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“Yes well I was just doing my job, as to the Minister’s requirements,” I responded, as I looked at his name badge, which read Lionel James. “And the reason why you are here today,” the Minister added. “As you see the report of location is incorrect, it is actually Dry Island that the Ship has landed on, and from my observations, it is not going anywhere in a real hurry,” Lionel commented to us. “Did all the passengers and crew get off safely?” the Minister asked, “Yes sir, only six senior o
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I stayed with Rachel, while she did a full check up on Emma and her puggles, and she seemed happy with how they are been looked after, and with the puggles growing very well. “How about we keep them here for a while and see how they adjust to life in the zoo. I would like to keep them as part of the education programme fro a short period,” Rachel suggested to me. “That is fine by me, as you know I was planning to do a trip around Australia in the yacht, but that had been put on hold for a w
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After just a month of settling back home with my family, I came to a decision, and announced that I would like my family and the crew, to go on a circumnavigation of Australia with me on the Trimaran, which would include going around New Zealand, and would take an estimated 31 days to complete, depending on weather. I announced this as the family and crew gathered for the weekly BBQ dinner, onboard the yacht, and after a period of silence, Gramps spoke up, “I am too old to be doing anything
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This is the continuing story of the Hamilton Family and their friends and crew, as they come across a few challenges and a new life in a different part of Australia.
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Great start to this story, I look forward to reading more. Regards Q
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Thanks Chris and Renee
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The court case with the development company in Singapore, had failed with its case and they had to cover the costs of law fees for the community, which our community barrister submitted a modest invoice, just to cover her travel and accommodation costs. Life in Dundee was busy as usual, especially during the school holidays, weekends and public holidays, and for the rest of the year, Reid came home another 4 times to spend time at home, before coming home for the Christmas and New Year holi
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“Well, we better get you settled into your temporary office for the whole day,” the AG said to me smiling, “Uh? Oh yeah, I just still can’t believe that I have been appointed a temporary Magistrate to hear cases in the Youth Justice Court, replacing the Magistrate that had given me so much grief just over one day earlier, who had fallen ill suddenly. “You’re Worship. Welcome to the Youth Justice Court,” a young man said to me as we entered an office area which is behind the court rooms. “Th
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Just as I was preparing for surgery the next morning, Melanie knocked on my open door. “Doctor, you have a visitor,” she said to me, and she stepped back and Jessica appeared at the door, she smiled as she walked in, closing the door behind her, before sitting down. “Hello Jessica, is this a business call?” I asked, “Yes and no, I came to give you a short brief on what is happening with the court case with that development company. I also managed to get Friday off, so I came straight here,
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“Sounds like a little bit of paradise,” Mr Anderson stated, “That it is sir, and along with my two nephews who I am their guardian, we enjoy our privacy and sanctuary,” I said. “So Dr Shaw, what are your thoughts on this appointment? We know that you already have a good understanding of law in the NT, so we think you would be perfect for the honourary job,” the AG Mr Trevenan asked me. “Well sir, I will accept, but I will have to put this other legal matter ahead of any new appointment, as
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All land that is 50% or more cleared with or without a building of any size or shape will be permitted to be sold, but no new or additional buildings will be permitted to be built on the properties. In addition to this, a 180 metre nature strip will be established from the average high tide mark along the coast from South Charlotte River, east of Crab Claw Island, down to the Fog Bay Road Bridge, and down the coast to the Finnis River. All existing homes along the coast would be requir
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At the start of the second week, I sat the boys down and asked what they would like to do for their schooling, and I suggest to the boys the options. Remain at home and continue school locally, and for Reid to travel to senior high school in Darwin, or boarding at the school during the week and spending weekends at home, or they could both go south and attend boarding school together in Adelaide, and come home on long weekends and school holidays. Toby looked at Reid and both of them smiled
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I too was 11 years old when cyclone Tracy destroyed Darwin, and yes I have heard that song a few times.
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Having removed my shoes, shirt and everything out of my pockets, I dived into the water to assist, while Dean and Lance pulled down the mainsail, and Caro started up the engine, so she could move the yacht closer. “Dean get onto the sat phone to Broome Hospital, tell them that we have a ten year old boy with serious head injuries, and get them to organise a rescue helicopter or the RFDS to the nearest airstrip, Lance, grab my medical bag from the wardrobe in my cabin,” I shouted from the wa
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At the end of the second season, of sailing cruises, we were all old hands with the routine of running charters down the west coast of Australia, and it soon became clear that the most popular cruise is from Exmouth to Geraldton or vice versa, because it includes the Ningaloo Reef and the Abrolhos Islands, and so we concentrated on doing sail cruises on that area only. Toby and I had celebrated their birthdays on the yacht during charters, as did Alex and Sam, with Alex spending all of his
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This is the continuing story of Dr James Shaw and his two nephews Reid and Toby Templeton, as they now live permanently in the township of Dundee Beach, Northern Territory. There they have a mixed life of doing cruises down the West Coast for half a year and living in Dundee the rest of the time. We also see the return of some past friends and the arrival of new relatives of the crew.
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Somewhere in South Africa As the days and weeks continued to pass by, I was now often too tired to eat, and only drank water to keep my fluids up, as some days it would get quite warm. Some days when it was too unbearable, I would strip down to my underwear and just sit down in the water, just to keep cool. According to my wall calendar, I have been detained for seven weeks now, and my food supplies are starting to get a little low. I have not heard of my captor for over three weeks no
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Somewhere in South Africa As the days and another week passed, I was now settled into a uncomfortable routine of exercises, reading, sleeping and accepting supplies of food now every four days. My captives are not being as generous as they were when I was first captured, and I was thinking that maybe it was because of what I did to try to get some help. The only thing that seemed to be on time each day is the two freight trains passing twice a day, and I now have found a definite big c
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Canberra, ACT, Australia “General, I wish to apply for emergency leave, due to a family crisis?” Nathan Blackwood asked his commanding officer, after been granted two minutes to speak to him. “What exactly is this family crisis that you speak of Colonel?” the commanding officer asked. “Sir, as you know, my family owns a property at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, and two weeks ago, my nephew, Jacob flew to Africa to spend some time there, but he only got as far as Cape Town,
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I immediately thought about the crate that has the ropes attached to it, so I retrieved it and secured the rope to the crate, and I waited for the rope and crate be pulled up, but there appeared to be no one up there, so I headed to the bathroom, to attend to my ablutions for the day. I noticed a small rock on the floor, which I picked up and I made three short lines on the sidewall to make the three days that I have been stuck in this hellhole of a place. By the time that I had returned to
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Well maybe more than once a week... Q
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Stay tuned... same bat time, same bat channel.... lol
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Somewhere in South Africa When I woke up, I had no idea where I was. My head began to spin a little from dizziness, when I tried to stand up and wherever I was, it was nearly completely dark, with the exception of a narrow hole in the roof, about twenty or so metres above me. The small amount of light from above, allowed me to be able to see that I was in some sort of tunnel or cave, as I could hear the occasional plop sound of water landing heavily in a pool of water, and very slowly
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