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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Carlisle Rogers on November 14, 2012, 08:51:33 PM
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4WD Touring Australia is looking for a few good travel yarns from anywhere in Australia.
Good pics are important, and after spending some time on the photography pages here, I know there are plenty of you that can take a great snap.
So put your talents to good use. Send me through what you have and get published, and let Carlisle pay for your next couple tanks of diesel.
Cheers...all submissions to: carlisle at 4wdtouring.com.au
Carlisle :cheers:
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Over a hundred views Carlisle so you might get some takers, for me, I doubt that my skills as a writer would be anywhere good enough...given the standard you have already set.
Regards
Hem
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Hem,
Cheers mate!
:cheers:
Hemingway liked to quote an old French aphorism: first one must endure. It means that no matter how good you are, you have to live something before you can write about it. And there's a lot of living being done around here!
Carlisle
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Carlisle
I will do one for our Gulf trip next year. Just need to work out how to take great photos.
Mark
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Mark,
I might just have to follow you guys across the Gulf. Promise not to catch all the fish...
Carlisle
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I believe that some magazines have a "PDF template" of how they like their articles written, is this the same for you?
If so is this available to anybody?
Thanks
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Mark,
I might just have to follow you guys across the Gulf. Promise not to catch all the fish...
Carlisle
You can have the fish just don't touch the beer. ;D
Mate it would be good if you could accompany us.
Mark
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Lost,
We're pretty new, so the only extra paper floating around the office is back issues of the magazine, but that's where I'd start my research on how the articles should be written.
Just check out our own legend Mark McGirr's account of the MySwag Cape trip in Issue 3 of the mag for a good template...
Carlisle
I believe that some magazines have a "PDF template" of how they like their articles written, is this the same for you?
If so is this available to anybody?
Thanks
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I think a complete article from someone like McGirr would be planning a large remote trip.
It is something that puts a lot of people off doing large trips.
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Alright Mark - I'm ready when you are...better pull the old typewriter out again.
Carlisle
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I think a complete article from someone like McGirr would be planning a large remote trip.
It is something that puts a lot of people off doing large trips.
Interesting comments. Doing trips, whether you have 2 or 20 cars, will always require planning depending on numbers.
The Cape trip this year we had 27 people and we broke up into numerous groups even down to 4 cars in one group.
Yes some people don't like traveling in large groups and some people do, it depends on how confident you are in traveling to the intended location and whether you have the right amount of knowledge and expertise in doing that trip. Everyone has their own ideas and that is understandable.
The articles are all about helping people plan and understand what to expect when they visit these places.
Interesting to see on the forum people asking who is doing the Kimberley / Cape next year.
The sad fact is no magazine will ever give you the same feeling as actually being there.
Mark
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Interesting comments. Doing trips, whether you have 2 or 20 cars, will always require planning depending on numbers.
The Cape trip this year we had 27 people and we broke up into numerous groups even down to 4 cars in one group.
Yes some people don't like traveling in large groups and some people do, it depends on how confident you are in traveling to the intended location and whether you have the right amount of knowledge and expertise in doing that trip. Everyone has their own ideas and that is understandable.
The articles are all about helping people plan and understand what to expect when they visit these places.
I think what Im thinkin and tryin to say wont come out of my brain into works today :( Curse the 4am Xbox game...
Thats good too. The unexpected is always a bugger, but missing top sites is a prick to!
Most articles start with the group at "a point on the trip".. none of the background nightmares the TL has gone through.
I'm talking about planning remote trips (EG: your experience with the cape) for 1 - x cars but more the how to start planning, where to check if they need permits to go to <where ever>. I know a bloke in my club does a 6 week trip every year, and one he did couple of years ago took something like 9mths of planning to get permits. That could really derail someones trip plans if they thought it was an overnight process! LOL!
We have people in our club who ask "how do I plan a trip to <<insert very remote location>>. in our case, we have some really experienced people, so thats easy. but many people dont.
As you say, nearly any trip requires planning, but the amount of planning varies, as does the amount of time you need to plan them .. eg: permits etc.
I know a bloke whose sister thought a week was enough time to plan a trip from Melbourne to Fraser, inc gettin the car wired up, buying a fridge the works.
Anyway, its just a thought, maybe its been done before in magazines, I dont buy em.
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Hey Carlisle,
Your lovely editor Rachael (?) already has access to all my excellent photos and good stories ... we don't do Epic Trips ... just ones around our area. You interested in those too?
Kit_e
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Carlisle, exactly how many tanks of diesel are we talking about here?
I'm planning a few big trips and Monty our Defender can get very thirsty ;D
Cheers
Karen
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I should add that I don't get out of bed for less than 10 tanks of fuel these days...or thereabouts ::)
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what sort of stories are you after, is something like this too long? http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=25608.msg394643#msg394643 (http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=25608.msg394643#msg394643)
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Mark,
I might just have to follow you guys across the Gulf. Promise not to catch all the fish...
Carlisle
.....if this keeps up, I just might get the feeling that 4WDTA is stalking me........ ;D ;D
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I will do one for our Gulf trip next year. Just need to work out how to take great photos.
You did pretty well on the 2011 trip. I still have that DSLR here for you to use if needed.
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Mark,
I might just have to follow you guys across the Gulf. Promise not to catch all the fish...
Carlisle
I was going to ask if you wanted to do the Canning with us as well. We are going in August/September and have some additional access due to my work. Maybe a good time to see some out of the way stuff.