Melbourne to Noosa via Broken Hill - Road test a Pajero

Given the opportunity to stay for a week at ‘Alkira' a 5 star penthouse apartment at Noosa Heads on Queensland's Sunshine Coast we decided a 4 wheel drive would be the best way to get us there.

Mitsubishi kindly gave us a Pajero for 3 weeks, providing us with the chance to see a bit of outback New South Wales on the way up from Melbourne. We travelled to Broken Hill on our first day, then to Bourke along the Darling River via Menindee and Wilcannia.

From Bourke we headed to Moree via Lightning Ridge the next day, then across to the coast at Tweed Heads. The following day got us in to Noosa for a week and while there we took the opportunity to do some beach driving including a…