Stories about Australia
Family Rapprochement Jack had been working for the Birch family for several years now and felt fulfillment in the jobs he’d been assigned in his rise from general helper in the stock department to supervisor of that department and then manager of the grocery sales department. He was currently the assistant manager for the purchasing department and aiming to be to apply for manager when … Continue reading Time Heals – Chapter 3
Planning For Revenge The principal and teachers marveled at Jack’s transformation and rallied around to help this prodigal son find a better life. He began to get good grades at school too. William and Susan watched this with approval and commended their brother, encouraging him in every way they could, thinking he’d turned his life around. Little did they know that a spirit of rage … Continue reading Time Heals – Chapter 2
Jack’s Radicalization Event Joseph Colthorpe grunted as he read the morning paper delivered to their small convenience store serving one of Fairdale’s suburbs. Those were the days when outside of the central business district these kinds of stores served the suburbs of all towns. Not everyone in town was rich enough to possess one of these emerging methods of personal transportation, a car or motorbike, … Continue reading Time Heals – Chapter 1
The Aftermath of a Firestorm The visiting brothers returned to their car and moved it inside the vehicle sheds for protection then emerged carrying loads of fire masks and protective gear for everyone to wear. One of them spoke to Willem. “There are enough here to see you through the hours ahead so let’s see everyone is wearing one. Where are the boys we need … Continue reading Fire From the Sky – Chapter 3
Preparing for the Worst. Maaike turned to Willem. “Arnold and Eduard are at marriageable age now Willem and I think we need to take an interest in encouraging them to look for life partners. Specially Arnold as the eldest he will be inheriting this property and will need to be producing children to help him run this place. We don’t know what the other children … Continue reading Fire From the Sky – Chapter 2
Lightning Strike Willem Berg sat on the veranda of his spacious home overlooking the valley below. The extended drought had browned the foliage under a hot sun and Willem had disposed of a considerable number of the cattle as he usually did during droughts but kept a limited breeding stock which rotated between the irrigated paddocks close by the river. This property had been in … Continue reading Fire From the Sky – Chapter 1
Oliver sat in the coffee shop watching the world go by. The coffee had considerably cooled since it was delivered to his table and the cheesecake resting by its side was untouched. He was not really interested in these two items, waiting for him to reach out and consume them hastily before making a painful attempt to stand and shuffle off to the newsagent for … Continue reading The Impractical Wish
The End of an Empire When Iian finally spoke to his sister-in-law about his interest in Nora and fear of rejection she smiled with joy. Her plan had come to a successful conclusion. She hugged her brother-in-law much to his shock as she’d never done that before. Then she spoke firmly. Iian you should ask Nora to marry you as both need each other and … Continue reading The Caimbeul Generations – Chapter 4
Iian Finds a New Love Iian was sitting on the veranda of his brother Gregory’s house with Cara enjoying drinks in the evening and watching the sailing ships arriving and departing for their foreign journeys. It was an increasingly busy harbour, and the population was increasing rapidly as more migrants arrived and were either assigned work, given grants of land in the far corners of … Continue reading The Caimbeul Generations – Chapter 3
From Outback to City Life Young Gregory followed the drovers east to the state of Queensland and finding a settlement amply supplied with ground water flowing out of the earth decided to settle down there. He’d learned his father’s bargaining techniques very well and watched as cattle station owners made their way to the settlement looking for supplies. Far to the east was a port … Continue reading The Caimbeul Generations – Chapter 2
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