To Touch the Clouds : The Frontier Series 5 (49 page)

I have close connections to two writers’ organisations. They are The Bush Curlews from Charters Towers and STARS from the Gold Coast. Respectively, the two principle founders of these organisations were Rosa Christian and Nerida Marshall. Sadly, both ladies lost their mothers this year and as I knew Rosa’s and Nerida’s mothers as readers of mine I would like to honour their memory by mentioning
them here. Doris Thelma Christian and Irene Lorraine Maile – you will always be in our memories and hearts.

On a happier note, congratulations are extended to my brother, Tom Watt, and his wife, Colleen, for becoming first-time grandparents with the birth this March of Oliver James Herps to my god-daughter, Shannon, and her husband, Aaron Herps.

Finally, a thanks to my friends in the writing business: to Tony Park, Simon Higgins and Sandy Curtis. And a welcome to Steve Horne, a newcomer to the ranks of published authors; your company and conversation is always appreciated.