Come with us on the Canning track

Motoring.com.au joins Mercedes-Benz on a trek across the historic Canning Stock Route in trusty G-Wagens
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Mercedes-Benz Australia is taking on the Canning Stock Route with a brace of G-Class wagons to celebrate the return of the trusty offroaders to the local market.

The Canning Stock Route is Australia's longest and loneliest track. Measuring 2013km, it runs from Wiluna, 950km northeast of Perth to Halls Creek in the north, crossing through the Little Sandy, Great Sandy and Gibson Deserts.

Although a significant part of Australia's pioneering outback history, more recently it's become a mecca for adventurers from around Australia and overseas wanting to tick off the 'Mt Everest' of off-road challenges.

We’ll be up against long stretches of corrugated roads, hundreds of sand dunes and wayward wildlife… But we’re also hoping for some sightseeing of the countryside around the historical well sites that Canning and his crew placed at great personal expense on the original cattle route.

We'll provide regular updates including photos, from the driver's seat (and campsites) along this famous route, relaying some of the uniqueness of one of the most remote and captivating regions of the country.

Currently we’re ahead of a very tight travel schedule, heading to Durba Springs. You can read our updates below and see the amazing photos shot by Peter Watkins.
Tracking the Canning Stock Route:

>> Ahead of schedule: Day 4

>> No turning back: Day 3

>> Road to nowhere: Day 2

>> Australia's longest and loneliest track