David from David and Justine Olsen's 4WD Tag-Along posted:

Seems a reasonable price to me. Firstly the risk of not filling it is great. If they don't fill it they will be lucky if they cover costs. We prefer to take much smaller groups to keep it friendly, but the financial risks to operators is great.

Just leading a crowd is the tiniest portion of what the operator provides in terms of an overall experience- it's be well worth the cost in my view.

The Explorer posted:

Hello Kim - dont want to get myself too involved here as I know nothing about the efforts of the Canning Stock Route Reinactment (CSRR) Committee or what happened with WA State Govt, nor do I know much about what Langate are up to with their spin on the centenary except the webpage posted. It does appear that you are mighty p*ssed off though!

Anyway the website does actually have some info on Canning albiet brief.

Site Link

Figure at this stage of the game it may be a case of providing some constructive feedback to people at Landgate if you find some aspects of their webpage/planned activities inadequate - though again I have no idea what has transpired between you and WA Govt up to this time, so maybe it is past this point. I did a search on Canning Stock Route Reinactment (CSRR) Committee you mentioned but not much appeared accept a proposed cattle run down CSR - did that ever eventuate?

Regards
Greg

Andrew from Vivid Adventures posted:

Well given the government inaction and duck-shoving between the various departments including CALM or whatever they are now that they are responsible for Climate Change (at least there's someone to blame), and DIA, and Roads to name a few it is pretty pathetic that they should try to make something out of the Canning at all.

They have provided no support to the establishment of effective management regimes that recognise and support the interests of the traditional owners; they have allowed ineffective and only partly considered regimes of management to be put in place that make the legalities of access to a lot of areas like Calvert Range as clear as mud ...

And then to put up this site which frankly looks quite half-baked ...

The Explorer posted:

By Jingoes By Crikey - maybe I should not have mentioned the subject:)

Hope to get out there this time next year to chase some birds (feathered variety). Hope the dust has settled by then.

Cheers
Greg

kimprado posted:

Greg

I've calmed down a bit, but I can't say the same for a few others I rang this afternoon.

How all this came to pass, was our collective experience in the Outback, and the recognition of the pride held by stockmen in their heritage. This includes black and white.

The idea was to quarantine a mob of donated cattle from the Kimberley at Ruby Plains, put them through a plunge dip, start off from Billiluna and drive them south to Wiluna. This raised a few problems including water, poison weed and cost.

You can't drive cattle without water or feed. One of our members did a complete audit of the wells, and also rebuilt a few that tourist enjoy today.

However we came up short, but eventually found the answer after two years of work. We couldn't have done this without the support of station owners, stockmen and the Aboriginal communities.

Then there where the other matters. Finding stockmen who were willing to go without pay for 3 months, insurance, transportation etc etc. This went on for five years.

The Canning Stock Route is an Australian icon. For some reason the WA Government have difficulty understanding that, or recognising it's true heritage.

Before I close, I want you to understand there were a hell of a lot of people involved in this. Many driving or flying extensive Kms for meetings.

Regards

Kim

The Explorer posted:

Kim - can understand your frustration, cant offer any helpful advice though.
It will be interesting to see what happens (for better or worse?) over next few years.

Cheers
Greg

kimprado posted:

Thanks Greg

We've all calmed down a bit. If the government had worked with us in a partnership, we could have had a fantastic celebration for all.

Regards

Kim