[3] It was built during 1956 and 1957 by the Gunbarrel Road Construction Party (GRCP) surveyed and led by Len Beadell, for the Weapons Research Establishment at Woomera, South Australia.

Len Beadell was given the task of selecting a team and constructing access roads from the test locality to the future weather station.

[4] In June 1956, after the Gunbarrel Highway had reached Giles, and the airstrip was laid out, Beadell returned to Mount Davies to begin a solo reconnaissance towards the south-east to survey a route for another road to link up with Emu Field.

There had been recent rains which made the going tough, and early in the journey he suspected that a front axle of his four-wheel drive vehicle was broken due to slow progress in moist sand.

The vehicle was equipped with a high-frequency radio, so he was still able to contact his base, but suddenly the rear axle broke and further progress ceased with 110 kilometres (68 mi) to go.

[7] Beadell returned to Mount Davies in July 1956 and led the GRCP with a bulldozer and grader back towards Emu Field, to begin construction of the new road.

A note on the reference map states "All roads and tracks in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Land area are not accessible by the general public.