February 2023

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2nd - Stephen and Paulie head to the Sunshine Coast to see nephew Stefan open an exhibition Parents catch up with him And proudly frame themselves on Stefan's work 4th - a long walk around Jan and Jim's turf in Doonan
Paulie and Stephen's challenge of jogging up hills is... ... balanced by breaks to enjoy the scenery with Jan 5th - Stephen's brother Jon's ex partner Asako texts a shot of their memorial remembering Jon's death 12 months prior Isabelle and Asako then come to toast to Jon
5th - Airport preparation to head from Adelaide to Queenstown, New Zealand 6th- chilling in Arthurs Point near Queenstown . .
7th - Paulie and Stephen are asked to stay at the St Lucia Atherton's pad to care for Lottie. Chris and Louise sail into port the next day (after a cruise to Tasmania) Trying to keep the tennis up at the university courts Olivia collected Michelle who flew in the day after returning from a trip to Japan and they head to Te Anu 8th - Back at Indooroopilly, after well over a year of being abandoned on our property by past guest Blake, his car (and many boxes of his gear) makes it's way to his parents in Western Australia
At last! The gals cruise Milford Sound 9th - the big climb up Roy's Track above Wānaka 10th - glacier with Mt Cook in the background
11th - The gals back around Queenstown 12th- Michael returns home to France the next day so son Daniel drops in And we all have a last super. 13th - The day Michael left, so did Paulie and Stephen. Stephen had work in Melbourne and the guys drifted off to sleep with a pleasing view
14th - And they woke up to a lovely day with people floating by. James, on the other hand, woke up to a day in Bath where he had meetings. Next month is his Ugandan work trip. Dinner on Domain Road behind the gardens 15th - always energetic, Paulie bounds up to the gardens from St Kilda Road the next morning
The duo stop on the way back to their hotel Paulie attends "The Widows of Culloden" exhibit at the NGV exploring Alexander McQueen's work . That evening Stephen literally saw pink elephants at the Windsor Castle where the work team gathered for dinner.
. . 16- Paulie visited the lovely Prahran Markets whilst Stephen was at the office .
And that evening they chilled in their room before heading home the next morning . 19th - Rosie felt like garden time and then both girls felt like hunting time
Preparing for Daniel and Storm who will join Michael back in France in March and a pleasant 6 hour lunch it was! 22nd- It's the Universities Australia conference in Canberra. Dinner is in Parliament House Chair, John Dewar and the Minister for Education have a word
23rd- in between attending sessions Stephen joins his colleague Glen on the small stand. Our pal, Laura, from the Canadian High Commission drops in for a visit Conference over, Stephen has a feed at the local near his hotel (the Brassey) 24th - Home at last
26th - time to get back into it. A brisk walk up a steep track on Mt Cootha Paulie literally flew down some of the track on the way back. February also flew by.