The Canning Stock Route - Monster dunes, lonely graves and haunted wells.

From the Journal 14th June, 2009

An interesting day. The morning bought a biting wind out of the east so I opted for a Dingos and to get on the track early hoping to head south and make Kurnawarritji tomorrow. I was packed and away by 06.45 and plunged back into the overgrown crap, to complete the 17 odd kilometres back to the Canning. On reaching the intersection, I crawled under the car and did a spinifex check before heading south again into a beautiful morning. I decided to go looking for the faintly signposted Gunowarba Native Well but the track petered out after a kilometre or so. I peformed a circular search pattern in an effort to locate the track but it was gone. Defeated I returned to the Canning to continue south again.
At Well 40, Waddawalla, I joined Mr Tobin on the hill above, visiting his lonely grave and later the well and attached salt lake. What a difference a few short years make. In 2006, on my first visit to the well, the entire area was a sea of water. The water wa 45 centimentre deep across the salt lake was licking the edges of the surrounding dunes. Now the lake surface sported a dry crust of salt that was solid enough to walk across. The only water that remained was the muddy remnants at the bottom of a camel scoured furrows. A well worn path left by countless dingo paws easily defining their daily route to water from the nearby dunes.
On the road south again and I was soon on the shores of Lake Tobin.......

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[rabbitflink]

Beautiful video. compliments.

i crossed the canning this year in mai. awsome.

have a look at my video. Trip throug Australia by Rabbitflink.

Have a good day