Victoria

Best 4x4 tracks near Melbourne

Break up the day-to-day grind and disappear down some 4x4 tracks close to Melbourne

Melbourne Escapes: Lerderderg State Park

Only an hours' drive from Melbourne and popular with off-road tourers, campers, anglers, rock-climbers and bushwalkers

Melbourne Escapes: Alpine National Park

Alpine NP is jam-packed with off-road tracks, ranging from easy to challenging

Melbourne Escapes: The Otways

Picture-perfect views within a stones throw from Melbourne

Melbourne Escapes: Little Desert National Park

Little Desert NP provides a fantastic mix of sandy desert terrain and huge river red gums beside the Wimmera

Melbourne Escapes: Grampians National Park

Amazing off-road tracks only three hours' drive from Melbourne

The best 4x4 tracks in the Victorian High Country

Essential 4x4 tracks to explore within the famous Vic High Country

Tracking the trail of Ned Kelly through north-east Victoria

Follow the trail of Australia’s most notorious bushranger!

Touring the majestic Murray-Sunset National Park

The going got tough when the rain hit but it wouldn’t dampen the spirit, nor the adventure

Going for gold: 4x4 tour of Castlemaine

The 4WDing mightn't match the nearby High Country, but thanks to its gold-mining history there is plenty to do around the wider Castlemaine area

Touring the Vic High Country in a Jeep Gladiator

The tracks of the Victorian High Country are open again after their winter closure, providing the perfect opportunity to explore them on a new-vehicle shakedown run.

Exploring the Grampians National Park, Victoria

Abundant wildlife, waterfalls, lakes, wildflowers and bushwalks have made this one of Victoria's more popular tourist destinations

Travelling to Woods Point with Sandy 60

With three very different vehicles, we tackled a sweet and steep route in the Victorian High Country

Jinxed in the Vic High Country

Ron Moon’s latest trip proves you need be prepared for anything when travelling Victoria’s High Country

Exploring The Mallee, Victoria

Several times larger than the Vic High Country, the Mallee is largely contained within national parks like Wyperfeld and Murray-Sunset. However, areas of state forest provide 4x4 access to myriad sandy tracks

Exploring Far East Gippsland, Victoria

Beyond Omeo, the mountains of the Victorian High Country see fewer travellers. Once east of the Snowy River, it's even more remote

4x4 Adventure: Murray River Road, Victoria

The meandering Murray River Road traces the mighty river of its name in to the majestic Victorian High Country and the Snowies beyond

4x4 Trip: Victoria’s Golden Triangle

There are golden spots, pubs and dam trails to explore in Victoria’s Golden Triangle, and you could jag a nugget along the way.

4x4 trip to Victoria’s stunning Mallee region

Sunsets, big skies, flat landscapes, desert dunes and salt lakes all shape the Mallee.

Off-road trip to Victoria’s majestic Grampians

Outdoor adventures, rock-art sites and even gliding, it’s all on offer among the rugged sandstone ridges and peaks of the Grampians in Victoria’s west.

Wandering and winching in Lima, Victoria

Sometimes the going gets tough when there is no one else around and the humble winch becomes your next best friend.

Victorian High Country 'Five-Peak Challenge': 4x4 travel guide

Take the 5-peak challenge and you’ll travel through some of the finest country in all of Australia, and from one end of the Victorian High Country to the other.

4x4 Pubs: Water Wheel Beach Tavern, Vic

A no-strings-attached free campsite with power sounds too good to be true. But such a place exists at Lake Tyers in East Gippsland.

Stringybark Creek, Vic: 4x4 travel guide

We saddle up an X-Class in search of some wild colonial boys, on a weekend canter through the Victorian High Country.