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After nearly four weeks in the hospital, the doctors had me begin physical therapy, and this showed how badly affected I was by this disease, as I had become very weak, and I needed to get all the muscles in my limbs working properly again, and after the first two daily sessions I was very frustrated at how weak I had become and how hard it was to move my arms and legs. A week later, shortly after lunch, I was surprised to see Mum walk into my room with Mr Battersby following, and I frowned as I

Looking at the photo that Leah had sent me, I had seen him before, but I couldn’t quite remember where from, and I had the screen of the photo on the phone when I sat down at the table for dinner that evening. “Hey, why do you have a photo of Kristian on your phone?” my brother Finn asked me, who always sits next to me at the dining table, “You know this person?” I asked sounding surprised, “I sure do, he is my best mate – Aden’s older brother, he is about a year or two younger than you,” Finn s

Grandfather from the Sheep Station is on Cooper’s father side of the family. The estate near Toodyay is from his mother’s side of the family, hence his cousins have no say on how it is run, as it is owned by Cooper from his maternal grandmother…

I headed back to the Watch Tower, not sure if I would find the young man there or not when I arrived. A few hundred metres before the Tower, I tooted the horn three times, and slowed right down, before parking in my usual undercover carport behind the tower. Once I had unlocked the back main door, I slowly entered, “Hello, this is Cooper entering, you can leave if you want or stay too, I don’t mind either way,” I said as I paused at the door and listened, and I heard no sounds so I entered, and

“Hello son, how are things up at Cobblers?” Dad asked when he answered the call, “A few minor problems but it is all sorted. I discovered that Andrew Frazer from high school is now a police officer and is based at Toodyay, we caught up for a chat and drink yesterday afternoon after he had finished work, and I think we will be staying in touch now that we work in the same region. Anyway, the main reason I called is I had a thought today about my cousins, which I wanted to run by you,” I sai

“G’day. Many of you have heard of the Avon Descent boat race from Northam to Bayswater, held in early August each year, where competitors and their crew and a band of dedicated volunteers camp alongside the Avon River at Cobblers Pool. We are very happy to inform you that as of this weekend, for six months of the year, the new and improved Cobblers Pool Campsite is available for campers to stay for a maximum of three nights a month… All 30 dedicated campsites are non-power sites, but there are t

Maybe it was the police…. Wanting to get back at them for being stopped by a senior AFP officer?

The next morning, after a bit of a sleep-in, I listened to the news as I ate breakfast when the next news item came on and I splatted my tea when I heard what the newsreader said. “We have a report of an incident that took place yesterday morning when the Governor of Western Australia was denied access to a property where there is a suitable function area to view the Avon Descent Race. Sources claim that the WA Police Escort and the Governor’s official vehicle were denied entry into the property

Chapt 11 of Springbank will be a little longer than previous chapters. Q

“Did you hear all of that boss?” Davies asked me as his voice became clearer, “Yes, can you just hang back in the background, I just want to hear what else is said,” I replied,” I responded, and Davies chuckled, “I was planning on doing that anyway,” he said to me and I heard a bit of rustling and a sigh, and not far away I could hear discussions happening within the Support Unit. “Look guys, be thankful that we have all of these wonderful facilities for us to use this year, it is far better tha

Thanks Ant…

AFP - Australian Federal Police, rank of Inspector

With the bigger vehicles now in place, Geoff, Jasper and I headed over to the shipping container behind the shed, which was the temporary store of all the chairs and tables, so we could set them up inside the shed, and we watched as several vehicles passed by, all of them carrying the required stickers on the vehicle allowing them access to the property. “I have a couple of those for you too, to put on your vehicle and one other that you nominated to have access,” Geoff said to me,” Just my vehi

Near the gate to the house, the 20-foot standard building would be placed on top of ten concrete blocks that would be delivered in the morning, along with a set of stairs, for easy access, and a waste holding tank and a water tank. This building has only partly been completed, with a functioning bathroom and basic kitchen area, and all internal walls, windows and plumbing installed, which is a basic one-bedroom cabin, which would be ideal as the Race Official’s building for the race, as the bedr