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Yunkurra/Billy Atkins, respected Martu elder and award-winning Martumili artist. Jigalong, Western Australia.
At the very Northern end of The Canning Stock Route, you can get permission to camp here from the nearby Billiluna Aboriginal Community
Yunkurra/Billy Atkins, respected Martu elder and award-winning Martumili artist. Jigalong, Western Australia.
A remote spot waypoint #760 w of the CSR on our way up to Well 2A. The track got a little more rocky after this! See shots later.. But we weren't in a hurry.
#VelcroPalace with #Smoky60Series in a nice remote campsite.
IMG_8629 see some great camping video by 4xoverland here... youtu.be/rFPyMHhUmTQ
See a great Exhibition of the CSR here and interactive maps...
To Quote Daisy Bates... ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/bates/daisy/passing/chapter11.html
A glorious thing it is to live in a tent in the infinite-to waken in the grey of dawn, a good hour before the sun outlines the low ridges of the horizon, and to come out into the bright cool air, and scent the wind blowing across the mulga plains.
My first thought would be to probe the ashes of my open fireplace, where hung my primitive cooking-vessels, in the hope that some embers had remained alight. Before I retired at night, I invariably made a good fire and covered the glowing coals with the soft ash of the jilyeli, having watched my compatriots so cover their turf fires in Ireland.
I would next readjust the stones of the hob to leeward of the morning wind, and set the old Australian billy to boil, while I tidied my tent, and transformed it from bedroom to breakfast-room.
see our visit to her memorial... www.flickr.com/photos/spelio/4082534500/in/photostream/
Love these quotes from.. www.flickr.com/photos/johnwhite/
"Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best."
Henry Van Dyke
"We don`t make a photograph just with a camera; we bring to the act of photography all the books we have read, the movies we have seen, the music we have heard, the people we have loved."
Ansel Adams
"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever---it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything" ...
Aaron Siskind
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Mark Twain
"...but it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much; my heart fills up like a balloon and it's about to burst. And then I remember to relax. And stop trying to hold on to it. And then it flows through me, like rain, and I can't feel anything but gratitude for *every* single moment of my life...".
"AB"
Tape 6 B2/170 HDD see the Youtube video here...
A link to camping on private property camps around Australia.
Link to all the Andrew St.Pierre White's Canning Stock Route videos..
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdZBtPD_yK0-9tDGGqjyK4EIXU...
Not geotagged because I may well have been somewhere where I shoudn't have. Canning Stock Route, Western Australia.
F1030_019_Rawlinson-Ranges_Car tracks on the Great Central Road en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Central_Road
Update:
Sealing the road
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-18/outback-way-seal-upgrade-n...
There are 133 more here! lol ..
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Trip Information – Canning Stock Route, WA
permits.canningstockroute.net.au/
- permits and trip planning.
www.hallscreektourism.com.au/canning-stock-route
- general information and planning.
In response to Dianne’s question:
Conditions of any of the Australian remote tracks can't be predicted this far out, as weather is unpredictable. Your best bet is to see what the conditions are closer to the time. It is usually better conditions later in the year, so September would be a good time. Any rain tends to be in the first half of the year. For up to date conditions, you could maybe try to get hold of the community half way along at Kunawarritji, and of course you will be passing vehicles going the opposite way where you could get the most up to date info you'll ever get.
The CSR is not a particularly difficult track, but can be very corrugated in areas, especially 30km before and after Kunawarritji (some of the worst I have experienced) so you need to ensure your shockies are in tip-top order, and maybe even carry a spare or two.
You will need a permit from 4wd Australia, which can be applied for on the net.
This will cover all the Aboriginal areas which are normally off-limits. A number of people don't obtain permits, but the fines can be heavy. When I travelled it, we were checked by rangers at Durba Springs. Not sure about the cost, but it is a small fraction of the cost of the entire trip.
There are two good publications on the CSR which again are a small fraction of the trip cost and well worth considering, as they have detailed track, GPS and Waypoint info. You will need to hunt a little bit to find some of the wells, but these guides will have all that. They are Westprint’s Outback Map and Travel Guide, and the Canning Stock Route Book. (Note: The Canning Stock Route Book is out of print and unlikely to be reprinted).
You will need at least 280lt of diesel from Halls Creek to Wiluna, although you can fill up at Billiluna about 160km from Halls Creek. Refuelling can be made at Kunawarritji (about $3.60/lt) which is about 1100km from Wiluna and 900 from Halls Creek, so you need to budget for this. Or you can organise a fuel drop near well 23 (I think) by Capricorn Roadhouse*. While this is cheaper, it is a messy way of doing it rather than the bowsers at Kunawarritji. Enjoy your trip. Malcolm.
I travelled the CSR, down and up, back a few years ago, and there have been lots of changes. Now, for instance, permits are required for most of the way. Corrugations are, and were, horrendous, and destroy loaded roof-racks (and roofs). I would imagine that with all the travel in the last few years, up and down, corrugations now would be much worse. Bring spare shockies.
And travel slowly, or at a speed to just manage the corrugations. Trial and error. It has been speeding vehicles that have caused the corrugations in the first place.
September to me says ‘far too late’ in the year, hot sand is loose sand, and only dampish sand in early winter mornings can be easily managed. Summers are getting hotter and longer, not cooler. I always travelled the CSR in deep winter, down and up. Loose sand bogs vehicles. Some rain helps. Most definitely have a long flag pole, and a visible orange flag. There have been many head-on collisions at the top of dunes. CB Radios are a MUST, kept on scan, and used frequently to notify others of your presence. A call before taking on a major dune is helpful to all.
There are many points of interest, and some that are no longer available. But Westprint have maps and information, and maybe there are still books of Interest on the CSR for travellers. Good maps are essential. My information on this would be long out of date.
Possibly most of the track is now overgrown with vegetation that scratches paint. Has been lots of cyclones through that area since my day, but I did go through (up) after one such cyclone, and really had to follow some tracks made by a Tag -Along Tour, who made their own way, bypassing much of interest. Lake Disappointment was FULL.
Fuel could be obtained at Kunawarritji Aboriginal Community near Well 33, but did require prior notification, well in advance, to the community by phone. The old fuel dump may still be in operation, from Capricorn Roadhouse*, Westprint will know. The community was always cheaper than the fuel dump.
Always be alert to nutters trying to ‘DO’ the Canning in just a few days. They travel at unsafe speeds, and seem not to care about other users. They have most of the 'head-ons’ with other travellers, and it must be said that rescue from the CSR was/is hellishly expensive. You are looking at thousands of dollars. Darryl
With thanks to Westprint for the usual excellent information.
westprint.com.au/newsletter-archives
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F1000_017_one of the last sand dunes to cross.
I sold this shot to ORCA Book Publishers and the shot is still credited as "Cover Photography by Getty Images" in the Kindle edition.
It may have later been changed in the print edition after the first print run, but certainly not on the copy I have.
I informed Getty of this error but never received a reply. The story may be different if I had claimed that this was a Getty Image. Cancelling the small print run would have been far too expensive for the small publisher of publications for reluctant readers and not been much good to the author either. So I left it be, but learnt a valuable lesson for selling photos.
Thankfully, I don't have to sell photos for a living! :)
Yamaha Canning Stock Route Dirt Bike Expedition - 1974
Even in those days the Talawanna Track was a important access to the Lake Disappointment area and beyond.
The fuel dump was used for those proceeding further in inland on the Talawanna Track.
Up to that point in time only one of two 4WD a year, would make the journey each year from Wiluna to Halls Creek, and in the central part of the stock route there was no defined track. This caused some navigation difficulties for the riders, and we were unable to locate them for two days from the aircraft, despite searching for hours.
We did locate a lone aboriginal running through the desert lighting fires about 45 miles SE of Lake Disappointment.
The aircraft being low on fuel we did not waste time identifying the riders, but prepared to make the drop at the location of the last fire being lit. I was about to push the fuel out the door when I recognised it was just a lone and naked aboriginal, not the bikes or riders at all. He was the last remaining nomadic aboriginal in Australia. I often wonder what he thought as we lined the aircraft up for the drop and flew over him at about 20 feet.
The motorbikes on the expedition relied entirely on fuel dropped in 1 litter oil cans wrapped in foam from the aircraft.
F1100_020_"Belt of Venus"
Dawn_Slate Range_Camp.
Morgenrot
Link to album 'A closer look': www.flickr.com/photos/30079014@N03/sets/72157646726098666/
Yamaha Canning Stock Route Dirt Bike Expedition - 1974
It rained for four days. The aircraft was stuck on the ground at a make shift dirt airstrip at Ray's Geophysical Camp near Well 45.
The bikes became very low on fuel, their last supply drop was at Lake Tobin. The rider's camped up and waited for 3 days near Well 44, with no food or fuel. They had no idea whether the aircraft had crashed in the desert or what. Eventually they set out on foot to walk the 30 miles to the Mining camp along one of the North/South running Geophysical cut lines.
They had walked about 3 hours when a one of the aircrew (John) located there camp having ridden down another cut line on a little trail bike borrowed from the mining camp manager. They had left three hours previously. He then tracked them through the dunes and cut lines and located them 8 miles closer to the camp, Several return trips with fuel for the stranded bikes eventually saw the entire party at Ray's Camp.
The drama was not yet over, as the mining camp has missing personnel believed to be about 50 mile away. One of the riders the next day went back down the stock route and located the bogged geophysical truck and its very relieved stranded occupants. Ferrying them back to the camp on the back of his bike.
A lot of beer was consumed in the camp that night I can tell you.
While waiting for the strip to dry out we spent a day filming and taken photos of the bikes in the desert in this area. They are displayed here.
Finally after five days we were able to take off from the soggy strip, and the expedition continued.
Yamaha Canning Stock Route Expedition - 1974
Despite having to pack the drop containers each day and purchase food supplies for the men, the aircrew still had time time to fill in. This is one of the small open cut pits near Wiluna.
John has his very modern 8mm super8 movie camera. We are currently having the footage from this camera converted to DVD.
Yamaha Canning Stock Route Dirt Bike Expedition - 1974
Punctures were the only mechanical issue that happened, and there were plenty of them.
On one of the last days one of the riders had to make it into Biliuna on a flat for 30 mile.
Yamaha Canning Stock Route Expedition - 1974
Loaded up and ready to go.
The food, fuel and water was spread amongst the 3 bikes. Note the tin tucker strapped on with Occy straps. They sure good a good workout on this occasion. I don't think they make them as good now,
One of the bikes at the end of the expedition was flown to Fitzroy Crossing in the ever faithful Cherokee and loaded onto a furniture truck for transport to Perth.
This bike was featured is a display at the Perth Royal Show 3 weeks later.