Beadell, Len BUSH BASHERS, Lansdowne Publishing Company, Sydney, 1998. Softcover in very good condition, black and white illustrations and sketches, map on front endpapers, 163 pages. Beadell tells the story of his second road across Australia which was driven 1600 kilometres from east to west, from South Australia to West Australia through the heart of the Great Victoria Desert. For five months the author's wife and infant daughter camped with him in the desert. Beadell tells the story with an eye for the human and humorous details that make a memorable enterprise into a lively and readable tale.