4x4 Australia takes you to Australia’s most exciting and remote destinations , and we show you how to get there! We test the latest and greatest new and modified vehicles, as well as new camping and outdoor adventure equipment. We introduce you to loads of interesting people, show you heaps of awesome holiday trips and destinations, and we put you in the driver’s seat to tackle the country’s toughest off-road challenges. It’s a whole lot of dirty fun every month!
PEOPLE, PLACES AND 4X4s
4x4 Magazine Australia
2023 RANGER RAPTOR REVEALED • FORD REVEALS HOW IT TURNED A CAPABLE OFF-ROADER IN TO A PERFORMANCE HEAVY HITTER
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TRAVEL BULLETIN • ALL THE LATEST 4x4 NEWS AND EVENTS
EXPENSIVE CAMPING AND WAYS TO BEAT IT!
BALANCING ACT
CATCH-AND-COOK LIFESTYLE
HEAVY HITTER • PATROLS ARE BACK IN THE TITLE FIGHT, AND THIS CHOPPED MONSTER THROWS ONE HELL OF A PUNCH
THE SANDY 60 • MICHAEL ELLEM FROM OFFROAD IMAGES MIGHT OWN THIS STUNNINGLY RESTORED 60 SERIES LANDCRUISER, BUT HE ASSURES US IT’S NOT JUST HIS 4x4 – IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE
NO COMPROMISE! • IS NISSAN’S LATEST NAVARA WARRIOR A TRUE ALTERNATIVE TO FORD’S RANGER RAPTOR? WE GET THEM BOTH DUSTY TO FIND OUT
SUMMER DAYZ • PURPOSE-BUILT FOR ENDLESS SUMMER DAYS, THIS RANGER IS READY FOR ANY ADVENTURE
THE Little Look THAT COULD • SUZUKI JIMNYS ARE NO JOKE, AND THAT’S WHY SERIOUSLY SUZI IS THE PLACE TO GO TO SET UP YOUR NEW JIMNY. WE SPENT A FEW DAYS DRIVING ITS LATEST JB74 JIMNY IN THE HIGH COUNTRY AND CAME AWAY SMILING – IN A SERIOUS KIND OF WAY!
CHEROKEE NATION • JEEP’S FIFTH GENERATION GRAND CHEROKEE WAGON WON'T GO ON SALE IN AUSTRALIA UNTIL THE SECOND HALF OF 2022. WE GOT A SNEAK PEAK AT THE ALL NEW MODEL TRAILHAWK IN THE DESERT COUNTRY AROUND MOAB TO SEE HOW IT STACKS UP.
PINSTRIPES, BEGONE! • TO MAINTAIN A PRISTINE LOOK, THERE ARE A RANGE OF PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO HELP PROTECT EXTERIOR PAINT AND THE TUB’S INTERIOR FROM THE UNFORGIVING ELEMENTS
BUILT DIFFERENT • AUSSIE BUILT AND AUSSIE DESIGNED, THIS LC200 IS MADE FOR THE OUTBACK
GETTING DOWN • IN THIS INSTALMENT OF 4x4 AUSTRALIA’S HOW TO: OFF-ROAD DRIVING SERIES, WE GIVE THE RUNDOWN ON HOW TO SAFELY DESCEND STEEP HILLS
JINXED IN THE HIGH COUNTRY • OUR LATEST TRIP IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WAS MET WITH FASTFLOWING STREAMS, CLOSED TRACKS AND FALLEN TIMBER, WHICH MEANT PLENTY OF DETOURS AND A REMINDER HOW YOU NEED BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING WHEN TRAVELLING VICTORIA’S HIGH COUNTRY
5 THINGS NOT TO MISS • THE VICTORIAN HIGH COUNTRY
LAND OF PLENTY • PIVOTING PLANS DUE TO A CLOSED BORDER, A TRIP TO QUEENSLAND BECOMES AN EXPLORATION OF THE EASTERN END OF THE PLENTY HIGHWAY AND SOUTH ON TO THE BINNS TRACK.
5 THINGS TO SEE & DO • PLENTY HIGHWAY, NORTHERN TERRITORY
GO YOUR OWN WAY • IF YOU WANT TO FISH AUSTRALIA’S TROPICAL NORTH, HOOK UP A TINNIE OR TRAILER BOAT TO THE FOURBY AND HEAD OUT ON AN ADVENTURE THAT’S AS UNIQUE AND EXCITING AS ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET
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TROPICAL TINNIE FISHING TIPS • GUIDE TO FISHING THE TROPICS
GEAR PRODUCT TESTS & NEW STUFF
CAMP KITCHEN
GETTING HIGH • IN A WORLD OF CHEAP OPTIONS, HOW DO TWO OF THE BEST PREMIUM SOFT-TOP ROOFTOP TENTS SHAPE UP?
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HAPPY MEDIUM • FITTING ACCESSORIES CAN BE THIRSTY WORK.
REAR VIEW • 4x4 AUSTRALIA LOOKS BACK AT THE CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY, THE RISE IN OUTBACK TOURING, THE EVOLUTIONARY SOPHISTICATION OF...