Brain Fuel

A lot of Australians will know about the famous explorer's Burke and Wills and their ill-fated journey from Melbourne to Central Australia. But what many don’t know is that the first day of their travels ended with a stop in the inner-city Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds - a trip which could be completed on a tram in 10 minutes today! Our story today focuses on their little-known stop on this historic and legendary journey.

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We talk to an expert about what a road trip in the future might look like, and see if the community’s imagination lines up.

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Australia has a thriving car enthusiasm scene backed by decades of muscle and performance car history. We talk to Simon Telford, Editor in Chief of Street Machine, about his most memorable muscle car community road trip into the outback.

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A few hours out of Adelaide, near the town of Orroroo, there’s a hill where cars roll up, not down. Or at least, that’s what the sign says. Every year, countless tourists turn up to try out the phenomenon. They switch their cars into neutral and freak the kids out as they gently roll up the hill. But it’s all an illusion created by the locals to fool the tourists. So how does this illusion work and should you tell the kids the truth - or just enjoy the surprised silence as you roll up the hill?

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Aussies love a big roadside attraction, from the Big Pineapple in Cairns, to the Big Boxing Kangaroo in the Northern Territory, but a 15km stretch of road in WA known as the ‘Tin Horse Highway’ might feature the most bizarre and hilarious big attractions of them all.

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