I recently completed a 100% assisted bicycle crossing from north (Billiluna) to south (
Wiluna) of the
Canning Stock Route. There were 25 cycling days from Billiluna to the North Road
sign, and an extra half day to get to
Wiluna - we took an extra two days to fix a small
suspension issue we had just south of
Kunawarritji (Dobinsons high lift left strut pulled through its mounting tabs, but it was an easy fix at the
Kunawarritji Community's workshop and I cycled back to the car with a bracket I made from CSR windmill angle iron that the community had laying around). My daughter drove a Suzuki XL-7 (2003 model, 2.7L V6, LWB) and I cycled a fat-bike with 4" tyres.
1. It's possible my daughter is the youngest (24 years) woman to single handedley drive the CSR in a 4x4. And at the moment I believe I'm the oldest (at 62 years) cyclist to cycle the CSR. I'm interested in anyone's thought on my daughter being the youngest woman CSR driver?
2. We came across German cyclist Thomas Kreis when he was just one day from reaching Billiluna (about 60km). We had just started on the CSR and, with a lot of other things on our minds, both my daughter and I forgot to take a photo of Thomas. Also, we talked to a couple of people who had seen/talked with other cyclists including Australians "Marty and Mike" travelling together from the south, and also Canadian Laurence Perry cycling from the south. I'd be very appreciative of any photos of all these cyclists (even ones of me and my daughter) on the CSR. My email address is peter.gargano@gmail.com, or perhaps simply post them to ExploreOz.
To those people whom we met on the CSR (over the period 11 August to 07 Sept 2015) thanks for you kind expressions of support, and please use the above email if you'd like more information about my cycle, or my daughter's drive.
And lastly,
Peter and Dee GARGANO 3km north of Wiluna 11 Sept 2015 (1:39PM)