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Cape YorkWhen is the best time to travel to Cape York? - Hema Maps

When is the best time to travel to Cape York?

  When it’s winter in most of Australia, it’s the famed dry season in the north … also known as the perfect time to visit famous northern Aussie destinations such as Cape York in Far North Queensla...

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4WDExploring Old Telegraph Track North, Cape York, Qld - Hema Maps Online Shop

Exploring Old Telegraph Track North, Cape York, Qld

  The northern section of the Old Telegraph Track, which runs from Bamaga Road to the Jardine River Ferry, is perhaps the quintessential Cape York 4WD experience.   Bridge Creek Ford   The Track W...

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4WDExploring Victoria's Deserts: Border Track - Hema Maps Online Shop

Exploring Victoria's Deserts: Border Track

  Victoria isn't known for its deserts, and rightfully so. Technically speaking, it doesn't actually have any – even the deceptively named Little Desert receives more than 250mm of rain per year, w...

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Anne Beadall HighwayTop 5 Australian Great Desert tracks - Hema Maps

Top 5 Australian Great Desert tracks

  Hema Maps celebrates the release of its 6th Edition of its bestselling Great Desert Tracks Atlas & Guide, featuring 28 epic 4WD trips through Australia’s great desert regions, with full carto...

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4WDVictorian High Country Expedition with Hema Maps - Hema Maps

Victorian High Country Expedition with Hema Maps

  Over three months in 2024 our mapping teams moved through the High Country in an effort to remap more than 20,000km of backroads and tracks. Never afraid of a bold new challenge, the Hema Maps t...

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4WDA guide to Palmer River Goldfields — Cape York, Qld - Hema Maps Online Shop

A guide to Palmer River Goldfields — Cape York, Qld

  In the dusty highlands of the Palmer River Goldfields region, adventurous four-wheel drivers can experience one of Cape York’s most challenging tracks which straddles the Great Dividing Range: th...

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Flinders Ranges and Outback SAExploring the Googs Track - Hema Maps

Exploring the Googs Track

  Googs Track stretches from Ceduna all the way to Glendambo and boasts more than 300 dunes, making it a 4WD destination of choice within Outback South Australia. Essential information Grading: Ma...

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