Tag Archives: Outdoors

Fulcrum has your suspension needs covered

WHEN you walk into a suspension shop, what do you expect? Do you expect prompt, honest and reliable service from a team of technicians who know your vehicle and know suspension? Then you need to see the suspension specialists at Fulcrum Suspensions. This year Fulcrum is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Since its inception Fulcrum has been a trusted name in …

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Are spacer lift kits legal in Australia?

The SuperPro Ezy-Lift kit is an alternative best suited to the soft-core four-wheel-drive owner who wants a less intrusive, easily reversible, inexpensive, safe and legal option to achieve a little more ground clearance and retain the ‘feel’ of the OE suspension with the look of a lifted ute. This kit is ideally suited to a 4WD owner who wants to …

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Where to Visit When Touring Victorian High Country & Snowy Mountains

AFTER arriving back in Melbourne on the Spirit of Tasmania, our intention was to work our way back to Brisbane via the parts of the Victorian High Country you can access with a caravan and then head across the NSW border and up into the Snowy Mountains from the west. These areas are totally off-limits to caravans in the winter …

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How to Avoid Saltmarsh Damage

IF you are planning a fishing trip to Cape York Peninsula, remember to drive on designated access tracks to avoid saltmarsh damage caused by off-track vehicles. The Kalpowar Recreational Reserve, adjacent to the Princess Charlotte Bay declared Fish Habitat Area has seen four-wheel-drives recently traverse the track to Bathurst Heads, which is not a designated road. Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol …

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Quick Trip to the Kimberley

The weather had already warmed and the days were into the mid to high thirties, and the barra, while not leaping onto the banks, were definitely getting their appetites back to the extent that they were enthusiastically taking dead mullet baits. Some of Sam’s family from Tassie caught their first-ever barramundi, which of course is one of life’s real thrills. The …

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New HiLux – First Tow Test

First impressions of the exterior begin with the bold new look that has more on (and off) road presence due to the larger body, being 70mm longer and 20mm wider, which in turn gives you a great feeling of extra cabin space when jumping inside too. The interior is notably different to the outgoing model. In the models we had the …

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Evakool’s World-First Portable Fridge with Built-In Drawer

Multi-voltage operation of DC 12V and 24V as well as AC 240V enables you to take the fridge anywhere and its silent, reliable and efficient operation with battery cut-out protection won’t have you losing sleep. The Evakool Drawer Fridge has a temperature range of 10C to -15C and comes with a two-year nationwide warranty. For more information, visit www.evakool.com

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Bowhunting for boar and fallow deer

Bow hunting

We did encounter several deer, but we were either spotted first or the wind was wrong. The wind seems to be constantly swirly in these hills. Now back to the start of my story; about 50m away from me a good-sized boar was coming right to our location. Rhea and I were crouched on the ground trying to hide behind …

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