“We were invited along to the Queensland Overland Bound OTGR, an event where the emphasis is on the community, not just adventure.” Overland Community As an active member of many 4WD and Overland Travel groups on the web, one that I frequent a lot is Overland Bound. As a community group they live by two […]
Overlanding
Overlander or Daily Driver – are the two mutually exclusive?
When you only have one vehicle to choose from how far do you compromise or should you just say to heck with it and go with what you want. Living in a big city leaves you with certain choices to make when choosing your overland vehicle. We all know space is tight on city streets […]
The Great Divide Pt.2
Day 2. I wanted to quit. I was beaten already and I felt like an idiot. Eventually, having no other option but to ride on, I found myself in Silver City, which, apart from the ugliness of an enormous open-cast mine, was quite a nice little town. It had a great bike shop and it […]
Out of The Woods Pt.1- Kakadu NP, NT, AU
‘We’ve booked flights for October’. An ambitious time for southerners to visit the tropics. It is the start of the build-up to the wet season – a time of year still mild and pleasant down south, but here in the top end our cool evening breezes and gentle dry season weather are beginning to give […]
The Great Divide
Suddenly I felt the gravel on my back and I was staring at the deep blue sky above the New Mexico desert. With my feet still clipped into the pedals and the bicycle between my legs, the rest of my exhausted body lying in an almost star-fished heap on the track was telling me that […]
Downunderlust (Pt.1)
Everything happens for a reason they say – there’s always a silver lining. Our silver lining happens to have off-road tyres underneath and a tent on top. One summer afternoon in Sydney, two city slickers sat wondering what do next, as an employer had just handed us a redundancy letter and things were about to […]