Tabletop SF51-11 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Great Sandy Desert dunes, historic wells, and the central Canning Stock Route—mapped across an immense and demanding inland landscape

Covering the central Canning Stock Route between approximately Wells 25 and 32, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet provides an authoritative regional view of exceptionally remote Great Sandy Desert country in inland Western Australia. Long sand ridges, broad interdunal swales, spinifex plains, claypans, drainage depressions, and isolated rocky rises form a landscape where reliable large-area context is essential.

The Tabletop sheet brings the stock route, historic wells, surrounding terrain, natural water features, vegetation, and remote tracks together in one coherent view. It is especially valuable for expedition planning, land and heritage management, geological or environmental fieldwork, and emergency coordination across culturally significant Country where distances are immense and services are extremely limited.

At 1:250,000 scale (1 cm = 2.5 km), this is the **largest scale at which published topographic maps cover

Tabletop’s Great Sandy Desert location, central Canning Stock Route coverage and 900 × 500 mm dimensions were verified against AIATSIS, Mapworld’s Canning Stock Route guide, and the existing product record.

Tabletop SF51-11 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Great Sandy Desert dunes, historic wells, and the central Canning Stock Route—mapped across an immense and demanding inland landscape

Covering the central Canning Stock Route between approximately Wells 25 and 32, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet provides an authoritative regional view of exceptionally remote Great Sandy Desert country in inland Western Australia. Long sand ridges, broad interdunal swales, spinifex plains, claypans, drainage depressions, and isolated rocky rises form a landscape where reliable large-area context is essential.

The Tabletop sheet brings the stock route, historic wells, surrounding terrain, natural water features, vegetation, and remote tracks together in one coherent view. It is especially valuable for expedition planning, land and heritage management, geological or environmental fieldwork, and emergency coordination across culturally significant Country where distances are immense and services are extremely limited.

At 1:250,000 scale (1 cm = 2.5 km), this is the largest scale at which published topographic maps cover the entire Australian continent—ideal for regional planning, land management, emergency coordination, and serious remote-area navigation.

Need to confirm adjoining sheets or wider coverage? Explore the official AUSTopo 1:250,000 Map Index.

🧭 Why this map stands out

• Updated mapping (2025) — aligned to modern Australian datums for confident, current use

• Central Canning Stock Route coverage — understand the route and surrounding country between approximately Wells 25 and 32

• True desert perspective — extensive dune systems, spinifex plains, claypans, and remote access corridors shown in one coherent view

• Professional-grade cartography — relied on by emergency services, engineers, researchers, and land managers

• Dual coordinate systems — seamless transition between office planning and field navigation

• Printed in Australia — precision output, locally finished and quality-checked

🗺️ What you’ll see

• Contours and spot elevations across sand ridges, low rises, and isolated rocky features

• The central Canning Stock Route and its network of remote vehicle tracks

• Historic wells, rockholes, claypans, drainage lines, and seasonal water features

• Extensive dunefields, interdunal swales, and broad desert plains

• Vegetation patterns across remote spinifex country

• Place names, administrative boundaries, and clear grid overlays for accurate positioning

📐 Map details at a glance

• Scale: 1:250,000

• Series: AUSTopo — Australian Digital Topographic Map Series

• Coverage: Tabletop SF51-11

• Map currency: 2025

• Coordinates: Geographical & MGA

• Datum: GDA2020, AHD

• Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

• Sheet size: 900 mm (W) × 500 mm (H)

💧 Field-Ready Options for Rugged Use

Choose the format that best suits your intended use—from lightweight trip planning to demanding all-weather fieldwork.

✅ Standard Paper

• Printed on 100 gsm FSC® coated paper

• Produces crisp, clear text and finely defined map symbols

• Lightweight and convenient for general reference or protected field use

• An economical choice for trip planning, research and office applications

✅ Waterproof and Tearproof Tyvek®

• Made from genuine DuPont™ Tyvek®, an advanced synthetic material composed of pure polyethylene fibres

• Waterproof, tear-resistant, foldable and extremely lightweight

• Printed using HP pigment-based inks for a permanent waterproof finish

• Suitable for backpacks, vehicles and exposed field conditions

• Ideal for bushwalkers, emergency personnel and outdoor professionals

• Provides exceptional durability without the weight and bulk of lamination

✅ Laminated

• Fully encapsulated between two 80-micron gloss laminate sheets

• Highly resistant to water, stains, smudges and tearing

• Draw on the surface with whiteboard markers for route planning or instruction

• Use Mark-It-Dots to identify campsites, hazards, access points or other locations without marking the map permanently

• Wipeable and reusable

• Ideal for offices, classrooms, operations centres and repeated field reference

🎯 Who it’s for

• Emergency services and remote-area coordinators

• Aboriginal organisations, ranger teams, and cultural heritage professionals

• Conservation, land-use, and environmental managers

• Geologists, surveyors, researchers, and infrastructure planners

• Experienced Canning Stock Route travellers and 4WD expedition planners

• Educators, historians, and Australian map collectors

🇦🇺 Our commitment

Every AUSTopo map we supply is printed and finished in Australia, colour-managed for accuracy, hand-checked, and packed with care—so it arrives ready for real-world use.

Plan, brief, and explore the Tabletop region with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your kit today.