour or learn about the RFDS. Offtrack/Offbeat articles.
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‣ Parts of Africa and the Middle East share similarities in remoteness but inland Australia offers a few challenges unique to the outback.
In Outback Travel Guide
‣ For many visitors Australia is considered a place where the people probably won’t hurt you but the animals and bugs might.
In Dangerous Australian Animals
‣ But for a 4WD it is an endurance event and often a race to see which suspect component is the first to succumb to the rigours of the bush.
In 4x4 Trip Preparation
‣ Single dish meals make great camping food and Paella excels at tasting great while still managing to be a complete meal.
In Prawn & Chorizo Paella
‣ For most people the largest cost of any extended road trip is going to be fuel. A few simple techniques can help relieve some of the pain.
In
Touring & Saving Fuel
‣ Most stranded people who die in the Australian bush do so because they make fundamental errors in judgement. It's poor decisions that kill.
In Outback Survival Guide
‣ On the outskirts of any town, along the beaches and roadside stops, are a variety of people who have set-up camp for the night.
In Roadside Camping
‣ Most of us grew up with these songs and can mumble a few lines or the chorus by heart. Standards like Berry's - 'Promised Land'.
In 100 Greatest Road Songs
‣ More than any other type of four wheel driving, picking and climbing through rocks requires a real feel for the vehicle.
In Driving on Rocks
‣ All the towns mentioned here claim to hold a record under one or more criteria but we wanted to find out which town is truly the hottest.
In Australia's Hottest Town
Often the product of a previous mining boom, many ghost towns were once thriving communities containing the entire infrastructure that goes into creating a community. Things like schools and hospitals, sporting clubs and pubs, taverns, businesses and garages. We want to help record the history of these places. If you or someone you know has experience or knowledge about an Australian ghost town and are interested in helping record its history – then
Contact Us. We need information about these places from people who can speak about them authentically.
Go to Australian Ghost Towns ‣