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

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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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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National Parks Set To Privatise Camping

It’s starting to feel like déjà vu for anyone who’s been camping the NSW coast for a few decades. Once again, National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has cooked up…

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Electrical

REDARC Unveils The REDLAB Lithium Battery

South Australian manufacturer REDARC has announced the launch of its new REDLAB Lithium Adventure Battery range. A next-generation off-grid power solution designed to survive the same punishing conditions that 4X4ers are known for…

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The 12 Apostles Down to Seven, And You Might Soon Have to Pay to See Them

One of Australia’s most iconic natural landmarks has quite literally taken another hit, with the 12 Apostles now officially down to seven after another limestone stack collapsed into the Southern…

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Can You Get Pinged for Eating & Driving Under New Laws?

Lately, a wild claim’s been doing laps on the internet: drivers in several Aussie states will soon cop fines of thousands of dollars, even $8,000 in the ACT, just for eating, drinking…

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Equipment

Track Tested: Outback Armour’s GVM Upgrade

When you hear GVM upgrade, most people think tradies, tourers and towing, not crossing the Simpson Desert or hammering corrugations on the way to the Gulf. But that’s exactly where we’ve…

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Last Stop Larrimah

If you’ve spent any time exploring the Stuart Highway, you’ll know there are a handful of outback stops that aren’t just pubs, they’re landmarks. And one of the most recognisable,…

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Vehicles

Raptor Gets Finked With ARB

Ford’s Ranger Raptor has already proved it can conquer one of the harshest off-road races on the planet, now it’s bringing a slice of that Finke-winning DNA to the showroom.…

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Sealing the Outback Way: Progress at a Price

The Outback Way has long held a mythical status among Aussie 4X4ers. Stretching over 2,700 kilometres from Laverton in WA through the Red Centre and out to Winton in Queensland, it’s often…

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Vehicles

Ford Everest Sport Bi-Turbo: Style, Without the V6 Complexity

Ford has announced a limited run of the MY26 Everest Sport Bi-Turbo, giving buyers a chance to score the sleek blacked-out Sport trim but with the proven 2.0-litre Bi-Turbo diesel…

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Vehicles

Is Diesel Done For?

For decades, diesel was the king of the off-road world. It was the fuel that gave you power when nothing else could, sipped less on the highway, and kept things…

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Travel

ARB Takes On Botswana

It’s easy to say your gear is tough. It’s harder to prove it where it actually matters, in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by wild animals, rutted tracks, and the…

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Vehicles

How to Spec Up Your Super Duty

Ford’s Ranger Super Duty lands in early 2026, and while the ute itself is built tough, the real talking point is the way you can tailor it straight out of…

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Cape York Tip Sign Sparks Heated Debate

For decades, reaching the very tip of Australia has been a rite of passage for 4X4ers. After battling corrugations, river crossings and endless red dust, the reward is a photo…

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Vehicles

Ranger Super Duty Takes the Plunge in High Country Testing

When Ford first announced the Ranger Super Duty, the big question wasn’t how much tougher it would look, it was whether it could take on the jobs that push a…

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Sydney 4WD and Adventure Show is on this weekend

The Sydney 4WD and Adventure Show is rolling back into town this weekend, and it’s shaping up to be the biggest yet. Whether you’re chasing new gear, looking for inspiration…

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Historic Hill End Pub Closes After 150 Years of Service

The Royal Hotel in Hill End, the last remaining pub in the historic New South Wales gold rush village, has temporarily closed after more than 150 years of operation. The…

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Travel

Beltana’s Pub Back in Business in the Flinders

If you’ve ever wandered through the Flinders Ranges, you’ll know the feeling, long stretches of rocky tracks, ghost-town vibes in the little settlements, and the sense that you’re rolling through…

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