Too Long in the Bush

Description

This is the story of how, from 1956 to 1958, Len Beadell and his team made the first road to cross Central Australia from east to west, 1400 kilometres from the Alice Springs road to Carnegie homestead 650 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie. On the way he surveyed and built the Giles Meteorological Station and aerodrome before moving on to skirt the edge of the infamous Gibson Desert. Len’s happy nature keeps the tale bubbling along with humorous touches that make this remarkable journey one that every armchair traveller will enjoy. First published in 1965 this the first book from Len Beadell, describing his work to build roads across Australia’s vast interior as part of the initial surveys to establish the Woomera Rocket Range. Follow Len’s journey with the Westprint Outback Map – The Gunbarrel Highway. https://meridianmaps.com.au/product/gunbarrel-highway.
Lean Beadell, who has been called the last of the true Australia explorers, was born on a farm at West pennant Hills, NSW, in 1923. As a surveyor and road builder he has worked all over the Australian outback from Arnhem Land to the Gibson Desert. In 1958 he was awarded the British Empire Medal for his work in building the Gunbarrel Highway across central Australia. In 1987 he was made a fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Mining Surveyors (Aust) and the following year was awarded the Medal of the order of Australia. The author of six best selling books, he was married with three children, all of whom have features in outback Australia named after them.