Ghost Road of the Drovers
The Murranji: a waterhole, a region, track and legend. Although only 240 kilometres long, of all the difficult stock routes in Australia the Murranji Track gained one of the fiercest reputations. Inpart, this was because much of the track passed through great jungles of dense, dark and extremely hard lancewood scrub, the ‘dismal dreary forest’ that explorer John McDougall Stuart tried unsucessfully to penetrate in the early 1860′s. Later when a way through was found, it was a shortcut for drovers and others travelling to and from the Kimberley and Victoria Rover, but there were many dangers along the way.
audio excerpt of The Murranji Track
Cat no: 3554