Wednesday, Mar 23, 2016 at 14:43
I have all the above and they are all excellent.
The Outback Travellers Guide is the most useful for navigation. The wavy lines that represent the dunes are not schematic. They do actually show the individual dunes. The guide also helps you to locate all the wells. A few wells have multiple entrances and exits and finding the actual
well can be confusing.
Reading about the history and development of the CSR adds greatly to the experience.
Ronele and Eric Gard's book has long been regarded as the Bible of the Canning. It records many fascinating details but is a bit dated as a navigation guide. Track descriptions such as "the next section is straight, level and a pleasant drive" make today's traveller shudder. Everyone has sped up on these sections so today they are a corrugated nightmare.
Phil Bianchi's wonderful book is a very comprehensive history of the CSR and is highly recommended.
The
Canning Stock Route Information Pack contains a lot of useful information for planning your trip and is available by download or by mail when you apply for CSR permits at anfwdc.asn.au
Another resource is the $2.99 app:
One Road:
Canning Stock Route Project.
This enormous(466MB) multi-media app tells the story of the CSR from an Aboriginal perspective and includes photos and videos of all the wells as
well as many historic photos. The graphics are unusually good- the ants that wander across the screen are so realistic that I have tried to brush them off more than once.
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