TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beadell,Len
TI  - Too long in the bush
SN  - 187662213X (J.B. Books)
U1  - 625.709942 21
PY  - 2014///?]
CY  - Sydney, NSW
PB  - New Holland
KW  - Beadell, Len,
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Surveyors
KW  - Australia
KW  - Biography
KW  - Roads
KW  - Central Australia
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - fast
KW  - Travel
KW  - Australia, Central
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - 1951-1975
KW  - Gunbarrel Highway (W.A.)
N1  - First published: Adelaide : Rigby, 1965; Some copies distributed by J.B. Books, PO Box 118, Marleston SA 5033; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "Straight as a gunbarrell, they bulldozed their way through saltbush, sand-dunes, desert and salt lakes to make Australia's most incredible road - the Gunbarrell Highway ... From 1956 to 1958, Len Beadell and his team made the first road to cross Central Australia from east to west, 1500 kilometres from the Alice Springs road to ... 850 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie ... Beadell, using astronomical observations, would survey up to 400 of the projected road entirely alone ... Returning to his construction team, he would supervise operations as the road was pushed slowly forward"--Publisher's description
ER  -