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Once inside, four of Marcus’s class mates closed and locked the door, and stood guard, as Marcus, George and I approached the front counter, where the Deputy Principal was in discussion with one of the admin staff. “Mr Patterson, what can I do for you, and who are these two strangers?” the Deputy Principal asked Marcus. “Sir, one of these boys is not a stranger to this school, may I introduce Austin Kimbolton, a former student and older brother to current student Oscar Kimbolton and this is
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It was about five weeks into my new university semester when I arrived home, and my Mum was smiling broadly, as I walked into the house. “What is it Mum, why the big grin?” I asked, “You will see my dear boy, just go for a drive to the park next to the yacht club and you will see,” my Mum replied, so I did as she suggested, and I took a three-kilometre drive down to the park, on the east side of the Main Street Bridge, and as I looked out towards the harbour, sitting on its banks was a DHC-6 Twi
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Deepdale Island, where Huon passed away…
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Wow!!! 12 😡responses, that must be a new record for one chapter… is that a good thing or a bad thing for me as the author?..
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Before you kick a fictional character butt, may I suggest that you sit in a quiet location and do some deep breathing…. In through the nose, out through the mouth… do that a few times. now, do you feel better? I hope so…. 😉😁😇
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“I am afraid, that my report is not much better, I did a good look around all the deck areas and all around the bridge, there is signs that the yacht has been used as a battering ram, with very poor workmanship with repairs, and the condition of the bridge is not much better, with what looks like holes been punched in the walls by an angry person, and the repairs not done properly,” Captain Anton added. “The guest cabins are all in good order, but I can’t say the same for the crew cabins, w
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“Locked, I wonder what is on the other side?” the second teenager said. “Hop onto my shoulders and I will lift you up, then you can stand on my shoulders to look over the top,” the first boy said. “You do that and you will get a face full of high pressure water, so don’t even try it boys,” I growled in a deep voice, to sound much older than I am, and to disguise that I was probably the same age as them. “Oh shit,” I heard one of the boys say as there was rustling and footsteps leaving the f
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Moments after Leah had departed the room, a very worried looking Xavier and Wyatt arrived, with Xavier holding the sat phone, which he handed over to me. “Hello, Alexander speaking,” I said not sure who was on the other end. “Xander, this is Sebastian, I presume you have received the news of your yachts peril?” my cousin said to me, “Yes, only a minute or two ago, how bad is it?” I responded. “I would say it is a write off, thankfully the Captain had taken that decision to have all the crew
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Because it’s an Indigenous community, where access entry is only by permission.
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It wasn’t that I didn’t like country music; it was just listening to it for the whole day that was getting me a little annoyed. I remembered to put my mobile on charge before going to bed, so I could listen to some of my music for the next stage of the trip. The following morning, I was woken up at 4:30 am and after a quick breakfast, we packed up everything, before loading the cattle onto the truck again, and we were on the road by 5.15 am. About three hours later, we slowed and turned rig
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“That would be because, one group of Islands included in the proposal, is the Montebello Islands, and because of their close proximity to…” Lewis said, “To Barrow Island, yes, I get it now,” I said finishing off his sentence, and Lewis smiled and nodded his head. “So how many islands and reefs are we talking about here?” Lang asked, speaking up for the first time, which made me smile. “Well, the Montebello Islands consists of 174 islands, and is at the most southern point of the group for t
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A few days later at Gran’s funeral, which the lawyer had informed me had been pre paid, with all the arrangements been made by Gran in advance, there were about a dozen elderly people that I did not know, but guessed were friends of Gran’s. The only other people to attend, were Mr & Mrs Castalia, a very frail looking and wheelchair bound Mr Perugino, Mrs Young from the school, George, Toby, Margaret, Samantha and Julia, my Uncle Henry and Aunt Kitty, and my little brother Oscar, who looked v
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Eventually, I learnt that the boy had witnessed his mother’s boyfriend, hitting and pushing her around and that the man had threatened to hurt Toby if the mother or he ever said anything to anyone. The poor kid was frightened like a scared cat, and I had to keep reassuring the boy that he was perfectly safe here, with me and Dr Jillian next door. When there was a light knock on the door, I stood up and opened it up, Jillian was standing in the hall, and I could see the boy’s mother w
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Located 850 metres in a straight line and 1.85 kms by road, north-west of the CI Resort and former Casino, on Golf Course Road, where I had plans to build a holiday home there, where we can stay whenever we are in the area. As a sweetener to get the purchase freehold, I offered to pay for the construction of a 600-metre sea wall, located just 200 metres offshore, and just 50 metres north of the offloading facility nearby, so as to protect ships that are anchored there. It would also be use
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No secrecy, it was just a decision he made after learning that Langley had skills that could be used on the journey back home.
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I think you need to look a bit bigger at the picture… Austin needs friends and support, the councillor asking George to keep an eye on him and help him get through this difficult time is far more important… this is why I absolutely detest America’s obsession to sue people for anything and everything. it is just so wrong.
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“Are you ok?” I asked Toby softly in concern, “Yeah, I am fine, just had a sudden pain in the shin,” he replied, before giving George a evil stare, which almost made me laugh out loud. “So are you ok Austin, we have been worried about you, as you never miss school, unless you are seriously ill,” Margaret asked me. “Yeah, I am fine thanks, I’ve had some family issues to deal with, I am ok now, as I saw Mrs Young enter the canteen and indicated to George to come to see her, and I groaned when
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“Are you on holiday?” Marcus asked me, “Yes, this is the Northern Summer holidays for me, and I have just completed three years of University studies, which I started early because, I am too smart for my boots, and finished my high school education at the age of fifteen,” I said, and both lads laughed at this comment. We chatted away as we headed north once we were on the Stuart Highway, before turning right onto the Plenty Highway, and about twenty minutes later turning left onto the main
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Thanks Anton i wish to agree with your last passage, to all those at Sea, in Port or elsewhere. Merry Christmas
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After we had shaved and showered, and looking a bit more presentable, we arrived at the Bridge to see that Chris and Christine had returned, as had Grayson the 2nd Engineer. “Here they are, the three blind mice,” Captain Anton said as we entered, and we gave him a smile before sitting down on the lounge. “What is the arrival time of the rest of the crew and guests?” I asked, “We are going to collect them sir, firstly the crew this afternoon, and in the morning, we will collect our guests,”
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Life was just usual and average, well it was until I received the devastating news that my parents were killed in a train derailment crash, while on a short holiday in Queensland, and while they were away, I was staying with my maternal grandmother – my only relative on Mum’s side of the family. My12 year old younger brother Oscar is currently living with my Aunt Kitty and Uncle Frank on my father’s side of the family, and for some reason that side of the family have had a total dislike of
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After the death of our parents in a train crash while on holidays, my younger brother and I are separated, he went to live with Uncle Frank and Aunt Kitty, while I went to live with our grandmother, who was getting on a bit now and needed some assistance around the house. After the sudden death of Gran, which was just short of my 18th birthday, I continue to live in the Flat at the back of Grans home, and continue attending my final year at school. That is when events started to happen that changed my life forever...
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“You have a Cessna I believe?” I commented, “Yes, Lara mentioned that to you I presume, did she tell you that we own and manage two other stations? Yambah Station is on our northern boundary and Bushy Park, which is on the North East boundary of Yambah,” Andrew said. “How big is the area in total with all three stations?” I asked, “Approximately 5,500 square km or 1.4 million acres in total,” Fiona replied. “Wow, that is quite a big property then,” I commented, “Not really, there are far bi
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