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Factory 6: DIY Garage in Melbourne

What is it with Australia? There’s been so much cool stuff cool stuff bubbling up from down under lately. I recently discovered Melbourne-based Bandit Films a production company with a great eye and a...

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Four-Minute World Tour: Welcome to Earth

Canadian video editor Luc Bergeron sampled almost 180 clips to create this 4-minute trip around the world. He mated the fast-paced, quick-cutting footage to a haunting song called “Wolf” by the...

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Vintage Video: Getting Through, 80s Australian Land Cruiser Promo

This fantastic Land Cruiser promotional video from the early 1980s, called Getting Through, demonstrates various driving skills filmed throughout Australia. It features footage from sandy beaches to...

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Expeditions 7, An Around-the-World Adventure

Scott Brady, founder Expedition Portal and publisher of the Overland Journal, headed out last month on a two-year trip he and his team are calling Expeditions 7, in which they’ll cover some of the...

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Toyota Hilux, Deep Water Crossing

It’s times like this that you really want to trust your snorkel install and waterproofing job. This video is from New South Wales, Australia via YouTube. Once your windshield wipers are under water,...

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Tele Track, Cape York Peninsula

The Aussies know what they’re doing when it comes to overland travel. Here’s a great video of a bunch of guys with the Australian magazine, 4WD Action, heading up the Old Telegraph Track (known there...

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Bridgestone Dueler Off-road Demo

Here’s a good video demo video from Bridgestone Australia for their latest Dueler light truck tire. It’s got some nice off-road footage and some basic driving suggestions.   Filed under: - 4x4 / SUV,...

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Cleaning and Re-Seasoning Cast Iron Pans

In case you have a cast-iron pan in your chuck box that you’d like to clean before camping season, or you’ve found a new-to-you, crusty, garage sale find, the blog I Believe I Can Fry has a great post...

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A Day at Home

. Australian off-road motorcycle racer Chris Hollis enjoys a relaxing day at home in New South Wales, piloting his KTM around the back forty. Pay close attention at 0:36. That’s a nice move. I like...

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Gen3 Mitsubishi Pajero on the Powerline Track, NSW

Here’s footage of a Gen3 Mitsubishi Pajero/Montero tackling the very rutted Powerline Track in New South Wales, Australia. In this video the brake-actuated, limited slip system looks like it’s doing a...

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Recovery Goes Seriously Wrong

This video is a heart-stopper. An Australian film crew crosses a tidal flat, gets stuck, and things go seriously pear-shaped from there. I was on the edge of my seat watching it. It’s a perfect...

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Conquerer UEV-490 on Fraser Island

Here’s an interesting video showing Fraser Island, a popular off-road site on Australia’s east coast, just north of Brisbane. The Toyota is towing a Conquerer UEV-490 trailer, which looks quite...

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Tassie’s Untamed Tracks

In this video some guys from the Australian 4×4 magazine 4WD Action head down to Tasmania for some overlanding and camping. The trails are wet and tough, and it’s fun to watch them slog their way...

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Ride Along on the Canning Stock Route

This video by Gavin Foreman and (his American girlfriend?) Wilms offers a first-hand overview of the western Australia’s remote Canning Stock Route. Watching the video is like traveling with...

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Overlanding Cape York’s Wild East Coast

Save this one for when you have some time. It’s an hour and ten minutes of overlanding action as three mates head up the wild east coast of Australia’s northern Cape York Peninsula. When I say wild, I...

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A Murchison Off-road Adventure

Here’s another overlanding video from Down Under. YouTube user Ronny Dahl takes us to Murchison off-road adventure park in western Australia with a few friends. There are five trucks in the video....

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LowRange Episode 2, South Western Victoria

Here’s another video from the Australian show Low Range. I like seeing their camp setups, how and what they cook, as well as the trails they drive. Good fun!  

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Off-roading and Camping in the Yeagarup Dunes

YouTube user Ronny Dahl offers this video of off-roading in southwestern Australia’s Yeagarup Dunes and Callcup Hill. It features lots of Land Cruiser 70-series utes, water crossings and, of course,...

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Video: Overlanding Western Australia’s Beaches

Here’s a beautifully shot video from Ronny Dahl documenting a trip he and a couple of friends took along the western Australian, north of Perth. They start at a place called Sandy Cape and head south...

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6x6s vs 4x4s in Rough Country

This two-part video from YouTube channel LROR (Let’s Roll Off Road) shows two Pinzgauer 712 6x6s, two Land Rover Defenders, and a modified Suzuki Jimny tackling rough terrain on Mt Airy, northwest of...

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