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Day 19, Well 6 to Windich Spring 50km. A camp visitor. We lost count, but there were about 25 vehicles in camp last night, so we decided to go for a 4km walk before lining up for water. When we got to the well at 0930, we were the only ones left in camp. The water, though good, had become...

Day 18. At well 6. After breakfast, we climb the hill that is 1km south of camp. The main camp and the well are on the left, it was quite busy so we went further to the right. The very attractive camp area amongst the Red River Gums and the recently restored Well 6. The water is reported to...

Day 17 on the Canning Stock Route (southern section) Well 8 to Well 6. 37km. Constantly changing country. Mostly either spinifex plains of dense, low, Mulga scrub. And plenty more water. Well 7. And we call into the Inglebong Hills. Mt Davis on the right and Inglebong Hills on the left...

Day 16 on the Canning Stock Route. Well 12 to Well 8, 97km. Things are changing. We see our last dune and the last Desert Oak. Water on the track is a majour feature of the day and washouts from previous rain events too, although neither hinder our progress. We thought the track around the...

Day 15, 6/8/2024, on the Canning Stock Route. We spend the day at Well 12. Nice spot in a small stand of Desert Oaks. Cheers, Peter OKA196 motorhome

Day 14. 72km. Well 15 to Well 12. We top up with water after our showers and laundry. The water is good and between us we fill with about 500 litres. It makes no dent in the level in the well. A variety of terrain and vegetation. There are some wet spots from the rain. There is a view point...

Day 13 at Well 15. A day for domestic chores. Empty the loo, do some laundry (with a good water supply) and bake bread in the bread maker. We often bake while driving, but I reckon we would need to nail the bread maker to the floor on the Canning. Cheers, Peter OKA196 motorhome

Our floor is fibreglass sandwich panel. We like indoor/outdoor carpet under our feet. A cut-to-size piece held down with velcro patches in the corners lasts for some years and is easy to pull up & shake out on the road and put through the pressure washer when you get home. Cheers, Peter OKA196...

Day 12. 78km. Derba Springs to Well 15. Only 2 other vehicles in the Derba Springs camp area last night. Rained over night and still drizzling this morning. When we chose the camp spot it was about getting some extra sun, but that has been a failure. The Li house batteries are under 50% so I...

Day 11. Still at Durba Springs. More showers over night and quite heavy cloud cover all day. Had another attempt to get to the top of the falls in the gorge and this time, we made it. The swimmers reneged. Cheers, Peter OKA196 motorhome

Day 10 on the southern Canning. Yesterday's map..... Parked up at Derba Springs. We had a couple of light showers over night. There were just 5 other vehicles camped over night. Several nights ago there were 50. We take a walk up the gorge. About as far as we got. Climbing the waterfall...

We are N-S. It is a fundamental must have. Not negotiable. It is not as if your yank tanks have any length restriction to the bed coming further forward. In our new build it is tapered towards the front to reduce tree impact potential. Cheers, Peter OKA196 motorhome

Day 9. Diebil camp site to Durba Springs camp site. 43km and 2 1/2 hours (including a short stop to bury toilet waste). Leaving Diebil Hills camp site. On the Diebil Hills track. On the main Canning track with more "confused" sand hills. Wrong gear. Arriving at Durba Springs camp...

You want a super insulated chest fridge? Build your own. 12V compressors/evaporators/condensers and a thermostat can be purchased. The rest is an insulated box that you can easily build any size, any shape, with the best insulation at any thickness. The compressor/condenser should be remote...

Day 8. Looking for an elusive spring in the Diebil Hills. We had a couple of conflicting descriptions of where this spring was located including some GPS coordinates from ExplorOz, so headed off at 0830 to see if we could find it. Heading east up the blind canyon. The motorhomes are visible...

Day 7 on the track, 104km today. Lake Disappointment camp site to Diebil Hills with a diversion to Onegunya Rock Hole. A nice drive with a minimum of corrugations (except for some on the Diebil Hills track). Mostly small dunes in random orientation (which is very unusual in Australia), except...

Cheers, Peter OKA196 motorhome

78km today. Georgia Bore to Lake Disappointment. We took the northern (alternate) track which is much less used and misses a couple of the old wells. It had very few corrugations, but was scratchy in places. A very pleasant drive and we were camped next to the Lake by noon. We only saw one other...

80km today. Well 26 to Georgia Bore. Slow, but enjoyed today. Varied country, different vegetation, wild flowers and some "sticky" dunes. We started the Canning in the Gibson Desert, passed through some of the Great Sandy Desert and we are now in the Little Sandy Desert (which is not "little"...

Nothing like a desert sunset. :) Cheers, Peter OKA196 motorhome