Preface

Martin was sent to negotiate the mining rights on Mary’s Cattle Property. He didn’t enjoy doing old ladies out of their property as it always came at a price. The last thing he expected was to fall in love with a woman three times his age. However, Mary wasn’t your typical old lady next door.

Disclaimer:

If you find any of my assumptions fabricated, I would like to remind you this is a fictitious story and I have probably taken liberties with reality as you of know it.

If you find grammatical or spelling errors, they are not the fault of my friends PapaKilo14, Johnny Sinclair and grisbuff who did try to edit my work. However, I do have a tendency to fiddle around after the fact.

The Australian Dictionary was also used so some words may appear incorrectly spelt to some people. I also hope my colloquialisms are decipherable, and you enjoy the story.

Colloquialisms:

A ranger - is a redhead

Bickies - or biscuits are called cookies in some countries

Causeway - in country areas, where they can’t be bothered building a bridge, they lay large concert pipes between 0.5-2m in diameter in the bottom of the creek and place cement over the top. They will flood in the wet season and often have markers indicating the depth and no side railings, but some may have short posts

Drongo - is a term generally used to describe someone who doesn’t think out their actions before acting and fucks things up

Gunna - going to

Gonna - dead or going to die

Ute = Tilly = utility vehicle - it has a cab that seats two or three people and a tray on the back that may have a cover

Van - short for caravan and also Panel Van, (So we’re lazy, what’s new with the English language)

If any other colloquialisms require clarification, I’m more than happy to answer your e-mails.

Kris Me from the Land Down Under.

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