Still in the bush / Len Beadell.
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TextPublication details: Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : New Holland, c1975Description: 175 p., [16] p. of plates. : ill., maps ; 21cmISBN: 9781864367836Subject(s): Beadell, Len, 1923-1995 | Woomera Rocket Range -- History | Launch complexes (Astronautics) -- South Australia -- Woomera | Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Launching | Australia, Central -- Description and travelDDC classification: 994.238 Summary: "We're looking for someone to start some sort of rocket range - or something." Len Beadell accepted the challenge in this casual remark and began his involvement in what was to become a multi-billion dollar weapons testing project in the Australian outback - on the Woomera Rocket Range. Beadell and his team built roads, laid out town sites and undertook an enormous survey programme in order to prepare a test launching area. The problems ranged from taking astrofixes in a cloudy sky and becoming surrounded by a sea of red mud to patching a bald spot on a pet joey. All were solved by using those two most necessary ingredients of life in the bush - ingenuity and imagination. Beadell's descriptions of the countryside, the adventures the team experienced, and the characters they encountered are by turns illuminating and hilarious.Summary: Australian Outback.Summary: Travel Writing;
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 994.238 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111047728942 |
First published: 1965.
"We're looking for someone to start some sort of rocket range - or something." Len Beadell accepted the challenge in this casual remark and began his involvement in what was to become a multi-billion dollar weapons testing project in the Australian outback - on the Woomera Rocket Range. Beadell and his team built roads, laid out town sites and undertook an enormous survey programme in order to prepare a test launching area. The problems ranged from taking astrofixes in a cloudy sky and becoming surrounded by a sea of red mud to patching a bald spot on a pet joey. All were solved by using those two most necessary ingredients of life in the bush - ingenuity and imagination. Beadell's descriptions of the countryside, the adventures the team experienced, and the characters they encountered are by turns illuminating and hilarious.
Australian Outback.
Travel Writing;
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