Bush Bashers

Beadell, Len

ISBN 10: 0727015745 / ISBN 13: 9780727015747

Published by Rigby, Adelaide, 1982

About this Item

Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Maps to endpapers. Previous owner's blindstamp to half-title page and tiny remainder dot to base. 163 pages. Continues the story of Len Beadell and his "Gunbarrel Road Construction Party". Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Seller Inventory # 325238

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bush Bashers
• Publisher: Rigby, Adelaide
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0727015745
• ISBN 13: 9780727015747
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st thus.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Aust-Travel

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Synopsis

In this book, Len Beadell tells the story of his second road across Australia which was driven 1600 kilometres from east to west, from South Australia to West Australia through the heart of the Great Victoria Desert. Construction took years, as the road was driven through the almost impenetrable mulga scrub and over sand ridges which until Beadell's bulldozer came along had stopped everything but camels. For five months the author's wife and infant daughter camped with him in the desert. The stay of this youngest member of the team is commemorated by the Connie Sue Highway, a 650 kilometre stretch of road which extends from the Warburton Ranges to Rawlina on the Nullarbor. Despite all the hardships and difficulties of battling the bush, the projects always had their lighter side. In his own inimitable style, Len Beadell tells the story with an eye for the human and humorous details that make a memorable enterprise into a lively and readable tale.