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“I have tried planting vegetables from seed, but I am not getting a very good germination from them,” Mrs O’Grady stated. “We use a lot of animal dung as fertiliser, and it does wonders for the growth rate of our vegetables,” Florence said, which caused Mrs O’Grady to screw up her nose at the thought of using animal dung, which made me laugh. “I am sorry, Mrs O’Grady, but when you are living and working on the land, and especially when we are so remote, as we are, you have to use what is
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While we had been working on the fence line, I had been considering how to split the property into smaller paddocks, knowing that it would involve a lot more-hard work, and as we packed up after completing the last of the southern fence, I turned to Archie. “We have over 20,700 acres of land on this big block. How do you think we should split it up into manageable paddocks?” I asked my brother. “Does it involve building more fences?” Archie asked me. “I am afraid so. It has to be don
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“No sir, we just completed a few chores while waiting for the stampede to end,” I replied, which made Mr Harking roar with laughter. “I heard that, young man,” Mrs Harkin said when she stepped into the room from the back. “Oh, leave him be, Dear, he is only telling the truth. We will have to call it the Cameron Stampede,” Mr Harkin said before starting to laugh again, and Archie and I chuckled at the humour. Once we had settled down a little, Mrs Harkin asked us to come out the back
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Busy working, more info about them later in the story
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Since the age of 12, I have had the opportunity to spend two holidays a year, with my Uncle Nat, who is a Major in the Australian Army, going on adventure camping trips to some very amazing places. For my first hike in the Autumn holidays, shortly after my 12th birthday, my uncle took me on a 7 - day hiking trek along the Heyson’s Trail through the Flinders Ranges. In the Spring that same year we travelled to Western Australia, where we spent 7 days trekking on the lower end of the Bibbulmun Tra
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Follow the adventures of Jacob Blackwood, a young man who has the opportunity to travel all over the world, climbing the summits of some of the worlds highest mountains and hike some of the best hiking tracks, until a mishap puts a sudden stop to future adventures.
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Once we had bought all the supplies that we needed, Florence, Mark, Adam and I set off back the way we came back to the farm, arriving just before dark, two and a bit days later. While Florence, Mark and Adam unloaded the supplies, Archie helped me with unloading the new furniture. “I have good news. We have two letters from home. I have already read them, so you can when you are ready,” I said to my brother, as I retrieved the letters from my inside pocket, and handed them over. Forget
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No sorry, this one of my stories that is mostly st8 sorry
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With James and I having a short stop in Ceduna, we arrived back at the farm at the end of the day, 2 days later, and everyone was pleased to see us back with them. Once we had stored away all of the supplies, and fed Honey, we all gathered for dinner in the dining room, and we were told of what had been happening while we had been away. Two days later, it began to rain heavily, and it continued to rain for nearly 9 days straight, so apart from James and I feeding the animals daily, everyone
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“Firstly, we need to make up some more doors, for the outhouse, wash house, and three other rooms, as well as finish building the third part of the house. That means another few days of cutting down trees and splitting the wood into planks for the roof, as well as the doors and the window frames. I also would like to partially coverthe breezeway with a roof, with some gaps for sunlight,” I said. “I want to make the vegetable garden bigger, since we have more people to feed, and also, Edwin m
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“Very well, Florence, now I will have to insist that your two horses and the wagons remain well away from the rest of the animals, and that the clothes you have been wearing and your bedding be boiled, and that you bath, as soon as we arrive on the farm. I have some canvas here that we can use as a privacy screen,” I said to Florence. “I think that is a very good idea. Shall we go now. There is nothing left for us here now. We burnt all of the bedding and all of my husband’s clothing, plus a
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“Ashburton Engineering, steps up!” was the headlines, and Dad and I continued to read the story. “Ashburton Engineering, has stepped up its services in Western Australia, with the Albany to Geraldton, proving to be very popular, and with a new service beginning today, from Leonora in the Goldfields to Esperance on the South East coast, and vice versa. Ashburton Engineering also took over control of the Prospector services, as of today, and timetables have been made to allow for connections
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This story now has twenty one chapters...
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Meanwhile the train north from Esperance to Port Hedland can leave on Tuesdays and Thursdays, getting to Kalgoorlie for the afternoon Prospector, and reach Port Hedland the following day, plus we will need a side track at Wiluna, which is where the two trains will pass each other in the middle of the night” I said. “Well son, it looks like you have everything worked out, I will leave you to prepare the presentation for the mining companies” Dad said to me smiling broadly. During the lo
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Although I didn’t point it out to them, I am glad that you added the Code of Conduct of Passengers, as part of the conditions when purchasing a ticket” I replied. “As long as you are ok, I am tempted to have you get off at Northam, and get you to catch the afternoon flight back to Albany from Perth” Dad said to me, “I am ok Dad, don’t worry, it has all been sorted” I responded. “Ok then, we will see you at home tomorrow afternoon then” Dad said, sounding still not very happy with the s
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“Yes Dad, I am all set, and by the way, I will be asking the train drivers to do 2-minute stops at Katanning, Narrogin & York, a 15-minute stop in Northam, and 2-minute stops at Wongan Hills and Morawa, so we can provide a pick up and drop off service similar to the Prospector. I will be timing it for the whole journey, and I estimate that we will get to Northam in 4 hours and Geraldton in 8 hours and 40 minutes” I announced to Dad. “Ok, any reason for doing this?” dad asked me, “Yes, I
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James was now softly crying, and I wrapped one arm around him for comfort. “I am sorry for your loss, Mrs Applegate. Your two older boys are very well, and are being a great help to us. We boiled their clothes and bedding when they arrived, so as not to bring any sickness to our farm,” I said to Mrs Applegate. “We have brought you some fresh water, some dried meat and 4 loaves of freshly made damper. I will leave them here for you to collect after we have left,” I said. “We appreciate that.
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Thanks Will, much appreciated.
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“Thank you, Ma’am. I presume you are one of my new neighbours that I was informed about on my last trip into town,” I responded. “That is correct, we have the eastern property on your southern boundary. My husband George is a former banker, but we had some trouble with some investments, so we decided to sell up and start afresh, and here we are. George and I have 4 children, with the older two helping with setting up everything. Adam is 8 and James is 11. Until we get organised we will
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“Then we have a deal, I will have one of my assistants organise your first journey, for two weeks’ time, and they will email you with the details, Goodbye for now and see you in two weeks” the new boss said, before ending the video call. “Holy smokes, that is amazing, can we cope without having the extra income?” I said a few minutes later, as we sat in silence in our meeting room, where the video conference equipment is located. “Yes, quite easily, the new train line will give us an extra
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South Australia, not West
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Happy with what I had achieved, I jumped back onto the buggy, and continued the journey in a south-easterly direction for the town of Ceduna. It was quite lonely travelling on my own, but it was the only way to get supplies, and for the stock to be well looked after, as they were essential to our survival. I was a little surprised when I arrived in town in 2 days. I went straight to the blacksmith shop first, and asked if I could have 2 pounds of builder’s nails, and ½ a pound of fence stap
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Hi @ReaderPaul yes there is already a second story for this one, called Deep Space Settlement. Regards Preston, aka Quokka
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“Can I get you anything?” I asked after I entered. “No thanks dear, the Porter has just checked in on me, so I am all good at the moment, and your father called in to say hello on his way back from the front of the train” Mum replied. When I arrived back in the executive lounge, there was no sign of Dad and my brothers were arguing about the card game they were playing. “Stop arguing, or I will throw you off the train, and you can walk home” I said to my brothers, and the stared at me for a
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