So it's with no small measure of surprise that I find myself in the front seat of a 4WD driven by a bloke called Martin Josselyn who's taking me more than 1200 kilometres from Cairns to Cape York.

LOW4 Off Road owner Tony Willett at the new 4WD practice site near Mareeba ... s most remote and breathtaking landscapes such as Cape York, the Gulf country and Arnhem Land.