Boiling Billy

This popular visual pub crawl across outback Australia, first published in 2010, is one of Boiling Billy’s bestselling books. Lavishly illustrated with striking and fascinating full-colour photographs, Australian Bush Pubs features an eclectic collection of historic outback watering holes, including such classics as Queensland’s famous Birdsville Hotel and New South Wales’ characterful Silverton Hotel. The accompanying text portrays a short history of each establishment along with...

This easy-to-follow reference shares the essential driving and recovery techniques that all four-wheel drive owners need to know. With a rugged cover and spiral binding, the guide is small enough to pop into the glovebox of any 4WD vehicle, but comprehensive enough to cover all the essentials about 4WD driving, including 4WD systems, suspension, wheels and tyres. Discover specific driving techniques for mud, water, sand and rock; learn why steep hills are often the most perilous of four-wheel...

The art of camp oven cooking is now as simple as cooking a barbecue. With nearly three decades of outback cooking experience guiding the way, author Jo Clews helps demystify all aspects of camp oven cooking. Whether you’re travelling around Australia, catering for large camps, or just looking for a different kind of barbecue, Australian Camp Oven cooking brings a tempting new twist to your outdoor cooking repertoire.  Updated for the 2020s, Australian Camp Oven Cooking is packed full of...

Experience the very best camping destinations in Victoria with this full-colour, fully updated and detailed directory to over 700 campsites. With the Camping Guide to Victoria, 5th Edition, you will find a comprehensive listing of more than 150 parks, forests and reserves where you can pitch your tent, roll out your swag or unhitch your van. This best-selling guide provides concise and accurate details to camping areas throughout the whole state, including some of Australia’s most...

Fully updated and field checked by the Range Rover Club of Victoria, this fourth edition of 4WD Treks Close to Melbourne will take you on 20 of the best 4WD adventures within a couple of hours drive of the city.  Whether you are looking for a leisurely day trip or a longer overnight jaunt, 4WD Treks Close to Melbourne is your indispensable companion to exploring secluded gold mining areas, historic towns, verdant forests and the many delightful mountains areas which surround...

Experience the very best camping destinations in Queensland with this full-colour, fully updated and detailed directory to over 660 campsites.  With the Camping Guide to Queensland, 5th Edition, you will find a comprehensive listing of more than 150 parks, forests and reserves where you can pitch your tent, roll out your swag or unhitch your van. This best-selling guide provides concise and accurate details to camping areas throughout the whole state, including some of Australia’s most...

This 4th Edition of Camping Guide to the Northern Territory has been fully revised and updated. Camping Guide to the Northern Territory details over 200 campsites throughout the Territories 71 national parks, conservation areas and reserves where you can pitch your tent on public land for free over very little cost. Whether you prefer the conveniences of an established campground in Kakadu, prefer to hike or walk- in to your secluded campsite along the Larapinta Trail or drive your four-wheel...

4WD Treks of the High Country will lead readers through twenty-six of the best four-wheel drive touring destinations in both the Victorian and New South Wales alpine region. Jam-packed full of information on the region’s history, natural features and highlights, this detailed guide makes an indispensable travelling companion for those setting out to explore one of the country’s most unique areas. The guide features over 150 stunning full colour photographs which help bring the High Country to...

Experience the very best camping destinations in South Australia with this full-colour, fully updated and detailed directory to over 400 campsites. With Camping Guide to South Australia, 4th Edition, youll find a comprehensive listing of more than 120 parks, forests and reserves where you can pitch your tent, roll out your swag or unhitch your van. This expanded 4th edition of the best-selling guide provides concise and accurate details to camping areas throughout the whole state, including...

Experience the very best camping destinations in Tasmania with this full-colour, fully updated and detailed directory to over 180 campsites. It has a comprehensive listing of more than 50 parks, forests and reserves where you can pitch your tent, roll out your swag or unhitch your van. This edition provides concise and accurate details to camping areas throughout the state, including some of Australias most celebrated bush and mountain areas such as Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair and Freycinet...

This newly updated title from Boiling Billy features 25 day and weekend 4WD tours on both the beaches and in the forests surrounding Queensland's capital city. 4WD Treks Close to Brisbane 2nd Edition will take readers to the best destinations the region has on offer including Brisbane's Islands, delightful rainforest jaunts as well as picturesque bush and beach runs, and all within a few hours drive from Brisbane. Destinations include tours through D'Aguilar National Park near Woodford, The...

From roasts to rissoles, salads to savouries and dampers to deserts, Australian Bush Cooking will help bring a tempting new twist to your camp cooking whether its on an open fire, on a gas cooker or in your caravan or camper's kitchen. The easy and tempting recipes have all been planned for simplicity as well as good eating, using basic ingredients that are readily available Australia- wide - and all road tested by the authors in the great outdoors. Now in full colour, many of the recipes are...

Boiling Billy's Camping Guide to Australia is the complete guide to over 3,000 camping areas all across the country with campsites beside the beach through to the mountains and the vast outback. Along with the huge array of sites, this comprehensive new guide features an Australia- wide touring atlas showing the location of each and every campsite, detailed information on the facilities and activities on offers along with concise access information and recommendations for the authors own...

Boiling Billys bestselling 4WD Treks Close to Sydney is now in its 6th edition and in the new A4 format. With 85,000 plus copies sold in previous editions, this title continues to be the ultimate guide for 4WDers wishing to explore the surrounds of Sydney. This completely revised edition features 25 of the best four-wheel drive day and weekend treks within a few short hours’ drive of Sydney. Readers will find: expert route directions, in forward and reverse, which feature GPS Lat/Long and UTM...

Explore the very best camping spots in New South Wales with this fully updated, detailed directory to more than 600 designated campsites in national parks, state forests and reserves. With Camping Guide to NSW, 5th edition, you'll discover places where you can pitch your tent on a mountain peak, wander along secluded beaches, throw in a line from your campsite beside a meandering inland river or enjoy a beachfront campsite with the ocean at your doorstep. Now in full colour with a...

4WD Touring South East New South Wales and East Gippsland is an indispensable travelling companion to twenty of the best four-wheel drive touring adventures in this scenic region, which straddles the New South Wales/Victorian border. Readers will find a great selection of day trips as well as weekend adventures where they can tour in their four-wheel drive vehicle along the Great Eastern Escarpment taking in magical vistas; find hidden relics in tall forests; and traverse steep ridges en route...