Australia's Atomic Bomb and Rocket Roads

The author describes the extraordinary adventures and difficulties faced by Len Beadell and his group while surveying and constructing roads such as The Gunbarrel Highway and access roads to the Emu and Maralinga weapons-testing sites among many others.

Beadell showed remarkable courage and resourcefulness during his long and arduous solo reconaissance trips. In this book, Ian Bayly retraces Len Beadell's tracks and tells the stories associated with them.