Canning Stock Route

[Mark from Brisbane Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark from Brisbane]

Off to do the CSR in July this year, whilst an old report still interesting. Gee $600 for a tank of Diesel will be fun at the half way point .....NOT!!

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You should be able to view them here
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...5&l=e7a7d3024d

Awesome pic's thanks for the link.

[Bushbasher Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Bushbasher]

When you travel this great land, especially to places as iconic as the CSR, you shouldn't be worrying about the price of fuel. Just pay it. Get a credit card if you have to and pay it off after the journey. You want to do the trip then you need fuel to achieve it. That's the way I look at it. Back in 2006 when I did a trip through the centre, across to Cape York and all the way back along the east coast I thought I would spend about $3500 on fuel. It ended up costing $4500. You get that. The memories are priceless.

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I agree Bushy, just be thankful someone is willing to live out in those places to sell us fuel.

I love the stories about Bruce at Rabbit Flat who when people would complain about the price of fuel he would just tell them to go elsewhere and get fuel, apparantly he ws known to let people wait for days before serving them

Cheers Andrew

[Bushbasher Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Bushbasher]

I've been through the flats about 3 times and never needed fuel with either of my Prados. One time, the roadhouse wasn't even open.

[Mark from Brisbane Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark from Brisbane]

Yeah I do agree with that, it was not a whinge rather than I am not looking forward to having to pay $600 for a fill up.

I too am thankfull that people live in these places so we can do them.

[Jon Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Jon]

I am planning to travel the CSR in late June/July this year. Have only 6 weeks and will need to travel to/from Sydney.
Does anyone who has done this trip have a detailed itinerary they would like to share with me?

[Whitey1 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Whitey1]

Haven't got an itinerary but we took 6 weeks to go from Albany to CSR and then on the Gibb to Mitchell Plateau and home again. Took it easy no rush.
Heres what we found the wells to be like back in 09.
Well 1 – Windmill and tanks (not operational)
North Pool – Nice pool popular with the locals
Well 2 – Windmill and tanks (working,stock watering point)
Well 2A – The Granites ,a tank like structure carved in the rock ruins
Well 3 – Scungey water but a working windlass BYO bucket. Nice camping. Track detours from here and bypasses white well ,corner well and well 3A
Well 4A - Ruins
Windich springs – Nice pool very clear water plenty of bird life good camping spot
Well 4B – Ruins
Well 5 – Restored by 9G club Good water Deepest well at 105 ft?
Well 6 – Pieere springs Nice camping very good water restored well
Well 7 - Colapsed well but good camping in amongst sheoak trees
Well 8 – Rundown well
Well 9 – Cattle watering point and yards windmill well restored by Glen Ayle station
Well 10 – Ruins
Well 11 – Ruins on salt flat
Well 12 – Restored well good water nice camp under desert oaks BYO wood
Well 13 – Ruins camping
Well 14 – Ruins open camping (green trees cut down for fire ????)
Well 15 – Restored No rope or bucket
Well 16 – Ruins Metal sign on tree of interest ok camping
Sunday Soak – Small hole about 500mm wide by 500mm deep camping not real good
Calverts – Great petroglyphs and paintings good camping
Water 17 – Killagurra spring Magic spot no wonder its a sacred site
Durba springs – Great camping not much water when we were there small shallow pool up the gorge
Well 18 – Good Water with can on a string did washing
Well 19 – Ruins on claypan
Well 21 – Ruins
Well 22 – Ruins
Georgia Bore – Good water filled tanks popular camping spot with enviroloo
Well 23 – Ruins
Well 24 – Ruins just a soak in the ground popular camping but don’t know why camel central
Well 25 – Ruins
Well 26 – Restored with memorial to Canning Good water
Well 27 – Ruins
Well 28 – Ruins
Well 29 – Ruins
Well 30 – Ruins
Well 31 – Ruins
Well 32 – Ruins
Well 33 – Kunawarritji Good water windmill and tanks rubbish bins
Well 34 – Ruins
Well 35 – Ruins Bore casing with water not far down
Bungabinni Native Well – Restored with cover water but not pretty camel soak nearby
Well 36 – Ruins Water ok if you are keen 1m down
Well 37 – Ruins Three grave sites
Well 38 – Rockhole in creek a few puddles interesting small caves
Well 39 –Ruins
Well 40 – Ruins in edge of saltpan Tobins grave at end of track
Well 41 – Partly restored tannin water but clear
Well 42 – Ruins just a small hole with a bit of water 2 Dogs nearby
Well 45 – Ruins Welcome to shire of Halls Creek
Well 46 – Restored with windlass and bucket Beware of resident snake good water
Breadon Pool – Not a bad camping spot could get dusty and cramped easily good water could swim if it wasn’t so cold
Godfrey’s Tank – lovely spot interesting historic graffiti swim if you’re keen
Well 49 – Restored no windlass etc but good water BYO bucket and rope
Well 51 – Ruins (just a depression) Abandoned windmill and dam

[Jon Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Jon]

Thanks Whitey1

Where did you get fuel? Our group will need petrol & diesel. 1 Prado 150 petrol; 1 Prado 120 petrol & 1 Pootrol diesel.

[Whitey1 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Whitey1]

At the community. I mentioned that a few posts back.