It’s a sign of the times when just about every major city in Australian today has road tolls in one shape or other, generally on the most useful roads & freeways.  If you’re an inter-state or overseas traveller with a hired car then paying for these...

As with most countries, the holding and use of a mobile phone whilst driving has been banned in Australia for a number of years, with 3 License demit points and a fine for those caught doing so. However, it is still an every day occurrence and common...

BIDDING farewell to the ocean, regrettably, we set off inland to the vast spaces of the Queensland mining Outback – Emerald. There’s some great roads around there, in fact, Queensland has had awesome roads pretty well everywhere we’ve been so far....

Australia’s states and territories have finally got their act together and established a National set of rules to govern children and how we secure them in cars. The introduction of these new rules does vary. In Victoria they come into effect from...

ROCKHAMPTON is the Beef Capital of Australia – and the world – so they tell me, with over 3500 head of stock going out of Rocky every single week. The drive up from Bundaberg is a good one. Good roads and great areas to pull off the road, too, when...