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ISUZU UTE AUSTRALIA | Issue 13

SIBLING RIVALRY! MU-X vs D-MAX in the Blue Mountains

‘BOWLED, SHANE!’

Meet the bucket-lister who duped Warney

HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN

Australia’s greatest Outback pubs

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The 2014 Isuzu D-MAX is the spirit of a truck wrapped in the skin of a ute. With 3 litres of Isuzu turbo diesel grunt under the bonnet you can tow 3.5 tonnes* like it’s not even there. Combine that raw power with a frugal 8.1L/100 km# and you can see why it’s picking up all the awards. Discover everything that makes the 2014 D-MAX even more dependable at your Isuzu UTE dealer today.

ISUZUUTE.COM.AU *4x4 models only. #4x4 automatic model ADR81/02 laboratory tests (combined cycle). ^Whichever occurs first, for eligible customers; excludes accessories and trays. 5-star ANCAP safety rating on 4x4 crew cab models built from November 2013 onwards.

Contents ISSUE 13

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18 COVER STORY D-MAX and MU-X go head-to-head in the mudcaked majesty of the Blue Mountains’ Newnes Plateau

REGULARS 04 READERS’ RIDES Out and about with the most important driver of all: you

06 NEWS The AFL and NRL footy shows, big mountain skiing and wedding bells

10 WISHLIST They might not be massive, but these gadgets pack a serious punch

12 TECH HEAD What does the ANCAP safety rating mean—and how is it determined?

14 INSIDE LINE

FEATURES 24 OUT OF THE BOX

Stunt-driving supremos Team D-MAX tackle the TopGear Festival

It’s a sunburnt country, but the pay-off is a very Australian institution: the outback pub.

These are some of the best.

Australia's eight greatest off-road dirt bike trails. Get out and get dirty

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28 PASSPORT

38 HOOK, LINE ’N’ SINKER

Infamously, Africa’s deadliest beast is neither big cat, giant ape or Oscar Pistorius. It’s the hippo. To canoe the Zambezi River, take an armed guard …

Nick and Andrew find an angler’s Eden in the middle of Bass Strait

32 UNSUNG HEROES Meet Sebastian Terry, the man who turned a personal bucket list (Skydive naked! Crash Cannes! Face Warney!) into a million dollar charity drive.

40 REFUEL

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Melbourne laneway tuna tostadas and a super-fresh everyday salad

43 FLASHBACK Take a walk down the Isuzu hall of fame with the fifth-gen 2002 D-MAX

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CHOOSE

YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

TAKE WHATEVER, WHEREVER IN THE ISUZU D-MAX OR MU-X. Everyone has a spirit of adventure. For some it might just be taking the family to that favourite camping spot, for others it might mean conquering the most extreme of off-road tracks. Or it might just be that feeling of knowing you have the tools to hitch up the boat or caravan and take off whenever you want. Whatever your sense of adventure, there’s a no-nonsense Isuzu ute or SUV built with all the advanced features you need to get you there and back – safely and in style. Powered by a super-efficient 3.0L turbo diesel engine, and backed by a rock-solid 5 year warranty and a 5-star ANCAP safety rating~, the Isuzu D-MAX & MU-X are ready for any adventure.

Inspire your spirit of adventure at isuzuute.com.au

ISUZUUTE.COM.AU ~5-star ANCAP safety rating on 4x4 D-MAX Crew Cab models built from November 2013 onwards and all MU-X models. ^Whichever occurs first, for eligible customers; excludes accessories and trays.

Welcome

to our latest issue of max*d magazine!

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n the three years between starting our business late in 2008 and the end of 2011, Isuzu UTE Australia accumulated 10,000 vehicle sales.

As an illustration of our rapid growth, our total sales last year alone eclipsed 10,000 vehicles.

This progress and success can be attributed to you—our extended family, and for this we are extremely thankful.

The new MU-X has so far been a great success for us and I must thank our loyal D-MAX owners who have added one to their garage. To all our new MU-X owners, I warmly welcome you to our Isuzu UTE family. My apologies to those of you who had to wait longer than normal for delivery of your new baby— our initial sales were above our modest expectations.

Another goal achieved since our last issue is the awarding of an ANCAP 5-star safety rating to all our MU-X models and all 4x4 Crew Cab D-MAX models. Your safety on the road is our priority so it is reassuring that our vehicles are now supported with this accreditation. You can read more about the ANCAP testing regime in this issue’s Tech Head section.

You’ll also be pleased to know our annual fuel economy test, the Max Run Challenge, will be returning later this year—but this time in our new MU-X. You will have the chance to win a new MU-X so

keep an eye out for the promotion in the coming months.

You might notice a new, cleaner, easier-to-read style to this edition of max*d, which we hope you like.

All your favourite sections have been preserved so there’s plenty of great reading. Enjoy!

Yasu Takeuchi Managing Director & CEO Isuzu UTE Australia

The new MU-X has so far been a great success for us and I must thank our loyal D-MAX owners who have added one to their garage. To all our new MU-X owners, I warmly welcome you to our Isuzu UTE family.

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ON THE GO!

READERS’ RIDES

These five happy owners love their vehicles so much they just had to write in and tell us about them.

RAY CHAMBERS

Sunshine Coast Koala Rescue, QLD Drives: 2013 D-MAX 4x4 CREWCAB CHASSIS SX “THAT TRUCK’S DONE 80,000km in 14 months—and the other one has done 30-odd in four. They both work hard! We service them every 5000km.

They’re just great engines. You need them, especially rescuing koalas— it’s full-on. We’re an ambulance; we’ve had cases of brain trauma or blood loss, so we just get ’em as quick as we can to hospital. The koala is endangered—they’re nearly stuffed in Queensland. We want to save every koala we can and the trucks work bloody hard for it.”

The non-government koala rescue relies on charity for funding.

Donate at sckoalarescue.com.au

GARRY KENNEDY

Lives: Safety Beach, NSW Drives: 2014 MU-X 4x4 SUV LS-T

“THIS IS MY new MU-X towing our six-metre caravan. Well, technically it’s the wife’s—I have a 2010 D-MAX—but I claim it when I can.

We’re joining a group of friends travelling to north Queensland, one of whom has also bought an MU-X and is towing a 17-foot off-road van as well, so we’ll draw some attention! While I’ve only towed the van for about 140km so far, it really does feel good—it’s like the van isn’t even there. I expect the fuel economy will be 13.5 to 14.5 litres per 100km with the van and car fully loaded. We love it.”

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SHANNON MEIN

Lives: Townsville, QLD Drives: 2014 MU-X 4x4 SUV LS-M

“I’VE JUST LEFT the Army, so we’re going to travel Australia—Cape York, the Kimberley, the Simpson Desert— all towing a caravan. The only thing is my wife won’t let me do saltwater crossings in it yet … I have to wait until the novelty wears off a bit!”

CRISTOFER VAN GERVEN Lives: Somerville, VIC Drives: 2013 D-MAX 4x4 LS-U

“I’VE BEEN OUT in mud, swampland, sand dunes—I actually made an 80m river crossing in it down in Marlo, near Orbost, all on road tyres. I just checked the depth and thought, ‘Yeah, I can do it,’ and went for it. I was at Yarrawonga just two weeks ago and some of the hills and the rocks up there were fantastic. I’ve done 44,000km in 10 months! I get around.”

SHAYNE BEARD

Lives: Cowra, NSW Drives: 2013 D-MAX 4x4 LS-M “HAVING OWNED AND been very disappointed with a late-model HiLux and a Navara, I did a lot of research. I needed a mid-week family chariot and weekend reveller combined. For me, the D-MAX’s 3.0-litre intercooled turbo-diesel was paramount, coupled to the best auto ’box I’ve seen. Others claim higher torque and kW, but nothing pulls as easy as my D-MAX. I tow a 28-foot, 2.8-tonne fishing boat with ease.”

WHY CALTEX VORTEX DIESEL FUEL? Readers’ Rides is a segment reserved for you—the reader. If you’d like to see your ute appear in the mag, send a highresolution image along with your name, town, state, and the make and model of your D-MAX or MU-X, plus a 100-word blurb, to maxd@iua.net.au. Or you can mail the details to max*d magazine, PO Box 500, Cannon Hill, Wynnum, QLD 4170.

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Isuzu MU-X teams up with Warren Miller Isuzu UTE Australia—using its Isuzu MU-X brand—has teamed up with Warren Miller Entertainment to be the presenting partner of its 2014 Film Tour—for the ski/snow sports epic Ticket to Ride. The film will tour 22 locations across the country until 3 July. Warren Miller Entertainment has filmed and produced quality footage for 64 years, with this year marking the 27th year the event has toured Australia. It’s also the first time a snowboarder in one of Miller’s titles has been (hilariously) filmed trying to explain to a group of bewildered natives just what he is doing in their isolated homeland. And for fans of point-of-view shooting, GoPro footage has rarely looked better—or more radical. To see if there’s a screening near you, visit warrenmiller.com.au

NEWS MU-X scores first award The MU-X has just received its first accolade, with OzRoamer crowning the MU-X LS-T the best seven-seat 4WD under $60,000. OzRoamer uses independent judges to test AWD SUVs and 4WDs for towing capability and off-road ability. OzRoamer tester Anthony Hood says the MU-X “performed effortlessly” during its evaluation. “We took the Isuzu MU-X LS-T on a family holiday, towing a 2800kg caravan,” he says. “The MU-X never missed a beat.

[It] performed like it had another 100Nm of torque.”

Daniel Morcombe Foundation takes delivery of new MU-X

Isuzu UTE Australia has handed the keys to a brand-new Isuzu MU-X to child safety education crusaders Bruce and Denise Morcombe. The new vehicle will help them continue to deliver their award-winning Child Safety programs to school children and parents across Australia. Last year, Bruce and Denise clocked up over 60,000km in their trusty D-MAX, so IUA decided it was high time they receive an upgrade.

Daniel Morcombe’s legacy is the foundation named in his honour. Over the past nine years, it has educated parents and children about the

importance of child safety and helped raise safety awareness among millions of Australians.

Thanks to the efforts of the foundation, Queensland’s Department of Education, Training and Employment developed the Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum, which aims to teach children about personal safety, including cyber safety and phone safety. It focuses on three key messages: Recognise, React and Report. It is hoped other states and territories will soon adopt the curriculum.

To support the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, visit danielmorcombe.com.au

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NEWS

Weddings with a D-ifference

Nobody likes taking risks with their wedding day, but a couple of proud D-MAX owners have gone one step further by incorporating the Spirit of Truck into their nuptials. Coffs Coast Isuzu UTE Sales Manager Carl Bennett (below) recently married his partner Rebecca at Sawtell Headland in NSW using three of his beloved D-MAXs as wedding cars. “Anyone can tie some white ribbons on a vintage Rolls Royce or horse and wagon,” says Bennett. “We wanted to arrive at the big day in style!”

Shortly afterwards, Kristy Brown and Rhys Morgan tied the knot at the Bermagui Surf Life Saving Club. Proud father of the bride, Sid, used his two-day-old Isuzu D-MAX X-Runner to ferry the bride to the ceremony, while the other bridal vehicle was a white Isuzu D-MAX LS-U Crew Cab supplied by Ron Doyle Motors of Eden, NSW.

Isuzu UTE joins forces with the NRL & AFL footy shows Australia has four top-flight football codes, but—with exceptions— your favourite is mostly a matter of birth. In Queensland and NSW, league is king … but in the rest of the nation, AFL is invincible.

But whether you associate ‘untackleable’ with Gary Ablett or Greg Inglis, TV is the place to be from 11.30am Sundays. That’s when the gods of each game present Channel Nine’s Sunday Footy Show— NRL version in league states, AFL elsewhere—across the country.

No matter your preference, Isuzu UTE is on board in 2014. In the AFL, Isuzu UTE is backing Hutchy and co’s 2014 Lou Richards Medal, which tallies the round’s best players by votes from the panel. In the NRL, the D-MAX Performance of the Week competition marks Isuzu UTE’s fourth straight year with Sterlo and the boys. Viewers vote via SMS to win a weekly cash prize of $500 … and an entry to the grand prize. At season’s end, each show will give away an Isuzu D-MAX ute.

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WISHLIST

by Michael Benn

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From midget subs to Mini-Me, history has shown you needn’t be enormous to be excellent

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SPIN CHILL

Esky-a-no-go?

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Coolers are bulky, but with a small cache of ice, this could be the answer. It chills cans, stubbies or even wine bottles by spinning them in ice, going from warm to near-freezing in 60 seconds.

Clever science means no shaken-beer-can explosions.

There’s also a ‘bit-only’ drill attachment for just $12.

RRP US$29.95 (plus $9 postage), spinchill.com

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SNOW PEAK TITANIUM SPORK Eat like a king

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This is literally the only utensil you could ever need—or plan to hand down for six generations. It’s a spork. It’s made of titanium.

Titanium! At 17cm long, with a 4cm-wide scoop, it’s just 17g and will be your go-to piece of cutlery if you’re attacked by a dingo mid-meal. Er, if you’ve dropped your knife.

RRP $18.95, mainpeak.com. au/brands/snow-peak

SWISS TECH UTILI-KEY

Pocket chameleon

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Most multi-tools are too big (why not carry the actual tool?) or forgotten in a drawer when you need them. This has fewer functions, but—hiding on your keyring—is always in your pocket. It has straight and serrated blades, three screwdrivers and a bottle opener, and weighs just 14g.

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CAMELBAK ALL CLEAR BOTTLE

In your face, Bear Grylls Like casting a vote, taking water on a trek is essential but annoying. Now, with any H2O about­—puddles, creeks, hobo sweat—this 750ml bottle changes that.

Fill with dirty water, turn on the UV lid and shake for a minute for potable water.

It recharges via a USB, with 80 cycles on a full battery.

RRP $159, snipurl.com/ 28tcv9n

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TOUGH AS THE ALL-NEW OPEN COUNTRY A/T II ®

This tyre doesn’t just look tough, it is tough.

Two jointless layers of spiral cap ply and thicker rubber on the sidewall combine to make this tyre one exceptional off-roader.

Learn more at toyotires.com.au.

TRUSTED TYRE OF

TECH HEAD

by Dave Harding

Don’t be a

dummy Everyone’s heard about gold-standard 5-star ANCAP safety ratings. But what does a 5-star rating really mean?

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n the unfortunate event of an accident, it’s a comfort to know you’re protected by a cocoon of crash-hot safety technology. With both the Isuzu D-MAX and MU-X recently achieving 5-star safety awards, you can breathe easier than ever. But how does the lauded ANCAP safety rating system work?

It’s an interesting question with an unlikely—and intriguing—hero.

He’s a tough guy who goes by the name of the HYBRID III Crash Test Dummy.

The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) provides consumers with transparent, independent assessments of the safety performance provided by different vehicle models.

ANCAP safety ratings are determined by a series of internationally recognised crash tests and technology assessments,

with vehicles awarded an ANCAP safety rating of between 1 and 5 stars.

The ratings indicate the level of safety vehicles provide not only for occupants but also for pedestrians in the event of a crash. They also reflect the car’s ability to avoid a crash through technology.

Since 1993, ANCAP has published crash test results for more than 1000 passenger and light commercial vehicle models sold in Australia. It’s a simple system—the more stars, the better the vehicle performed—but the ANCAP tests are both rigorous and sophisticated. To claim the maximum score, a vehicle must achieve the highest standards in all test categories, as well as feature advanced safety assist technologies (SAT).

A top 5-star ANCAP result requires that a vehicle achieve a minimum score across all the physical tests outlined below— as well as meet minimum requirements for the inclusion of mandatory and additional safety equipment and safety assist technologies.

Frontal Offset Test The Frontal Offset Test simulates slamming into another vehicle of the same mass that is travelling at the same speed. Forty per cent of the car, on the driver’s side, makes contact with a crushable aluminium barrier at precisely 64km/h, and crash test dummies in the vehicle indicate the likely injuries incurred by any passengers in a realworld situation.

Side Impact Test The Side Impact Test consists of ramming a 950kg trolley into the driver’s side of the vehicle at 50km/h. The trolley has a crushable aluminium face to simulate the front of another vehicle.

Pole Test

Crunch time: The Frontal Offset Test replicates an accident at 64km/h.

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In the Pole Test the car is propelled sideways at 29km/h into a rigid pole that’s aligned to the position of the driver’s head. The pole is relatively narrow, resulting in major penetration into the side of the car.

The Pole Test is particularly useful for

demonstrating the effectiveness of curtain airbags in reducing the chance of serious head injury in this type of crash.

Pedestrian Protection Test Pedestrian Protection Tests are carried out to estimate head and leg injuries to a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle at 40km/h. These crashes represent about 15 per cent of fatal crashes in Australia and New Zealand—but that figure leaps to as high as 30 per cent of crash fatalities in some urban areas.

Whiplash Test This is a test conducted in two parts: a geometric measurement of the head restraint; and a dynamic test where the vehicle’s seat is mounted to a test sled. The sled then simulates a rear-end crash that’s equivalent to a stationary vehicle being hit at 32km/h.

Safe and sound: Airbags deploy when vehicle sensors detect a collision.

In all ANCAP tests, dummies are used to scientifically measure the various forces on occupants in the crash.

The data is then assessed to determine scores for each vehicle in each crash test.

Dummies provide vital clues to what happens in a crash; Hybrid III (frontal impact) and EuroSID II (side impact) dummies have experienced

dozens of collisions firsthand. Their role is vital: the accident simulations rely on having a driver and a passenger aboard to provide a full picture of likely injuries in an accident. Hybrid III is designed to gather data from frontal impacts and EuroSID II gathers sideimpact data, with markedly different instrumentation built into each.

MEET HYBRID III

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HE’S THE UNSUNG HERO OF MOTORING SAFETY— AND HE’S ENDURED MORE DEVASTATING IMPACTS THAN ANYONE SHOULD HAVE TO BEAR (HUMAN OR NOT).

1 “My head is made of aluminium and covered in soft, flesh-like rubber.

Inside, I have three accelerometers set at right angles that measure the forces and accelerations on the brain.”

any worthwhile arm protection—but serious arm injuries are uncommon in car accidents. For this reason, my arms don’t carry any instrumentation.

Not even a watch! I don’t need one.

I’m a dummy.”

2 “My neck has measuring devices that are used to detect the bending, shearing and tension forces that occur as a result of the passenger’s head whiplashing during impact.”

5 “Load cells in my femur provide data on the likely injury to the upper leg area (thigh, pelvis, hip joint and knee) during a frontal impact. I also have a knee slider, which can be used to measure the forces transmitted through my knees.”

3 “The steel ribs in my chest are fitted with equipment that records the deflection of the rib cage and likely chest injuries in a frontal impact.”

4 “When I’m in a crash test, my arms flail around in an uncontrolled way.

It’s difficult to provide passengers with

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my lower legs measure bending, shearing, compression and tension, allowing for injury risks to the tibia (shinbone) and fibula (connecting knee to ankle) to be assessed.”

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INSIDE LINE

Team D-MAX’s jaw-dropping stunt-driving wows crowds nationwide—but what happens when Jeremy Clarkson pinches one of your utes?

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by Stephen Corby

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ever lend a car to Jeremy Clarkson. That’s the simple and seemingly obvious lesson that stunt-driving daredevils Team D-MAX learned after taking part in Sydney’s truly epic TopGear Festival.

Considering the pounding they give their fleet of Isuzu D-MAX utes— jumping them off ramps, driving them on two wheels and slip-sliding them wildly on treacherous dirt ovals—they rarely sustain any real damage, according to Team D-MAX boss Wayne Boatwright.

“It’s hard to hurt a D-MAX, but when we

got to our next show after the TopGear Festival, which was in Toowoomba, there was this massive scratch down the signwriting on one side,” Boatwright says.

“I was going to go the drivers over it—‘So who did this to the car?’—and then they told me that it was Clarkson.

“It might be hard to hurt them, but Jeremy managed it. Apparently he took it for a drive and crashed through a few obstacles as a bit of a stunt. I was busy somewhere else so I missed it, fortunately.”

Team D-MAX didn’t just lend its vehicles to the TopGear host, they also

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T U O L L A S E L O A G V X I T A S M E F D R M TEA E TOPGEA AT TH took the stars of the Aussie show— Steve Pizzati and Shane Jacobson— for laps of the Sydney Motorsport Park track on two wheels and put on their usual stunt-driving shows.

They also took more than 750 punters for rides up and over the Iron Summit, a specially built 4WD tip-ramp with the steepest ascent and descent angle in the world.

“We used a brand-new standard Isuzu MU-X and took it up and over this amazing ramp at 45 degrees—absolutely mind-blowing!” Boatwright recalls.

As motor shows fall out of fashion,

events like the TopGear Festival have the potential to grow and grow, in Boatwright’s opinion, and he describes it as a fantastic and incredibly busy weekend. For Team D-MAX it’s a particularly motoring-focused one-off each year compared with its regular, iconic role as a country show entertainer.

The team and its precision driving show, which does 25 to 30 agricultural shows around the country each year, can trace its history to 1968. That was when a bloke called Lloyd Robertson came up with the idea of the Holden Precision Driving Team, which would go on to

become an annual institution in both country towns and big cities.

The Holden Team performed in all kinds of GM products—from Monaros to Commodores—until 2000, when things were seriously shaken up by a new deal with Hyundai. The stunt drivers struggled to entertain the fans in front-wheel-drive Sonatas for two years before Holden returned to the fold in 2003, providing SS V8 utes and a return to sideways action and Rooster Tails of dust.

Robertson finally retired in 2006 and Boatwright and a partner bought the business, quickly signing up Toyota

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INSIDE LINE “People often ask if the cars are specially weighted or balanced to do it, but there’s no trick to it. It’s just about skill, and lots and lots of practice.”

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as a new sponsor and launching the HiLux Heroes. In 2012 the team signed a new deal with Isuzu to become Team D-MAX, but not until after some serious research into the viability of using its vehicles.

“The key for us is the fortitude of the vehicle,” Boatwright explains. “We’ve got guys who’ve been on the team from the Holden days and they’re as hard on these cars as anyone could be. They jump them over one another, hit ramps with them, get them up on two wheels and slam them back down—anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

“The Toyotas actually withstood more punishment than any previous products we’d used, and when it came time for a replacement it had to be something that could take the punishment, week in, week out. We looked at everything in the 1-tonne ute market and realised a lot of them wouldn’t cut it. There are lots of cars with great features and they’re nice to drive, but most of them just don’t have the toughness.”

Boatwright admits his team didn’t know much about Isuzu at first, except that it had a good reputation for making diesel engines, but they decided to give them a chance.

“We asked Isuzu to just send us a gearbox, to see what their work was like, and our guys pulled it apart and said it was twice as big as the Toyota inside.

The more we looked, the more we were impressed. And the D-MAX has lived up to it over the past 12 months. The Toyotas were great but the Isuzu products are at a higher level of quality and durability, especially the engine and drivetrain. We now recommend them to our friends and families. My sister bought one recently and my son is buying one next week.”

Boatwright says this level of durability is vital because his team is so busy that they don’t have time for things to break. During their biggest fortnight of the year, at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, Team D-MAX performs two shows a day, every day, in front of more than a million people.

Due to the human element, things sometimes do go wrong during the shows. And what they’re asking of the

Roll up, roll up!

Boatwright and his team perform at 25–30 agricultural shows per year.

drivers—mostly rally aces in their spare time, with some stunt drivers hired from Warner Bros Movie World—is extreme.

“There’s a fair variety in the tracks we ask them to perform on. It’s very different doing these tricks on dirt ovals, or muddy ones, than on tarmac or concrete,” Boatwright explains. “Throw in things like potholes and it really takes a lot of talent. But even the best of them get it wrong sometimes.”

Dave Shannon, who turns 60 this year, has been driving on two wheels for the team since 1981 and had done it thousands of times without incident until he came unstuck at the Camden Show last year, where, on a slippery and soft surface, he went from two wheels to none.

“He found himself lying on his side and he couldn’t believe it. We just took some photos, gave him a rev up, and pushed him back out there,” Boatwright recalls.

“Getting a car up on two wheels is tricky and they’ve fallen over a few times over the years. People often ask if the

cars are specially weighted or balanced to do it, but there’s no trick to it. It’s just about skill, and lots and lots of practice.”

The other trick that gets the crowds oohing and aahing is the close-formation driving, which looks like the aerobatics of the Roulettes, only closer to your eyes.

“We use a lot of the same techniques as the Roulettes. A lot of times there’s only one driver watching where he’s going— the others are lining up with a mirror or a bumper and only watching that mirror

to make sure it’s within 2mm of theirs,” Boatwright says.

While he admits he does get a few complaints from drivers about the pounding that their bodies cop from going over jumps and coming down hard in vehicles as big as the D-MAX, he reckons they mostly enjoy their work.

“It’s fun—I keep telling the guys they’ve got the best jobs in the world, and I’m surprised they want to get paid. I haven’t convinced them of that yet.”

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It looks like a Matchbox car miraculously marooned atop a South American mudslide, mostly right way up but liable to slip ’n’ slide its way into the abyss at any moment.

Which is to say it’s in exactly the sort of hilariously off-camber spot where proper off-road 4WDs are meant to be.

James’ driver’s-side front wheel is thrust rakishly skywards, with the opposite rear tread sunk indecisively into a rut, pressed firm against the wheel well. In fact, James is well placed, but he clearly doesn’t feel like it from inside the cabin. He has lifted his not-inconsequential girth tight against the steering column and is peering forward at the bonnet, willing it to become transparent.

“I’ve never done this before,” James says. He looks like he might sob, or just shut down. He looks like he’s wishing he wore an earthier shade of trousers. It’s a bright, cool day after a week of rain, and he’s tilted backwards at about 35 degrees.

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It’s bisected by the Newnes Plateau Discovery Trail, an easy 44km-each-way track suitable for novice off-roaders, but with multiple mapped and unmapped side trails of various degrees of difficulty.

“You’ll be sweet,” says the photographer, waving instructions.

“Right hand down, and give it a bit— you’ll need to bounce it over, so don’t back off. Once you’re up and over, keep going. Are you ready?”

“Okay,” says James. “I’m ready.”

James doesn’t look ready; he looks like a skydiver who’s leapt out the door and realised he’s wearing a backpack. But he does as he’s told, and the 130kW/380Nm common-rail turbo-diesel four-cylinder scrabbles for a second, then lurches upwards, 230mm of clearance boosting it over a particularly jagged anvil of sandstone. Thirty seconds later, he peels himself from the cabin, prouder than Tenzing Norgay.

“I’ve never understood genuine 4WD off-roading before,” says James, puffing

out his chest, “but that was so much fun.

THAT WAS AWESOME!” “I thought you were gunna cry,” says the snapper.

“I was,” says James.

The Newnes Plateau is like that.

Perched above Lithgow in the Blue Mountains, it’s on the far western side of the Sydney basin, about 150km from the NSW capital. It’s bisected by the Newnes Plateau Discovery Trail, an easy 44km-each-way track suitable for novice off-roaders, but with multiple mapped and unmapped side trails of various degrees of difficulty.

A brilliant daytrip from Sydney, with entry points from the State Mine Gully Road, abutting Lithgow, or the Old Bells Line of Road at the recently burnt-out Zig Zag Railway, Newnes is popular

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FACT FILE THE BLUE MOUNTAINS

Starting 50km west of the CBD, the Blue Mountains encompasses 11,400km2. The area was first inhabited by the Gundungurra and Darug people. Early convicts believed China lay on the other side, but Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson’s pioneering crossing definitively proved them wrong in 1813.

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among 4WD clubs. Not least because it’s an easy opt-in, opt-out area.

It’s where the bolder drivers can get their teeth into slow, mathematical ascents or churn through deep, muddy wallows, while the less gung-ho can back out for another day.

We’ve come armed with a pair of Isuzus, each with the same hearty 4JJ1-TC 3.0-litre engine: a silver 2014 4x4 LS-T Crew Ute D-MAX and the aforementioned pearl-white 4x4 LS-T MU-X SUV. The State Mine Gully Road is an easy trail, tackle-able in any 2WD road sedan

that, corrugations aside, is willing to take the occasional lump. The D-MAX is imperious on its tough-nut leaf springs, the MU-X gentler on its clever five-link suspension. ‘Doable’ in a sedan, that is— unless you hope to explore its tributaries.

Our day goal is not so much to reach Newnes, 44km away, with its spooky-cool Glow Worm Tunnel, but to follow our noses down as many of these super-fun side roads as take our fancy.

Which is how we end up plugged up to our axles in rich, red mud.

March 2014 in Sydney was the rainiest of any March since 2001. The effect on the

Have you ever prepared to pull out from a parallel park, only to lurch momentarily backwards because you’re still in reverse gear? You don’t make this mistake with a 21-storey vertical drop at your rear.

Newnes Plateau is pure dirty fun. After a sopping fortnight of April, it’s sloppier than a two-pot screamer at Octoberfest.

Deeply rutted, root-hiding puddles are the norm. The MU-X’s undersides are protected not by plastic but by real steel skid plates and sump and transferguards, and we’re grateful for the protection.

Despite semi-regular banging, even the running boards remain barely scuffed; a proper sandstone whack to the sump guard produces the barest of scrapes.

The D-MAX is unflustered up a long, deeply gouged trench, churned-up bottom a hellish lasagne of arm-width logs and microwave-sized rocks. The length of the dual-cab seems like it will be a worry, with its extra 250mm of ladder chassis and its tow ball extending the rear overhang.

On extreme upward angles the ball twice plugs into the mud but shrugs it off to emerge without complaint. The shorter MU-X, meanwhile, surprises another off-roader who’s stopped to have a chat.

“I’m impressed,” says the stranger, beard twitching lightly as the mudcaked seven-seater hauls its 2075kg from the quagmire. He says he’d snapped

his snatch strap helping someone at this track before, and had stopped, anticipating pulling out his spare. (James winces; admittedly, a snapped snatch strap does sound painful.)

“That’s proper,” he says, nodding at the bog. “I wasn’t sure you’d make it.”

There are 18 discovery trails in the Greater Blue Mountains Area, but few match Newnes in its mix of topographic and cultural attractions. Newnes itself is an abandoned Wollemi National Park oil shale mining site that shut shop in 1932. Camping is available (first in, best dressed), with cabins in the converted ancient pub. Nearby is the Lost City, a Bungle Bungle-like collection of colossal stone beehives. The tree-lined Blackfellows Hand Trail is named for remarkably preserved ancient rock art.

While the D-MAX is reasonably shod in 17" x 7" alloy 255/65 R17 Highway Terrain tyres, the MU-X is under-specced for any serious back trail mudlarking in a set of highway all-season all-rounders.

Bridgestone Dueler H/T 840s do what it says on the tin; they’re grand for most situations, including tarmac driving, but heavy-duty slop and slopes ought to be a challenge. Except, undaunted, the MU-X has been plunging into hollows

and then clambering out of the depths like a playful kraken. The D-MAX’s reputation for being at home on the range precedes it, but, despite its concessions, the MU-X is just as capable when things get rough.

Choose the right unmarked side trail off the Blackfellows Hand Trail and you’ll end up as we did, overlooking the Wolgan Valley. It’s perhaps the most intimate and beautiful valley in the Blue Mountains … with a vertical 70m drop at your rear wheels. As dusk arrives, the setting sun paints the opposite cliffs a rich Uluru-red.

James’ first-timer’s fear when he was wedged halfway up a steep, rocky slope was one thing. The biblical stress of a yawning, cliff-rimmed abyss in your reversing camera is another thing entirely.

Have you ever prepared to pull out from a parallel park into a gap in traffic, only to lurch momentarily backwards because you’re still in reverse gear? You don’t make this mistake with a 21-storey vertical drop at your rear axle.

You might check—17 times!—to make sure you’re not in reverse gear before you accelerate away from the Newnes Plateau.

But when a family-friendly 4WD paradise is as easy to find as this, one thing’s for sure: You won’t hesitate to go back.

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OUT OF THE BOX

by Karen Halabi

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The nation still boasts stacks of old-school pubs where the meat raffle rules and Aussie hospitality remains. Pull up a pew and check out the icons

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NEW SOUTH WALES In Broken Hill call into The Palace Hotel, the historical three-storey pub with long verandahs and elaborate cast-iron balustrades that featured in the movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Or visit The Silverton Hotel, 26km away, in a mining ghost town known for its hospitality and 50 or so quirky local residents. Much further north there’s The Billi Pub, in historical Billinudgel, the former home of Mar Ring, Australia’s (and possibly the world’s) oldest publican. Mar was publican for 53 years until the age of 101. She lectured Bob Hawke on how to pull a beer, and was awarded an MBE. A timber pub in the Brunswick Valley, near Byron, The Billi is steeped in history. The bistro tucker is home-style and Norma is the best pub chef this side of Uluru.

after the movie was made. The Birdsville Hotel, on the Outback’s desolate Birdsville Track, near the SA border, dates to 1884 and epitomises the dead heart. North on the Sunshine Coast, historical Eumundi boasts Joe’s Waterhole. Formerly The Commercial Hotel—a much better pub name—this pub’s wide balconies, dimly lit bars and swirling ceiling fans are classic.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA The only stopover on the 528km Birdsville Track, The Mungerannie Hotel sits on the edge of the Sturt Stony, Simpson, Tirari and Strzelecki deserts, in the heart of Burke and Wills country.

The Innamincka Hotel at Cooper Creek played host to early drovers coming down the Strzelecki Track, and the boozer’s convivial ‘Outamincka Bar’

QUEENSLAND Knock back a toast to Australia’s hardestworking dog at The Blue Heeler Hotel in Kynuna. It’s the 100-year-old hotel where Banjo Paterson himself saw champagne being handed through the window to end the angry shearers’ strike of the 1800s.

On the same outback highway, heading north-west towards Mount Isa, meet local experts in pointing out what is and isn’t a knife at the historical Walkabout Creek Hotel in McKinlay. Crocodile Dundee’s regular drinking spot in the original film, it was sold for $290,000

WALTZING MATILDA Australia’s unofficial national anthem was sung for the first time at the North Gregory Hotel in outback Winton in 1895. It was written about an incident at the nearby Combo Waterhole, 20km south of Kynuna, Queensland.

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OUT OF THE BOX

A PUB WITH NO BEER? As country singer Slim Dusty once lamented, “There’s nothin’ so lonesome, morbid or drear than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer.” But as legend has it, that’s what happened at one famous boozer. The song was based on a poem about the Day Dawn Hotel (now Lees Hotel) in Ingham, Queensland, written by old Irishman Dan Sheahan and published in The North Queensland Register in 1943.

Gordon Parsons picked up the verses, injected the characters and set it to music, then Slim Dusty recorded it, calling it A Pub With No Beer.

The Exchange holds the record for the biggest sales of Jim Beam bourbon in regional WA. has become the stuff of bush legend.

The William Creek Hotel is right smack-bang in the middle of the world’s largest single cattle property, the 23,800km2 Anna Creek Station.

That’s almost half the size of Tasmania, but by way of contrast, William Creek —population six—is SA’s smallest town.

The William Creek Hotel is the only watering hole on the Oodnadatta Track between Marree and Oodnadatta, and the only corrugated iron hotel still trading in the state.

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA The Roebuck Bay Hotel (‘The Roey’) lives by the saying: “If it’s going to happen in Broome, it’s going to happen at The Roey.”

Pull up a chair beside local raconteur ‘Swindle’ for pearling and gangster tales to last a week. The best-known pub in Kalgoorlie, with 11 beers on tap, The Exchange holds the record for the biggest sales of Jim Beam bourbon in regional WA; it was originally constructed as a shed in the late 1800s. The population of the small goldmining town of Kookynie,

200km from Kal, is under 10, but the 1894 vintage Grand Hotel lives on. Drink with the ghosts of local prospectors on its big verandahs and in its spacious rooms.

NORTHERN TERRITORY The corrugated-iron-clad Daly Waters Pub, on the Explorers Way between Alice Springs and Darwin, served Australian and American airmen—including a fighter squadron—who were based in the town during World War II. The pub gained fame as a stopover for pilots and passengers arriving on the new Qantas international airline in 1934. (Daly Waters, incongruously, was the site of Australia’s first international airport.) From Maluka’s Bar at Mataranka Springs, just south-east of Katherine, toddle off to see the nearby replica of the hut in which Jeannie Gunn lived at Elsey Station. The first white woman in the area, Gunn told her story in the 1908 novel We of the NeverNever. The world-famous Humpty Doo Hotel in Arnhem Land is conveniently located for travellers heading to Kakadu and is chockers with eccentric locals. At The Barra Bar & Bistro, on the Kakadu Highway, you can cook your own local delicacies on a supplied barbecue to enjoy with the accompanying buffet.

Just south of Darwin at Berry Springs is The Litchfield Pub, home of the bull arena and shed and a 55m-long bar.

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AFRICA Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Zambia Zambezi River Zimbabwe Namibia Botswana

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Hungry, Hungry Hippos

On most canoeing trips your biggest worry is an embarrassing capsize.

Not so when paddling on the Zambezi

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here’s nothing to worry about,” says my canoeing guide, Fisher, as the huge head of a hippopotamus edges closer to our boat. His words would be reassuring, except that I can hear the metallic shick, shick, shick of bullets being loaded into a fat black revolver.

I turn and Fisher grins, clutching the gun that a minute ago was holstered on his hip. “Nothing to worry about.”

Nothing at all. Except that hippos kill more people in Africa than any other

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animal. Except that we’re floating along the Zambezi River in northern Zimbabwe in a small canoe, miles from civilisation, in one of the most heavily populated hippo colonies in the world. Except that one of those hippos now has its eyes on us.

Suddenly the hippo snorts a breath of air and dips its head below the surface, gone. It could be travelling silently towards us, on the attack. It could be trying to get away from us. Who knows?

We could hear the hippos from our camp last night, honking and barking in

the water nearby. From my tent I could hear their footsteps as a few wandered through the camp in the darkness, foraging for food, their piggy eyes on the constant lookout for danger, ready to attack anything dumb enough to get between them and the safety of the river.

Now I dip a paddle in the water, propelling us forward as Fisher adjusts our direction, taking the canoe closer to the riverbank, into water shallow enough for us to attempt some sort of escape.

Seconds later there’s another powerful

Wild, wild life: Zambezi Lifestyles safaris are about no-frills thrills. Left: the guides relax … always keeping one eye on the river.

snort as the hippo resurfaces. It’s still a good distance from our boat, and still watching. We paddle on, safe for now.

We’ll have close encounters with more hippos, of course. Hundreds more. We’ll spot them in the Zambezi waters, wallowing in large herds, just eyes, nostrils and ears poking above the murky surface like the tips of extremely aggressive icebergs, keeping track as our canoe glides silently past.

This Zambezi Lifestyles safari offers an experience of the mighty river that flows from Zambia to Mozambique. Our tents are pitched nearby in Mana Pools National Park in northern Zimbabwe.

Across the river, to the north, is Zambia; to the east is Mozambique.

The easiest access to Mana Pools is via light plane, a two-hour trip across the savanna from Victoria Falls. We touched down a few days earlier on a dirt airstrip, where Fisher was waiting in his 4WD, cap pulled low over his eyes, high-powered rifle resting in its case on the dashboard.

From my tent I could hear their heavy footsteps as a few wandered through the camp in the darkness, foraging for food …

“Welcome to the Zambezi,” he’d said, extending a huge African hand. We threw our gear into the 4WD and bumped along through the national park to our camp, a small clearing on the banks of the river.

The Lifestyles camp is fairly basic: a grouping of a few tents and a cooking station that surrounds a dining table and fireplace. This isn’t one of those luxury permanent tent camps available elsewhere in Africa, but a classic experience in the wild (although there are flushing toilets at the back of each tent).

There are no fences to protect you from the wildlife you’ve come to see; elephants, buffaloes or hyenas will walk through the camp—or, at night, hippos.

We sleep on military-style beds, rising early each morning for coffee and a dawn game drive through Mana Pools National Park, or to jump in a canoe and paddle down the river, on the lookout for game, on the alert for hippos.

Fisher knows exactly what he’s doing.

He knows how close you can get to these monsters in relative safety. He knows that if you stay close to the riverbank and glide slowly by, they’re unlikely to attack.

But that doesn’t mean he’s not taking precautions in the form of six large slugs he pushes into his revolver.

We glide past another riverbank camp site and the inhabitants stop to stare at our little boat on the river. One camper calls out in a strong South African accent:

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“Hey, watch out for crocodiles, eh?”

Fisher just laughs. “Hey, watch out for lions, eh?”

There are lions in Mana Pools. The day after our canoeing we’re on four wheels in the 4WD, driving through the game park.

It’s early morning, the light just beginning to strengthen, when Fisher pulls the car to a halt. He’s spotted lion tracks.

“We’ll go in on foot,” he announces, grabbing a rifle and checking the ammunition. “Just remember, we want the lions to see us approach. The last thing you want to do is sneak up on a lion.”

We hit the ground, stalking through the dense savanna. There’s no other life around here—no antelopes, no warthogs, not even any birds—which means the lions must be close by.

Suddenly, Fisher raises his arm and we stop, still standing tall enough to be seen, and gaze towards a clump of bushes where the swish of a tail reveals a pride of lions resting in the shade. There are 13 all up—staring at us while we stare back at them on this cool African morning.

Fisher grips the stock of his rifle a little harder. “On foot you feel a connection, no?”

He’s right. On foot you feel you’re part of this land and nature, just as we felt we were part of the great Zambezi yesterday while we floated along in our canoe, watching the hippos and the crocodiles, listening to the birds and the sound of bullets being loaded into a gun.

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Walking with lions: Fisher convinces his charges to step out of the four-wheeled ‘lunch box’.

“Just remember, the last thing you want to do is sneak up on a lion.”

FACT FILE GETTING THERE

South African Airways flies daily from Sydney to Victoria Falls via Johannesburg. Return economy airfares start from $2200. Call 1300 435 972 or go to flysaa. com.au. Transfers to Mana Pools can be

organised through The Classic Safari Company.

WHERE TO STAY

The Classic Safari Company packages include accommodation, all meals, guides and safari tours at Zambezi Lifestyles camp. Four-

day/three-night packages start from US$1850 per person, including accommodation, all meals, beverages (including alcohol), two game viewing activities per day and laundry. Go to classicsafaricompany. com.au

UNSUNG HEROES

SEBASTIAN TERRY

Age: 32 Occupation: philanthropist, author, self-funded traveller (Terry accepts no sponsorships or donations towards non-charity goals) Website: 100things. com.au

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by Ben Smithurst

Sebastian Terry

Meet the man who turned his own bucket list into a fundraising juggernaut … and got bowled by Warney along the way

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n 2009, Sebastian Terry was a 27-yearold idler from Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Then a close friend died and he was forced to make a radical reassessment of his priorities—and his life.

“My mate died in tragic circumstances, but he died a happy man,” he says. “I asked if I could have said the same about myself, and I couldn’t. I wasn’t who I wanted to be.”

So, like many others, Terry wrote a bucket list. Unlike others, he quit uni with just $9K in the bank and set out to do it.

By serendipity and drive, Terry was soon pulling off once-in-a-lifetime coups, hitching across America (#82), skydiving naked (#58), delivering a baby (#23) and travelling to a spot chosen by throwing a dart at a map (#60, Mongolia). And yet, while his list was mostly hedonistic, he’d also included a dab of altruism at number four: raise $100,000 for Camp Quality.

Even then, Terry hadn’t put much thought into it. “My list was just made of things I’d never done before, and I’d never raised money for charity,” he shrugs.

“You know how you’ll get an email from friends who are doing a marathon, asking for $20 for charity? I’d just delete those automatically. So when I did the list I thought it was about time I did something.”

Five years on, $100K sent to Camp Quality, “the journey has outgrown my list,” Terry says. “It’s more about me helping others or encouraging strangers to help strangers.”

Terry’s next goal is even larger: to donate $1M, in 10 lots of $100K, to 10 different causes. Next is Alzheimer’s Australia, and Terry’s already $40K in. It’s a hugely inspiring, intimidating and time-sapping commitment, which makes it all the more surprising when we find Terry … at golf?

Q&A You’re on a golf course?

Yes, another hole-in-one attempt—it’s #18. I’ve hit another 110 balls—I’m up to 7266 in total. Still incomplete, I’m afraid.

How did you make the first $40K for Alzheimer’s Australia? I did a 24-hour treadmill challenge last year. A lady who owns a gym in Melbourne approached me and said, “Shall we do this?” and I said, “Absolutely.”

I was in a lot of pain, ha, but people came from everywhere. There were 16 treadmills and people did half an hour for $30 each. We’re doing it again in Melbourne and Sydney. Hopefully we’ll get the total to $100K. Tell us about facing an over from Shane Warne (#84). That took me two and a half years to organise! I’d approached him over time, but I could never quite get through. Then a particularly good-looking girl I know said, “Well, I know him—I’ll just text him.” Straightaway he went, “Yep, no worries!”

Aha! I realised that it was more about the chase to me, so I rang and asked if I could bring a kid along as well. He said no worries, sweet. But then I’d made that up—I just wanted to see if he’d do it, haha!—so I had to find a child. I ended up asking a kid from Camp Quality who loved Shane. His name was Marko. He’d just been diagnosed with leukaemia, but he got out of hospital and came along with his mum. Shane was great—he bowled to us for about an hour.

What’s been the hardest thing to tick off the list?

I want to do an Olympic ski jump, so first I’ve got to learn to ski—that will be hard. I did stand-up comedy. And I walked across France, which was quite hard. The goal was to walk all the way across a country.

You should have chosen a small country, like Nauru.

What’s been surprisingly easy? I rode a tandem bicycle from Vancouver to Las Vegas. With no preparation. It’s over 2000km. And I had to

do it in 14 days to make an appointment. So the first few days were really tricky—non-cyclists riding 160km a day on the slowest thing on the road—it was hard. But mental attitude got us through and it ended up being quite easy.

How was Mongolia?

I ended up living with nomads in their little yurt in the countryside, and a shaman invited me for dinner with her family. I ate the intestinal broth of a lamb they’d just slaughtered in the kitchen. It was … disgusting. I’d never really dry-retched before.

They were so worried for me, but I kept saying, “No, it’s lovely! Really!”

Speaking of food, you’ve just hosted the Northern Beaches Big Brunch.

What was that?

I ran a retreat to help people make their own list. Then, on the last day, 150 homeless and marginalised people came in, asylum seekers included. We fed them, gave them haircuts and goodie bags, and created a pop-up clothing store for them as well.

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by Grant ‘Goba’ O'Brien

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AUSSIE OFF-ROAD DIRT BIKE TRAILS Load your moto in the tray and go bush URBENVILLE, NORTHERN NSW

48 Urben Street, Urbenville, 02 6634 1213

In the sleepy country town of Urbenville, the Crown Hotel is a jewel of a pub that welcomes dirt bike riders with open arms. It’s quiet by day and comes alive at night with adrenaline junkies who’ve spent the day exploring the many trails surrounding the area. Daryl, the owner, will let you park your vehicle safely out the back, offer you cheap accommodation and point you in the right direction of the best riding spots for registered bikes. He also takes tours if you book in advance. Trails are suited to all riding levels, from open 4WD tracks to tighter single-trail hill climbs.

At the end of the day you’re guaranteed an ice-cold beer in good company.

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QUEENSLAND MOTO PARK, SOUTH EAST QLD Goan Road, Coulson, 07 5463 5015, qldmotopark.com.au

Load your D-MAX to the hilt because QMP Queensland Moto Park offers a range of tracks and trails to suit the whole family. There are three safe motocross tracks that provide varying difficulty, jumps and obstacles, all of which are competition standard. Take a ride around the 50km of trails that wind through deep gullies, alongside creek beds and upwards to the top of the many ridge lines, which offer the best views of the Scenic Rim. The grommets will feel at home riding the Pee Wee track, which is a stone’s throw away from the parking area so parents can keep an eye out. If one day isn’t enough you can camp overnight under the stars.

There’s 50km of challenging trails at Queensland Moto Park.

SIMPSON DESERT, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA Not for the faint-hearted, crossing the Simpson is a serious challenge for the hardcore adventurer. You can park at Birdsville and tackle the French Line to Dalhousie Springs on your adventure bike, self-supported. But why not get some mates to drive your D-MAX loaded with spare fuel, water, food and camping gear so you can take your time enjoying the wonders of the Simpson Desert over a few days? You’ll see camels, dingoes, and stars at night like you’ve never seen before. Just make sure you purchase a Desert Parks Pass, take a satellite phone and do some research before you tackle this one!

LANCELIN DUNES, WA

Bootoo Street, Lancelin, Shire of Gingin, gingin.wa.gov.au Ever watched the Crusty Demons film where they let loose in the Glamis Dunes and thought you’d like to try that one day? Well, Lancelin is the place to experience a similar vibe and push your limits riding your dirt bike and driving

Trails at Urbenville are suited to all riding levels, from open 4WD tracks to tighter single-trail hill climbs.

your 4WD. Be aware of the razorback dunes, which have a gentle upslope but a sheer drop on the other side, and always keep your eyes peeled for other bikes and vehicles blasting up and down the steep sand dunes. You don’t need a road-registered bike or a driver’s licence to ride at Lancelin, but if your vehicle is not road-registered you must have Off Road Vehicle registration.

HIGH COUNTRY, VIC

bullerbikeadventures.com.au There’s a reason why they call it the High Country and when you ride a registered trail bike in the region you’ll understand why: huge hill climbs and flowing 4WD trails that wind through some of Australia’s most breathtaking scenery, with spectacular views for miles.

Explore the many huts built in the 1800s by cattle musterers, fishermen, miners, loggers and forest rangers; if you find one empty, set up camp for the night and

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Cape York Motorcycle Adventures: Obstacles include logs ... and two types of croc.

share tales of the day’s ride by the fire.

Go to dse.vic.gov.au to check out where to park your vehicle at one of the many Trail Bike Visitor Areas. If you’d like a guide, you can’t beat the lads at Mt Buller Motorcycle Adventures.

FINKE DESERT RACE, NT

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If you haven’t ticked this event off your list, make sure you do. People travel from all around Australia to experience the iconic Finke Desert Race, a two-day off-road, multi-terrain race for bikes, cars, buggies and quads. From Alice Springs, get off the beaten track in your D-MAX, scope out a camping spot beside the Finke route, unload your registered trail bike so you can easily access viewing points along the track, and be prepared to be blown away by the country’s fastest desert racers as they scream past at speeds of up to 175km/h.

GOANNA TRACKS, NSW

Kurrajong Road, Coonabarabran, 0448 462 662 Escape the rat-race of the city and spend a weekend at one of Australia’s finest moto parks, which caters for every offroad moto discipline you can think of.

Goanna Tracks, a six-hour drive northwest of Sydney, is the place to get away from it all with your mates or family,

or by yourself. Get lost in hectares of primo trails, tracks for all levels, FMX ramps to test Evel Knievel types, and a motocross track billed as one of the best in the country. Bikes don’t need to be registered and there are camping and kitchen facilities, so just roll up with your truck and bike!

CAPE YORK, FAR NORTH QLD

‘Riversley’, Lot 4 Captain Cook Highway, Barron River, Cairns, 07 4055 0050, capeyorkmotorcycles.com.au

Cairns to Cape York offers an abundance of adventures to be experienced, from taking in the sites of the World Heritagelisted Daintree National Park and Cape Tribulation, to fishing in rivers and billabongs for elusive barramundi, to visiting Laura, home of Quinkan Aboriginal paintings dating back 14,000 years. It should rank high on your bucket list. Set up camp along the way and use your registered dirt bike to explore the variety of landscapes that change as you head north. If you’re keen for the ultimate adventure, leave your 4WD parked in Cairns and join local guide Roy Kunda for an eight-day ride on which you’ll access national parks, private properties, secluded swimming holes, secret fishing spots and the best trails, thanks to Roy’s local knowledge and his eco-certified company, Cape York Motorcycle Adventures.

E T I C X E O T D E R E ENGINE

HOOK, LINE ’N’ SINKER

by Andrew Hart

Flin ers

keepers In a quest to take their D-MAX to all parts of the country, Hook, Line and Sinker hosts Nick Duigan and Andrew Hart set sail for a fishing paradise in the middle of one of the most dangerous stretches of water on earth . . .

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ou’ve probably heard of Bass Strait. It’s the trench of water between mainland Australia and Tasmania and it has the reputation of being one of the most dangerous and unpredictable seas in Australia—just ask the yachties in the annual Sydney to Hobart.

It’s also home to the Furneaux group of islands. Some 52 of them sit in the middle of eastern Bass Strait—the biggest and most notable of which is Flinders Island. It was to be the destination for a recent filming mission of our program, Hook, Line and Sinker.

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To state the obvious, you can’t drive to Flinders Island. You’d need a pretty big run up and ramp to make the jump! So, instead, we hooked up our brand-new D-MAX to our equally shiny Bar Crusher boat and drove from Launceston in Tasmania to Bridport, where we boarded a barge named Captain Bill and set sail.

The D-MAX, the Bar Crusher and a very angry-looking bull shared Bill’s back deck, along with bags of fertiliser, fencing materials and general cargo as we made the eight-hour trip to Flinders in forgivingly calm conditions.

About 10 nautical miles before we arrived at the Flinders town of Lady Barron (population: 130), we organised with the skipper of the barge to stop and lower the back door for us to launch the boat. Although we entertained nightmare visions of the car and boat falling off the back of the barge and slowly sinking into the depths, the mission went surprisingly well. Before we knew it, we had a head of steam up and were racing the barge into port.

The next morning we were greeted by glass-calm conditions and brilliant

sunshine. The weather forecast said we needed to make the most of this day, as tomorrow it would blow.

On the western side of Flinders Island there’s a big, steep rock that the locals call a boat ramp. We needed to select low-range 4WD, but the D-MAX easily negotiated the challenge and within 10 minutes we were fishing.

Our target species that morning was yellowtail kingfish. They are a great fighting fish, and from these colder waters are known for being equally good in the pan. We deep-trawled strips of squid slowly near a little island that is known to produce kingies, and it wasn’t long before we hooked up.

The great thing about kingfish is they are super curious, and when you hook one, others will often follow their mate all the way to the boat. That’s exactly what happened. For the next 15 minutes a school of several hundred kingfish worked itself into frenzy, eating anything we threw into the water and we soon had plenty of great footage.

By now it was mid-morning and time for a swim. So we cruised over to another nearby island that looked to have a nice beach. Using a kid’s mask and snorkel and our own (small) amount of body fat to keep warm, we managed to chip off about 10 massive green lip abalone. This is a shellfish that is worth a fortune in the Asian markets, and for good reason: it tastes superb.

Dinner that night was looking good— we had abalone and sashimi kingfish for an entrée—and it was only midday.

A decision was made to put the boat on the trailer, leave it near the ramp and drive the D-MAX north to a little spot called Killiecrankie.

When we arrived we were greeted by one of the island’s keen recreational divers. We quickly put our wetsuits on and within five minutes of leaving the beach at Killiecrankie we jumped overboard into about 10 metres of water and started the search for crayfish.

Flinders is known for its huge crays.

Each year crayfish of more than five kilos are caught by recreational and

Nick (left) and Andrew: Cray-cray for Flinders.

professional anglers alike. They are massive, armoured, prehistoric animals, and when you come face to face with one in 10 or 12 metres of water, you’ve got to think twice about trying to grab it!

Using compressed air, we managed to round off our episode (and our dinner for that night) with a couple of crays—the biggest of which was about three kilos.

It was certainly a full day on the island, but it was good and we made the most

of it. By mid-morning the next day the glassy seas had turned into white water, with a strong nor’wester blowing in, which lasted for a week.

When we finally got the D-MAX back to the mainland, it was salty, dusty and sandy—but it had easily tackled everything Bass Strait had thrown at it!

Now for our next adventure . . .

A brand-new series of Hook, Line and Sinker will air on 7mate from July.

The great thing about kingfish is they are super curious, and when you hook one, others will often follow their mate all the way to the boat.

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REFUEL

METHOD IN THE MADNESS

Famish’d believes you should be the master of your own salad. That’s why this daily salad recipe by Famish’d owner Georgia Samuel doesn’t include quantities. It’s yours to own.

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TOSTADAS DE ÁTUN BY MAMASITA

Entree serves 10 INGREDIENTS

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elbourne’s alleys and laneway bars and restaurants are world renowned for their coffee, food and super-cool customers.

But whether you think ‘cool’ is drainpipeskinny jeans or mud-splattered running boards—or both— it’s hard to argue that Australia’s new love for Mexican food is a bad thing. Or that a brilliant salad will ever go astray.

Ethan Jenkins and mother-and-daughter foodies Jonette George and Daniele and Kaitlyn Wilton have just updated their award-winning Flavours of Melbourne cookbook, previously voted the best travel culinary cookbook in Australia. It samples the best grub from the best eateries in the city—including Matt Lane’s Mexican temple, Mamasita, and Little Collins Street’s salad kingdom, Famish’d, both open since 2010—for a bit of Australia’s hippest new food … wherever you are.

GEORGIA’S DAILY SALAD BY FAMISH’D

Side dish

INGREDIENTS

METHOD

Salad fresh beetroot, to roast olive oil, for roasting baby spinach fetta walnuts chickpeas lentils Spanish onion, finely sliced Dressing balsamic vinegar extra-virgin olive oil Dijon mustard sugar salt and pepper

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Cut beetroot into quarters or leave whole. Place on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil and bake for 1 hour. Allow to cool.

2. In a salad bowl combine roast beetroot, baby spinach, crumbled fetta, walnuts, chickpeas, lentils and Spanish onion. Mix the ingredients well.

3. To make dressing, combine dressing ingredients in a jar, secure the lid and shake.

4. Drizzle dressing over salad and serve.

550g tuna, skin and blood line removed, cut into 1cm cubes 20g mulato rub (see recipe) 20g salt 50ml lime juice red cabbage, shaved 40 crisp 5cm-diameter round tortilla chips avocado, diced cucumber, diced 250ml mayonnaise (see recipe) 25g mojo verde (see recipe) green hot sauce, to taste extra lime juice extra salt radish cress, to garnish

METHOD 1. Prepare mulato rub, mayonnaise and mojo verde.

2. Just before serving, season tuna with mulato rub, salt and lime juice.

3. Place red cabbage along serving boards and top with tortilla chips (cabbage stops the chips from sliding off).

4. Place a spoonful of diced avo and diced cucumber on each chip. Top with seasoned tuna.

5. Combine mayo and mojo verde, mixing well. Season with green hot sauce, lime juice and salt to taste.

6. Top tuna with mayo/mojo verde mixture, then garnish with radish cress.

Mulato rub ½ cup mulato chillis, roasted and crushed 1 tbsp cumin ½ tbsp coriander seeds ¼ cup smoked paprika 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp nutmeg ½ tsp ground cloves salt and pepper, to taste

Mayonnaise 25ml cider vinegar 20ml lime juice 4 egg yolks 800ml light Tuscan oil hot water as required salt, to taste In a food processor, blend cider vinegar, lime juice and egg yolks until an even consistency is achieved. Slowly add oil while blending, in a very thin, small trickle at a constant rate. Add small amounts of hot water when the mayonnaise gets too thick to properly blend, then continue to add oil. Season with salt.

Mojo verde 2 bunches coriander 1 bunch parsley ½ bunch dill 1 clove garlic 100ml olive oil salt, to taste Wash herbs well and dry in a salad spinner. Process herbs and garlic together in a jug blender, slowly adding oil until a smooth, thick consistency is achieved.

Season with salt.

Edited recipes from Flavours of Melbourne by Jonette George and Ethan Jenkins, RRP $69.99.

Remove stems and seeds from mulato chillis. Dry-roast for 5 min at 200°C. Toast cumin and coriander seeds in a hot pan until fragrant. Blend chilli, cumin and seeds in a spice grinder. Mix through remaining ingredients.

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FLASHBACK

2002

THE FIFTH-GENERATION

ISUZU D-MAX

The fifth-generation Isuzu D-MAX made its world premiere to much fanfare in Thailand. A global product, the new D-MAX was offered in various models, including the 4x2 Single-Cab ‘Spark’, which came in a Long-Bed and CabChassis version­—as well as Space-Cab and Crew-Cab (called Cab4s back then!).

All were available in both 4x2 (SL, SX, SLX) and 4x4 (S and LS) configurations.

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WE DO THE DIRTY WORK, YOU ENJOY THE DRIVE

Thanks to the advanced technology of Caltex Vortex Premium Diesel, you can now clean your engine while you drive.

And we know it works because it’s been tested – the specifically designed additive in Vortex Premium Diesel demonstrated its ability to get your engine clean and keep it clean. Here’s what we found from the test results.*

Cleans your engine After 10 hours, the engine running on Vortex Premium Diesel was found to produce 67% more flow than the one running on regular diesel.

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