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HEMA’S 2020 ULTIMATE GETAWAY GEAR • We stock a large range of maps and navigation tools to help you explore Australia and overseas, including travel maps, wall maps, atlases, travel guides and books, GPS navigation products & mobile apps. Here is our guide to the ultimate getaway gear in 2020!
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REGENERATE AUSTRALIA • REGENERATION AFTER A STORM IS ALWAYS AN AMAZING PROCESS TO BEHOLD. SEEMINGLY ENDLESS DROUGHT AND HEAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH DRENCHING RAINS. AFFECTED COMMUNITIES HAVE RALLIED TOGETHER TO REPAIR AND REBUILD, BOTH STRUCTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY.
CRUISING the TASSIE COAST
STORAGE DRAWERS, The affordable way • DRAWERS IN THE BACK OF YOUR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE MAKE LIFE THAT MUCH EASIER WHEN TOURING. EVERYTHING STAYS ORGANISED AND OUT OF THE WAY. BUT HAVING DRAWERS INSTALLED BY THE PROS CAN BE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR MANY. IN TRUE D.I.Y. SPIRIT, STEVE CASSANO PROVES THAT YOU CAN INSTALL PROFESSIONALLY-MADE DRAWERS YOURSELF, USING JUST A FEW SIMPLE TOOLS.
TASMANIA'S WILD WEST • The west Coast of Tasmania has much to offer the intrepid Aussie camper, as Ron and Viv Moon recently discovered
TRAVEL PLANNER
BORN FOR THE NORTH • THE OVERLANDER GTS SIDE-FOLD SOFT-FLOOR CAMPER BY HARD KORR IS BUILT TO ENABLE YOUR WILDEST CAMPING VISIONS, BE THEY OF BRIBIE ISLAND OR THE CAPE. NOT ONLY DO ITS OFFROAD INNOVATIONS, OFF-GRID POTENTIAL AND GINORMOUS STORAGE CAPACITY MAKE IT IMMENSELY CAPABLE; YOU CAN SHARE THE EXPERIENCE WITH FIVE OF YOUR LOVED ONES.
CTA RATINGS
CAMPER SPECS
AFTER THE FIRES • When the bushfires have gone and the long road to recovery begins, many of Australia's tourism-dependent communities will be relying on us to return. But how soon is too soon?
UP TO THE MINUTE INFO
ALL THAT IT’S BLOWN UP TO BE • POLES, LOOK BUSY, OPUS ARE IN TOWN. WE REVISITED THEIR CLASSIC OP4 TO SEE IF THE AIR BEAM TECHNOLOGY HAS STILL GOT IT. A HUGE SPACIOUS INTERIOR, NEAR FULLY AUTOMATIC SET-UP, AND ONE OF THE BIGGER DINETTES OUT THERE WERE BUT A FEW OF THE STAND-OUT FEATURES.
CAMPER SPECS
BUILDING your own CANOPY CAMPER • WE CATCH UP WITH DYLAN HODGES, WHO HAS CONVERTED THE BACK OF HIS TRITON INTO A HOME-MADE SLIDE-ON CAMPER, IDEAL FOR LONG, MELLOW FISHING TRIPS. BUILT AROUND AN MRT CANOPY AND EXPANDED UPON BY THE ADDITION OF A KINGS ROOFTOP TENT AND A HEAP OF OTHER ACCESSORIES (INCLUDING A BEER KEG AND TAP), DYLAN’S D.I.Y. JOURNEY IS A LESSON IN WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE WITH A BIT OF HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION.
CONTAINING YOUR HEAT
RAIN OR SHINE • Camper TESTS OUT THE AOR ODYSSEY, A TOP-END AUSSIE-MADE POP-TOP HYBRID FROM A BRAND WITH A STELLAR REPUTATION FOR CAMPERS THAT CAN COPE WITH THE DEEP OUTBACK. CONVERTIBLE INTERIOR SPACE, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COOKTOPS, AND AN EXTERNAL ENSUITE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE FEATURES THAT CAUGHT MATT’S EYE.
AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD ODYSSEY SERIES II
ESSENTIAL SPARE PARTS FOR REMOTE TOURING • CARRYING THE RIGHT SPARES CAN SAVE YOU A LOT OF STRESS OR DISCOMFORT WHEN THINGS GO WRONG IN THE...