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Lennie plaques updates 2 - Plaque Restoration Project
So, to continue. Covid-19 curtailed our tours of course, so we did no plaque maintenance during 2020 to 2022. In 2023 we were back at it...
Len Beadell Publications
Sep 16, 20241 min read
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Lennie plaque updates 1- Plaque Restoration Project
Hello everyone, I am sorry it has been so long but finally, here are some updates on our Plaque Restoration Project. This blog will...
Len Beadell Publications
Sep 9, 20242 min read
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A celebration of Len’s 100th birthday
This is a small profile of Len's life, to highlight his many achievements and celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday on 21...
Len Beadell Publications
Apr 24, 20234 min read
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Around the World in Eighty Delays
Len Beadell, author of six best-selling books about his exploits building the roads through Central Australia in connection with the...
Len Beadell Publications
Dec 4, 20223 min read
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Celebrating a special anniversary
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the completion of the Anne Beadell Highway and Connie Sue Highway in 1962. Connie Sue Highway...
Len Beadell Publications
Sep 15, 20223 min read
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Gunbarrel Road Construction Party
This is a tribute to all of the men who worked with Len for many years on the construction of the famous desert roads. They worked...
Len Beadell Publications
Jan 9, 20225 min read
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Happy Father's Day: A reflection from Gary Beadell
Wishing all the fathers and caregivers out there a very happy Fathers Day. I hope you are able to spend the day as well as you can, in...
Len Beadell Publications
Sep 5, 20212 min read
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VALE CAROLYN SHOEMAKER 24.06.29 - 13.08.21
PHOTO At the Grand Canyon - 16 October 1986 Rear L to R - Anne Beadell, Gene & Carolyn Shoemaker, Connie Beadell Front - Helen & Dick...
Len Beadell Publications
Sep 4, 20212 min read
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Covid-19 strikes again for 2021 Tours
Beadell Tours cancel final trip for 2021.
Len Beadell Publications
Aug 17, 20211 min read
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Beadell Tours - 19 June 2021
Hello everyone, Finally, an update as to how Covid-19 lockdowns have affected our little business. Well, after a forced year off from...
Len Beadell Publications
Jun 19, 20212 min read
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Beadell Tours - A COVID-19 Update
For obvious reasons Mick and I have cancelled the first two of our planned Beadell Tours for 2020. We have not officially cancelled...
Len Beadell Publications
Apr 10, 20201 min read
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Vale Dick & Clayton Lang
Vale Dick & Clayton Lang: Tragically killed in Kangaroo Island on January 3rd 2020 while helping to fight massive bushfires that swept throu
Len Beadell Publications
Jan 26, 20202 min read
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Vale Dr William Peasley AM
Vale Dr William Peasley: Dr William Peasley was well known as an author of books about Aboriginal history and Australian Explorers including
Len Beadell Publications
Jan 23, 20202 min read
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Len Beadell Library
Len Beadell was one of Salisbury's 'great characters', a modern pioneer whose life and work deserve to be preserved for future generations.
Len Beadell Publications
Dec 1, 20192 min read
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Plaque post dumped
It is the end of August 2019 and Mick & I have just finished our third tour for the year, starting at Coober Pedy and finishing in Alice Spr
Len Beadell Publications
Aug 24, 20192 min read
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Scouting - IT'S A GREAT LIFE!
Len Beadell's life changed forever when he joined the 1st Burwood Scout Group, NSW as a Cub in 1930. It gave him experience in surveying whi
Len Beadell Publications
Jun 2, 20192 min read
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Len's theodolite
Len's theodolite, Cooke Troughton & Simms Tavistock is the instrument on which Len performed the observations necessary for the majority of
Len Beadell Publications
May 22, 20191 min read
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Anne Beadell
Anne Beadell left much more of a legacy than the Anne Beadell Highway. The children give this tribute to their Mum on Mother's Day.
Len Beadell Publications
May 11, 20191 min read
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Queen Victoria Spring
Recent fires over 2018-9 have burnt out around Queen Victoria Spring with one of the 2 famous Grass Tree Sentinels having fallen victim.
Len Beadell Publications
May 10, 20191 min read
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Gary Highway
In Len Beadell's final year of road making, the reconnaissance and construction of the Gary Highway commenced on 27 April 1963. More can...
Len Beadell Publications
Apr 26, 20191 min read
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