Len Biddel, I think his name is. A few books written by him when he drove a bull dozer out in SAus opening up new roads and highways......details are a bit blury.......
Len Biddel, I think his name is. A few books written by him when he drove a bull dozer out in SAus opening up new roads and highways......details are a bit blury.......
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These two are written by a local historian of the Vic high country. I think you would like them both.
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firm351 (28th February 2014), MudRunnerTD (14th July 2018)
I think you mean Len Beadell he made the Connie sue Hwy named after his daughter and many more hwy in the Outback, . quite a guy and only passed away in 1995Originally Posted by NP99
Clowns used to take his marker plaques , so len struck some new ones and his daughter replaced them with the help of some 4x4 clubs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Beadell
Pretty sure the TLCCV moved Lens truck to a near by community to preserve this piece of history
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If you like Wilbur Smith novels you would also love Peter Watt novels, he's an Aussie writer, the frontier series is an epic saga about the Duffy and the Macintosh families and how their families have become forever linked. 8 book series starting out in the mid 1800's. Brilliant reading unputdownable stuff.
MudRunnerTD (28th February 2014), TPC (27th February 2014)
This one is an excellent book about pioneering days of road transport.They don't build men like these anymore
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A son of the red centre by Kurt Johannsen
Kurt Gerhardt Johannsen was born in 1915 at Deep Well, 80 km S of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia and showed early mechanical/inventive aptitude. A "Stock Journal of SA" book review (Nov 1992) gives some of the following information. He has been referred to as "the man who made things work" and "mechanic extraordinaire". He is best known for his development in 1946 of the first commercially viable road trains for cattle transport and other transportation. A Son of the Red Centre is a smorgasbord of memoirs and anecdotes from his colorful and fascinating life.
You're right John. They are good reads about the work he did with his team and machinery. Would have been good, but tough times out there
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Sorry to stray slightly form the original post, but does anybody read sci-fi novels?
Does the 3 litre Diesel engine count?
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Moondyne Joe: The man and the myth by Ian Elliot and The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes aren`t a bad read. Have read a few books in the past, but these two stuck in my mind the most.
firm351 (4th March 2014)
You know, the more i'm here the happier I am that I sprung for the 4.2TDoes the 3 litre Diesel engine count?
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