MORGAN EQUIPMENT was a good company and their boss, Roger Brandt, a very pleasant man to work for. Having sorted out a great many of the
accumulated problems in the first week or so of my being there, he promptly made me an offer of a permanent position which I said I would seriously
consider. He even gave Shirley a job as receptionist for the short two or three weeks we were there. An attractive salary, house and company car
and future opportunities with MORGAN EQUIPMENT on any of their other world-wide projects. Shortly after New Year we flew back to Brisbane
where a job offer from Ranger Uranium was already waiting for me. So what did I do? I took the Ranger job. Was it a mistake? Yes, I think so
because a couple more years on Bougainville would have been most beneficial to both Shirley and myself. (Funnily enough, when I returned from
Saudi Arabia in 1985, MORGAN EQUIPMENT once more offered me the job and I again let the opportunity slip)
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