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Dear ExplorOz Reader, Some readers may well have taken off on a
trip during this peak time of year for exploring, yet we
maintain a strong site audience of 16,000 daily visitor
sessions, creating 200,00 page views, and 800,000 hits per day.
Here's an update of new features on the site, so sit back and
enjoy a few minutes (or hours) browsing your favourite 4WD,
caravan and camping website -ExplorOz.com
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The States of a Nation This book
contains a factual account of the politics and surveys of the
Australian state borders. |
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Sydney to Adelaide City Map New map from Hema |
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Mid West WA CD Map Digital map from Hema |
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North East NSW CD Map Digital map from Hema |
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Sydney 4WD Adventures Map New map from Meridian Publishers |
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Sydney 4WD Adventures Map CD CD version also available. |
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Caravan Safari - No. 2
(Advertising Feature) 
The
West Australian
Wildflower & Goldfields Discovery Trail is a
unique guided caravan safari tour to some of
WA’s most magnificent towns and locations. Commencing21 August 2006 in
Yanchep just north of Perth, this 26-day safari then heads to
Geraldton, Mt Magnet, Sandstone, the Goldfields, Norseman, Esperance,
Albany and through the South West and
includes: Food, Entertainment,
Whale watching and IslandCruising.
The convoy, led by experienced guide Jeremy Perks of Global Gypsies,
takes up to 50 vehicles but hurry to
book NOW as only limited places remain. Participants use their owncaravan, campervan, motorhome, campertrailer
or tent. Cost is $3,550 per vehicle (2 people), which includes caravan park
accommodation, attractions, numerous meals and program activities.
For more
information and to book - visit the Australian
Caravan Safari website or use our freecall
number to book over the phone. 
Click here for details
New Article - Inverters Have you ever wondered how some people can go camping
in the bush for weeks on end without ever connecting to 240v mains power
supply yet somehow manage to never run down their camera batteries,
laptop batteries, and can even operate a kitchen wizz, or coffee
grinder? For modern-day travellers, the inverter has earned
its pride of place as a necessary device. Correctly installed into your
vehicle, an inverter will allow you to use many common
appliances/tools/gadgets that would normally require 240v power, via the
12v DC in your under-bonnet battery. But there's more too it, of course.
Read our latest article and find out all you need to know... 
Click to read new article -
Inverters.
New Trek Note
TheDavid Carnegie Roadis a remote desert track of little more than 200km that runs
roughly north-south between the Gunbarrel Highway
and Great Central Roadin Western Australia.
John Forrest travelled through this area on his 1874
expedition to be the first to cross WA from the west to east in
these latitudes. The road was
then named after explorer David Carnegie, who travelled through this
area in 1896, on his epic trip from Coolgardie to Halls Creek.
Today the track is well defined and easy to follow, although a
lack of maintenance has left much of it at the northern end in
poor condition, whilst the
southern end from Empress Spring south is often graded to allow
tourist access from the Great Central Road.  | It is a spectacular piece of country with rocky outcrops,
spinifex plains and breakaways and in parts challenging 4WDing
with deep ruts and washaways. Click here to
read theDavid Carnegie Road
Trek Note, submitted by Member Phil Bianchi. |
Where is "Pick this Place?"
Due to the extensive administration for the Pick this Place
competition, we have been unable to keep up with demand in recent
weeks with this highly popular site feature. We can confirm however,
that the "Pick this Place" competition will return again soon
(however not 'til end July - early August) and will include a new
system for competition submissions. So in the meantime, please start
preparing for the next stage of Pick this Place!
Trader News Due to
improvements to our payment processing system,
Trader
Display Ads will now appear live on the site without delay at the
time of your ad setup regardless of time of night/day, 7 days per
week. The length
of text allowed in these Display Ads has been doubled to 2048
characters, yet we have not increased the cost - Display Ads are
still $9.95 and will run until you sell it. (Note - 1 free Display
Ad for every
Member, every year). Easier
image upload - no resizing required
Please note that there will be no newsletter next
fortnight. We expect issue #111 to be distributed on July 27th. |