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The house at The Gap was built about half way down the hill. Whenever the rains came, the sloping back yard would receive the...

One of the problems we had at The Gap home was mice. This particular time they were everywhere. Mum went on a mission and...

One of the best things about living at Mr. Goff’s place at Greenslopes, was the huge park that was just at the end of...

My earliest recollection of my big sister Mags, was her absolute heart love for animals. I still remember seeing her cuddled up and sobbing...

A long, long time ago there was an event we called �cracker night�. About two weeks before the historic date, our local shop at...

The Gap Water Hole Before the boat in the water hole met the sad disintegrating end, that David described in his story � The...

Helen, Tom and me were on our way to the Milton Public School one day and we got to talking about memory. I was...

The trouble with being born in September was that my birthday would always fall at the same time as the Gideon Convention. These were...

We had so much to do in those early years at Straddie, and yet we had none of the appliances we all need today...

We are all trapped by our genes. Traits are handed down the family line over which we have no control – from our forefathers...