Stock routes, tracks and bore drains

low mulga, road before being freshly graded.

Utility tracks along fenceline.

sheep tracks in mulga area

bore drains with presence of animal habitation,
mostly cattle and kangaroos.

Following a disused bore drain.

fresh grader track

Some bore drains today do not flow through paddocks due to the capping of bores. The dry drains are still predominant and many animals camp along the banks of these channels. Farmers used horse and dray to dig these channels without levels or GPS... I walked along one that has several tanks along this water course. Where once the distribution of water to stock was a linear pattern traversing the land, it is now a point source which includes tanks, dams and bores.

Stock routes  are described as coridoors and  follow watering points, originally so that stock can be shifted on foot. The development of some of these routes were established by Indigenous peoples, tracking the most expedient journey across various water sites. These coridoors are also used with electricity, gas, roads and other services and sometimes consist of more preserved ecosystems than their surrounds.
http://www.anbg.gov.au/anpc/apc/19-2_fensham.html

hand drawn property map showing water points which would include tanks, dams  and bores.