Sunday, May 01, 2016 at 19:58
Hi Sheridan, that is a difficult question to answer as we are all different, & it really depends upon what it is that YOU want to get out of YOUR trip.
If you want an endurance
test which will enable you to say you conquered it, your 4 weeks will be do-able if you are very
well prepared physically, mentally & mechanically, but it most certainly wouldn't be for me. My advice however would be to take as long as you can & savour the country you are passing through. Lots of stops to 'smell the roses'!
If it were *my* trip & I was prepared to bypass iconic highlights like Karijini & the Bungles, & just driving to one end of the CSR in order to maximise my time ON the CSR I'd take the inland route north & probably drive no more than 4 to 6 hours a day with stops along the way to stretch the legs, have lunch, &
check out anything of interest. I'm interested in seeing more than white lines. A leisurely pack up each morning & start looking for somewhere to
camp by around 3pm each arvo.
Once on the CSR, I'd want to look at a *minimum* of 3 weeks from end to end, preferably more. I haven't travelled the Canning yet, but when I do I want to feel & connect with the country, not just pass through it.
I'm very cognisant of making an aim of a trek like the CSR to be damage free, & their is a high corelation between rushed travel & damage.
Don't underestimate the cumulative impact of daily travel, it is very different to doing one or two days high mileage. I learned my lesson years ago on a motorcycle trip of around 15,000 in 7 weeks. We did it, & have some good memories, but there was little energy left over to enjoy what we had dreamed of seeing. I recall standing at a place I had dreamed of visiting (Emily
Gorge in the East Macs) wondering what the point was!
I appreciate that many folk have limited holiday times to fit their adventures into, & if time cannot be extended then I reckon it's better to enjoy a shorter route than to 'survive' an extended one, saving the bucket list items until time can be made or found.
It is common for folk to return
home saying they wish they had had more time, but you never hear folk saying they were away for too long. If most of what you see is seen through the windscreen I reckon you might just as
well view it on a screen in your living room.
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