This book describes sixty of the state's top 4WD trails, from the coast to mountain bushland and the desert north-west to remote mountain hideaways. It provides comprehensive track notes, tour maps, planning advice, camping information and describes the main highlights of various trips. It also gives handy advice on driving in mud, sand, snow, water crossing, overgrown tracks and handling steep climbs. Also includes tips on basic vehicle recovery, winching, tyre pressures, bush navigation, communications and bush camping.
This book is an invaluable guide and reference for everyone interested in four-wheel driving, the outdoors and those visiting "off the beaten track" special areas. A comprehensive table of contents ensures ease of use and photographs, maps and sketches make for pleasant reading.
About the authors:
Murray White has travelled extensively throughout Victoria and Australia in his 4WD, exploring many lesser know destinations. He is an experienced 'bush mechanic' and skilled in all aspects of four-wheel driving. His articles and photographs on 4WD trips have been widely published in books, magazines and newspapers.
Anthony McLaren is an inveterate traveller, and his favourite destination is 'somewhere new'. A keen bushwalker and bird observer, he likes nother better than to be in camp, reading maps, making notes and enjoying Victoria's great diversity of scenery. Anthony has contributed to a range of magazine and newspaper articles, and his photographs have appeared in a number of publications.
Soft cover
224 pages
