4WD

All vehicles, including 4WD and AWD vehicles, must carry tire chains from Nov. 1- May 1.

Tournaments and meets for Mini 4WD racing are popular events in Japan, including the Mini 4WD Japan Cup, an annual tournament bringing together the best competitors across the nation.

“There was a lifeguard 4WD there already ... and they had a stretcher. We put him on the stretcher but he was pretty much gone by then.”

North-west Tasmania is known for its independent streak, an attitude that saw communities of shacks built without permission on public land and saw some locals drive around fences cutting off 4WD tracks.

For those who do venture off the beaten path now and then, it still has true locked 4WD Hi and Lo settings so it doesn’t give up any off-road capability.