The Outer Side is a weekly podcast for anyone who loves 4WD, outdoor adventure, exploring off the grid, and the search for wild experiences.
Join me each week as I chat with people from all walks of life who will share their stories, with the aim of motivating you to spend more time exploring outside, and offroad.
From 4x4s to camping, fishing, diving, hiking, dirt bikes, and everything in between.
If it happens outside, you’ll find it on The Outer Side.
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The Outer Side is a weekly podcast for anyone who loves 4WD, outdoor adventure, exploring off the grid, and the search for wild experiences.
Join me each week as I chat with people from all walks of life who will share their stories, with the aim of motivating you to spend more time exploring outside, and offroad.
From 4x4s to camping, fishing, diving, hiking, dirt bikes, and everything in between.
If it happens outside, you’ll find it on The Outer Side.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Matt Gillan, better known to most as MadMatt4WD!
Matt has been around the 4x4 scene for a very long time, has built a bunch of cool cars, done some epic wheeling, and more recently has focused his attention on providing educational content to the 4WD community on YouTube.
Tony and Matt chat about Matt's childhood in Papua New Guinea, his introduction to 4WDs through the club scene, overlanding in Africa, and his journey to becoming a full time 4x4 media personality and educator.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Nick Wiseman from Sidetracked.
Nick and his brother Marko run the 'Sidetracked' YouTube channel, have built a number of sick 4x4s between them, and have travelled all over Australia filming 4WD content.
Tony and Nick chat about how he first became interested in the 4WD scene, his love for Nissan Patrols, his insane custom G60 ground-up build that he is doing by himself in his shed, and his plans for the future - travelling Australia in his Ford F250 and Zone caravan with his partner and their friends.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Daniel Kistler.
Daniel is a hardcore 4WD fanatic, with an unmatched passion for all things GQ Nissan Patrol, tough wheeling, and winch truck racing.
Daniel shares how his passion for 4x4s started as a kid, his journey from social wheeling with mates to competing in Winch Challenge racing across Victoria, and the satisfaction he gets from learning and sharing that knowledge on his YouTube channel. The boys also talk about some of the insane Nissan Patrol builds that Daniel has put together in his shed over the years, including his current build - a fully custom, single cab GQ ute.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Matt and Holly Rossato from Overland Travellers.
Matt and Holly have travelled extensively around Australia in their many Toyota 4x4s, completing a number of iconic offroad journeys and filming content for their YouTube channel.
Matt and Holly share their story with Tony including how they first fell in love with 4WD touring, some of their most epic adventures, and the challenges of running their own business while releasing weekly episodes on their YouTube channel.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Aaron from Azventures Australia.
The boys chat about their experiences camping and 4WD touring, the gear they think is absolutely necessary, the gear that isn't, and different products they've tried over the years.
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but if you're just getting into camping or thinking about setting up a 4WD, you may be able to save some money by learning from our mistakes!
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Benji Saunders, the owner of Rampt Customs.
Benji lives and breathes all things rock crawling and custom fabrication. He’s been in the offroad scene for a long time as both a competitor, commentator, and producer of high quality, high performance, offroad 4x4 parts.
Tony and Benji chat about how Benji first got interested in the 4WD scene, his entry into the rock-crawling world, how the fabrication bug bit him, his plans for the future, and heaps more.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Molly Dixon.
Molly is an adventurer, a YouTube content creator, and someone who lives for the outdoors.
Molly and Tony chat about how Molly first became interested in camping and exploring in 4x4s, the evolution of her vehicles as her quest for adventure and off road experience grew, her brand new 79 Series Land Cruiser touring rig, and heaps more.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Bailey Seamer from Wandering Minds Walk.
Bailey is an adventurer, mental health advocate, and motivational speaker. In 2022, Bailey walked 5500km along the entire length of the East Coast of Australia in order to raise funds and awareness for the Black Dog Institute, as well as helping to improve her own mental health.
Tony and Bailey chat about her mental health journey, the events leading up to her decision to undertake her epic walk, the good and bad experiences she had along the way, and her plans for the future.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Ronny Dahl from 4 Wheeling Australia.
Ronny is a very familiar face in the Australian 4WD community, running an extremely popular educational 4WD YouTube channel for many years, as well as hosting The 4WD Podcast.
Ronny and Tony chat about how Ronny's 4WD journey began, his transition into full time content creation, the challenges and evolution of off road social media, the many different vehicles Ronny has owned and built, and heaps more.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Hayden Klaassen, the owner of HD Automotive.
From humble beginnings wrecking Toyota Hiluxes in the front yard of his family home, to immersing himself in the dark arts of diesel engine dyno tuning, and supplying high performance diesel parts to 4x4 enthusiasts around the globe, Hayden has built an amazing business and developed a deep understanding of the high quality components required to product big power from diesel motors.
Tony and Hayden chat about his pivot from studying a double degree at university to chasing his passion for 4WD performance, the fundamental concepts of tuning diesel engines, the challenges of running and growing a business, and heaps more.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Blair from Cowboy Tuned returns to play a brand new game called Does it Suck?
Tony and Blair provide their unsolicited and completely unqualified opinions on a range of popular 4x4 vehicles, talk smack about things they can't afford, and provide a chilling insight into their poor decision making when it comes to purchasing and owning clapped out 90s 4WDs.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Lucinda Harvey, the woman behind Saving True Blues.
Saving True Blues is an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of the 4WD and Camping community in Australia through their amazing camping events - designed to create a safe space for people of all ages and backgrounds to share their experiences and talk about issues impacting their mental health.
Tony and Lucinda talk about Lucinda's childhood growing up in the outdoors and modifying 4WDs with her father, the tragic events that led to the creation of Saving True Blues, the challenges of organising public events, and heaps more.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Ryan Gudiksen, the owner of Offgrid Outfitters.
Ryan has built a successful business servicing the Southern Sydney off-road caravan market through a passion for remote 4WD travel and ensuring customers buy the right van for their needs.
Tony and Ryan chat about what motivated him to start the business, the desire to promote and sell only the highest quality camping and 4x4 products, choosing the right caravan for your needs, and heaps more.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Mitch Favro, the owner of Favro Performance & Fabrication.
Mitch is a performance mechanic and fabricator and specialises in building custom 4WDs through his business on the NSW Central Coast.
Tony and Mitch talk about how he got started in the automotive trade through PRTech, before moving on to start his own business and focus more heavily on his growing passion - heavily modified 4x4s. The boys also talk about some of Mitch's personal cars including his very capable LN106 Toyota Hilux, and his super tough VU SS street car - complete with a stroked, high comp NA LS!
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Tim Lightfoot, the man behind MITS Alloy.
MITS Alloy is a metal fabrication business focused on designing, engineering and manufacturing premium 4WD Trays & Canopies for dual cab 4x4 utes.
Tim shares the story of how the business started, the challenges of manufacturing 4x4 accessories in Australia, travelling around Australia and the USA filming 4WD content with 4WD 24/7, and heaps more.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Blair from Cowboy Tuned takes over hosting duties of the show, by popular demand.
Blair asks Tony his own (questionable) questions, as well as asking a whole bunch of questions that you guys wanted Tony to answer.
While there's a fair amount of banter and immature jokes, the boys also cover some serious topics and give you a bit of insight into Tony's background with street cars, 4WDs, camping, fishing, and his career in Marketing.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Ben Dobinson.
The Dobinson name is familiar to many people in the 4WD community through the Dobinson's Suspension brand, started by Ben's grandfather over 72 years ago!
Tony and Ben chat about the path Dobinson's Suspension has taken as a company, challenges in business, and adapting to different customer needs as global markets change and 4x4 vehicles evolve.
The boys also spend time talking about the build of Ben's insane 650+hp GQ Nissan Patrol, and the Dobinson's King of The Strip drag racing event.
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Benny Plunkett.
Benny is an Adventure film maker, outdoor recreation guide, and advocate for access to public land in Australia. He also hitch-hiked around Australia for the best part of a year, and lived to tell the tale.
Tony and Benny cover a range of topics, from Benny's childhood in Canberra surfing, bodyboarding, snorkelling, and rock climbing, to rediscovering his love for outdoor adventure as an adult through guiding and film making. He now focuses all his time and energy on spending as much of his life as possible in the outdoors.
This is one you don't want to miss!
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Sam Young.
Sam is a familiar face in the Australian 4WD community through his work as a YouTube content creator under the 'samyoung4x4' brand, he's previously appeared on 4WD 24/7, worked for major brands such as Fulcrum and Sparesbox, and has built some truly ridiculous modified 4WDs over the last few years - including his iconic 1000hp Turbo 1FJZ 80 Series Land Cruiser.
Tony and Sam catch up in Sam's new headquarters, and chat about a wide range of topics - from Sam's extensive back catalogue of wild street cars, his current fleet of modified 4WDs, his journey to becoming an influencer, and some serious topics like dealing with hate on social media and men's mental health.
This is one you don't want to miss!
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In this episode of The Outer Side, Tony is joined by Mark Banasiak.
Mark is a Member of the NSW Legislative Council, representing the outdoors community as a member of The Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Party. He is also the Chair of the recently announced committee conducting a parliamentary inquiry into public land access in New South Wales.
In addition to his work as a politician, Mark is a keen recreational hunter and fisho who spends as much time as possible out in the Aussie bush, providing food for his family.
Tony and Mark discuss the different functions of government in relation to legislation affecting the outdoor recreation community including 4WDers, hunters, fishermen, hikers and rock climbers, to name a few. They discuss the many aspects of public land management and laws affecting our access to public land in Australia.
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