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UNDER COVER

SET-AND-FORGET CARPET PROTECTION, WITH A SET OF TRUFIT 3D MATS.

TRITON ON DUTY

WE WELCOME A MITSUBISHI TRITON GLX+ TO THE 4X4 AUSTRALIA SHED.

OPALS & DINOSAURS

THIS OUTBACK QUEENSLAND ADVENTURE TAKES IN OLD OPAL MINING TOWNS AND MUCH OLDER PREHISTORIC BEASTS. WELCOME TO WINTON SHIRE.

HAWK EYES

WE’VE GIVEN THE BUSHRANGER 4X4 NIGHT HAWKS A RUN ON THE RANGER AND RECKON THEY COME UP TRUMPS.

ROCKIN' RAMBLER

VAUGHN GITTIN JR. GAVE THE FORD RANGER THE RTR TREATMENT FOR THIS SEMA SHOW STUNNER.

COMPACT COOLING

A COMPACT PORTABLE FRIDGE PACKED WITH FEATURES.

BEIGE KILLER

THIS WILD ’RADO IS PUTTING AN END TO BEIGE 4X4s ONCE AND FOR ALL … AND THAT’S JUST FOR STARTERS.

BATTLE READY

AS THE GLADIATOR CREEPS CLOSER, WE DRIVE JEEP’S NEW PICK-UP TRUCK IN THE WILDS OF NEW ZEALAND.

Slide-On Convenience

Ron Moon takes a look at the latest offering of the carry me camper range from Jacksons Campers.

WORKING ON A WARRIOR

TOBY JOINS THE PRODUCTION LINE AT PREMCAR WHERE THE NISSAN N-TREK WARRIOR IS BUILT.

TOUGH RUBBER

WE’VE THROWN A SET OF GOODYEAR WRANGLER MT/RS ON THE RANGER.

TASSIE TIGER

THE RANGER COMPLETES ITS LAP OF TASMANIA.

HEAVEN IN HELL

HELL HOLE GORGE MIGHT SOUND LIKE THE LAST PLACE YOU’D WANT TO VISIT BUT THIS OUTBACK QUEENSLAND PARK IS LIKE HEAVEN FOR THOSE AFTER SOME PEACE AND QUIET.

DEFENDING THE TITLE

CAN A NEW DEFENDER LIVE UP TO THE NAME THAT WAS BUILT UP OVER 70 YEARS OF LAND ROVER HISTORY? WE HEAD TO NAMIBIA’S WILD WEST COAST TO DRIVE THE NEW MODEL AND FIND OUT.

CONVERSION THERAPY

HSV ADDS THE CHEVROLET LIGHT DUTY SILVERADO 1500 LTZ GROWING RANGE OF AMERICAN PICK-UP CONVERSIONS.

CERTIFIED FIX

BOTH THE HSV COLORADO SPORTSCAT SV AND THE NISSAN NAVARA N-TREK WARRIOR OWE THEIR BEST TO LOCAL ENGINEERING NOUS…

Colour Me Dusty

CAN THE TRACK LEAST TRAVELLED RETURN MOST REWARD?

CORNER SCORCHER

TO SOME, CORNER COUNTRY SEEMS LIKE IT’S IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE BUT THIS SPECTACULAR OUTBACK LANDSCAPE HAS COUNTLESS FOUR-WHEEL DRIVING AND CAMPING OPPORTUNITIES, ALONG WITH PLENTY OF STORIES TO TELL.

LOTS FOR LITTLE

FANCY A PRADO-SIZED 4X4 WAGON AND CAN’T AFFORD THE FREIGHT? TRY THIS LDV D90 FOR SIZE.

V6 STICK

VOLKSWAGEN HAS ADDED A MANUAL VARIANT TO ITS AMARAOK V6 RANGE, AND IT COMES WITH AN OLD-SCHOOL TWO-SPEED PART-TIME 4X4 SYSTEM THAT BENEFITS OFF-ROAD CAPABILITY.

POWER POINTS

REDARC IS KEEPING THE RANGER’S 12-VOLT POWER NEEDS MET.

FIRE ESCAPE

A NO-STRINGS-ATTACHED FREE CAMPSITE WITH POWER SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, BUT SUCH A PLACE EXISTS AT LAKE TYERS IN EAST GIPPSLAND.

NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED

THE CHALLENGING TRACKS WITHIN KROOMBIT TOPS NATIONAL PARK DEMAND EXPERT LEVELS OF 4X4 KNOW-HOW.

Chilling Out

THE PORTABLE FRIDGE HAS REPLACED THE ESKY AS THE GO-TO BEER-CHILLING TOOL FOR AUSSIES. WE HAVE A CHAT TO THE FRIDGE EXPERTS IN THE INDUSTRY.

INTO THE UNKNOWN

THE RIG IS BUILT AND THE TANKS ARE FULL. NOW IT’S TIME FOR ONE HELL OF AN ADVENTURE.

BACK IN MY DAY

GEN Z ARE TAKING TO THE TRACKS, AND DOING IT IN STYLE.

TOJO TIME CAPSULE

THIS FJ45 MIGHT BE NEARING 36 YEARS OLD, BUT WHEN YOU SLIDE BEHIND THE WHEEL IT FEELS AND SMELLS LIKE AN ALL-NEW LAND CRUISER UTE.

SHUT THE GATE

IF YOU HAVE A UTE AND A BUNCH OF MOUNTAIN BIKING MATES, YAKIMA’S GATEKEEPER WILL MAKE YOU THE MOST POPULAR PERSON IN TOWN.

THE OTHER NAVARA

NISSAN’S D23 NAVARA IS NOTED FOR ITS COIL-SPRING REAR SUSPENSION, BUT THERE IS ONE MODEL WITH TRADITIONAL LEAF SPRINGS ON THE LOAD AXLE.

SHORT SHIFT

IT’S SLIM PICKINGS IN THE RANKS OF TWO-DOOR 4X4s IN TODAY’S NEW-CAR MARKET. UNTIL THE DEFENDER 90 LOBS LATE IN 2020, THE WRANGLER AND JIMNY ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS AVAILABLE, SO WE TOOK THEM OUT FOR A PLAY TO SEE WHICH SHORTY STANDS TALLEST.