2017 kicks off with Oxford Boys in 'da house

James and Keno arrived on Dec 29th and spent 5 days with mother Elizabeth and five with the AthoTurnbulls. ALthough Stephen had seen james a few times in 2016, others hadn't. It had been 4 years since James last visited and caught up with friends before heading home. It was Keno's first trip to the Southern Hemisphere. A short but very sweet visit.

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1 1st - a quick meeting before the lads head to Springbrook. High Tea time.	2 OK, said high tea may have been a favoured gin	3 Jan 3rd - (Video) Stephen collected the lads from Springbrook where they overnighted with Grandpa, & Bros Dan & Julian Radford-Smith. An attempted swim at Byron Bay	4 Then visited the country town of Bangalow...
5 ... and peeked at the lush countryside	6 4th - windy hot days mean some hot work	7 Dropping in at the Uni of Queensland to play "university emblem trivia" by identifying the sandstone carvings	8 2 - 0 to Keno! Stephen messes one up and Keno gets Harvard and Princeton in a flash.
9 But everyone is a winner!	10 And deserve a family feed.	11 .	12 .
13 .	14 5th - Stephen collects the St Lucia Athertons to take them to the airport. NYC, here they come.	15 An afternoon tennis game. Has Keno really never played?	16 James is back into it
17 A bit of rain didn't slow Paulie down.	18 The lads' turn for dinner. Vegan curry & dahl goodness	19 .	20 Jan 6th - a morning of clearing gutters and a stubborn leak still requires hands on approach
21 .	22 It's decided that the rain should have made the steep walk up Mt Cootha's safer	23 So off they go....	24 .
25 .	26 And then in they go.	27 .	28 All cooled down
29 Olivia takes care of dinner tonight... avocado pesto. Yum.	30 7th Jan - There's a farewell party tonight...to the West End market	31 A quick bite before getting various ingedients	32 .
33 .	34 .	35 .	36 Agile AthoMen
37 .	38 .	39 A movie. What a gorgeous group!	40 .
41 Time to get going	42 .. and to set up for the party	43 .	44 Food prep
45 .	46 .	47 Olivia heads back to the Beach where she had a pre-booking	48 And let the evening commence (spot party Kookie)
49 .	50 Denise, Paulie, Anna, and Shari	51 AthoMen mother Elizabeth and her Radford-Smith clan arrive	52 .
53 Aussie pals arrive	54 Lyndon and Sophie ready to chill	55 .	56 James' Aunt Roxanna Romeros-Powell drops in
57 Elena introduces Grandpa Powell to her folks in Italy	58 Kirsten and Denise	59 .	60 .
61 The Powell contingent	62 .	63 .	64 Always in the catering tent?
65 Watching over a 2 year old can be tiring!	66 .	67 Beatrice drives up from the Byron Bay hinterland	68 .
69 .	70 .	71 Parents who have to farewell the Oxford Boys in under 24 hours	72 Some can bear it better than others
73 .	74 Aunt Asako drops in	75 .	76 As does...
77 ... a hungry possum	78 Olivia Skypes in from Palm Beach to join in	79 .	80 .
81 And the night winds up	82 In the morning it's time for farewells from Palm Beach...	83 ... Paulie's morning shift	84 ...to the Oxford Boys
85 Elizabeth collects the team in the Radford-Smith bus and get to the airport	86 And that's it! A 10 day visit done :-(	87 It all seems very quiet now. Where are the lads?	88 St Kilda pier it seems.... but then a Vietnamese break & back to Old Blighty/