On the station, Jack knew the time had come to leave home and look for work. His sheep station was very small, more like a hobby farm compared to the other larger sheep rearing outfits in the area. He applied for work around the district, which at this time of the year was hard to […]

It was another ordinary day in Janelle’s week. She’d thought that André’s retirement would bring them lots of excitement. But, two years on, things were just the same. Janelle’s children were grown up and left home. With rearing children, and the burden of a mortgage, she and André had kept a tight budget. Now they […]

Clang! Clang! Clang! The bell rang out from the shearing shed. The shearers one by one, rolled out of their bunks and headed towards the kitchen mess-room for their regular bacon and eggs on toast breakfast. Then over to the shearing sheds for their hard day’s work. This will be a special day for them […]

It was in the early hours of the morning. Tiffany awoke with a start to the sound of the peals of the front door bell. Glancing at the clock, she noticed it was 2.30am. She shook her husband awake and sent him downstairs, to find out who it was and what they wanted. Douglas cautiously […]