Originally Posted by
Mauser308
OK, you want get into country 'faster', but you can get yourself further into country and also further into the crap...
What you want is good ground clearance, lightweight, small external dimensions combined with stability and cheap purchase price with something that isn't abused, used for heavy towing and 4x4-ing and not a lot of value if the morons attack it in the back blocks. i.e. unicorn turds...
4L petrol prado is a target vehicle in the back parking areas in my view, what you want to look at is something like a good order xtrail or the like in terms of size and brand and as a second vehicle to the outback retaining that as your 'daily driver'.
Others will chime in to what they use and find good for your area...