Farewell Julia aka Shane

After staying with us for about seven months, Shane decided he needed to fly the coop and move across to the property at Cawongla (under ten minutes up the road from our place) where he will be living from hereon in. He bought himself a caravan and hopes to rebuild part of a dairy bales that already exists on the property to create a lovely home for himself and Bluey, complete with fruit trees and vege garden.  Here he is, with Bluey, and Marty, his new vehicle, a very blokey looking ute.
We will miss Shane in a very big way. We've been friends now for five years and the time that he has spent living with us at Larnook has been very easy. He has played a big part in the experiences of our HelpXers during that time, each of whom valued the knowledge and the stories and the skills that Shane is only too happy to share. He has constructed the Lizard Palace and done his usual creek vegetation maintenance and a bunch of other stuff around the place. And he's made lots of delicious meals and, lately, some very nice fires.
But I can well imagine how much he will be looking forward to bringing all of those skills and knowledge to his new project, and we look forward to visiting him as our neighbour.  And, he will still be coming down to Larnook to work on our place, when he needs a bit of a break from his place. But still, an auspicious day.
So we shall miss you, Julia...and we shall miss you, Bluey!