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Simpson Desert Day 1

It is always an exiting day when we depart Alice Springs for our 8 day tour of the Simpson. Today was twice as exciting because my Nissan decided to give some slight trouble,...

We are off to the Cape Tomorrow

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Tow-Ed Now in Rockhampton

Our Boondall venue is unavailable for training during July but don’t forget that we run Tow-Ed courses in Caboolture as well as Mackay, Townsville, and now in Rockhampton....

Continuing Maintenance

I am often asked how does my vehicle line up for tour after tour of the roughest tracks in Australia, day after day, week after week, year after year....

Nissan Patrol Bonnett Catch Issues

The bonnet catch on the Patrols is known to wear on rough corrugated roads, such as my Patrol sees everyday. The issue was brought to my attention one day while driving along ...

Renewing Lightforce Acrylic Covers

My acrylic Lightforce spotlight covers have seen some very dusty miles, and many hours of sunlight, so they are not looking the best....

Some Minor Maintenance on the Patrol

The wet season has meant a late start to our touring season, and a tough year financially, but with only a few weeks to go before we start our touring season,...

2012 Tour calendar

We’ve just finished putting together our 2012 4WD Expedition Calendar. This is the calendar for our longer tours of 8 days and more....

Tow Ed Learn to Tow Your Trailer, Caravan or Boat with ...

We ran a great Tow-ED in Mackay, just one van but all went really well. How small is this world? The participants had set up next door to my parents in a caravan park in Sarina....

Web Site Update

Those of you who visited our web site at www.djolsen.com today probably noticed it wasn't quite itself :-) We have just migrated our domain to a new server,...

Tow-Ed Mackay May 8

I've just landed back in Townsville after a great Tow-Ed session at Boondall. We have two places left for this weekend's Tow-Ed course at Mackay....

Our Man in Mackay in World Record Attempt

Graeme Ransley Senior Trainer for Olsen's 4WD Tours and Training in Mackay is organising a World Record Driving Lesson on Wednesday Graeme is also safety coordinator for the ...

Correction to Previous Blog entry

10 Day Tour Hay River Birdsville to Winton QLD via the Northern Simpson Desert 19 Aug to 28 Aug

Learning To Tow with Confidence at Boondall

Once again we are running the popular Tow-Ed course at Boondall, Brisbane. We have two places left for this weekend’s course....

Cape York July 2 to 21 2011

We are off to Cape York again this year- Tour almost full. Here is a video from a previous tour of me dragging a snake to where everyone could see it. [Embedded Video]

Simpson Desert 2011

We have two tours running through the Simpson Desert this year. Our 8 Day Simpson Desert Tour runs from Alice Springs to Birdsville....

Kalpower to Dalhunty

From Kalpower we journeyed through the Lakefield National Park across Hann crosing where we stopped for morning tea and a bit of exploring....

Cape York 2010- Townsville to Kalpower

Day one saw us heading west out of Townsville to Thornton's Gap. We made a quick visit to our friends at the old Eureka before continuing on to Undara,...

Cape York 2010

I'll get the full story up soon. In the meantime, enjoy the pics on my facebook page

A $400 Roof Rack for My 4WD

The new Obieco box on the back of the Nissan has three Rhino rack uni-strut type assemblies running across front, middle and rear of the box....

Fitting the New Winch

Some of you may be surprised to learn that I did not have a winch fitted particularly doing what I do, however over my 30 years of off-road driving,...

Vehicle Tracking

I've been running VHF and HF based vehicle tracking called APRS (Automated Position Reporting System) for some time on the Amatuer Radio bands....

Cabin Work Continues

While doing the heater reinstall, I made a few changes. The rear wall of the cabin allows quite a bit of noise into the cab, and could use some better soundproofing....

Some Minor in Cab Work :-)

The cabin heater in the GU died some time ago, releasing hot water into the cabin. The aircon relies on this to balance hot and cold air, otherwise the air is too cold....

Calvert Ranges Permit Denied

As one who works tirelessly on tours to inform people of the values of aboriginal cultural sites, I was disappointed to have access to the Calvert Ranges denied this year....