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Location, not story related... Kalbarri was just hit by a cyclone last week, with 70% of all buildings destroyed or seriously damaged.
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“Would you like Francesca and me to pack up and leave too?” he asked eventually. “No, from what I have heard so far, you and Francesca are fine with having gay crew members on the team, unless your views have changed since we last spoke about it?” I replied. “No, I am fine with the lads, they seem like nice blokes, and I believe Francesca thinks they are darlings, and I am quoting her on that statement,” Hamish responded, and that made me laugh. “Well I guess then that you have Nathan
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While the Huon Duchess was out on charter for three days and away for three and a half, I decided to spend some time working on updating the company website, and the first thing that I did, was to upgrade the cyber security on the website, to prevent it from been attacked by malware, and other nasties that are online these days. I would need to update the photographs and include photos of the Huon Duchess and its crew, in the company uniform. Thinking of that, I picked up my mobile and dial
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There are a total of three bedrooms and a study, with the study filled with more bookshelves, a large solid desk and a chair, plus a number of wooden filing cabinets. “I have spoken to Rita about all of this, and she said to let you go through it all, and decide what to keep here and what to send to her,” the skipper said to me. “That is going to be some task, I might wait till Sarah gets here, then she can help me get through it all,” I responded, and my brothers were looking at the books
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“It is definitely arson, the fire department here; says that the whole ground floor of both buildings was soaked with diesel fuel and turpentine. There is absolutely nothing left at all because of the enormous heat of the fire. I am sorry mate, that is all the information that we have at the moment,” Anita said to me. “Ok thanks for letting me know, can you put Simon back on please,” I said to Anita. “Hey mate, so what do you want us to do? We were having a few days off as we don’t have any
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“No it won’t be a rough trip, as it is located in sheltered waters. The business part of the trip is to inspect a small expedition yacht that I would like to buy to use for paying guests on weekends and for me doing research during the week,” I replied. “If it is a motor yacht, won’t you need to have someone skipper it for you?” Neal asked, “Yes I will, I am hoping that I can a skipper and two crew members, who will do charters on weekends and during the week work part time on conservation
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You will love the cruise, I did it when I was in Tassie many years ago, and that was my fav part of the trip. The reflections on the river were amazing with the thick jungle on either side. Marie Island was also an interesting part of the trip. if you get a chance take the train ride from Strahan to Queenstown, which is amazing. Q
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Two weeks later I was standing at the back of a large crowd for the auction of the property, with the auction taking place at the recreation centre, and I was in shock at how the auction was going. “This is the last call for this wonderful semi rural property consisting of 9 acres of prime land, with views of the Indian Ocean, a four bedroom house, vineyards, fruit orchard and tree groves, any more bids for this wonderful property? Going once, going twice… Sold to the gentleman at the front
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I went to the connection of cars two and three, and unlatched the coupling, and disconnected the hydraulic hoses, before climbing up onto car three pushing the button inside the door of car three, which releases the brakes, and I immediately felt the train slowly roll backwards, as we were on a very slight decline, and I hit the button again, to activate the brakes, once we were about 500 metres from the wreck. Happy that some of the train was well away from the wreck, I ran forward towards
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We waited till all the crowds had returned to their vehicles and driven back to town, before we moved the train into the shed, to get out of the hot and dry direct sunlight. While the three-administration staff, caught a taxi to Exmouth, Dad and I had a meeting with the train crew, giving them their accommodation information, and also discussing with Reynold the head porter, on sourcing food and drink supplies for the return journey. Once that was done, the train crew and our family ca
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Master Vern Ashburton received a standing ovation from the Members of Parliament, on conclusion of his speech, and afterwards he and his father were invited to meet with Cabinet, to present a more detailed report on the companies plans. On leaving the public gallery, Mr Ashburton and his son were faced with the entire Lower House Members, lined up to shake their hands, before they left the building… and now onto the next story.” “You are famous now son” Dad said after we had both seen
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Nope it was back a few chapters, as I explained before, during the re editing, I shortened the Chapters, and is why the story is now 21 chapters long. Most of it hasn’t changed, just a missing chapter added earlier in the story.
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Isn’t the shit smelly enough for you WILL? 🐒💩🐒💩🐒💩
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Isn’t the shit smelly enough for you WILL? 💩💩💩
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“Fiddlesticks, it is my land, and you are trespassing” the man replied. “I think we have seen enough for now, Mr Goodman, we might as well return to Bunbury, the conventional way” I said ignoring the farmer, who stepped forward, and put his hand on my shoulder and forced me to turn to face him. “I suggest that you remove your hand, as you are assaulting my son, who is a minor” my Dad said as he stepped in between us, “Oh and who are you, to be so Mr High and Almighty” the farmer demanded, “
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Originally a comic strip, then comic books, eventually it became a theatre play that our farming family saw in Perth, it was so hilarious I hurt from too much laughing, and finally it became a movie.
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If you want a good farming story, there is one from New Zealand that is a classic...
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Because I have added the missing chapter, a lot of the previous comments will be out of order with the chapters.
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Dad called for a full ARG staff meeting, which included a now very pregnant Mum, Dad, myself, Franz and the other four staff, and we sat down in the conference room, to discuss our options. “I would first like to tackle a current situation, I would like to alter the timetable for the Esperance to Leonora trains, so as to have a morning and afternoon train from each end. It will be a very long day for the drivers and stewards, but with a very early start, the trains can reach Kalgoorli
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For the next two weeks, I remained either at home or in the office, assisting Sarah with running the business, which was doing very well, with at least two cruises each week, giving the crew between one and three days off between cruises, with the southern cruise been altered to include the Abrolhos Islands, but still remaining as a two day cruise. Emma and her puggles are still living at the zoo, and according to reports from Rachel, they have settled into their new home very nicely, so I
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Jondon- Story coming your way in two chapters... Q
