Droving on the Canning Stock Route

Hi all,

A new book has been released by Hesperian Press - Droving with Ben Taylor - Up and down the Canning Stock Route in 1946 by Len Hill.

"Droving with Ben Taylor is based on the diary of a Canning Stock Route drover. It is the only droving diary known from the 50 years of operation of the CSR, the longest and most remote stock route in the world. Here, detailed, the old hand, Ben Taylor, teaches the youthful Len Hill the art of droving in the desert lands. With horses and camels from Wiluna to Billiluna, and return with cattle, this unique account describes the pleasures and duties of a drovers life, the cattle, the land, and its inhabitants. Len Hill is a retired Kimberley pastoralist. Among his many local roles he was a Halls Creek Shire Councillor, a member of the Kimberley Zone Development Committee, and a JP."

The book has lots of detail about how they went about the art of droving and how they managed the horses and the cattle. Its more than just a, "We got up in the morning and moved the cattle" type of book.

Those interested in the CSR will find this a most fascinating book.

Hesperian's website is

http://www.hesperianpress.com/

and the cost of the book is $33 plus postage.

cheers

Phil