REAR VIEW

4X4 AUSTRALIA LOOKS BACK AT THE CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY, THE RISE IN OUTBACK TOURING, THE EVOLUTIONARY SOPHISTICATION OF 4X4S, AND MORE

30 YEARS AGO – SEPTEMBER 1994 A great cover shot this month shows a Patrol crossing the remote Mitchell River on one of our many tips to the south-west of Cape York, an area still overlooked by many Cape travellers. If you are heading that way make a plan to include this region. Other destinations in this issue included the mallee country of Ngarkat CP in SA, Yuraygir in NSW, and the golden areas around Marble Bar in WA, all still fabulous areas to explore and enjoy. As far as vehicle tests were concerned, we got behind the wheel of an auto Land Rover Discovery Tdi and an Asia Motors Rocsta diesel shorty – did anyone actually buy the latter? Of course, being Australia’s biggest selling and most widely read 4x4 magazine at the…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2024

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