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nineteenth century, American pioneers climbed into their covered wagons
and headed west into the Outback and Beyond. They didn't know
exactly where they were going or when they would get there, but they
were on their way. They tried to manage risk as best they
could, but they knew that ultimately their safety and future
was in their own hands. They gave up the illusion of security
to make their life into what they wanted it to be in the Outback and
Beyond. Two hundred years later, for the
ordinary person, most of the frontiers are gone. Few people
will ever travel to the arctic or antarctic. And space travel
is beyond the reach of the common man. Nevertheless, the
Outback and Beyond is still out there if you really want to find it.
 If you purchase a modest sailboat and point its bow out to sea, you will head into the
Outback and Beyond. As you head out to sea, you will feel the
same exhilaration that was felt by the pioneers as they headed west
in their covered wagons. Your life will return to the natural
rhythm of nature as you get up with the sun and go to bed after it
goes down. You learn to cooperate with the forces of nature
rather than fight against them. You go with the natural flow
of the universe rather than try to change it or bend it to
your will. That is the way life is in the Outback and Beyond.
You can also travel to the Outback and Beyond
in a Land Rover 110 Defender that is outfitted as an expeditionary
vehicle - a covered wagon of the twenty-first century. You
feel the exhilaration of sleeping under the stars in remote corners
of the world. You experience a type of freedom that people who
live in cities rarely feel. Your Defender can carry enough
food and supplies to go into the Outback and Beyond for as long as
you care to be there.
When you go to the Outback and Beyond, you are
not running away. You are going back to where you came
from. It's a natural world of people, places and experiences
and your life returns to a more natural
perspective. Accumulations and mountains of money don't matter
there. It's enjoying who you are and the world in
which you live that are most important. The Outback and Beyond
feels right. It feels like coming home.
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