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Magic Minute The Great Camel Ride

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

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!

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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Snakes Alive! Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Snakes Alive!

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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Busybird Publishing Open Mic Night #105 with Laurie Smale Speaker & Author Public Speaking Presenter

Speaking Busybird Publishing Open Mic Night #105

Speaking Busybird Publishing Open Mic Night #105 By Laurie Smale On Wednesday 16 October 2024, I attended the Busybird Publishing Open Mic Night #105 and shared some information about the importance of context and timing and delivered a Magic Minute ‘knowing a person’ story. Special thanks to Kev Howlett for the use of this Live Video Footage from Facebook and Les

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Misunderstanding Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Misunderstanding

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

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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Don't Push Your Luck! Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Don’t Push Your Luck!

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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3-Year-Old's-Logic Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute 3-Year-Old’s Logic

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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Speaking Busybird Publishing Open Mic Night #104

Speaking Busybird Publishing Open Mic Night #104 By Laurie Smale On Wednesday 18 September 2024, I attended the Busybird Publishing Open Mic Night #104 and shared some information about fear and procrastination and delivered a Magic Minute ‘snake’ story. Special thanks to Kev Howlett for the use of this Live Video Footage from Facebook and Les Zig for being the Facilitator of

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