
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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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