Magic Minute The Great Camel Ride By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // At our Primary School Twilight Fair, I talk my tentative 8-year-old daughter into an exciting camel ride around the school oval to expand her knowledge and experiences of the world. “They’re very friendly and the man will lead you,” I said to shore […]
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Magic Minute Magic Mountain By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // When I first heard the term Tower Hill I thought, “Sounds pretty mundane and ordinary to me!” But on descending into the Tower Hill National Park I found myself at the bottom of a massive crater of an extinct volcano, 4 km wide with breathtaking
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Magic Minute Overnight Success! By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // We all come across special people who Inspire us as we travel through life. For me it’s people like Mr. Jackman in Primary School, old Bill Menzies in the junkyard and on it goes… all part of who I am today. In this latest segment
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Magic Minute Snakes Alive! By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever been staring at one of those illusory pictures till something leaps out at you in 3D? Well, that’s what happened to me in Western Australia’s Yanchep Crystal Cave. While admiring a big stalagmite a 6ft tiger snake morphed from the structure into my view,
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Magic Minute Misunderstanding By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I just got on a tram when a smartly dressed young lady said, “Are you Laurie Smale?” “Yeah, that’s me.” “Well, I’m Susan Grimshaw and I was very jealous of you in grades five and six for you continuously out-shone me with Reading Writing and anything
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Magic Minute Race of Survival By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // The ominous clatter of a German half-track echoed through the trees. “They’re right behind me!” Thought seventeen-year-old Lino, hurtling around a bend on his racing bike in the Piedmont foothills. “Better bury myself and my bike in the scrub!” He thought heading for the
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Magic Minute Don’t Push Your Luck! By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Mushrooming with my brothers, we came across a magnificent but very deadly Copperhead snake curled up in the sun, his body nearly as thick as my 9-year-old legs. Mesmerized by the golden glow of his burnished body, I did the dumbest thing imaginable.
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Magic Minute 3-Year-Old’s Logic By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever been stung by the logic of a three-year-old? Well, we were sitting at the breakfast table when one of my little kids started spreading their Wheaties all over their face and making funny growly noises. “What are you doing?” I said. “Eat your breakfast
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Magic Minute Tropical Fruit Salad By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I was 15 and temptation got the better of me for I was surrounded by a stack of something I’d die for – canned tropical fruit salad. I’d just won $50 in Tatts and thought “Hey, I could buy a whole carton of 36
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Magic Minute Endless Love By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // On Sammy J’s Breakfast Show a lady rang in with an incredible story. Her little Shi-Tzu dog had simply vanished. Broken hearted, they posted signs far and wide and searched everywhere. But nothing. Ten long years went by and their beloved little dog became a
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