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Once we were anchored properly, all crew who had by now packed all of their belongings, boarded the dinghies, and headed to the beach, with Hunter, James and myself being the last to leave, once the yacht was completely shut down and locked up, and we left all three dinghies in the care of the local surf club, while taxis transported us to our accommodation. It took nearly a week for the police and army ordinance disposal team to finish their investigation, which gave the crew some time to
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True, but as stated at front of story, this is a true and ongoing situation, with some very unhappy residents having their lives disrupted by the current foreign development company.
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I only learnt of my nobility blood, when I was sixteen, and boy has there been many changes since then, including meeting the Queen twice. The Earl has asked me to be his representative during this project period, both here on Keswick as well as on St Bees Island, where some upgrades are also in progress…” I said to begin my announcement. After going through everything that Robert has planned for the island, I stated that we wished to work alongside the current Head Leaseholder, to better t
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Sure enough, the following day, the media had got wind of what was happening, and it was big news. “Keswick Residents Celebrate a win” was the front-page headline, and “Chinese Development Company Cries Foul” was the headline on an article two pages in. Thankfully there was very little mentioned about the current projects happening on Keswick and St Bees Islands, so I wouldn’t be hounded by the media, well for now anyway. When one of the Rangers asked to speak to me, via a message from Sama
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“My Lord, it appears that Mr Hammersley here does not believe in the traditions of the royal family and aristocracy,” James said to me when I entered the Bridge saloon, and I saw a nervous paramedic standing nearby, and I turned to face him. “You have been on board my yacht for some time now, and you know that I have a title, so what is this about not paying respect to my cousins just a short time ago?” I asked. “I am sorry Mr Crawford, but that is how I feel, I do not wish to upset anyone
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Your forgiven, mate….
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Christmas Island is a beautiful island. i visited it nearly two years ago.
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Austrian or Australian? Big difference…
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It does help that i am familiar with the area - Mid West of Western Australia, my home state.
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Next door to Keswick Island is St Bees Island, of which is 2,720 acres, of which 12 acres is leasehold, which I have purchased, with a remaining twenty-year lease,” Robert announced, and both of us were stunned at this news. I would like to make this a special holiday home for you both, and the first thing I want to do, it to replace the homestead with a more solid, cyclone-proof home, that won’t blow away easily, Next, I want to replace the holiday home with two cyclone proof, holiday cott
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Great Story, Thanks… Q
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After a few months of cruises around the Strahan area, I decided that I needed a change, but with my responsibilities in Tasmania, I was very reluctant to just fly off to Scotland and spend some time there. Instead, I decided on having an extended holiday onboard my new yacht, with just the crew on board. I discussed this with Mum and Brad one evening while having dinner in town, and Mum said that she has had enough travelling for now, and she is very happy with life in the lifestyle villag
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After a few months of cruises around the Strahan area, I decided that I needed a change, but with my responsibilities in Tasmania, I was very reluctant to just fly off to Scotland and spend some time there. Instead, I decided on having an extended holiday onboard my new yacht, with just the crew on board
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Sorry about the delays with finishing this story, I was away for a week and also busy with other stuff. Hope you enjoyed the story. Currently working on a new book of an existing story. Q
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After some discussions between Marc and the Captain, they decided to stay in the upper reaches of Monument Harbour, for at least one more week, and in that time, they would decide on where they would be heading next, the problem was now, I was not entirely sure if I wanted to remain on the yacht or not. Because of the time stranded on Six Foot Lake, it was decided that we would return to Invercargill for another restock of supplies, and because we have already gone through the customs proc
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DV Ch 9 - Happily Life Goes On
quokka commented on quokka's story chapter in DV Ch 9 - Happily Life Goes On
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Aussie Pioneers… That story has a bit of significance to my ancestors, who came to Western Australia, when the Swan Colony was young. Great great grandfather was a Barrister in London, before immigrating to WA with his young family. With no call for Barristers in the Swan Colony (Western Australia) in those days, he and his family travelled about 80 kilometres inland and leased some land and took up farming. Farming continues for five more generation on my branch of the family.
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“Marc, do you have extra crew?” I asked, “Yes, I have a 2nd Engineer, a Galley Cook, a Steward and a Deckhand added recently,” Marc replied. “How do you fit in with this crowd, Devlin?” Rebecca asked me, “Well… Um, it is a little complicated…” I started to say, and Marc laughed. “He is my special guest, we met some time back, and I would like to get to know him a bit better than a friend, but he has a few personal problems he is trying to cope with, and Brady, who is an old school friend of
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Our four and a bit hour flight to Sydney went very smoothly, arriving at 5.15 in the afternoon, and once we had our luggage, we had a chauffer car take us to our hotel for our overnight stay, where we would change to tourist mode, for our two our early morning flight to Lord Howe Island, arriving there just after 9 am. “Good morning gentlemen, can you tell me which accommodation you are staying at while on the island please,” the uniformed lady at the counter asked us as we stepped into the
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Loved that movie…
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Yes, i see the errors and will fix them… Q
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Once Sam and the lads had enjoyed their time in the jacuzzi, and we had returned to the harbour, they appeared wrapped in the cosy robes, “Thank you very much Mr Stalder for the chance to check out your yacht and enjoy the jacuzzi”, the lads said to Marc, “We will go and shower and change before dinner is ready,” Sam added. “Your welcome, and dinner will be served at 7pm sharp,” Mark replied as Brady’s phone rang, and he stood up and stepped out of the room to answer the call, while the fis
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Not this time…
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Goodness me…. So many question!
