Description
The Canning Stock Route is an 1850 km long tract of land that runs from Wiluna in the Northern Goldfields to Halls Creek in the Kimberley. It is named after Alfred Canning, who first surveyed the route in 1906. From 1908 to 1910, some 48 wells were constructed, but the use of the stock route by cattlemen was never popular, and the last drive took place in 1959. Today, the Canning Stock Route is a popular 4WD adventure that attracts tourists across Australia. Considered to be a particularly challenging course, it has become a tempting lure for experienced off-road enthusiasts. For the Martu people, who are the original inhabitants of this area of land, the C.S.R has much cultural significance as many were born on the wells or on the lands on which the C.S.R lies, which is an important part of their recent histories.