Some wells have been restored but others are in ruins and unusable. When it comes to australias top 4wd tracks, they dont come much bigger than the canning stock route. Route information booklet booklet which accompanies the entry permits this link is provided for those seeking long term preparations and gaining as much information as possble to make a succesful journey along the canning stock route. Carly davenport works for form, an independent not for profit organization dedicated to advocating for and developing creativity in western australia. Thats not to say that you cant ride a more normal mountain bike along. Canning stock route by 4wd csr 2019 part 9 aboriginal. Gardening is a lot of fun, but if you getting serious about growing your own fruits and vegetables this year, it takes some planning even if you are planning on just growing enough for your family for the summer and not canning your garden bounty, it is. Canning extra vegetables is a great way to preserve your homegrown food for use later. In the final episode of our epic canning stock route adventure, we travel from weld springs to billiluna and on the way visiting canning stock. Setting aside space in your garden or devoting a raised bed to incorporate these delicious ingredients will help ensure you have plenty of fresh produce on hand to make your favorite salsa blend. The canning stock route is considered one of the worlds great fourwheel drive adventures. This heavily referenced and comprehensively indexed book is destined to become the definitive history of the canning stock route and will appeal to general and professional readers, historians, anthropologists, scientists, family history researchers, local shires, tour companies, tourists and csr travellers. We all know that canning is a great way to preserve an abundant harvest, but for some of us, it can be an irregular proposition.
Our canning stock route tours travel the original canning stock route created by albert canning in 1908 for kimberley cattlemen to take their stock to the southern markets. Fat tyres and wide rims have made unsupported canning stock route travel possible. Stretching about 1850km from its southern end in wiluna, to its northern end at billiluna community on the tanami track, there are no towns along the way, no major services, and a general absence of emergency support. Following the route or close to it blazed by alfred canning back in 1906, this track covers roughly 1850km of pure offroad heaven, stretching from halls creek in the kimberley region to wiluna in midwest western australia. It explores their cultural diversity and interconnections with each other and their country and their part in a greater australian story. Free printable garden planner and food preservation journal.
Growing a garden for canning how to plan to can and save big. Laurie mclean et al travelled the canning in 2007 and 2010 and provided me with their photos on cd. Planning for the canning stock route things to know before tackling the loneliest fourwheel drive track on earth if youre craving some fresh air and time out in the bush, the canning stock route could be the challenge you didnt know you needed. With a total distance of around 1,850 km 1,150 mi it is the longest historic stock route in the world. In the event of a tagalong tour, the commercial permit covers the lead vehicle only. For years, i approached canning as a way to save garden produce that my family couldnt eat before it spoiled. The track traverses pristine aussie deserts and has its fair share of rough corrugations, rocks and over 700 sand dunes. The canning stock route snakes its way from one water bore to the next. The canning stock route passes through some of the most remote and isolated country in the world. The canning stock route project tells an intercultural. It seems that every year, more and more people are coming back to the art and joy of gardening.
It crosses the gibson and great sandy deserts from wiluna in western australias northern goldfields to halls creek in the north west. The canning stock route group brings people together from all over australia and the world, to learn, discuss and share their experiences on the stock route. If you start your journey from the southern end, you will be pleasantly surprised at the fresh tasting water. Planning a canning garden 3 tips before planting posted on april 16, 2018. The canning stock route australia canning stock route. In late 2008 the national museum of australia permanently acquired the canning stock route collection 140 artworks curated by the canning stock route project team over three years and entered into a partnership with form to produce yiwarra kuju the canning stock route. With this free printable garden planner not only can you map out your entire garden, but plan for all your canning and freezing needs.
Canning is probably the most economical and practical method of preserving food at home. Keep track of your preserving projects with a canning journal. As project team leader, she guided the development of the yiwarra kuju exhibition in collaboration with. The canning stock route project set out to tell this story through aboriginal art and in aboriginal voices. As clifford brooks story shows, the early history of the canning stock route is rich with examples of first contact between aboriginal people.
She began working on the canning stock route project in 2007, and has played an important part in helping to shape the canning stock route collection as one of the teams cocurators. Our canning stock route tours 2017 travel the original canning stock route created by albert canning in 1908 for kimberley cattlemen to take their stock from the kimberley grasslands to the southern markets including kalgoorlie and perth. Planting a garden for canning and preserving is an excellent way to stock a home pantry with healthy, lowcost food. So i researched it and discovered that you can home can vegetable stock. The information provided in the link below is owned by. Canning stock route is one of the toughest tracks in the world.
The canning stock route csr is one of the most remote and isolated 4wd tracks in the world and holds its appeal as the last frontier. Among other things it is a way to save food that otherwise might be wasted. Cost of home canning depends on the kinds and sources of food canned as well as the processing methods, containers, and equipment used. Working directly with the art centres, the canning stock route project researched the artists connections to the canning stock route story, recording hundreds of oral histories, painting stories and hundreds of hours of exquisitely. Its economical and allows home cooks to experiment with foods that might not be in the supermarket and know exactly where their ingredients come from. All other vehicles in the tour require a noncommercial permit. They were originally designed for snow, but soft sand is another of the few mediums ive ridden where there is a genuine possibleimpossible delineation.
A salsa garden a staple for many canners, salsa has a variety of ingredients which can be grown in the home garden. The canning stock route is a track that runs from halls creek in the kimberley region of western australia. While quite a few travellers successfully make the trip, it still requires substantial planning and a convoy of well. The canning stock route is a track that runs from halls creek in the kimberley region of western australia to wiluna in the midwest region. The canning stock route project tells an intercultural and intergenerational story of aboriginal community, collaboration and reconciliation. Dont let a single piece of produce go to waste when you can easily can or preserve it with our guide to canning and preserving. A new psychology of love, traditional values, and spiritual growth a touchstone book touchstone books paperback by. The rugged terrain and sheer isolation of the stock route demands an. Planning for a road trip on the canning stock route rac wa. This major exhibition of paintings, cultural artefacts, film. Both the ball canning book and the national center for home food preservation of the usda have safe guidelines for canning vegetable stock. A commercial operator is someone who receives payment to take customers along the stock route. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world.
Any garden will serve you best if you start with a. With a total distance of around 1,850 km 1,150 mi it is the longest historic stock route in the world the stock route was proposed as a way of breaking a monopoly that west kimberley cattlemen had on the beef trade at the beginning of the 20th century. Built in 1910 to break the west kimberley beef monopoly, the route begins in halls creek and extends all the way to wiluna in the midwest, a distance of over 1800kms. Canning from the garden stocking the homegrown grocery. Apart from keeping the track open, the route is not maintained. The canning stock route runs from wiluna to halls creek and is arguably the most remote track in australia and one of the longest. Though the canning stock route wells had fallen into disrepair twice since their construction in 1910, fear of japanese invasion in 1942 led to another full refurbishment of the canning stock route wells. The canning stock route is an 1850 kmlong track that stretches ambitiously across the vast and unforgiving outback of western australia from the tiny aboriginal community of wiluna to the equally dinky locality of halls creek.
Plan the perfect canning garden to save yourself tons of. The original route includes 51 wells and stretches 2,0 kilometres from halls creek to wiluna. Not just because they love the feel of getting their hands in the soil but because they ultimately want to feed their families better tasting and healthier food while saving money. Keep track of your preserving projects mother earth news. John carty is a canning stock route project anthropologist who has worked extensively throughout the western desert and kimberley regions. You might even dispense with the recommended water purification tablets. The canning stock route is just over 1600km from wiluna to billiluna the stretch from there to halls creek on the main highway is on the tanami track. This is my version of a how to do it post about riding the canning stock route. The army considered the route to be a good potential escape path for people evacuating to the south.
With the cost of fruit and vegetables seemingly always on the rise, growing more of what you and your family eat is an excellent way to keep grocery bills in check. If youve never canned before, heres a short list of things to consider before you get planting. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Canning stock route tours from broome, darwin, kununurra, halls creek, perth, alice springs. Canning from the garden stocking the homegrown grocery store if you walk into our kitchen anytime between the summer months of july and august chances are you will hear the rolling boil sounds of the water bath canner, the hum of the food saver bags being sealed, or the wooshwoosh of a pressure canner in action. Growing a garden for canning how to plan to can and save. Canning recipes for stock ball canned stock recipes. Now, i know how much better it is to plan a canning garden around what id like to preserve instead. Storing it, however, by freezing takes up premium freezer space, better saved for other things. Kanyirninp a juku rrpa who also publish the canning stock. The canning stock route is 2,000 kilometres long, isolated and arduous, creating one of the greatest four wheel driving adventures australia has to offer.
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