Philip Holt, managing director of the Holt Group - private owners of Boat Harbour Park in Kurnell, south Sydney - has confirmed the indefinite closure of the sand dune area, and says that the adjacent beach will be next."Vehicular access by the public across the land to the beach is given at the discretion of the land owner, conditional upon ...

This year's combined National 4X4 & Outdoors Show and Fishing & Boating Expo will be held at the Melbourne Show grounds over the Father's Day weekend, September 3-5.With the new and improved boating sector and over 200 exhibitors showcasing the latest in four-wheel drive, campervans, camping, fishing and boating accessories, the expo is set to be the biggest in the ...

From August 9 until Father's Day (September 5), purchase any Boiling Billy Guide in Angus & Robertson bookstores and go in the running to win a fantastic 13-day Outback Safari across the Simpson Desert with renowned tour operators, Great Divide Tours. Runners-up will receive a two-day 4X4 driver training course in the NSW Southern Highlands. Pop in to any Angus ...

The 2010 Australasian Safari will take off from Hillarys Boat Harbour in Perth, Western Australia on September 17, finishing up a gruelling 3600km and eight days later in Esperance, on the state's southern coast.Unofficially known as the Dakar Down under for its extreme off-road challenges, the Australasian Safari attracts some of the world's most talented and extreme auto, moto and ...

Sitting in the editor's chair at 4X4 Australia sounds like the ultimate job. For me, however, as with past editors, it also brings with it a huge obligation, not the least ensuring that you, our readers, are kept informed and entertained in regards to the four-wheel driving scene in this country.Luckily, at 4X4 Australia, we have the most experienced team ...

You're originally from the UK. Whereabouts? When did you come to Australia?I grew up about 30km north of London. I came to Oz in 1993.When did you get into 4X4s?In 1989 I spent six months travelling across Africa. That kicked off my passion for remote area travel and interest in off-road vehicles. We once spent two days digging the truck ...

After more than thirty years with the Chrysler Group, and seven years at the wheel of Chrysler Australia, managing director Gerry Jenkins has been appointed to the task of leading Chrysler China, the best performing international market for Chrysler globally, and the world's largest vehicle market."The opportunity to live and work in China couldn't have come at a better time. ...

The June long weekend brought the annual pilgrimage of 12,000 race fans to Central Australia for one of the country's biggest off-road event, the Tattersall's Finke Desert Race.Each year both cars and bikes take on the challenge of the 230km, incredibly fast and rough track from the Alice to Finke, only to camp out and race back the following day.The ...

We suspect that Mercedes-Benz Australia hasn't yet realised the potential in their newly released Sprinter 4X4 range. Our testing showed this vehicle has good bush credentials and is worthy of consideration by anyone wanting payload capacity and interior volume in an off-road machine.The Sprinter has been the best-selling van in Europe for many years and is also the large-van market ...

The 2010 South Australian Boat and Fishing Show and 4WD Adventure Show looks set for success this year, with all of the top brands in 4X4s and 4X4 accessories, boat dealers and camper trailers confirming they will be part of the show, according to organiser Ian Digby."Anyone looking for four-wheel drives will be spoiled for choice," he said."We have already ...

Loss of dignity is not a great thing. It can happen in any facet of your life, be it work, your private life, or in fact, when you're out four-wheel driving with your mates.This lack of dignity was two-fold. I'd just managed to ditch t h e brand new Land Rover Defender 90 in the same expanse of water I'd ...

First impressions, hasty conclusions and assumptions - you should never lump these words in together. It's a lesson I learnt at the US launch of Jeep's all-new WK Grand Cherokee. The new Grand has been slowly revealing itself for the past few months now, with plenty of studio imagery - and some action photography - exposing the new face of ...

Mercedes-Benz recently showcased its latest G-Class light armoured patrol vehicle - the LAPV 6.X Concept - in Paris, and it certainly looks fit for the task.Improving on its cousin, the highly agile LAPV 5.4, the new 6.X Concept boasts even greater agility thanks to minimised weight, as well as higher protection and a greater payload capacity.Running a high-torque common-rail diesel ...

The Boeing aircraft company's new 787 Dreamliner could not fly without some 6.5 million lines of software code that keeps all its avionics and supplementary onboard systems humming along. This incredible amount of software code - a.k.a. computer programming - would take up no less than 197,000 pages of regular, lined A4 paper ... if you chose to write it ...

We've re-fitted the Jeep's hard top. With the winter chill settled in, we won't want the breeze in our hair for a while. Besides, by the time I'd finished cleaning the Wrangler after its trip to Alice Springs and back, I'd had enough of the dust.You'll remember that the last update on the Jeep was written in William Creek. Up ...

It is the everyman of the 4X4 world. Toyota's Prado has been a bumper seller for the company since the launch of the 90 Series, way back in late 1996. The combination of town friendly size, seven-seater capacity, extravagant - and tourer-friendly - fuel tank capacity, and renowned - Toyota build quality, has seen it become the ubiquitous family 4X4.When ...

Most of this beautiful drive is on graded dirt roads, so it's not a demanding 4X4 destination, but I there are many steep sidetracks in the state forest sections that are worth exploring, if you have topographic GPS map backup. Other reserves in the locality are Cottan-Bimbang and Biriwal Bulga national parks.Magnificent, tall ferny blackbutt, brush box, tallow wood and ...

Cooper launched the ATR in 18-inch size in late 2009 and we were onto it in a flash, having already checked out Cooper's Zeon directional and H/T Plus 18-inchers. The ATR looked the part much more than the others, thanks to greater tread depth. The speed rating for the ATR is T: 190km/h, compared with the 210km/h (H) speed rating ...

Wanaaring is one of those towns on the way to somewhere else. You know the type; slow down, note a shop, perhaps a pub, general scenery and then keep going to where you want to go. And that's a pity, because there really is something to see at Wanaaring, a small village with the Paroo River meandering just beside it.We ...

The Mitsubishi Challenger is a ute-derived wagon, a concept that started back in the days of Toyota 4Runners. Mitsubishi has run the Challenger nameplate here before, when it was intended to challenge the then dominant Jeep Cherokee. The concept worked back then and Mitsubishi obviously reckons it will work again.Ute-based wagons are popular in Thailand, where the Challenger is made ...

While I don't like winter, it is the season for making soup. There's nothing that makes you feel better on a cold winter's day than a wonderful bowl of steaming hot, flavorsome soup, accompanied by lots of fresh bread and butter to help soak up the last of the soup in the bowl.While there are lots of can and packet ...

Here's a device that supplies full charge to your auxiliary batteryI'm pretty thick at times. When I was first told about these 12-volt to 12-volt battery chargers I thought, what do you want one of them for? More embarrassingly, as a one-time auto electrician (many years ago in another life), I asked the same question.The simple answer is to ensure ...

TPMS Australia has sourced its new tyre pressure monitoring system from Suzhou State Auto Electronic Co in China. This specialist company produces a claimed 200,000 units per month and is an ISO-certified global supplier of tyre monitoring systems.The Multi-Tow model that we evaluated came with a monitor and four transmitters, but the monitor can receive from up to 11 transmitters, ...

Four-wheel drives make access to Australia's remote and mountainous terrain a relatively enjoyable and painless exercise. Even the ubiquitous soft-roader extends the range of weekend warriors into rugged locations beyond the capabilities of rationally-driven 2WD vehicles. But what to do when you get there? Getting started in the world of rock climbing is one option.Australia is blessed with world-class rock ...

The majority of bush travellers use tubeless tyres these days, so repairing them on the run is the main focus of this article; however, we've included a couple of sidebar pieces on tubed rubber.Tubeless tyres normally don't go flat all at once: a puncture causes a slow leak and the tyre gradually goes flat - if you're lucky. If you're ...