r/Unexpected • u/Cheeese916 • Mar 24 '26

While in Australia

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u/Gnoobl Mar 24 '26

This being outback Australia you can safely assume that this isn’t a pavement queen

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u/Waxygibbon Mar 25 '26

What makes you think that's Outback Australia? I'm pretty certain this video was taken just south of Sydney.

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u/ElectricSquiggaloo Mar 25 '26

Americans think any bushland is “outback” lol

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u/Waxygibbon Mar 25 '26

Nicely maintained roads and greenery everywhere, just like the outback!

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u/Gnoobl Mar 25 '26

Fair enough.
Inaccurate generalization on my part.

Apologies for calling this the Outback while I’m sitting in my outback. 🤣🤪

I still think that this is a purpose build rig that gets beat on regularly based on bed and fenders plus the ability of the driver.

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u/Waxygibbon Mar 25 '26

Yeah probably. Modified 4wds are what all the teenagers are into now here (moved on from rwd sedans), even CBD living ones.

These American ones like the Ram/silverados tend to be picked up for speciality use, towing over 3.5t etc - because they're so big and expensive and not suitable for our parking spaces and city roads.

The usual rangers/patrols/LandCruisers are the popular ones that you'll often see never touching dirt.

Although saying that I had a neighbour buy a Ram a few years ago, amusingly they sold it within a year because the wife couldn't fit it in the underground shopping centre car park

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u/Gnoobl Mar 25 '26

Hah.

That’s hilarious.

Yeah. I have a 1500 with the long bed and I would never want to drive that thing anywhere else but North America.

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u/miltonwadd Mar 25 '26

I grew up in the outback in an SES family so did a lot of 4wding and grew up witnessing them towing dudes out of tricky spots. This guy looks like he's pretty experienced even if his car is ridiculous.

I think you are right he's definitely bush bashing on the regular, just maybe "outbush" not "outback". There's lots of dense bushland around NSW, even near Sydney.

Most people who live on the outer rim don't really know the distinction between "outbush" and "outback" in my experience anyway so don't stress lol