2026 Life Update
After 17 years, more than 1500 blog posts and 2 years travelling around Australia our time between posts dramatically increased. We finished our lap and returned to ‘normal’ life, and got on with a whole heap of things you can read about in our initial life update. You could say we got busy, and this…
Ontap Roam; portable, off grid water on demand
Imagine having clean, drinking water in a portable system, pumped out at whatever rate and spray type of your choosing, anywhere you go. Today, we’re reviewing the Ontap Roam; a jerry can, with a number of pretty major twists. This was a product that I was genuinely interested in seeing in the flesh, and I’ve…
Elegear Camping Mattress review
If there’s one thing that will make or break a camping trip, its the quality of your sleep. I’d go as far as saying this is even more critical for kids, especially when you’re the parent. A bad nights sleep means cranky days for everyone, and we’ve always done our best to camp in relative…
Ecoflow Delta 2 Max Review
The traditional way to run a fridge when off grid in a 4WD has always been to install a secondary battery. This is normally a permanent modification, and requires a way to isolate the battery, and charge it. However, as time has gone on there’s been a number of portable power stations come out, which…
A new vehicle; time for a big change
It’s funny how life can take unexpected turns. We returned from our Big Lap of Australia about a year ago now, and one of the first things I got stuck into was looking for a second vehicle for me to get to and from work. We’d sold my old Corolla prior to leaving, and after…
Our new 2005 Cub Camper
After nearly 5 years* and over a thousand nights in our Lifestyle Reconn R2 Hybrid Camper, we returned to Perth from our Big Lap of Australia, content in what we’d achieved and having already decided we’d sell the hybrid. It didn’t make sense to hold onto a depreciating item worth so much with limited use…
Air bags don’t cause bent chassis
Bent Ute chassis’ are becoming more common every single day, and almost every time a photo of one is uploaded to social media, people are very quick to jump on and blame airbags for the failure. This is almost always with no knowledge of the exact incident, but they just feel that airbags are to…
A life update; what have we been doing?
It’s been a long time since our last published blog post (except the Renogy 300Ah Lithium Battery Review) here at 4WDing Australia, and for that, I apologise. For the last 14 years we’ve been sharing content several times a week to help you travel, camp and 4WD your way around Australia, so our hiatus is…
Renogy Core Mini 300Ah battery review
The 4WD and camping world is now well and truly hooked on lithium batteries, and lets be honest; they’re a massive improvement on lead acid batteries that were the norm for so long. We’ve been running lithium batteries for many years in several different setups, and when Renogy offered to send their new Core Mini…
Keep River National Park; the best in the NT?
There’s some spectacular country between Kununurra and Katherine, and last time we drove through we were on a schedule, and didn’t get to stop anywhere. This time around though, we booked two nights at Keep River National Park, and I’m so glad we stopped, as its up there with the best of the Northern Territory,…
Reynolds River Track; the best of Litchfield by 4WD
We firmly believe that the best parts of Australia are 4WD accessible, and if you’ve done the whole of Litchfield National Park, you’ll know this confirms my motto above. No, don’t get me wrong, the bitumen part of Litchfield National Park is absolutely stunning, but its even better once you get off it. There’s a…
Surprise Creek Falls; the best of Litchfield
Having been to Litchfield National Park a few years back, I wasn’t expecting anything better, or different when we visited recently, but there was one place we’d missed, and it was a huge surprise for us. Yes, the pun is intended, and this is Surprise Creek Falls at the bottom of the Reynolds River Track,…