It's fascinating how 4wds have taken over Australia. If ever they leave the bitumen they make the news.


Here's a rugged outdoorsy type showing us how it's done. Ralph A. Bagnold. Not only did he pioneer desert exploration, ( he is credited with being the first offroader to let air out of his tyres) but he went home and wrote up the fluid dynamics of wind and sand. Fluid dynamics is an imprecise science at the best of times but his work is still standing. They use his findings on Mars, using the sand formations to backwards infer the Mars weather . He has the Bagnold Dune Fields up there named after him.

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