More of Denis in the media
Australasian Post
February, 1987
"Wonderman Denis in solar triumph"...
Womans Day
February, 1987
"Denis Bartell finishes an epic adventure in a solar powered car"...
Bushdriver Magazine
June, 1987
"The Frozen Sea” It is late afternoon. I stagger to the top of this red dune. It’s a journey I’ve made many times before and hopefully will continue to make for many years to come"...
4 X 4 Australia Magazine
November, 1990
"Denis Bartell is one of Australia’s great adventurers. During the 70’s and 80’s he achieved many firsts in the Simpson Desert and last year set out to be the first to paddle the Cooper Creek"...
Australian Geographic
June, 1992
"Riding the flood to an inland sea – Adventurer Denis Bartell sets out to canoe the floodwaters of the Cooper Creek"...
Noosa Blue
No.12 1993
"Transcontinental walker Denis Bartell has crossed Australia’s sparse deserts, canoed the floodwaters of our largest rivers and broken many records"...
Sunshine Coast Daily
1994
"Denis Bartell can surely be called the ultimate outback adventurer – an extraordinary adventurer who knows no bounds"...
Australasian Post
August, 1994
"Sampson of the Simpson"...
The Australian
November, 1994
"A contemporary Australian explorer and one of the quintessential characters of Australia’s inland shows how he can phone home from his camel while exploring the central Australian desert"...
Australian Geographic
1994
"AG Society Chairman and Founder, Dick Smith, presents our Gold Medallion to 1994 Adventurer of the Year, Denis Bartell"...
Australasian Post
February, 1995
"Adventurer and modern day explorer Denis Bartell, 61, has crossed the Simpson more than 60 times. He has done it by foot, by vehicle, even pushing a cart – now he’s done it by camel"...
4 X 4 Australia
July, 1995
"Ted Colson, in 1936, became the first white man to cross the Simpson Desert by camel. Last year, Denis Bartell took Danny Colson for a “dreamtime” trip into his father’s past"...
