October 2021

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A busy month with Olivia making two trips to Queensland, James working on the Lush Spring Prize with daily Zoom sessions for a week (around international projects focussed on sustainability), Nick in hospital, and Stephen at work and growing a year older. Paulie was on tour with her client Des in South Australia - Des had won a prize to attend a "Barons of the Barossa" event and when they discovered Des needed carers, they were asked to join in.

Olivia and pal Sophie kick off the month with a visit to the McLaren Vale	Paulie & Stephen have a night at the St Lucia Atherton's beach pad	Always a lovely view from their apartment
Oct 4 - Stephen and assorted beasts enjoy the afternooon	.	But then it's to work
Oct 6 - Paulie and Stephen head to the theatre. A first in a long time	Oct 9- up to Doonan to see Jan Dunlop's open studio	.
No idea where Stephen was telling Jim to go!	Halka dropped in for lunch and had a read	.
.	.	Oct 12 - Stephen dropped Paulie at the European Masters collection from the Met but too busy for Stephen to have a look.
.	Oct 14 - Paulie's pal Heather had a big Africa themed birthday. Stephen thought his Kente (care of old pal Joe Tawiah R.I.P.) would do	mmm... the last time Stephen saw Joe wear a kente was decades ago & not exactly politically correct! But both he and Chris thought it amusing.
Why African themed? It was meant to be a birthday in Mozambique (COVID cancelled) to celebrate their 6 month drive through Africa 40 years prior.	Oct 15 - A 3 hour flight to Cairns from Adelaide & then to Port Douglas for Olivia & Diana	.
.	.	Oct 17 - A couple of night in the Sheraton to spoil themselves
.	.	Thirsty
Oct 22 - Olivia leaves Adelaide again and arrives late in Brisbane late in the evening. Her 4th attempt to visit home in the last 9 months.	Morning exercise at UQ	A morning chill in Stephen's birthday gift
Stephen catches up on his fictional "flic" ami, Bruno	Early birthday gifts form Olivia	Ready to go and then...
...off to dinner at Southbank	Olivia's visit was to surprise the whanau at "Nana and Jim's" 80th bash	Reading from family in NZ on both sides
.	Paulie gave it a try but Olivia took over	.
Sisterly bonding	We think we'll all try a drink at the Regatta pub. But a line of under 30s stretch for many metres to get in. No thanks.	A James catch up
Lyndon and Sophie,	Pete and Shari	Oct 24 - A relaxing Sunday breakfast
2nd cousins and great pals Jess and Claudie drop in	And that afternoon it was back to Adelaide	Getting too at home
Oct 28 - cool cat	Oct 29 - Paulie flies into Adelaide and then to Lyndoch in the BArossa	Whilst at the same time Olivia picnics in McLaren Vale vineyards
And in Brisbane Stephen joins James and a cast of thousands from across the world in a sustainability meeting sponsored by Lush	Oct 30 - Paulie and other carer Benoni join client & pal Des in Tanunda	Then Bethany
With Geoff from Bethany wines	And the vineyards around there	Benoni and Paulie at work with Des.
The 1918 Bistro in Tanunda	Oct 31 - morning breaks at the Novotel Barossa	And then a driver collects them to attend the "Barons of the Barossa" lunch
Which all enjoyed. Paulie sat next to Stephen and Prue Henscke . Des chatted with Grant Burge. All are indeed Barossa aristocracy.	.	Paulie's nephew Toni, Kirsten and the kids had a fine Halloween afternoon Annerley
Diana and Olivia had a musical picnic in eth McLaren Vale vineyards	.	Back at the Barossa Novotel Paulie takes an evening walk. Plenty of nice natural sights
And some surprising sights best avoided	And some not-so-natural hazards	But back in Brisbane Stephen just chills and has a quiet people-free day on his 62nd birthday in the garden
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Olivia and pal Sophie kick off the month with a visit to the McLaren Vale

Paulie & Stephen have a night at the St Lucia Atherton's beach pad

Always a lovely view from their apartment

Oct 4 - Stephen and assorted beasts enjoy the afternooon

.

But then it's to work

Oct 6 - Paulie and Stephen head to the theatre. A first in a long time

Oct 9- up to Doonan to see Jan Dunlop's open studio

.

No idea where Stephen was telling Jim to go!

Halka dropped in for lunch and had a read

.

.

.

Oct 12 - Stephen dropped Paulie at the European Masters collection from the Met but too busy for Stephen to have a look.

.

Oct 14 - Paulie's pal Heather had a big Africa themed birthday. Stephen thought his Kente (care of old pal Joe Tawiah R.I.P.) would do

mmm... the last time Stephen saw Joe wear a kente was decades ago & not exactly politically correct! But both he and Chris thought it amusing.

Why African themed? It was meant to be a birthday in Mozambique (COVID cancelled) to celebrate their 6 month drive through Africa 40 years prior.

Oct 15 - A 3 hour flight to Cairns from Adelaide & then to Port Douglas for Olivia & Diana

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.

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Oct 17 - A couple of night in the Sheraton to spoil themselves

.

.

Thirsty

Oct 22 - Olivia leaves Adelaide again and arrives late in Brisbane late in the evening. Her 4th attempt to visit home in the last 9 months.

Morning exercise at UQ

A morning chill in Stephen's birthday gift

Stephen catches up on his fictional "flic" ami, Bruno

Early birthday gifts form Olivia

Ready to go and then...

...off to dinner at Southbank

Olivia's visit was to surprise the whanau at "Nana and Jim's" 80th bash

Reading from family in NZ on both sides

.

Paulie gave it a try but Olivia took over

.

Sisterly bonding

We think we'll all try a drink at the Regatta pub. But a line of under 30s stretch for many metres to get in. No thanks.

A James catch up

Lyndon and Sophie,

Pete and Shari

Oct 24 - A relaxing Sunday breakfast

2nd cousins and great pals Jess and Claudie drop in

And that afternoon it was back to Adelaide

Getting too at home

Oct 28 - cool cat

Oct 29 - Paulie flies into Adelaide and then to Lyndoch in the BArossa

Whilst at the same time Olivia picnics in McLaren Vale vineyards

And in Brisbane Stephen joins James and a cast of thousands from across the world in a sustainability meeting sponsored by Lush

Oct 30 - Paulie and other carer Benoni join client & pal Des in Tanunda

Then Bethany

With Geoff from Bethany wines

And the vineyards around there

Benoni and Paulie at work with Des.

The 1918 Bistro in Tanunda

Oct 31 - morning breaks at the Novotel Barossa

And then a driver collects them to attend the "Barons of the Barossa" lunch

Which all enjoyed. Paulie sat next to Stephen and Prue Henscke . Des chatted with Grant Burge. All are indeed Barossa aristocracy.

.

Paulie's nephew Toni, Kirsten and the kids had a fine Halloween afternoon Annerley

Diana and Olivia had a musical picnic in eth McLaren Vale vineyards

.

Back at the Barossa Novotel Paulie takes an evening walk. Plenty of nice natural sights

And some surprising sights best avoided

And some not-so-natural hazards

But back in Brisbane Stephen just chills and has a quiet people-free day on his 62nd birthday in the garden

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