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May be in the US but not Aust
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Once I had retrieved my airline ticket and checked in my two big suitcases, I headed upstairs to go through customs and quarantine, which I was pleased to see took very little time at all, so I was able to sit down and relax for a while before boarding the flight. Soon after sitting down, my phone indicated that I had a text message. “Trent, where are you, I want to talk please, I am on the outskirts of Perth, just passing Mundaring, are you at the cottage?” I sighed once again, not wanting
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I stared at the credit card for some time, before putting it into my wallet, before retrieving my laptop computer, and checking for flights to Johannesburg, South Africa for early January. Once I had found a direct non-stop flight, leaving Perth at 11.40pm and getting in at 4.50am local time, I booked a business class seat for January 3rd, so I can get to Cape Town in time to meet up with the Aquaria. Next, I looked up flights to Cape Town, and I booked a seat for the 7am flight, giving
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We are only allowed to post two chapters per day I am afraid, so please be patient...
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“Just collecting some research data for my report, which I began writing this morning” I replied, “How did it go?” Dr Sherika asked me, “Fairly well, I started at Centenary Park this time, and I went up as far as a small bridge, past the railway bridges, up from the Roe Highway” I replied. “Jeepers, that is Spring Road bridge, in Thornlie, you did very well to get that far up” Dr Sherika responded. “It wasn’t easy, that’s for sure, I think the river could benefit a lot, if trees were cleared
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No punctuation in the 24 hr format, because that is the way it is done.
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Yes you do need passports, but not visa's to go to New Zealand or vice versa, and with England and Scotland, they are part of Great Britain, so no passport or visa is required.
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Yep one in the same
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Thanks for that Will, I will get to work to correct them, and maybe aske my editors bf to spank him for being a naughty boy for not picking up the errors... lol
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Thanks mate. There is lots more to come, I am writing chapter 24 of this story at the moment.
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Yep, also known as the happiest marsupials in Australia
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The next morning, I was in no mood in doing more gardening, as I still ached all over, so I decided to take a drive and do some exploring of the city, which I had visited only a few times, while in the Navy. After a long walk through Kings Park, I decided to explore more of the rivers in Perth, so I headed across the bridge to South Perth, and stopped by to look at the river and its surrounds. I decided that I needed to have a closer look, since environmental science is one of my specialties
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Trenton’s POV Happy with what they had worked out, for the students, I left Mitchell to go through the plan to make sure it was ok, while I went to find my cousin, and arriving in the Junior officer’s lounge on Deck 2, I found myaunt and cousin chatting. “Hello Trenton, this is your first cousin Wallace” Natalia said making the introductions, and I shook mycousins’ hand and welcomed him onboard the Aquaria. “Why don’t you both go down to Deck 5 and get settled into your suite, and by the
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Trenton knew that his cabin was one of two, that are about a metre bigger than the other ten junior officer cabins, and that it is not much smaller than the senior officers cabins on the bridge deck, also Trenton was lucky enough to have an extra small room adjoining his cabin, which is slightly bigger than a general crew members cabin, and Trenton uses it as his private study, plus a larger bathroom too, so he was happy with where he was and decided that he would decline the Captain’s offer to
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Thanks everyone for your awesome comments Q
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Trenton stared at the note for a few minutes, as it was the first time that the Captain had been so informal to him, also he was not aware that there are any guests on board, but he smiled as he looked at his watch and saw that it is 1855 hours, so quickly he worked out what to wear for dinner, before heading for a shower. Trenton made sure he was dressed perfectly, before making his way to the Bridge, to meet his Aunty Natalia for the first time. Returning to his cabin after a very enj
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A great short story, well done mate. Q
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The Captain sat in a chair nearby to where Trenton was seated and waited a few moments before speaking, “I know this is all quite a big shock for you, and you are welcome to take some time off, if you need to reassess your life, and decide what you want to do, now that you know the truth about why you are working here on Aquaria. I have been trying to get Hamysh to tell you the truth for some time. The other bit of news that you were not told, is that Hamysh’s youngest sister – Natalia, is m
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Thanks for your comments. At the moment I have no plans for a book two, as I am busy writing two new stories at the moment. Q
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Yes I am aware of all of this, and a reminder that the story is fiction...
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At the end of the day, once all the crew were back on board, the Captain announced that we would be setting sail in a south westerly direction, for a 4200 km journey to Heard Island & MacDonald Island (HIMI). The Lloyd International Corporation has received special permission from the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of Environment, to set up a mobile research station, which the “Aquaria” is perfect for, to do some medium-term research on the Island and the surrounding oce
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I'm surprised no one picked up the percentage error, which I have just corrected
