I had my first Managers meeting here yesterday. A good fun bunch of people.This group was spreading Christmas cheer.

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I went out to Thurgoona after work and came across this gentleman on his Harley.

The Library had a good Christmas lunch today, with the casual staff joining us.

Helen Bartlett, the lady on the left went to Marion High School in Adelaide,
the same time as I was there in the early 1960's,its a small world.

Is this a Christmas Bunny?

It feeds on the front lawn of house I am living in,

Today the campus has been shrouded in smoke from the bushfires which started after lightning strikes a week ago. People have described driving in pea soup so it would be quite dangerous on the freeway


Compare these two shots
Yesterday

Today

A busy weekend. I moved in to a house in Barton Street, Federation Park, Wodonga as a boarder until my property in Darwin sells and I find somewhere to live.


I went to across the border to Albury and Lavington to shop and then attended a social club Christmas party. On Sunday I went with work colleague Helen to the Friends of Chiltern Park group Christmas meeting in the Park.
We saw very few birds, but quite a number of wallabies and echidna.

I have started work with my new TAFE team and the staff of the La Trobe University library team here

This is the view of the lake just near my office.

I arrived this afternoon after driving from Geelong this morning. I flew into Adelaide last Monday 20th November. I stayed with Karen for a few nights I picked my car up on Tuesday from Port Adelaide, had it serviced on Wednesday and then left Adelaide on Thursday morning. I managed to catch up with a few friends whilst in Adelaide.
Barbara had asked me to take some photo's of Chloe and Max.



Here I am with Chloe

I dropped in on David Beauchamp, now working in Naracoorte at Mini Jumbuck, and Then lunch and a quick tour of the Naracoorte Caves.We spent Thursday night in Mt Gambier.






Kay Beauchamp works in the laboratory at Di Giorgio Winery



Had a detour to see and try the Tree Top Walk in the Otway Ranges called the Otway Fly.It was worth doing and comparing with the one at Walpole in Western Australia.
Wethen stayed with Karen's mother in Geelong for the last few nights, meeting Karen's sisters Ann and Vicki and niece Sam.
Here is Vicki, Karen and mother Jean

On the way to Wodonga I had a meal at Benalla and saw this Edward "Weary" Dunlop statue in the park.

My Darwin team had lunch today with me in The Shed.

Someone called Bruce commented on my new blog and had a delighful quote from another blog re Albury. If you want to have a laugh take a look at "downontheborder"

I know little about Wodonga so it will be fun discovering.
Whilst I would not call myself a twitcher I am a keen birdwatcher so was glad to read about this.and also this.
"There are four of Australia's Endangered Birds who are regular visitors to the Chiltern Forest, known as the Chiltern Box Iron Bark National Park.
"The Chiltern Box Ironbark National Park surrounds the picturesque historic town of Chiltern, so birdwatchers can easily access the many excellent bird locations by foot from town, or reach any location in the district by a short bicycle or car ride.
Chiltern is one of the Premiere Bird Watching areas in Southern Australia.
The district has exceptional bird diversity, due to the high quality of habitat protected in the Chiltern National Park and surrounds, and because the location of the district is on the boundary of two distinct bioregions, the drier woodlands of the inland, and the wetter mountain forests. More than 220 species have been recorded at Chiltern, 180 of them residents or regular visitors." [http://www.tourisminternet.com.au/chbird.htm]

I am about to start a new career move, back to the TAFE library environment at Wodonga Institute's David Mann Library
"The David Mann Library is a shared use library facility between Wodonga TAFE, La Trobe University and The Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre. You will find the library near Lake Drive between the Wodonga TAFE and the La Trobe University Campus"

I will start at the beginning of December.