Off-Road Touring, Adventure Travel & Outback Tech Tips — Navigation
How GPS Navigation Works
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Hema’s Tips for the Big Lap
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As border restrictions ease, thousands of Covid weary Australians are looking to hit the road on that great big adventure, The Big Lap. But preparing for a drive around the country should involve more than packing the van and waving goodbye to the neighbours, so here are some tips on planning your adventure.
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Natural Navigation Techniques
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No matter how well you prepare for your adventures, it's a simple matter of probability that if you go on enough trips, you'll eventually find yourself up a creek without a compass. At that point, you'll be kicking yourself if you don't know a few basic tricks for natural navigation.
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Early Overlanders – Edward John Eyre
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Before there were Great Desert Tracks there were explorers who headed into the vast unknown of Australia's interior, discovering what lay beyond through courageous feats of navigation. We delve back in time to when stockman Edward John Eyre decided to become an explorer, navigating his way to the middle of Australia.
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The Importance of Outback Communications
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