Still in the Bush by Len Beadell (Lansdowne)

Still in the Bush

by Len Beadell

Lansdowne, 1994, ISBN 1863024034, black and white photographic plates, black and white illustrations, illustrated endpapers (maps), paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges, and corners, previous owners’ inscription on half title page (see photographs)

“Laden with trig poles, theodolites – and porridge – 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.”