Dan Everett, Author at Pat Callinan's 4X4 Adventures

We have all been there. Three days deep into a track that hasn’t seen a grader since the Olympic Games, and something goes twang. Usually, it’s right when the sun…

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Vehicles

Everest Wildtrak Makes A Triumphant Return

The team at Ford has decided to dust off one of their most popular badges for another run. We’ve just got word that the Everest Wildtrak is making a comeback…

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Advice

10 Ways To Stop Annoying Everyone On The UHF

We’ve all been there. You’re settling into a long stretch of tarmac or navigating a tricky line through the rocks, and the silence is shattered by someone who treats the…

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Calling Kakadu: The signal just got a whole lot better

You’re sitting at the Jim Jim Ranger Station or pulling into the Karnamarr campground, and you want to check the weather, download a fresh topo map, or let the family…

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News

The Great Outback Lock Up

We have all seen the headlines about the New South Wales government snapping up massive chunks of the outback. What was once the backbone of our wool and cattle industries…

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Bright Ideas For Rural Roads

Driving rural roads at midnight is a different beast compared to the daytime run. When the shadows stretch out and the lines on the bitumen start to blur into the…

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Close Call North of Broome as Big Saltie Strikes

The latest news out of the Kimberley is a blunt reminder that the top end doesn’t play fair. A young bloke in his 20s is currently recovering in Perth after…

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National Parks are more crowded than ever

The latest numbers are in and it turns out we are all feeling a bit of cabin fever. New South Wales national parks just clocked a record-breaking 65.5 million visits…

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The Birdsville bubble has burst but keep the snorkel on

We’ve just seen some fresh updates coming across the desk from the Birdsville Hotel and the Diamantina Shire Council, and it’s a bit of a game changer for anyone sitting…

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Electrical

Aus J launches new PROFLO range

We’ve been using the Duoetto systems from the team at Aus J in our rigs for years, including the F-150, and they’ve always been a rock-solid bit of kit. When…

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Season 16 is hitting YouTube

We’ve decided it is high time to bring the full Season 16 experience over to YouTube. If you missed it on TV or just want to relive the dust and…

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Tropical Cyclone Narelle hammers the west

We’ve seen some wild weather in our time, but the footage coming out of the Gascoyne right now is next level. Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall as a category four…

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News

Mother Nature rules the roost as Big Red Bash 2026 is cancelled

It’s rare that we see the Simpson Desert looking more like an inland sea than a dust bowl, but that’s exactly the hand we’ve been dealt. The news came through…

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Uniden Partners With Drive Against Depression

There’s no shortage of “partnership announcements” in the 4X4 and automotive space. Most of them are easy to skim past. But every now and then, one lands that feels a…

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Fuel Shortages Hit the Bush

A small farming town in north-west Victoria recently became one of the first places in the state to completely run out of fuel. It might sound like a local inconvenience,…

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News

Does Australia Actually Want To Build Things Anymore?

There was a line dropped over the weekend that cut straight through the usual corporate PR fluff. Ford CEO Jim Farley, speaking during the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, warned…

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Visitors Will Soon Pay To See The Twelve Apostles

One of Australia’s most recognisable coastal landmarks will soon come with an entry fee attached. The Victorian Government has confirmed plans to introduce a tourist charge linked to the new…

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Wooleen Station To Change Hands After Two Decades Of Conservation-First Touring

One of WA’s most talked-about outback stations is officially heading into a new chapter. Wooleen Station, a 134,000-hectare pastoral lease roughly 700km north of Perth in the Murchison, has been…

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Local Council’s Crack Down On Caravan Storage

Sutherland Shire Council in Sydney’s south is weighing up a crackdown on trailers and caravans being parked long-term on suburban streets after fielding close to 3,000 complaints in 2025 alone.…

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Advice

Outback Roads Are Closing Fast: What’s Shut & What’s Next

If you’ve been watching the inland radar lately, you’ll know this isn’t just a passing storm. This is basin-wide rain feeding some of Australia’s biggest inland river systems. And when…

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What Happens To Utes Under NVES?

The first results from Australia’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) are in, and on the surface, the industry has ticked the box for 2025. Targets met. Credits issued. Everyone moves…

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Advice

Tub Rack vs Canopy: What Actually Works When the Trip Gets Real?

If you’re building a dual cab for touring, this is the crossroads. Forget tyres and lift kits for a minute, what you do with the back of the ute will…

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The Robot Ranger: Can it Handle the Real Bush?

Would you trust a computer to steer your rig through a bushfire? It sounds like a tall tale from a sci-fi flick. But a new Aussie project is trying to…

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Have Your Say On The Great Koala National Park

The Great Koala National Park would be one of the largest protected areas ever created in NSW. Spanning more than 475,000 hectares, it’ll stretch from Kempsey to Grafton and inland…

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Equipment

How Heat Affects Your Tyres: The Hidden Danger on Outback Roads

We talk a lot about the obvious dangers in the bush. We talk about deep water crossings, jagged rocks that want to slice your sidewalls, and bog holes that can…

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Travel

High Country Huts Hunker Down For Bushfire Season

If you’ve spent any real time in the Victorian High Country, chances are you’ve ducked into one of the huts. Maybe it was to get out of the wind. to…

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Vehicles

Ranger Super Duty: When Medium Finally Stops Meaning Compromise

Ford reckons the Ranger Super Duty exists because people were sick of choosing between too small and too big. For years, if you needed real payload, serious towing, or proper durability in remote…

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Gear

How Clearview Mirrors Evolved Alongside Aussie Touring

If you’ve been towing around Australia for any amount of time, you’ve probably owned at least one set of rubbish towing mirrors. You know the ones. Clip-ons that buzz themselves…

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Are public campsites still first-come, first-served?

If you’ve camped anywhere popular over Christmas or Easter, you’ve probably felt it. That low-level tension when you roll into a spot expecting a chance at a riverbank camp, only…

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ANCAP Rules Could Finally Fix Annoying 4WD Safety Tech

If you’ve driven a new 4X4 on dirt in the last few years, you already know the pain. Corrugations start, lane markings disappear, you move the wheel an inch… and…

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Gamba Grass Is Threatening One of the NT’s Best 4X4 Destinations

If you’ve ever pointed the bonnet north towards the Top End, Litchfield National Park is usually on the itinerary. It’s the sort of place that makes touring in Australia the…

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Equipment

Tonic Eyewear’s Recycled Fishing Line Frames Break New Ground

Spend long enough outdoors and you’ll realise a good set of sunnies isn’t just a fashion statement, it’s survival gear. Whether you’re scoping a rocky descent on the tracks or…

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Electrical

Can 10L cut it in the bush? Two years with the compact Aus J hot water system

There is a certain anxiety that comes with switching up a critical part of your camping setup. We are creatures of habit. We like our diesel tanks full, our tyres…

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New Outback Playground? NSW Govt Snaps Up Two Massive Stations Near Ivanhoe

It is not every day we hear about a chunk of land the size of a small country changing hands. It catches our attention even more when that land is…

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Advice

The Bush Uniform: Thongs, Boots and the Sun-Smart Choice

There’s a sort of unofficial uniform when you head bush. You know the one, thongs, singlet, cap, maybe a bit of zinc if you’re heading to the coast. It’s the…

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Advice

The Most Underrated Mod for Long-Distance Touring

We spend a fortune protecting our engines from the harsh Australian elements. We fit snorkels to keep the water out and high-quality airboxes to stop the dust. We obsess over…

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News

Ford Backs Drive Against Depression

There is a concept in the touring world we reckon holds a lot of water. It is called ‘windshield therapy’. You know the feeling. The noise of the daily grind…

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Advice

Skin Cancer : The Track You Don’t Want to Go Down

If you’ve spent enough time behind the wheel, you know the rule, ignore a warning light long enough, and something bad’s about to happen. The same goes for your skin.…

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Equipment

Are your car seats costing you thousands at trade-in time

Buying a 4X4 is usually the second biggest financial commitment we make in our lives. It sits right behind buying a house. We spend weeks researching the right model and…

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Travel

Rolling Up the Swag: Why K’gari’s Resorts Are Worth a Pit Stop

Look, we know what you’re thinking. You didn’t spend fifty grand building a touring rig just to park it in a hotel car park. We go to K’gari to get away from walls, Wi-Fi, and civilization.…

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Vehicles

Ranger Wolftrak: The No-Nonsense 4X4 Everyone’s Been Asking For

Most of the motoring world is busy talking about Ford’s new black grilles, fresh paint codes, and whatever trim piece has been darkened this time. But buried underneath all the…

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News

The Iconic Lions Den Hotel Is Up For Grabs (Again)

If you’ve ever rattled your fillings loose on the corrugated tracks of Cape York, chances are you’ve stopped at the Lions Den Hotel. It’s a rite of passage. A tin-and-timber…

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Advice

How To Buy The Suspension You Need, Not The Suspension You Want

We’ve all seen it. You’re rolling through a campsite and a dual-cab bounces past. It is stiff as a board and the rear end sits three inches higher than the…

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Vehicles

Super Duty Details: More Options For Tough Tourers

Righto, let’s talk heavy hitters. Ford’s Ranger Super Duty ute has been a bit of a dream machine for anyone doing serious work, but let’s be honest, the initial offerings…

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Electrical

REDARC Simplifies Dual Battery Power with New REDWorks Panels

REDARC has just pulled the wraps off a new range of plug-and-play power systems under the REDWorks banner, aiming to make 12V setups simpler, smarter and better suited to a…

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Police Hand Out Defects in 4X4 Show Car Park

You’d think the one place you could park your 4X4 without being hassled for a lift kit or a set of 33s would be the 4X4 show car park. Apparently…

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Season 18 Is Here: Adventure Redefined

From bucket-list icons to hidden gems, Season 18 of Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures is all about getting out there and doing it for yourself. We’re tackling the tropics, the deserts, the bull…

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Ford reshuffles Ranger and Everest lineup for more power and reliability

In a move that’ll get nods of approval from tradies, tourers, and towers alike, Ford Australia is officially pulling the pin on its 2.0-litre bi-turbo diesel engine, clearing the way…

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The Push to Drop Country Speed Limits from 100km/h to 70km/h

Australia’s country drivers have long accepted that life beyond the city limits comes with a fair bit of dust, potholes, and the odd roo on the road. What they didn’t…

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Tanami Road: Get Your Red Dirt Kicks While You Still Can

If you’ve ever dreamed of tackling the wild, remote Tanami Road, do it soon. Because one of Australia’s last iconic red dirt outback roads is being slowly but surely sealed,…

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