The rest of our stay in Victoria was spent wandering back and forward seeing friends and family.
Unfortunately we couldn't get to visit everyone - hopefully, we will have time to catch up next year.
We stayed a couple of months at our friends Rod and Jo Cavill's property at Cobungra in the High Country which eases the heat of a hot summer.
The intention was to fish, prospect and plan where and what we were going to do next. Dianne started working as a Home Help for the Omeo and District Hospital on a part time basis to bring in a bit of money while I helped Rod build a shed. Below is a picture of the upright poles we put in and this was no easy task - they were approx 5m in length and 3oomm thick we had to use the tractor to lift them up.
Next year we'll start on the house, hahaha.
We were planning to head North in 2010 for a green change after all the red dirt, wind and sand of the West. After researching the internet for positions up North I stumbled on one which Dianne had seen earlier, but thought was finished, on the Grey Nomads Employment web site. The position was for a couple to assist with running a Caravan Park and Camp Ground and to run Mine tours into Rio Tinto's Bauxite Mine at Weipa on the western side of Cape York. Well, to say it fitted us pretty good was an understatement. We made contact, followed by a phone interview and waited a week while they interviewed others :). The call finally came and we had our new job. The sight to some, of us dancing in the aisles may be off putting so I won't post a photo, all going well the job will be ongoing each year.