 
1 1st July - Olivia takes a walk on Henley Beach
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2 A regular habit after work
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3 Whilst away in France/UK, the pool back home was leaking.
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4 Leak detection guys located it with high pressure gas & marked the ground so Stephen dug down
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5 And his guess was right - the Fig tree's invasive roots
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6 So work continued for some days
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7 5th - At 18 years old Rosie is slowing down
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8 .But still loves to check the garden
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9 The offending pool killing root is removed (nearly- 1 bit left)
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10 8th - Rosie is getting the royal treatment
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12 9th - out for a pedal
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13 Time to get the fig tree trimmed. It will take a few goes to lower the height so roots aren't as aggressive
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14 Blood sample taken during a home visit by the vet.
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15 Stephen adjusts his bike shoes whilst watching Le Tour de France Femmes
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16 Stephen celebrates two important events
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17 15th - A raclette dinner celebration with Paulie's French School folks
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18 16th - Jan and Jim are in town for a lunch to celebrate Jim's birthday
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19 A gift from cycling daughter Shari from her pedal over Catalan mountains last month
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23 Then given it's a restaurant in a golf course...
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30 19th - Rosie takes in a bit of sunshine
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32 20th - a lunch at St Lucia
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33 Now to sit the pipes in paving sand and return the soil before laying the sleepers back in position
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34 21 - doing what she is doing most of the time.
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35 22nd- Stephen pedals to Victoria Park for Le Festival. Everything French
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36 These ladies dance as well
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37 Ahh! The Citroen CX- Stephen had a brown one when Nick was born and then a blue one.
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38 A lovely venue for such a gig. Food stalls...
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39 ... installations
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40 ...Le bar
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41 We head to the lawn to listen to some of the performances
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42 Some performances - "traditional" 1800s
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43 VIDEO- the Can Can
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44 VIDEO - others performances are also traditional but from French external territories. here Tahiti. New Caledonia folk also sang some tunes
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45 23rd - Stephen (perhaps still in French colonial mode?) makes some Viet rolls for lunch
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46 26th - a cold morning. Lighting the fire filled the house with smoke. Up on the roof to play chimney sweep
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48 28th- Olivia flies up late that night from Adelaide for an event the next day and to see Rosie
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49 29th - more bonding with Rosie
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50 And with mother during a morning walk at UQ
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51 Paulie & Stephen set up for Paulie's Great-niece Jess's 30th
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52 And surprise! Apart from Shari, the guests didn't know that Olivia flew up for it
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56 Jess shares another bit of news. She's not only 30. Her beau, Clayton, has proposed and she has accepted!
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59 VIDEO- DJ Lyndon has control of the 30th sign lighting
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60 Then it's uber (vegan) cake time
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62 Now there is time for a chat with Rosie
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65 And a quick nap
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66 And the gals relax before taking Olivia to her flight back to Adelaide
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67 30th- chillin' in the garden as the month heads to an end
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68 No proper end of month without the scenic "Rusty's track" walk around St Lucia
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69 The new Paulie-named "Rosie's Seat"
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