Real roads. Real stories. Real Australia.
Off the Main Road Magazine is a glossy, photography-led periodical for slow travel through the outback and regional Australia.
This isn’t a quick travel guide. It’s a magazine built to be looked at as much as read: full-page landscapes, rich colour, the kind of photography that makes you want to be standing right there in the red dirt or floating on the water. Every image was shot on the road, not sourced from a stock library.
We put an issue together every six months, once we’ve earned the stories worth telling.
Long-form features, real routes, real campsites, and photography that captures Australia exactly as we find it. Wherever we happen to be.
Issue #2: The Coastal Edition OUT NOW!
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Follow Australia’s coastline in all its moods.
Issue #2, the Coastal Edition, runs from crab jetties and oyster farms on South Australia’s southern coast to Cooktown on Queensland's coast, and on to the hidden giants of Margaret River. Inside, you’ll find clifftop fine dining, a coral cay full of turtles, a guide to whale watching season, and a campsite review from Sarge, our first four-legged contributor.
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Follow Australia’s coastline in all its moods.
Issue #2, the Coastal Edition, runs from crab jetties and oyster farms on South Australia’s southern coast to Cooktown on Queensland's coast, and on to the hidden giants of Margaret River. Inside, you’ll find clifftop fine dining, a coral cay full of turtles, a guide to whale watching season, and a campsite review from Sarge, our first four-legged contributor.
Slow down. Notice more.
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What's inside Issue #2: The Coastal Edition
Wooden giants hidden across the wetlands, one clue at a time.
A wartime ship turned museum on a steel town’s foreshore.
A turtle-filled coral cay, and a sunset cruise through the mangroves.
These are just a few stories from the coast road that shaped Issue #2 of Off The Main Road Magazine.
Long-form journeys along the routes we’ve actually driven, including a guest journey from Daniel Andrew. Traveller’s Notes for the Pacific Coast Way. A campsite review from Sarge, our first four-legged contributor. Campsite cooking for mornings that won’t wait. Photography that doesn’t need a filter.
Edition 1: Outback Edition takes you through the beating heart of Australia, from red dirt plains to the remote gulf country.
Edition 2: Coastal Edition follows the water, from South Australia’s jetties and oyster farms to the tropical waters of Far North Queensland and the karri forests of Margaret River. Come and explore Australia’s coastline with us.
Edition 3: Inland Edition is our next issue, from ancient artesian springs to alpine high country.
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Your Questions, Answered
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Our Coastal Edition is now in production, with issues released every six months.
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At this stage, unfortunately, we are unable to support international shipping for print editions. Our digital edition can be viewed online from anywhere in the world.
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