Still in the Bush
by Beadell, Len
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1864367830
- ISBN 13
- 9781864367836
- Seller
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About This Item
Chatswood, NSW : New Holland, 2001. Edition Not Stated. Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo. Binding is tight and spine is fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean Laden with trig poles, theodolites - and porridge - Len Beadell and his team built roads, laid out town sites and undertook an enormous survey programme in order to prepare a test launching area in one of the most isolated parts of the world.
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.
in 'Still in the Bush' Len Beadell's descriptions of the countryside, the adventures the team experienced, and the Australian bush characters they encountered are by turns illuminating and hilarious. His high-spirited account of the work that had to be done 'before they called it Woomera' makes vivid and entertaining reading. B & W photos
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.
in 'Still in the Bush' Len Beadell's descriptions of the countryside, the adventures the team experienced, and the Australian bush characters they encountered are by turns illuminating and hilarious. His high-spirited account of the work that had to be done 'before they called it Woomera' makes vivid and entertaining reading. B & W photos
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56415
- Title
- Still in the Bush
- Author
- Beadell, Len
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Not Stated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1864367830
- ISBN 13
- 9781864367836
- Publisher
- New Holland
- Place of Publication
- Chatswood, NSW
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 175
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Road construction Len Beadell. Woomera, engineer, road construction, desert, Central Australia
- X weight
- 200 kg
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