11st - Paulie and Stephen arrivied in Oxford after two months in France bearing gifts. This item was part of a set given by a dear departed friend, Kaida Sara, as a wedding gift to James' Parents in 1981. It didn't travel well.
2Spring had sprung, so a toast in the garden to celebrate the offer on the Paulie and Stephen's home as well as Keno's acceptance to join the UK AI Security Team was in order
32nd - James led a boy's yoga session
4He demonstrated the Crow Position.
5Clearly Stephen had never seen a crow stand like that. He nearly got it, but head butting the floor wasn't in the Yoga manual.
6The team decided to take advantage of the rental car and headed to the Cotswolds
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8Beautiful Bibury. Stephen took James there 30+ years ago when they lived in Oxford.
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11Then to Minster Lovell 4km from Witney
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133rd - The next morning Stephen mostly got his balance right. However, it looked like he nearly blew a jugular :-)
14That afternoon it was off to Heathrow and the British Airways lounge for the flight back to Australia.
155th - home in time to get the house tidy (after a lunch toast) given they had accepted an offer whilst in France
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187th - the Oxford lads arrived in Japan for a holiday before Keno started his new role with the UK AI Security team. First stop- Kyoto Serial-in Tempple
19Biwako Quasi-National Park, Kyoto
209th - Meanwhile In Adelaide's Victoria Park, Olivia's colleagues continued training for the Melbourne Marathon on October 12th
21Whilst in Japan Keno & James walked though the Koya-Ryujin Quasi-National Park in Koya.
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23Nanzen-ji Temple,Kyoto
24Nakatsugawa,Gifu
25One of Nara's numerous sika deers. Local folklore saw them as messangers from the Gods.
26Meanwhile, back in the Atho-Turnbull French HQ the much anticipated paving of Rue Droite commenced.
2713th - In Australia Paulie and Stephen headed to Maleny for Paulie's Great-neice Jess's wedding. The cabin they are in had an outdoor bath (set in an old water tank).
28Stephen was ready and willing for a bath in the chilly mountain forest.
29Meanwhile the ladies prepared for the wedding later in the day. Olivia had flown in from Adelaide with her friend Cam
30The bride and Groom showed a wee video. It turned out that they had married the month before in a secret private ceremony! Excellent idea
31That evening the champagne flowed
32Jess & Clayton went through numerous bottles of Veuve Clicquot to fill the glasses
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35Cam and Olivia were ready to party
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39Paulie knows a tall tale when Lyndon tells one.
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47They then headed to the city to give Cam a tour of Brisbane.
48On return they braved the cold water
4916th- Back at the Brisbane home, the Adelaide duo offered a helping hand to clean up before the removalists arrived
5019th - The last supper at Chateau AthoTurnbull with ex-Apple pal John Webb and Megan.
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52Time for a cuddle for the one-time Apple Australia New Zealand Higher Education duo.
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5422nd - In South Australia Olivia hits the vineyards with Cam and his pals.
5523rd- The packing is well advanced in Brisbane
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6027th - time for a packing break so the dynamic duo headed to Noosaville for a night with Jan and Jim
61Which involved watching a Rugby match. The All Blacks retained the cup.
6228th - The team chilled with locals for morning coffee
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6529th - Then it was back home for the big move. Stephen had to borrow the neighbour's chainsaw to take a few of the of the larger branches down
66With only two camping chairs remaining, the duo setup a control point in the shade.
67From the shade, Paulie and Stephen monitored the job
68The second truck arrived. Two half-shipping containers headed off to the Kent warehouse until a forwarding address was purchased
69Maggie sunbaked in preparation for a performance with Stephen to farewell the guys
70Video - Maggie sang his sweet song accompanied by Stephen. The third instrument (a neighbour's chainsaw) wasn't the best accompaniment.
71Stephen made final edits to the inventory
72With no bed to sleep in at home, the guys then headed to stay a few nights with the St Lucia Athertons
73Stephen's brother Chris fed the neighbour's chickens.
74At home Louise prepared lunch
7530th - Stephen reacted to something during his gardening and rubbish removal work
76The team gearing up for the Melbourne marathon in October created their own team uniform (Spoiler alert - Olivia aced the marathon!)
77The piano was the last piece of furniture and a specialist team collected it
78It was given to Gabriele, the co-owner of Artimino Ristorante Italiano a few kilometres away in Graceville to use in the restaurant.
79The house was left empty and ready for Paulie and Stephen to clean it before they headed to Adelaide on October 3rd. The sale settled October 10th.
