The canning stock route passes through some of the most remote and isolated country in the world. The white man history has been told and its today in the book. John carty is a canning stock route project anthropologist who has worked extensively. But pilbara towing is there to help with all the tricks that it can throw at you. Built in 1910 to break the west kimberley beef monopoly, the route begins in halls creek and extends all the way to wiluna in the midwest, a distance of over 1800kms. The canning stock route is a track that runs from halls creek in the kimberley region of. It was created as a stock route between the towns of halls creek in the east kimberley and wiluna in central western australia.
See also categories australian outback tracks and droving roads for other outback tracks and droving roads. Heritage council places database canning stock route runs between wiluna and halls creek, its historical significance of a 2,000km long stock route built in 190810, with fortyeight wells and two tanks constructed by over thirty men and led by alfred w canning, born and trained in victoria and settling in western australia during his adult working life. Ngurra kuju walyja one country one people the canning stock route project tells an intercultural and intergenerational story of community. One of the key aims of the canning stock route project was the development of a. An elderly perth man had to be rescued twice during a poorly planned attempt to travel the length of the canning stock route. Gunbarrel or gcr are better with more spots to camp with less idiots wiluna though what a town fourty bucks for a tin of milo and a street scape that looks like a war zone possibly the second most depressing and disgusting town in the country due to the. Canning stock route project australian curriculum, world view, aboriginal art. Here you can mark if you have read this book, reading it or want to read. Well drive through aboriginal land and therefore we need to have valid permits. First of all, we need two permits to drive the canning stock route.
For up to date road conditions reports, contact the shire of wiluna office 08 9981 8000, the shire depot 08 9981 8011 or works manager on 0429 817 010. Feb 23, 2020 the canning stock route csr is one of the most remote and isolated 4wd tracks in the world and holds its appeal as the last frontier. Its called the canning stock route project and theyre hoping it will help rewrite history. This is the latest volume in the western australian explorers diaries project and an essential. When it comes to australias top 4wd tracks, they dont come much bigger than the canning stock route. The canning stock route project tells an intercultural. The canning stock route project set out to tell this story through aboriginal art and in aboriginal voices. Just past the australian arid gardens on the road to darwin south australia. This category is for people, places, and events related to the canning stock route and its history. The canning stock route group brings people together from all over australia and the world, to learn, discuss and share their experiences on the stock route. Canning stock route where surveyors located water on the basis of. The ride also featured in the adventure bicycle touring magazine, bunyan.
Tv commentary or history bookinforms us about ruptures and others in their. Now you can join us as we explore its full length, plus much more. The waters of australian deserts department of the environment. The route leads through the most remote areas of west australia, crosses three deserts and climbs hundreds of sand hills. The story of the canning stock routes impact on aboriginal people, through artworks by senior and emerging artists and the stories of traditional custodians. How to prepare for the canning stock route one of the world. Canning stock route tours from broome, darwin, kununurra, halls creek, perth, alice springs. The canning stock route project tells an intercultural and intergenerational story of aboriginal community, collaboration and reconciliation. Let our expert guide lead you along the loneliest 4wd track in the world on a challenging 4wd outback tour in the safety of a small convoy. A quick highlight video from this years trip along the canning stock route. He and his wife ronele wrote that book, and erics talk brought back many memories.
It explores their cultural diversity and interconnections with each other and their country and their part in a greater australian story. A farewell to len hill, canning stock route drover and kimberley. So the project was designed to bring those artists and storytellers back to the canning stock route and to give them an opportunity to tell their version of events and to paint it and provide. Better homes and gardens home canning cook book morton, nancy, trollope, joyce on. Here are some canning stock route website links not an exhaustive list. By the mid1950s, however, the routes wells and equipment had deteriorated and improvements in coastal shipping and road transport provided a better alternative than driving cattle overland. Taken on the canning stock route wa outback australia, visit australia. It wqs surveyed and constructed in the period 19061910 to provide access to southern markets for the. With a total distance of around 1,850 km 1,150 mi it is the longest historic stock route in the world. The canning stock route history of aboriginal interaction.
Subscribe to the newsletter at the website for information as it comes to hand. Our canning stock route tours travel the original canning stock route created by albert canning in 1908 for kimberley cattlemen to take their stock to the southern markets. Welcome to the canning stock route adventure web site. Table of figures figure 1 canning stock route, satellite imagery, erik. Canning stock route expedition australian tours global. The canning stock route is a track that runs from halls creek in the kimberley region of western australia to wiluna in the midwest region. Back to tour listing back to tour category listing. A white woman was mysteriously murdered in an indian garden, and the. Genuine small group 4wd tour of the iconic canning stock route in 2017 in convoy in comfortable and modern toyota landcruiser gxl vehicles. Were remembering edward blake, the cook from the canning stock route survey party, who objected to the practice of chaining aboriginal guides by the neck and criticised the destruction of native waters and the theft and unfair trade of aboriginal property at a time this was considered acceptable. Canning stock route 4wd tour 26 days the canning stock route is possibly the most difficult 4wd track in the world. For forty years, the canning stock route periodically provided a vital transport link to the south for kimberley cattle. The l700kilometre long canning stock route csr crosses a remote part of western australia.
Aug 01, 2016 canning stock route tours 2017 canning stock route tours 2017 from broome, darwin, kununurra, halls creek, perth, alice springs. Local police say the man was determined to travel from wiluna to halls creek and appeared to have little grasp on how close he had come to dying. Please add 20% to book weights for packing and calculate the. Canning stock route expedition 4wd tagalongtour 1st jul 2020 22nd jul 2020. Luckily we can apply online and as soon as the payment is done, we get the permit sent by email. We spend 20 days on the actual canning stock route, no rushed itineraries or car breaking deadlines. Baffled police end elderly drivers mad canning stock route. Nov 02, 20 fat tyres and wide rims have made unsupported canning stock route travel possible. They were originally designed for snow, but soft sand is another of the few mediums ive ridden where there is a genuine possibleimpossible delineation.
Relax on their green lawns, read a book, do the washing, talk to station hands, clean up, work on the vehicles and prepare for the challenges of the canning. At the end of august i will attempt to cycle the full length of the longest track on earth with no external support. Offroad vehicle recovery is provided throughout the entire pilbara, including 80 mile beach, the canning stock route, rudal river national park and karijini. Jun 15, 2015 the csr travelled in may 2015 returning in 2017 for a three week photographic tourexperience. The canning stock route is the longest historic stock route in the world, running 1,780 kms through the desert region of western australia.
As laurie mclean describes in his article canning stock route some background notes, he and others traversed sections of the canning so pictures of some of the wells date back to the early 1960s. Aug 29, 2007 a new art project called cross country aims to retell the history of the famous desert track the canning stock route through the art and stories of the western desert. The canning stock route group brings people together from all over australia and the world, to learn, discuss. Working directly with the art centres, the canning stock route project researched the artists connections to the canning stock route story, recording hundreds of oral histories, painting stories and hundreds of hours of exquisitely. The canning stock route from well 5 to well 32, it was a great trip with all the things that make a remount trip so special, winch falling apart, starter playing up getting bogged maxtracks are a.
Dec 12, 2015 andrew dwyer introduces diamantina touring companys extraordinary expeditions down the canning stock route in outback western australia. The pervasive line the endeavour of the canning stock route by. Stretching about 1850km from its southern end in wiluna, to its northern end at billiluna community on the tanami track, there are no towns along the way, no major services, and a general absence of emergency support. The canning stock route is a track that runs from halls creek in the kimberley region of western australia. Following the route or close to it blazed by alfred canning back in 1906, this track covers roughly 1850km of pure offroad heaven, stretching from halls creek in the kimberley region to wiluna in midwest western australia.