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4WDDealing With Dust - Hema Maps Online Shop

Dealing With Dust

Got a dusty adventure in mind? Here’s how to keep the clouds of dirt from taking control. You just can’t beat a good old fashion off-road adventure. As good as it is, getting to the best campsites...

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4WDHow To Build a Budget DIY Tourer - Hema Maps Online Shop

How To Build a Budget DIY Tourer

Words: Ali Millar Pics: Glenn Wardle  (Image: We picked up our roof rack and toolbox secondhand for a bargain.)Here are a few simple DIY projects to help cut costs on your touring machine. When yo...

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4WD20 Years on the Tracks - Hema Maps Online Shop

20 Years on the Tracks

As owner and tour leader at Adrenalin Off-Road, Ben Carceller has plenty of opportunities to see some of the best that remote Australia has to offer. Courtney Cunningham sat down with him to ask ab...

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10 things10 Things Only Australian Travellers Would Understand - Hema Maps Online Shop

10 Things Only Australian Travellers Would Understand

Overseas visitors can feel upside down when Down Under. Here are a few things Tony and Denyse Allsop think only us Aussies really understand.1. THE HUGE DISTANCESDistances between towns in Australi...

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4WDWest of Centre Touring - Hema Maps Online Shop

West of Centre Touring

Words and pics Ron and Viv MoonIt’s a camp I always enjoy. Tucked amongst the low sparse scrub with the impressive bulk of Mount Leisler rearing up from the flat plain, seemingly within touching di...

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4WDUpsizing Your Tyres - Hema Maps Online Shop

Upsizing Your Tyres

Written by Dan EverettGet any group of 4WDers together and sooner or later the topic of tyres will come up. “How big are they?” It’s almost an unspoken rule of 4WDing that you’re judged by either t...

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4WDThe Dark Art of Reverse Parking a Caravan - How to Reverse a Caravan in Tow - Hema Maps Online Shop

The Dark Art of Reverse Parking a Caravan - How to Reverse a Caravan in Tow

We've yet to meet anyone that loves reversing a caravan into a tight spot. In fact, the vast majority of travellers see it as no more than a necessary evil. Put simply, reversing a hitched-load is ...

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