Wapet Road

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Wapet Road Also known as Kidson Track is an outback track in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The name Wapet Road followed the early exloration roads cut by WAPET. Despite its prevalent passing through desert, birdwatchers and others access the track, despite its difficult traverse [1]

It follows approximately the Canning Basin boundary in the Great Sandy Desert from a starting point 45 km south west of the Sandfire Roadhouse on the Great Northern Highway that continues some 500 kilometres south east to the Kunawaritji community on the Canning Stock Route.

It passes through country known as Western Desert (Australia) and more specifically the Martu Determined Native title Area, parts of the Kidson track also pass through other Native Title Areas including Nyungamarta and Ngurra.

There is a separation of the Kidson Track from the Wapet Road as separate parts of the same track on one source -[2] - however another does not make the distinction [3]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/123182/20101115-1936/birdingwa.iinet.net.au/birds/species/australian_bustard.html
  2. ↑ Map of Wapet Road in Western Australia - Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia
  3. ↑ Hema Maps (2007) Great Desert Tracks of Australia Map Pack, North West Sheet. ISBN 978-1-86500-165-4 Edition: 4. Scale: 1:1 250,000

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