July 2020

July saw COVID-19 bounce back in a second wave in Melbourne and indeed Queensland shut it's borders to the state of Victoria and New South Wales. Folks (alas, mostly from Logan near Brisabane broke rules and lied on paperwork about having been in Melbourne so we had a small rise in cases). But the Australian and UK based AthoTurnbulls were fine. Paulie and Stephen continued working for their client whilst living with the St Lucia Athertons. Nick was still working on his health in NSW and was uncontactable (he can receive mail and send it in early August). Olivia continued working at the Redcliffe hospital and James and Keno worked from home in Oxford with outings to shop, exercise, and fracture elbows. Both family homes (Brisbane and St Antonin) continued to be rented. The big news? Our lovely Canadian tenants had enough of Air Canada cancelling flights so booked a return trip on August 4th. Soon Paulie and Stephen get their own home after 7 months of being gypsies (they'll work out how to pay the mortgages at some stage)!

1 July 2 - A move to mind Heather and "Rainesie's" apartment for a week	2 An afternoon nap with a view	3 .	4 A few chores to do for Heather
5 Looking down at a busy river	6 And on ground level in Southbank where Stephen is perplexed by the App to use this self powered beastie	7 But Paulie gets the hang quickly	8 A Southbank picnic at with the St Lucia Athertons who took the ferry.
9 .	10 July 5 - Olivia has been growing her hair so she can donate some to a charity that makes wigs for patients. Before...	11 ... and after	12 July 12 - Up to the Sunshne Coast. An evening pit stop at Noosa River
13 FIsh and chip time	14 Stephen has his eyes on the Barramundi (aka Asian Sea Bass)	15 Then the team head to Jan and Jim's at Dunoon	16 The gals head out for a walk
17 .	18 .	19 Chill time	20 Jan & Jim come back from a few days in NSW with Kirsten and Toni at their new holiday home.
21 .	22 Work continues on Olivia's kniting project	23 Getting there	24 July 16 - back at St Lucia it's picnic time
25 July 17 - In Oxford it's mending time	26 As a new exercise (to get out and about whilst working at home) James is mastering Roller blades. Perhaps not quite mastering	27 The guys have a Thai lunch	28 July 19 - mmm. The hand brake failed!
29 Notes for an insurance claim	30 .	31 Peaches Peugeot is towed away for a few weeks to get fixed	32 July 21 - Paulie's great-neice Jess has a birthday dinner
33 .	34 .	35 July 25 - Back up to Jan and Jim's. A nice walk at Nosa before it rains	36 .
37 .	38 Stephen was determined to finish his book ("Akin" by Emma Donoghue)	39 July 26- Back at St Lucia, the gals work on Olivia's jumper	40 Just some sewing up and it's done!
41 It's taken a few months but at last Chris and Stephen think they've stopped the pond leak	42 Tony Donovan drops in	43 "Uncle Steebie" helps with the St Lucia Atherton's babysitting duty.	44 Eloise is a delight to care for & just turned 2
45 July 29 - Owen's birthday at the local Indonesian joint	46 July 30 - Chris has prepared Moule (mussel) and frites. We wait eagerly	47 July 31 - after putting it off for months, a parasol is delivered to La Cachette. It's hot and dry en SW France!	48 Whilst at St Lucia Chris and Stephen look at their Uncle Henry's flight log from WWII which shows his early training included instruction from Flight Lieutenant Palmer. Interestingly...
49 Chris Atherton's flight log also includes an instructor "Palmer". Yep - the son of Henry's instructor (who checked his father's log book and it all fits)	50 All that training and it was a mountain that killed Henry. You can see more information on Henry and other Atho ancestors in the "Ancestors" section in the "Photo Archive" of this website.