Canning Stock Route - advice needed please!

[Molteni Mike]

G'day from England!

I had a great cycle tour of Tasmania followed by a tour from Melbourne to Coffs Harbour in 2000/2001 . A wonderful experience of your great country and hospitable people! Some years previously I rode the Molesworth Track in New Zealand and enjoyed the 120 miles of off road cycling in 1 long day.

Arriving back from Oz, my cousin gave me some Australian Cyclist magazines , one of which had an article of a trip across the Canning Stock Route. I was fascinated at the thought of 1200 miles of off road cycling through the wilderness of Western Australia and have since been thinking of doing it myself ! As it has already been completed solo and unsupported by Jakub Postrzygacz, this "first" is no longer available so I'm thinking of joining a group of like-minded cyclists who are already planning to do the trip. Ideally with support vehicles.

To arrive in Oz and try to organise such a trip would be extremely difficult so I'm making enquiries as to any trips already planned which I could become part of. I understand that the best weather for the trip is June - September and I would be looking at either this year or next.

Any help, advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Mike Hallgarth

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[slaw]

This woman rode it supported a couple of years ago: http://www.gracexpedition.org/,
and I guess you've seen Jakub's site: http://www.wildworks.co.nz/csr/home.php. I'm sure you could email these two for advice.

A group of four of us planned to do this 10 years ago as part of four month desert trip. But we had to pull the pin after the Gunbarrel Hwy. We were going to do it unsupported so we had one food drop organised for half way along. Definitely would be heaps easier to do it supported.