

Canning Stock Route is the longest and one of the

most difficult tracks on Earth. It leads through the

most remote and inhospitable areas of West

Australia, crosses three deserts and climbs over

nine hundred steep sand hills. For nearly 2.000

kilometers there is no decent supply of food or

water and no safe way of escape.



CSR has been marked out nearly 100 years ago

by Alfred Canning to drive the cattle from Perth to the

opposite corner of the continent. However, the

conditions were so harsh and casualties so high that

CSR never truly served its purpose and was forgotten.

In 1968 a group of surveyors for the first time drove

the complete length of the track with specially prepared

motor vehicles. Despite numerous attempts,no-one

has ever cycled CSR...



The track extends on the same distance as the complete

length of Great Britain and half-way back, or from Los Angeles

across California and Oregon to Seattle in Washington state, or across New Zealand from Cape Reinga on the north to Slope Point on the south... It's a long way in anybody's language. To travel the full length of the CSR in a convoy of 4WD vehicles, a fuel drop is required halfway. Unsupported crossing of CSR on the motorbike is regarded impossible since nobody is able to carry enough fuel and supplies to complete the journey. Independent bicycle ride is believed to be out of question. Well, we'll see.