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When I peered down the well, I was shocked to see that we had some water in the bottom. “How deep is the water do you think?” Archie asked me. “Pull up the ladder and check the bottom of the ladder. That should be a good indicator,” I replied, and I watched as my brother pulled the ladder up, and laid it down on the ground. “About two feet, I would say, but who knows if it will stay that way. It may just seep into the ground. Let’s bucket some of it up, and we can fill up the animal trou
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It is a huge investment, and also very risky, but Dad was prepared to put our new home in Albany, as collateral for the project. The raised ground embankment of the old rail line built in the late 1890’s was virtually still there, so a lot of the work was already there and done, from Mullewa to Cue. Dad had studied the system that was used to build the current rail line from Alice Springs to Darwin, which is efficient, and it can lay 8 kilometres of track a day, from laying down the blue me
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While Archie was doing that, I had a looked around and saw that we had a plentiful supply of limestone rocks, so I began to collect them and put them in small piles, away from the top of the hill, where there were a good number of trees and shrubs to provide plenty of shade during the summer months. After two hours, and having swapped jobs twice, Archie and I stopped work, and decided to call it a day, as we had travelled a long way from Ceduna, and done plenty of hard work since we had arrived.
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“Just leave it Dad, I will be fine in a week, and I can go back to school” I said. Dad pulled out my mobile and I-Pad out of a bag, and placed them on the table beside the bed. “This should help with the boredom a little; also I have brought you two sets of pyjamas, and some school books. Just call us if you need anything else,” Dad said to me. “How is the train Papa?” I asked my Dad, “A lot of body damage, but thankfully nothing damaged in the undercarriage or anywhere else, we have a loc
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Thanks mate, and welcome to GA. Preston, aka Quokka
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Yes in the earlier years of South Australia. This story has a lot of historical fact in it, to give my followers a look into what life was like when emigrating to Australia in the late 1800's
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The 9-week long journey from our homeland of Britain, to our new home of South Australia, was quite an ordeal for myself and my younger brother Archie. We were the oldest two of 6 children, and our father and mother had very little to keep the whole family fed. When our father came into a small inheritance from a distant uncle of his, he set aside some of it for his family and the rest was to be spent sending Archie and I to the Colony of South Australia, along with 12 bags of grain, 18 bale
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With a large family, and very little income, Edwin and Archie are sent to Australia to start a new life, with just some belongings, a small amount of stock, and a very small amount of money. When the ship lands at Ceduna in South Australia, the brothers manage to buy a farm, some food, basic supplies, a horse and wagon, and they head off on their new life.
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“That’s right, it is only 14 metres long, and it is the new Diamond class, with 4 private cabins, two bathrooms, a shower room, a meeting room and a lounge, which you can all look at more closely, once all of the supplies are loaded on and put away,” my Dad explained. Leaving Reynold to get everything loaded, Dad contacted Westnet, to make sure that all the switches are in place for our return journey south, and just as he ended the call, two official looking vehicles arrived, and much to o
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Leaving the Southern line just after Fernie street curves towards Newcastle Street, a new rail line can be laid, along their, crossing Newcastle Street, and running along the north side of Suburban Street, all the way to the East West Line, which is a distance of approximately 1 kilometre long. We have consulted with the 20 households and 8 businesses that own land alongside this route, and if we can guarantee that there will be only daylight transit on this new section of the track, then t
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I am pleased to announce that I have began writing a new story, with the continuing adventures of Sebastian, his twin brothers, cousin Xander and Baron Sir Lewis Shaw. Regards Q
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“This train, when did it arrive in Western Australia, and were has it been stored?” one of the reporters asked, “The train arrived by ship here in Albany, just over a month ago, and has been stored in a shed, while we wait for State Government approval for the passenger service,” Dad replied. “Sir, who is the young man standing next to you, and what is his role in this project?” another reporter asked, “This is my oldest son Vern, he has been with me, when we were doing the testing of the t
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Just letting my followers / readers know that I have started doing a rewrite of the "Outack" story. Not sure how long befor it will be published. Q
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“The Rocks has new owners” was the headlines to the front page, and Dad picked it up and sat down at the kitchen table to read it. “After a few years of being on the market, the property has finally been purchased by a family. It is believed that the family are Australian, and have spent the past decade living abroad. It is not known the name of the family, as there is virtually no traffic going in or out the front gate of the house, and with the recent planting of mature trees, now blocki
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There is a book two of this story
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Fixed, thanks for picking up the errors
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Wonderful story. Well done and thanks for writing it. Q
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Fantastic C.T i enjoyed your short story very much. Well done mate.
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Chapter 4 of Great Western has been posted. Q
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As I said I am posting every two days
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Yes, I pressed save twice accidentally, when posting chapter three. chapter four will be posted in two days. Q
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It is our hope to establish a third country passenger journey for Western Australian’s and its visitors. While the Prospector train from East Perth to Kalgoorlie takes 7 ¼ hours to travel, we are proposing to establish a passenger rail journey from Albany to Geraldton, via Northam, which is 340 kilometres longer in distance than the Prospector, and it will take just under 7 ½ hours. We already have presented the idea to the state minister concerned, and he is delighted that we are putting
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“I am bringing you here, because this is very close to our new home, once we get the train unloaded and stored away, we will arrange for a removalist company to bring our furniture to the property, as you remember, we had it shipped in containers, so I hope it is all in one piece, I wanted to divert the taxi driver away from our new home” dad said to me and suddenly a shocking thought came to mind. “You… don’t mean that monstrosity that we passed a few doors down do you?” I asked in shock,
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