Olivia's bitrhday, work and play for all and of course Christmas and New Year's Eve events. In Brisbane, Germany and Paris, Adelaide and Mareeba.
11st - Olivia is visited by pal Michelle and they head to the Northern Summit in Adelaide Hills
2Mich is there before Olivia's birthday
3whilst in Brisbane Paulie & Stephen conquer a lower summit
42nd - the gals go to Artwine's vineyard in the Hills
54th - Jan and Jim stayed the night and then walked around the river at UQ
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7That evening, a dinner at Owen and Denise's
85th - Stephen headed to the ASCILITE conference at Sydney Uni. Monday mornings at the airport are busy- even in the business line it took close to 40 minutes to get through security.
9on arrival it was straight into a Zoom call to Charles Sturt Uni
10That evening a wee walk around the area. St Andrews College is very Scottish
11And the architecture very British
12Off to meet a pal, Stephen notes the lovely bike pathways in the backstreets.
13Not all of the Newtown & Camperdown properties around the Uni & Royal Prince Alfred Hospital have been gentrified
14At the old rail works in Evenleigh Stephen meets old Apple colleague Steve Doyle.
156th - on campus at Sydney Uni, it's conference time
16Stephen has some awards (D2L grants) to present
17One of the two sets of happy recipients
18One of final sessions of this day is fun
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21Rosie waits for Stephen's return (unlikely)
227th - birthday girl receives a little something from Brisbane.
2310th- trying to repair very unhealty outdoor furniture
24The guys have fellow St Antonin Noble Val residents , Storm and Daniel, over for a feed
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2614th - Stephen gives up his repair job! Paulie oils the new replacement outdoor benches
27local visits drop in for a drink and chat
28Olivia and friends swim before work as part of "Salty Sips"
29Post chore break
30Olivia shows off her long hair before...
31...having it cut to donate much of it to a project to make wigs for chemotherapy patients
3218th - the guys are getting into the habit of a morning jog around Moore Park
3319th - Mitch has been staying at Chateau AthoTurnbull for a few days a week whilst working and studying
3422nd - two folks fly in for Christmas. Firstly Michael Docherty from France...
35... and later that day Olivia from Adelaide.
36The next morning the gals go out for a walk up Mt Cootha
3723rd- Olivia also catches up with Megan on the Sunshine Coast
3824th - Paulie & Stephen host a Christmas Eve dinner
39St Lucia Athertons...
40Clan Traynor (including Veronica)
41And of course Daniel & Michael Docherty
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46Christmas morning
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48Then off to a breakfast hosted by Jess & Claudia Dunlop
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51And a cast of thousands
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53Later that day many of the breakfast guests relocate to Doonan on the Sunshine Coast for the Dunlop clan dinner
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57Pete Davidson and Shari are the ham specialists
58Adrienne the Verve Clicquot Queen
59and Olivia the Boo minder.
6026th - despite (or perhaps because of) the over-eating and drinking, it's time for a 20 km mountain climb cycle
61Nearly back at Jan & Jim's, the petit peloton stop for a coffee at Stef & Adrienne Dunlop's (waking Stef in the process)
62One Olympian (Toni), one marathoner and serious cyclist (Pete) and one triathlon Queen were very patient with the ancient irregular cyclist, Stephen. He may have been some metres behind when coming up the mountain!
63A cold outdoor shower was in order and was all part of camping out in Jan's Art studio for a few nights.
64The team all watch the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Toni has crewed a yacht in the race twice. Pete is planning to crew in 2023
65Whilst the AthoTurnbull crew enjoy time in the Noosa hinterland, James and Keno take Keno's Mum, Antje, on a trip to Heidelberg having spent Christmas with the family
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6729th - Mr Atherton's favoured cafe in the Rhineland-Palantinate region. The cafe is nextdoor to the Preek Coffee Shop
68Olivia spends as much time as she can with Rosie...
69... who knows Olivia is about to head back to Adelaide.
7030th - Olivia is off.
71And Paulie gets ready for yoga to help her re-balance having said goodbye to her baby.
7230th - Quick visit to the St Lucia Athertons (Chris working on a pond boat for grand-daughter Harriett)
7331 st- a small at-home New Year's Eve.
74And in Paris James and Keno attend a gig at La Madeleine with Ravel & Beethoven on the programme
