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This is the continuing story about Sir Lewis Shaw, plus Sebastian, and his twin brothers Joachim, Louis & Xander...
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Thanks everyone for your comments. i have just returned home from a ten day holiday, passing near the area of this story, there are small clumps of tall trees, but it is mostly salt bush country, that goes for tens of miles with no sign of civilisation anywhere.
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14th March 2014 Today marked 100 years since Uncle Edwin, and my dad Archie, arrived on the farm for the first time, and even though both are no longer with us, the family was still farming the land, and we had gathered at the original homestead for a family celebration meal, to mark the occasion. The homestead was not in use no more, abandoned for a more modern homestead, located on the site of the Hamlet, which was pretty much destroyed, when a wildfire swept through on the summer of 1
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The next day, after saying farewell to the minister and their friends, who had stayed in the guest cottage, Augustus, his brother Julius, Archie and I were standing near the front of the hamlet, discussing the location for the new house, and we agreed on Julius building his house next door to the O’Grady house, and Archie suggested that we build a second cottage, next to the guest cottage, as a new residence for our cousins, Daniel and Charlie, so as to make way for when our Ma, Pa and Beatrice
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Archie helped me to unload all the extra supplies for the store, while the ladies went inside to see what is available today. “We have come up with a trading plan, we are open from 7 to 9am in the morning and from 2 till 4pm in the afternoon, that way either Florence or I are here to assist with purchases” Archie announced as he carried sacks of flour into the store. Leaving Archie to sort out the produce store, and to bring the boys home from school, Florence, Martha and I climbed into the
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Thanks Awesome Editor
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When the Sunday that the minister came to the Hamlet, I decided not to miss this service, since Florence had been distressed that we missed the last one, and when he arrived late Saturday afternoon, he brought with him a letter address to me, and it was from England. When I opened the letter, I was surprised to see that it was a telegram. “Dear Edwin stop Pa and Beatrice ill stop I am sending Martha on the next ship to South Australia stop travelling with family friends stop ship arrives in
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Hello my faithful readers, just letting you know that I am currently in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory Of Australia, after completing a three day and two night.experience on the Ghan train from Adelaide in the South to the Northern capital of Darwin, which is a 2720 kilometre journey. Saw some incredible sights, and I hope to include my experiences in future stories. The Ghan train had a total of two engines and 38 carriages and it was 902 metres long. Regards Preston, aka Quokka
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Nope they come from town at the last shopping trip.
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“Apples. These are a nice treat. I haven’t had one of these for a few months,” I said before biting into it and munching away at the delicious fruit. “Florence bought some on Monday, along with some lemons and oranges. She hopes to use the seeds to grow some fruit, so save any seeds that you may have,” Archie said to us. “I think we can all squeeze into the buggy, so we can rest our feet for a while, and just slowly push the stock forward,” I announced, and my cousins were pleased to hea
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Yes sorry about that, my SA editor has had a few life issues, so I've had to rely on my awesome UK editor to continue the chapter editing for this story. i am currently on holidays, so it will be Friday next week before I am home, to start sending my next story to my editor. preston
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In the next three weeks, the O’Grady house in the hamlet was built, and they moved into their new home as soon as it was complete. Also, in that time, the well, water tank, windmill and sheep yards were completed, ready to move the sheep to the new paddocks as soon as the internal fences were completed, with a start being made on the first five paddocks with the lower internal fence going west to east. The other development was in the hamlet, where Augustus had laid steel piping from the wat
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Thanks Deana
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Great Story, thanks
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Oops sorry, wrong story... Lol... i am waiting for me editor in South Africa to send me back the edited chapters, sorry for the delay.
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Ithe story is finished.
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Your Welcome
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Thanks. just waiting on my other editor to get the next batch of chapters edited. unfortunately he is a long way away and at a different time zone than me, so I have to wait..
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When I stepped out of the TRA building, holding my new driver’s license, I found both Afya and Jabali waiting for me, standing next to a brand-new Toyota FJ Cruiser vehicle. “Congratulations, your parents organised for the purchase of this as your first car” Afya announced to me and handed over the keys. “It is great to drive, I collected it from the Arusha dealership this morning” Jabari added. The three-hour long journey home was very nerve wrecking, having to drive a brand-new car for su
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When the rescue stretcher arrived, I was placed into it, covered with a blanket and strapped in, before a team of rescuers slowly lowered me down the slope, just as I heard a helicopter approaching the area, and it landed on the beach about 400 metres away. While this was being done, Will packed up all our gear, and with the help of the rescuers, he was also brought down the slope, along with our backpacks, and we were soon strapped into the back of the helicopter and on our way to Hobart.
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