Not much choice to be honest! Couldn't decide between the female and male Camels. They all seemed pretty miserable, had bad breath and BO and showed no interest in taking me anywhere!
Don't know about Aus but, cars are cheap compared to Europe. Top of the range Toyota 4x4 comes in at about $US38,000 (it would be 70k in the UK). Insurance would run to $800/year and petrol $1.33/gallon.
Roads are good, drivers are crap and the off roading is cool too. Most of the 4 lane roads in the city have 80 click speed limits with 120 on the highways and a 140 trigger point on the speed cameras.
Hope that helps!