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| Sinclair Tour - 2008 |
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The story of a wonderful trip which includes 'Outback Adventure', 'Touch of Italy in North Queensland' and 'Three-Day Mystery Tour'.
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| Our Holiday 2008 |
| it was only a ten-day holiday but we had a wonderful time. Saturday morning the 16th February 2008 saw us board a Qantas Flight from Brisbane to Adelaide. Read our adventure from Adelaide to the Red Centre with beautiful scenery and irritating bus drivers!
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| What Happened To Jerry? |
| Leah stood by the kitchen window and looked outside across the paddock. She hoped to see her husband, Jerry. Dinner was ready. He had wanted to give the calf one last drink of its mother’s milk before he locked it away for the night. It doesn’t take all night to lock the calf up. He left over two hours ago ...
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| Our Trip 2007 |
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Saturday 17th March 2007 we headed off on our holiday not knowing exactly where we were going and for how long we would be away. Before leaving home we thought the drought had bitten badly but during our trip we were to learn that our paddcks were lush and green compared to some of the areas we visited during our Australian tour..
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| 'Crimestoppers' - My baby. |
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This true account of my part in setting up the anti-crime initiative called Crimestoppers, has been published in Scope Magazine (A publication of the Fellowship of Australian Writers - Queensland )
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| Our Holiday 2005 |
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That morning we paid for and booked our birth on the ‘Spirit Of Tasmania’ departing from Sydney on Sunday 25th September 2005 at 2pm. Our holiday was set in concrete. We were committed!
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| Something Beautiful |
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How something beautiful came to Australia.
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| Weekend in Cunnamulla |
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Cunnamulla is my home town and it is where I met and married my wife Olga over thirty years ago. In May 2006 I visited the town and on returning home I decided to write my thoughts of the experiences. Here is my story.
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| Travesty Of Justice In The Garden Of Eden |
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This is my story of the travesty of justice being done to the people living in the Mary Valley by building a dam.
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| Sincere Customer Service |
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This is a story has been entered for CAE Short Story Competition 2006
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| The Trap |
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This is a story about a Dingo Catcher (Dogger) Snowy Gilbert with whom I worked with on Dyvenor Downs.
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| If You Never Never Go! You'll Never Never Know! |
| This is a story of my travels in the Northern Territory. I've submitted it for a competition in the Queensland Writers' Magazine 'Share Your Story - Travel Writing Competition.
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| An Amazing Discovery |
This is a story of the time I worked at Dyvenor Downs in the outback. It has been entered into a competition.
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| Never look a gift horse in the mouth. |
| This short story has been entered in the Short Story Competition conducted by Sunshine Coast Writers Group Inc.
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| Open Doors |
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This is a story of my memoirs. It has been entered in The Examiner Port Stephens Literature Award 2006.
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| It was meant to happen. |
| This is a true story of how two lonely people came together after each of them lost their long term partners only six weeks apart after thirty years of marriage . Names and places have been altered to protect the innocent.
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| How to live with the 'black dog'. |
| This is a story I entered for a writing competition advertised in Writing Queensland under Competitions. It is a true story explaining my personal experience dealing with 'depression' shortly after my pacemaker operation.
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| Eulogy |
Gladys Eva Burtenshaw, 96 years of age passed away on 11th March 2006.
Eva Burtenshaw was a wonderful human being. I was asked to help with her Eulogy and present it at her service. Afterwards many people requested a copy. It is with the permission and consent of the Eva's family that I feel proud to publish her Eulogy for everyone to read.
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| The Life Of Hannah Francis Langley |
| This is a story of my Grandmother who has been the centre point of my universe in my life. She has not only inspired me to write but has been the motivating force behind many of my stories. She was a wonderful storyteller and so convincing. I've submitted this story in the Woman's Weekly Writing Competition with the theme on women.
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| Changes |
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As a member of the Kenliworth Writers Group we submitted a story about the Changes made on the Sunshine Coast.
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| Story of Christmas |
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As a member of the Kenliworth Writers Group we submitted a story of what our thoughts were of Christmas.
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| The Trials |
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Every month I enter a writing competition advertised in Writing Queensland under Competitions. The story I submitted was The Trials And Tribulations Of An Guardian Angel. This is a true story about my own personal experiences having a guardian angel.
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| In Rememberance of Bub |
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A true story of the life of my wife Bub (Olga) who sadly lost her life with cancer on 13/9/2003. Sadly Missed!
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