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Is the turmeric tea available in Australia? If so, I'd appreciate a location. Rgds, Adrian

Good story Bill. Keep up the good work. Sorry to point out the obvious, but half a dozen yards would not be 6 meters - let me see - gas meter, power meter, water meter.... I know the USA rebels against going metric, even tho the U.S. Senate passed the metric bill a great many years ago, but most if not all English-speaking countries have converted to metric, and this includes most of the Pacific region as well. There was great controversy here in Australia when our currency changed from pounds-shillings-pence-halfpennies, but it was eventually agreed to use the name of our first currency which happened to be Spanish Daldars, which also happened to be pronounced dollars $$.!! Changing to metric measurements was dead easy, and as I worked in a medical school laboratory, I'd been working in metric for a few years. On the subject of languages, have you noticed that any English word spelled with a "U" in it causes problems? e.g. "QUEUE", (US= line) "HE WROTE OUT A CHEQUE" (Check). For some reason, the word 'tick' gets changed to 'check'. All the best, Bill, keep up the good work. Goodnight, Adrian

An intriguing start. Keep at in mijneer Kees!

At least he asked for some protection, and I almost needed a different type of protection, when I asked our department's new secretary from the USA, if she had a rubber! Well, she was quite shocked and told me so. After things quietened down a bit, I explained that in Australia, a rubber was used to erase pencilled errors.

Nice to read such an interesting story, and bringing back memories of Tassie. I never got to Flinders Is, but did see King Island, also in the Bass Strait. Flinders is famous for its Mutton birds, so maybe the lads will have a change in the menu. Keep up the good work!

Your story is off to an interesting start, and I look forward to following it. I had a few years in Indonesia, teaching English, and learning the local language as best I could. On a recent holiday in Bali, I amazed myself that I still remembered so much. Keep up your interesting writing.

A well-written story, can't wait for the next chapter. Well done fellow sandgroper!!

A little bit of proof-reading might avoid the inevitable typos.

Hi. Sounds interesting. Reading about Kings Park etc makes me a bit longing for home, but I'll get back there eventually. Looking forward to the adventures of Kye.

I agree with all the comments above. For those who have no idea what Tasmania can offer, have a look at this clip. https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/ Roll on book 2....

In response to BoyLove, yes, Australia is a rather interesting place, it's the same size as the USA, and you can see everything from snow-covered mountains in the South to hot, dry desert in the centre. One the way into Fremantle, you would pass Rottnest Island, with 100s of quokkas hopping around, ready to share your picnic lunch.

It's a good yarn, and I'm enjoying catching up with Quokka's stories. You're making me homesick fellow-sandgroper!! I agree with most of the comments here; those lads would be getting off very lightly if they're not given some sort of discipline. Good on yer cobber!! "Dugite"

Don't keep us in suspense cobber. I'll bet they're moving drugs. Thanks for a good story. Dugite.

Just back from a bit of overseas work and nice to be catching up with Gay Authors. Not sure how you "unsure " anything, but I get the drift. "Dugite"

A great story cobber! Keep up the good writing. I hope to be over at Rotto before too long, and say hello to the quokkas! Sandgroper.

Fran did say that she was on the pill. Hopefully she doesn't forget to keep taking them.

You want MORE???

Well, I accidentally came across this story 10 days ago, and I'm now into chapter 103. I've enjoyed these, the storyline, the characters, the teen angst those guys are going through. But.... If this is going to be published as a book, shouldn't the constant mis-use of 'your' and 'you're' be corrected? I presume someone is going to proof-read the script before it's published, and non-words such as 'chartered waters' could be replaced with 'charted waters', as an example. Sorry if this sounds a bit negative, but an excellent story that this is, should be published free of errors/typos.

I'm loving it all. but I had to chuckle at the thought of someone's groyne being felt up.

I'm catching up....pant pant. I've been reading this story all weekend!! Years after you wrote it, but I'm enjoying it. You've captured those years of teen angst so well!

I'm new to this site Mr Quokka, and also a fellow sandgroper, and have been to Rotto many times, the land of the quokka. My first ever visit to South Australia saw me at the town of Hahndorf, a place settled by passengers and crew of a German ship. Even the Captain left the ship and moved to the new settlement. Those early farmers both Brit and German were a tough lot! A nice start to your story, and I look forward to following it.

Wow. someone actually remembers Dragnet. What's a 10-4? Overacting!!

I've often thought of emailing our illustrious author CJames, but he's hidden his bloody email address so well, I've given up.

I'm a West Australian, reading this wonderful story just a few years after publication, and really enjoying it. It was great to see the detailed map of Garden Island, where our Sea Scout Group had been exploring and camping for around fifty years before the Navy took control. It was just low scrub at the time, and early Scout explorers used to find traces of the first British camp on the island, before going to the mainland to found the city of Perth. It was also a secret base during WWII, where "Z Force' trained before going by submarine into parts of Asia to annoy the Japanese. A small technical matter: Perth is around 14km inland from the Port of Fremantle. A bit further north is Rottnest Island, formerly Boschrottennest, the Dutch name for Bush Rats Nest, named after the Quokkas which are a mini kangaroo. Sounds bit pedantic, but if you check Google Earth, you'll see that Rottnest is around 8 or 10 nautical miles off the coast, and Perth City is 12 or so kilometres from the coast. Going a few hundred n. miles up the coast to the Wallabi Islands, if any readers want to read up on early West Australian history, there is a good book by Hugh Edwards on the mutiny, massacres and trials of the wrecked ship Batavia's crew. If you're ever in Fremantle, there are some excellent maritime museums around the city.