Travel Tips & Topics
Want to spend a weekend with like-minded adventurers? Then check out the 9th Australian 4WD Gathering on the October long weekend September 28th to October 1st and at the same time do a good deed for the Royal Flying Doctor service. […]
History was repeated and Birdsville celebrated over the weekend of July 24th when sister and brother Margaret and Doug Sprigg crossed the remote Simpson Desert in an early model, short wheelbase Nissan G60 Patrol – 50 years after their pioneering trip in a similar Nissan in 1962. […]
What a week. On Monday I was sipping Pinot Gris at the Flame Hill Vineyard perched on the stunning Blackall Range, near Montville, with some wonderful wines and a sweeping view of the entire Sunshine Coast, Montville QLD and on Friday I quaffed a beautiful Marsanne at the All Saints Estate, Rutherglen VIC […]
The 2012 BMW TS Safari was a fantastic success with over 135 BMW riders on a diverse range of BMW models, enjoying a week of perfect weather as well as the magnificent roads and scenery that feature on The Great Dividing Range. […]
Kondalilla Falls National Park is situated just inland from the Sunshine Coast in the beautiful Blackall Range. It’s approximately 100kms from Brisbane and 4kms from Montville. Whether you’re an avid hiker, a languid stroller, a photographer or a parent of young children, Kondalilla falls is a stunning place for the whole family. […]
On the 50-day Journey of Discovery from Birmingham to Beijing, a team of four Land Rovers took on more than 8,000 miles of varied terrain through 13 different countries, revealing some unique and fascinating stories with the aim of raising £1m for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the process… […]
After the uncertainty of its final border crossing due to avalanches, the Journey of Discovery entered China. The roads varied from the tarmac of National Road 314 to the rugged terrain of the Taklamakan Desert. […]
In the middle of the Taklimakan Desert, deep in China’s wild west, the Land Rover Journey of Discovery meets up with a unique group of sand racers to experience what they claim is one of the world’s finest off-road driving destinations¦ […]
The epic Land Rover Journey of Discovery is now just a few thousand miles from the bright lights of Beijing – but it had to overcome a minefield of obstacles to finally reach the border into China, its final country on the 8,000-mile fundraising trip. […]
Washed-up wrecks buried in mud sit miles away from the shoreline of the Aral Sea after a dramatic shrinking in recent years. But the Journey of Discovery found a different story as it joined a small army of fishermen to see their attempts to bring new life to the region. […]
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