A Field Guide to Central Australia

By Penny Van Oosterzee. Excellent guide to Central Australia. Photography by Reg Morrison. Photos. 184pp.

Readership - All 4WD owners, training schools, manufacturers, adventurers!

Description - Modern four-wheel drive vehicles are powerful and sophisticated machines, able to travel almost anywhere. Given their growing popularity with recreational drivers, there is an even more pressing need for adequate training. Even on sealed roads these vehicles require a different set of driving skills: off-road the demands are many times greater.

This book concentrates on the essential skills of four-wheel driving for every type of off-road terrain as well as sealed and unsealed roads. It explains what makes a four-wheel drive vehicle different, how to approach challenging situations, and shows what to do if things go wrong.

Author Details - Vic Widman bought his first four-wheel drive vehicle more than 23 years ago and learnt his driving skills the hard way. He now runs one of Australia's leading four wheel drive training schools and tag-along tour companies, and has conducted thousands of four wheel drive training courses.   By the same author - Travelling the Outback: 

Explore 20 of the best 4WD day and weekend tours through this fantastic region. Includes old gold mining localities, rainforest areas and treks to remote mountain peaks.

A great book full of trek notes and trips around Tasmania. Spiral bound and A5 size it easily fits into your glovebox or sits in the navigators lap.4WD Tracks in Tasmania is divided into three sections:

• General Advice - always important in looking after the areas you are travelling through
• Detailed trip descriptions 
• A handy list of 4WD clubs with contact details if you wish to follow up some local knowledge in a particular area, or even drop in on a club meeting. Also includes a copy of the code of conduct from the Australian National Four Wheel Drive Council. 230 pages

Seventeen of the best 4WD tracks within a couple of hours of Melbourne. 158pp. 

Fifteen of the best day and weekend destinations around Sydney. From the beaches to the mountains you can escape the hustle and bustle and find the little known treasures on Sydney's doorstep.

Covers all the high country of Eastern Victoria. Tracks and campsites from east of Melbourne to MSW border. 104pp.

Compiled by the Australian Fishing Network. Over 2000 Marks! 191pp.

A comprehensive guide for Four-wheel drivers and other navigators. Includes how GPS works, maps, grids, datums, GPS equipment, using GPS, GPS and computers, moving-maps, vehicle setup and GPS resources. Written for both novice and experienced GPS users with a focus on technology and mapping available in Australia. 243pp.

Greater Nowheres

Journalists Dave Finkelstein and Jack London set out for the Australian bush in pursuit of the deadly salt crocodile. 313pp.

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