​I used to drive past the house where this car lived and think how I wanted to own a Land Rover Defender 90 one day. Then the night before I was leaving on a week long 4WD trip to K'gari Fraser Island, I had mechanical issues with my Suzuki Jimny - luckily I was able to borrow another car, but on the drive down I started scrolling through Carsales. Lo and behold, there was the exact Landy I had admired listed for sale... and the rest is history.

 

​​It can be noisy, rough and has its share of mechanical quirks (cue the oil slick jokes) - but every time I get in the Landy you'll see this girl grinning from ear to ear behind the wheel. The Defender has been both my daily driver and weekend adventurer over the last four years, travelling over 100,000km with plenty of that spent off the beaten track.

 

As the last model of an iconic era, it turns plenty of heads on the road and then keeps that attention with its off-road abilities whether it be rock crawling, mud or beach driving. If I'm not behind the wheel, I'm usually tinkering with it - having made a substantial number of upgrades to improve the (already impressive) off-road capability and touring potential of this vehicle. It's taken me to Cape York, Outback Queensland, Victorian High Country and Tasmania with lots of plans for future trips.