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On the mezzanine level, there will be a small lobby lounge, with direct access to the lake-facing outdoor observation balcony, while down the hallway, behind a door, there are two medium-sized meeting rooms, two offices, a set of toilets – male and female, and a small staff room with kitchen and dining area, two store rooms, behind another security door, and a short passageway, on both sides of an open void area, that overlooks the Multi-Purpose area, leads to the large conference room, and exec
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Wow ! What a great story…. Thanks for writing it. Regards Preston, aka Quokka
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Wow! Awesome story.
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Having an idea that we would be in the area for some time, I decided to take a look around the area first thing in the morning, before anyone else was up and about, but for now, I had to concentrate on the latest and second earthquake to hit the area in twenty-four hours. This one was even stronger than the first one, at 5.7 on the scale, and with it being 45 kilometres due east of our current location, and being a lot shallower than the first one, we felt it a lot more than the first one.
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Just read this story again. thanks for a great story.
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It was about a month after the opening of the Devonport Complex, that I received an unexpected call, “Hello Xander, I have a special request to make, and it is quite a big decision to make,” the familiar voice said to me when I answered the call. “Go on Lewis, Lang and I are listening,” I replied, wondering what I was about to get dragged into. “Have you met that new lady that works at the shire? Joyce Holland is her name. Well anyway, she has only been with us for about six weeks, single
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I was pleased that all the guest accommodation and commercial space were operational on the Graze Road site, with the cottages almost fully booked for at least five days of each week, and with most of the commercial space now filled with new businesses. Meanwhile the work had just been completed to install six cottages on the three Plant Hill Road properties, and a four-suite commercial building on Highland Court property, which two have been leased out to a private medical group to establ
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It’s Fiction… what you you expect…
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“Shake, Rattle n Roll…” LOL
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“I will have to look at getting one of these for when we do other camping trips,” I commented, “Good luck with that, this is a one-off Jonas special, something that I designed and built myself. But I may consider lending it out to good friends on an occasion if I’m allowed to join them on future camping trips,” Jonas replied smiling. I chucked at this comment, “We will see how it goes for this trip shall we,” I replied, and Jonas appeared to be happy with that response. A few hours later,
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Looking at possible book four with this series…
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Landing on the Skeena River at the western end of town, I found what I was looking for, as marked on the map, the Helicopter Tours Base, where I could get Avgas for my plane, which is located right on the river, and I pulled up alongside the riverbank, and two men appeared to catch our mooring lines and to secure them. We managed to find accommodation at the lodge across the railway line from the river, but it was a 350-metre-long walk around to get there, and we checked in and set up our
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The main character was. That is why he wasn’t living with his Uncle and Aunt and youngest brother.
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Yes, there will be a book two for this story. Epilogue has just been added.
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Over the next few months, we settled into a routine of spending weekends at the Castalia house, with both of my brothers, as well as going out on picnics. Edgar had returned to doing painting again, which he had stopped doing after the death of our parents, and he even entered one of his newest paintings to the local art competition, where he received third place for his oil painting titled “Brothers Together” and second place for his oldest painting titled “Family”. The newest painting was
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“Be careful up there,” Emmanuel said as we set off towards the mountain, and over the next five hours we hiked around the West, North and East sides of the mountain, staying well away from the rock slide area, and we had a total of six sensors installed by the end of the day. We arrived back at camp just before dark, tired but happy that we had managed to complete the task. After a quick wash-up, Dr Judith was on the Sat phone to George at the university, while, I was finishing off the cali
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Thanks mate. 🤗🤗🤗 😀😀😀
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“I guess being Autistic, something in his mind also remembered that day, and when he had developed the skills to do painting, he did this as a reminder of that happy day,” I said to my friend. “Wow, that is so… weird,” George said as he struggled to explain how he felt about all of this news about me having another brother. I had a very unsettling night of rest, waking in the morning, feeling very tired and groggy, I was about to jump into the shower to get ready for school, when I remember
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That would be all good, if my brain worked that way when I am writing, but sadly it isn't. For some strange reason, the words come to my head as I am typing,. I have tried to think of the story in my head, and record it, but sadly all I get is a blank space with flickering, like a television that isn't working...
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I had made sure that Emmanuel and I had the very best equipment for this trip, with a quick set up, and a good quality four-man tent, so we had plenty of room inside, as well as light-weight camp stretcher cots, to keep us off the cold ground. Between Emmanuel and I, we carried all of our camping equipment, while the guides and porters that I had employed, would be carrying most of the research equipment, food, and the rest of the team’s camping gear, leaving them to carry a day pack of wat
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During the three weeks that it would take for the cargo ship to load, transport and unload the yacht, I would be giving the whole crew a paid holiday in the Mediterranean, which they were surprised and thrilled to hear. Once we re-join the yacht, we would be sailing south-east to Christmas Island, were our new home has been completed, and on a separate block of land, six kilometres away, there is a small staff village, with 6 two-bedroom cottages for the senior crew and officers and 4 three-bedr
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I glanced over in Langley’s direction, and he was now looking at me with a sad and worried look on his face. “I… I am so sorry. I had no idea that you would…” Langley began before Mrs Cooper cleared her throat to indicate to say no more. ‘It’s ok, you weren’t to know that I have connections to that place, and I had no idea that burying the knowledge, that it was the place where my father passed away, would affect me this way,” I replied. “Oh my god, I’m …” Langley started before he began to
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I highly recommend both train trips, but do the Indian Pacific West to East.
