April 2022

1 2nd April -Olivia and the gals went camping for a few nights at Deep Creek Conservation Park, on Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide	2 .	3 .	4 .
5 .	6 4th April - French Film Festival drink	7 Quilt repairs at home	8 Local gossip
9 8th April - a cycle into town	10 Followed by a chat with Rosie.	11 That evening, Stef Dunlop's exhibition. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talk art as do Paulie and Halka.	12 Stef chats with the guests
13 .	14 .	15 Most of the pieces were sold by the end of the night	16 9th - Jan & Jim stayed the night
17 10th - Stephen does some garden chores before hading to Sydney the next day	18 11th - Stephen arrives in Sydney for some meetings. Another, newer, Polo to drive north	19 Up to a motel near Bonnells Bay, most of the way to Newcastle	20 A morning walk
21 Then a visit to Avondale University close by in Cooranbong	22 Stephen thought the architecture reflected that in upstate NY (home of Seventh Day Adventists) at this small Adventist run university	23 Back to Randwick and his small hotel	24 12th - Stephen suspected art is not all he absorbed at the gallery on Friday night
25 So his meetings (and dinner with pal Zolton) cancelled & a couple of days isolated working from his room. Fortunately he did not pass on COVID to the Provost & VC at Avondale.	26 13th - enough hotel isolation. Still staying isolated, Stephen returned the rental car to Newcastle Airport. His savior, Paulie, met him 5 minutes after he arrived. A 9+ hour drive for her!	27 14th - After a 4 hour drive they crashed overnight in a room at Kirsten and Toni Dunlop's holiday house in Woolgoolga just past Coffs Harbour (arrived late & left before the kids woke up)	28 They had a quick look around the town
29 Spotted some locals	30 Zipped past the Sikh temple, and headed of on the 4-5 hour drive home.	31 15 th - Paulie tested positive the day she drove south. So it was isolation at home	32 Paulie's great-niece Claudie delivered some shopping after her work. Truly a great niece
33 17th - coincidentally Olivia and boyfriend James tested positive 2,000km away in Adelaide! So we chatted to those who had recently recovered from COVID in Oxford	34 23rd - Out of isolation and paddling around Torrens Island in St Kilda Aquatic Reserve (to the north of Adelaide city centre)	35 .	36 Might have COVID, but still has his sense of balance (but perhaps not common sense)
37 24th - Jim & Jan were also just out of isolation (thought to have contracted the virus the same time Stephen & Paulie did). It was worth a drive to celebrate.	38 Not wanting to tire Jan Jim out, it was just a quick lunch visit.	39 .	40 Pretending to ignore each other
41 25th - Meanwhile in the garden next door to James & Keno in Oxford...	42 But in their garden, Ms Fox brings junior along	43 "Stay away from my baby fella!"	44 30th - time to do some restoration work.
45 Paulie's doll stroller from when she was 2	46 The wheel specialist	47 Ready for action.	48 29th - Olivia watches James perform at a bar in Adelaide city.
49 Then a cycle to town. The last hill is always the hardest. Especially such a steep one.	50 Nick is staying a few days whilst he looks for a house to rent and Béatrice comes to dinner. She heads to France (Reunion) to stay with family to start a new chapter in her life after loosing Jonathan.