Danger Down Under

Danger Down Under
Title Danger Down Under PDF eBook
Author Paul Holbert
Publisher Xlibris Corporation
Pages 324
Release 2019-03-12
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1796020508

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Most people look forward to their annual vacations. Some want to relax and do nothing while others seek the thrill of diving with man-eating sharks or bungee jumping from a suspension bridge high above a rock canyon to stir up their paltry existence. In Danger Down Under, a group of ordinary people from different walks of life find themselves in an extraordinary position. After recently leaving the military, Gary and his wife, Amanda, are hoping a vacation to Australia will mend their strained marriage. A day of charter fishing ends with them stranded by a storm on a small island with six fellow vacationers, none of whom had any such activities in their getaway plans. It’s the kind of thing that would make a body hire a new travel agent. While the group of castaways deal with their survival situation, Dr. Larry Williams, a scientist studying marine life off the northern coast of Australia, discovers an unusual chemical imbalance of unknown origin in many of his specimens. As he searches for the cause, local residents begin to disappear, throwing a panic into the police department and the authorities to mobilize and join in on the quest for answers. Research leads Dr. Williams to a library in Sydney that hints of a convoy from Germany sunk in 1943 by the American navy on its way to Japan with a cargo of nerve agent. He also finds corroborating evidence from the local hotel manager whose uncle served as a coast watcher and begins to expose the cover-up of a leak that is causing genetic aberrations in the water, one of which is an oversized Komodo dragon. Mysteriously the uncle is poisoned. Concern over the fate of the shipwrecked tourists grows as the police deal with missing people from the town, and Lt. Harry Morgan, commander of the search and rescue station, sends several vessels out to comb the area. Little does Dr. Williams know that there are forces at work trying to hamper his research and prevent him from learning any more than he already has. He eventually convinces his friend, Capt. Dave Weeks, an army officer stationed in Hawaii, to listen to his conscience and help him expose the cover-up. Risking his career and possible imprisonment, Captain Weeks steals secret files about the convoy and leaves for Australia to assist the scientist. As science and government head on a collision course, the creature prowling the strait in search of food terrorizes Gary and his fellow castaways. It has developed a healthy appetite for human flesh, by the way. Concerned that their safety is in jeopardy, they decide to launch Gary out in their life raft to hopefully run down a passing boat or plane only to have him pounded by a storm. He is finally picked up by one of Lieutenant Morgan’s cutters but, thanks to the storm, no longer knows which direction he came from. The story comes to a head when Gary attempts to lead a rescue mission back for his wife and her fellow castaways before government agents can find them. Standing in their way is the government bureaucracy that wants to keep the secret intact and the creature that man’s indifference has created. There are no boring 35mm vacation slides from this trip.

Danger Down Under

Danger Down Under
Title Danger Down Under PDF eBook
Author Carolyn Keene
Publisher Simon Pulse
Pages 0
Release 1995
Genre Aboriginal Australians
ISBN 9780671884604

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Nancy, on a hunt for a missing ancient Aborigine artifact, joins the Hardy boys in the Australian outback, where the trio find themselves dodging bullets, chasing a poacher, and rushing to catch the desperadoes who pulled off a theft at the opal mines.

Treasure Hunters: The Plunder Down Under

Treasure Hunters: The Plunder Down Under
Title Treasure Hunters: The Plunder Down Under PDF eBook
Author James Patterson
Publisher jimmy patterson
Pages 234
Release 2020-06-01
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0316420603

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With their parents in trouble once again, the Kidds must traverse the Australian Outback, recover a pair of stolen gems, and defeat treasure-hunting pirates to save them! The Kidd family is on their way to Australia to find Lasseter's Gold when they are challenged by fellow treasure hunter Charlotte Badger, who challenges them to a race to the gold! But when the Kidds pull into port in Australia, their parents are suddenly arrested—they've been framed! It turns out Charlotte Badger is a pirate, and she's planted a priceless stolen black opal on the Kidds' ship, The Lost! Now Bick, Beck, Storm, and Tommy have seven days to traverse the Australian Outback, find Charlotte Badger and her pirate cronies, and bring back the evidence that will prove their parents innocent. If they fail, their parents will be found guilty and thrown in prison . . . forever!

Top to Bottom Down Under

Top to Bottom Down Under
Title Top to Bottom Down Under PDF eBook
Author Ted Lewin
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 50
Release 2005-03
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0688141137

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Ted and Betsy Lewin's adventures take them from the northernmost tip of Australia to the southernmost tip. At the top, they interrupt a python's mealtime, encounter a ferocious pack of dingoes, and come face-to-face with a crocodile. Down at the bottom, they dine with rude kangaroos, meet their first platypus, and confront an ill-tempered sea lion! The vivid colors, close-up paintings, and rich landscapes rendered in the Lewins' distinct watercolor styles, combined with action-packed narrative, will make you want to pack your bags and visit the land down under!

Kira Down Under

Kira Down Under
Title Kira Down Under PDF eBook
Author Erin Teagan
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 144
Release 2020-12-26
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1683371712

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Kira helps out at an animal sanctuary in Australia.

Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile

Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile
Title Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile PDF eBook
Author James Patterson
Publisher Random House
Pages 482
Release 2014-09-11
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1448108489

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Four kids on a quest to find the legendary Mines of King Solomon... and their parents. Bick, Beck, Storm and Tommy are navigating their way down the Nile, from hot and dusty Cairo to deep dark jungles, past some seriously bad guys along the way. They’ll need all their survival instincts just to make it out alive...

Natasha Lands Down Under

Natasha Lands Down Under
Title Natasha Lands Down Under PDF eBook
Author Katherine McCaughan
Publisher High-Pitched Hum Publishing
Pages 0
Release 2008-01-05
Genre Immigrants
ISBN 9781934666364

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