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OUTBACK SPLENDOUR • AUSSIES LOVE THE OUTBACK. IT’S WHERE CAMPER CANOPIES ARE UNFOLDED, POP TOPS POPPED, SWAGS UNROLLED, BILLIES BOILED, LEGENDS MADE AND WHERE RUTTED TRACKS TO SECRET SPOTS ABOUND.
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Bit of dirt Can’t hurt
HOW TO CHOOSE AND INSTALL AFTERMARKET DRIVING LIGHTS • FACTORY LIGHTS DON’T CUT IT IN THE BUSH. 4WD GURU STEVE CASSANO RUNS YOU THROUGH HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT AFTERMARKET LIGHTS AND INSTALL THEM YOURSELF, BY DECKING OUT HIS JEEP WRANGLER WITH A PAIR OF LIGHTFORCE STRIKER LED DRIVING LIGHTS.
A LAP OF CORNER COUNTRY • Deep within the northwestern corner of outback New South Wales there’s a realm of red dirt, Aussie battlers, abandoned dreams of settlement, and endless 4WD and camping opportunity
AS THE EAGLE FLIES • TIRED OF TOWING? WEDGETAIL’S SLIDE-ON CAMPERS MOUNT STRAIGHT ONTO THE TRAY OF YOUR UTE. THE COMPANY, WHICH HAS RECENTLY CHANGED HANDS, IS HOLDING TRUE TO ITS TRADITION OF CAMPING CONVENIENCE AND PRECISION FINISH, MOST IMPRESSIVELY IN THE TOP-OF-THE-LINE ‘WTC’ MODEL
WEDGETAIL CAMPERS WTC
FOR THE DUAL CAB USERS
MAPPING the DREAM • We've all seen a Hema 4WD at work, if not on an unsealed road, then in this magazine. Just as many of us have pored over a Hema print map or navigated using a HX-1. Sitting in the hot-seat of a Hema truck, 4WDing for a living, might seem like the dream job, but what does the mapping work actually involve on a day-to-day level? And what does it take to score the gig?
RIGHT ON TARGET • NORTH COAST RVS HAVE THE AUSSIE MARKET IN THEIR CROSS HAIRS WITH THE RELEASE OF THE BRAND NEW SNIPER X.9. THIS FRESH-FACED QUEENSLANDER RIDES HIGH AND SMOOTH ON ALTERNATIVE SUSPENSION, POPS UP IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, AND TIPS THE SCALES AT A SLIM 850KG TARE
NORTH COAST SNIPER X.9
WHERE TWO WORLDS MEET • THE NEW JAYCO CROSSTRAK HYBRID SETS OUT TO BALANCE OFFROAD-ABILITY WITH CREATURE COMFORTS. WITH PLENTY OF STORAGE, OFF-GRID CAPACITY AND A SPIFFY KITCHEN, IT’S POISED TO TAKE THE MARKET BY STORM
JAYCO CROSSTRAK HYBRID
THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF CAMPERS • INSPIRED BY A GORGE WITH 14 RIVER CROSSINGS, CONDAMINE CAMPERS’ HYBRIDS BRING VERSATILE SET-UP OPTIONS, A UNIQUE ENSUITE, AN ULTRA-FUNCTIONAL KITCHEN AND OFFROAD NOUS TO THE CAMPING TABLE
CTA SPECS CONDAMINE CAMPER
THE GODFATHER • CUB IS THE GODFATHER OF CAMPERS. THERE IS NO CAMPER ON THE MARKET TODAY THAT DOESN'T HAVE SOME CUB DNA IN IT. FOLLOWING ON FROM THE BRAND’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY LAST YEAR, WE TEST OUT THE HARD-FLOOR, REAR-FOLD ESCAPE IN CAPE TRIBULATION, TO SEE WHAT DIFFERENCE THAT LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE MAKES WHEN YOU’RE OUT IN THE STICKS.
CTA SPECS 2019 CUB CAMPERS ESCAPE 2.6
TRUE GRIT • MEET THE METALIAN MAXI XT, A RUST-PROOF, DUST-SEALED, OFFROAD BEAST OF A CAMPER OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA. IT BUILDS UPON THE LEAF-SPRUNG MONOCOQUE BASE OF THE MAXI WITH ADVANCED ELECTRONICS AND WISE INCLUSIONS FOR LONGTERM TOURING. JUST LOOKING AT THE THING SENDS YOUR TESTOSTERONE LEVELS THROUGH THE ROOF.
CTA SPECS METALIAN MAXI XT
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