4x4 Magazine Australia

JUDGING by the online comments, I was not the only one surprised when Wheels announced the Ford Everest as its Car of the Year winner. Nothing against the Everest, but to see a separate chassis, diesel-fuelled 4x4 wagon take the magazine’s top accola

WHILE the mid-size 4x4 wagon segment continues to be dominated by the Toyota Prado, the minor placings are looking a bit more exciting in 2023. Isuzu’s MU-X was consistently the second-best seller behind Prado, and in 2022 it finished the year with 1

SO HOW does someone step out of a rorty Subaru WRX, leave all that grunt behind and, after an extensive, well-thought-out, perfectly finished build, end up behind the wheel of one of Australia’s toughest Volkswagen Amaroks? Well, ain’t that just the

THERE’S no denying that Aussies love to one-up their mates whenever possible. Be it building your 4x4, having the best camping set-up or being the fastest at something, we all like to be one step ahead of our buddies. This was the case when Queenslan

I CAN just about smell Johannesburg, around 300 clicks to go. We have been up since 5am, and our plan was to drive from Kasane, on the banks of the charming Chobe River in northern Botswana, to Johannesburg, 1200km away. We are breaking my first rule

I WILL never forget my first sunset in Broome. It was September 1994, with my wife on a ‘second honeymoon’ mapping trip to the Kimberley – the end of an arduous drive from Brisbane, running in a brand-new Land Rover Discovery. We’d been bogged out th

THE New England plateau was formed millions of years ago when there was a massive upheaval along the coast by mega volcanoes, including the nearby Ebor Volcano. In the process this created fertile farmlands, steep rugged valleys and separate micro sy

I HAVE come to love Far North Queensland, from Cape York across to the Gulf and especially discovering new areas with history attached. On a recent trip, I was pointed towards an area that sounded pretty cool to explore off the Burke Developmental Ro

Ugly Fish is a proudly Aussie-run company and has been designing eyewear and protecting eyeballs since 2003, with its meticulously engineered range of sunnies proving to be both comfortable and durable. The company’s Eclipse range of sunglasses are d

4X4AUSTRALIA.COM.AU @4X4AUS @4X4AUSTRALIANMAG JARROD ERNEST BARKER My TB42E GQ is my first 4x4 and it never fails to put a smile on my face. I bought her in 2020 with 380,000km and she just clocked over 450,000km – still starts first time, every time

Our Outback Travel special for the year was jam-packed with all the info you needed to head into our wild and lightly populated outback. Destination-wise, we went to the Hidden City in the NT, Lake Victoria in western NSW, travelled the Matilda Highw