Len Beadell's Books.

Len Beadell (1923-1995) and a small team built a network of outback "highways" for the atomic-bomb testing programme and for the Woomera rocket range during the late 1950's and the 1960s. The names of these tracks are now part of Australian folk-lore: the Gunbarrel Highway, the Connie Sue Highway and so on. He was a great speaker and writer and put many of his experiences down on paper:

Len Beadell, Too Long In The Bush, Kevin Weldon isbn 0-947116-69-9, 1st pub' 1965. [more '98]

Len Beadell, Blast The Bush, Rigby Ltd. library of Congress #66-24167, 1st pub' 1967.

Len Beadell, Bush Bashers, Kevin Weldon isbn 0-947116-71-0, 1st pub' 1971.

Len Beadell, Still In The Bush, Kevin Weldon isbn 0-947116-70-2, 1st pub' 1975.

Len Beadell, Beating About The Bush, Kevin Weldon isbn 0-947116-72-9, 1st pub' 1976.

Len Beadell, End Of An Era, Kevin Weldon isbn 0-947116-73-7, 1st pub' 1983.

6-pack of the above: isbn 0-947116-74-5

Len Beadell, Outback Highways - a compilation of 5, Rigby isbn 0-7270-1083-2, 1979.

Len Beadell, Around the World in Eighty Delays, Corkwood Press 1997. [review]-

In addition, Mark Shephard has written A Lifetime in the Bush: the Biography of Len Beadell, Corkwood Press, 1998.

Len Beadell, Too Long in the Bush - Talking Book, read by Adelaide actor Mike Scheid, Len Beadell's "Too Long in the Bush" has now been released in two cassette tapes with a total duration of three hours. Mike's voice is very reminiscent of Lennie's: the tape will be a delight for long drives, camping in the bush as well as the armchair traveller. Price $19.95, Corkwood Press 1999.

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