March 2021

March was wet and warm in Queensland for The oldies and Nick (mostly with his Uncle Mark near Buderim), warming and in COVID lockdown in Oxford, and pretty damn glorious in Adelaide for Olivia. Stephen thought he remind James of what wet really was during Sub-tropical rain here.

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Just before Nick's birthday on the 1st, he attends a retreat in Northern NSW for the weekend
Tres therapeutic. A shame however that exhausted he had an accident (or 2) on the way back to Uncle Mark's on the Sunshine Coast
March 5 - Olivia at the South Australia Museum with housemate and Pal Diana and friend
Lottie staying over
7th - Still some hot days in March
8th - Olivia picnics in Stirling, South Australia and a local joins in
Olivia's pad in Prospect, Adelaide
Another Outing with Diana and another friend
Followed by some sand and sun at Brighton Beach on the 12th
Back in Brisbane Olivia's feline friend Rosie explores
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Paulie and Stephen at lunch the next day in Brisbane
March seems to be Gecko hatching time
A "cold" snap during a week of rain required a fire to dry things out
19th - to the vineyards. This time Gomersal Wines in the Barossa
The ladies enjoy a riesling
and stay on into the evening
Changing a battery in a smoke alarm, Stephen finds round balls.
No... eggs! As noted, hatching time
20th. Jan and Jim Dunlop drop in for a visit
20th - off to explore a new region with friends. Currency Creek.
20th - This is it. A new job for Stephen with Canadian company "D2L" . Off to Melbourne for the week.
25th - Paulie's day off is spent on Moreton Bay with niece Shari and Peter
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Making it back just as the sun sets
After days of induction meetings, Stephen gets to visit old clients in Melbourne. Swinburne Uni and...
Fortunately he has his D2L mask for public transport
University of Melbourne - always lovely. Old...
...and new
27th - back home there are chores to do.
In Oxford James and Keno are become fashion experts and making their own shirts
Who said the COVID lockdown in the UK doesn't have benefits?
Diana and Olivia close out the month at Henley Beach
The sun sets on March