Lenore jumped out of bed.  Excitement ran through her veins.  Saturday, her special time, this was the day she went busking. Dressing carefully in her cream cheese cloth top, a long colourful skirt, with brown leather sandals and a bright head scarf, she was ready for the day and eager to play. Racing down the […]

There was a screech of tyres as the plane touched the runway.  Then without warning, flames shot out from one of the aeroplane’s powerful engines, setting it on fire. There was a lot of pushing and shoving on the plane.  An uncontrolled stampede of bodies forged forward towards the emergency exits, hurrying to slide down […]

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 […]

Tragedy struck!  It was all too much for Abby to cope with this seemingly unbelievable news, but she must be strong. André and Abby had been friends since pre-school and then later on became high school sweethearts. It was the Year 10 high school formal.  André phoned to say he had the flu and wouldn’t […]

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 […]