Four tips for camping comfortably in your car

Don’t let a lack of equipment or commitment stop you from giving camping a try. With a bit of preparation and common sense, you can turn your car into a pretty comfortable little hotel room.

Recently I had the opportunity to spend a weekend driving on sand, alongside a great team of experienced 4WDers who are members of the Mitsubishi Pajero Club of Victoria.

About 30 minutes from the city of Portland VIC, past Warrnambool and not far from the South Australian border are the Portland Dunes. 

Amazing sand dunes with limited public access (you need to get permission from the Portland Dune Buggy Club), one of the benefits of the location is that the camping site where you can stay is, literally, a 30-second drive from the dunes.

Read more at https://practicalmotoring.com.au/4x4/four-tips-camping-comfortably-car/ 

A beginner's guide to driving on sand dunes

 Photo by Robert Pepper / Practical Motoring.

Driving on different surfaces challenges both your driving skills and your ability to actively manage your motor vehicle and its features. Pursuing different conditions is, therefore, a great way to help build your skills and learn more about how your car works.

My first experience of driving on sand was in 2015 when Isuzu launched its iVenture Club with a trip to Moreton Island.

It was an incredibly valuable experience, where I learned a lot – and it was also a heck of a lot of fun.

Moreton Island is relatively flat, however, so I earned my sand-driving chops along the beaches and inland 4WD tracks.

Read more at https://practicalmotoring.com.au/4x4/beginners-guide-driving-sand-dunes/ 

Which are Canberra’s most popular cars?

Recently, and in the lead-up to the ACT election, I wrote about the cars that are driven by our current and aspiring political leaders.

This led me to wonder – what about the rest of us?

Before reading on, would you like to hazard a guess at the ACT’s most popular vehicles?

There have been a few articles in the past about the most popular cars in Canberra, but none recently. So I got in touch with the ACT Government team to get the latest stats.

Read more at https://the-riotact.com/which-are-canberras-most-popular-cars/188154