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The 4[SUP]th[/SUP] leg of the trip was the Gary H/way and a section of the old Gunbarrel H/way (yellow Section), both Len Beadell gems which have not seen a grader blade since they were cut in the 60’s.
The Gary H/way starts at Gary Junction. Just off well 33 of the Canning Stock Route, intersects with the Talawana Track at Windy Junction and the Gunbarrel at Everard Junction. I then took the Gunbarrel and Heather H/ways to Warburton…all “H/Ways” being very rough, unmaintained tracks. The yellow line is this section.
Gary Junction is in the Gibson Desert marking the intersection of the Gary Junction Rd and the Gary H/Way and is marked with a replica of the original sign made by Len Beadell. He punched the original on an aluminium plate bolted to a flap cut in the top of an old drum and folded up. The bolt holes were made using his service revolver!
The Gary H/way is extremely remote and littered with white ant mounds which are hard as steel and just waiting to take a toll on the suspension, tyre or rim of the unwary traveller.
Wormy Whau Whau Well was drilled by an exploration team in 1970. The bore casing and the poly cap are still intact.
Veevers Meteorite Crater was discovered by a survey team in 1975. About the size of a grid iron field it has obviously filled a bit over the years but it was still pretty awesome to stand exactly where something from outer space has hit earth.
The track in and out to the meteorite was more moon than earth like with the effect made worse by recent fires in the desert making it look a pimple riddled version of Gunners right bum cheek.
They reckon there are a million feral camels in the centre of Australia and I reckon they are right..they are everywhere.
There is a lot of scrub close to the edge of the track
Eventually it took its toll on my UHF ariel but nothing a section of rubber fuel line and some gaffer tape couldn’t rectify.
The Gary H/way starts at Gary Junction. Just off well 33 of the Canning Stock Route, intersects with the Talawana Track at Windy Junction and the Gunbarrel at Everard Junction. I then took the Gunbarrel and Heather H/ways to Warburton…all “H/Ways” being very rough, unmaintained tracks. The yellow line is this section.
Gary Junction is in the Gibson Desert marking the intersection of the Gary Junction Rd and the Gary H/Way and is marked with a replica of the original sign made by Len Beadell. He punched the original on an aluminium plate bolted to a flap cut in the top of an old drum and folded up. The bolt holes were made using his service revolver!
The Gary H/way is extremely remote and littered with white ant mounds which are hard as steel and just waiting to take a toll on the suspension, tyre or rim of the unwary traveller.
Wormy Whau Whau Well was drilled by an exploration team in 1970. The bore casing and the poly cap are still intact.
Veevers Meteorite Crater was discovered by a survey team in 1975. About the size of a grid iron field it has obviously filled a bit over the years but it was still pretty awesome to stand exactly where something from outer space has hit earth.
The track in and out to the meteorite was more moon than earth like with the effect made worse by recent fires in the desert making it look a pimple riddled version of Gunners right bum cheek.
They reckon there are a million feral camels in the centre of Australia and I reckon they are right..they are everywhere.
There is a lot of scrub close to the edge of the track
Eventually it took its toll on my UHF ariel but nothing a section of rubber fuel line and some gaffer tape couldn’t rectify.
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