After a decade in various roles, including chairperson, board member and staff member, Ms D'Elboux stood down from the museum in early July.

She said she made the decision to stand down due to family commitments and a desire to pursue new opportunities in her hometown of Cowra.

"I got to the point that I felt that I had taken the AOF as far as I could, and I actually would like to put my energy into something a little closer to home in the Cowra region," she said.

"My background is economic development and tourism and I've got an idea for an event that I thought would go really well in the Cowra region."

Ms D'Elboux initially became involved with the museum through her role at Cabonne Council but says she's had a lifelong fascination with history and the environment.

"I think I was about Year 9 at school, I might have even been a bit younger when the fossils were discovered and I remember seeing it on the local news," she said.

"I went from being a teenager, went off to university, studied environmental science and worked in various roles with that and then moved to work with Cabonne Council in 2010 and as part of my role the AOF fell under that responsibility for the position."

Ms D'Elboux said there have been many highlights during her time at the museum but meeting a worldwide legend of conservation was a dream come true.

"Being an environmentalist and watching many David Attenborough shows, I just couldn't believe that we were going to host him for a day," she said.

"That was all thanks to Alex [Dr Alex Ritchie], one of our lead scientists, he discovered the fossils and it took many years to organise, I got to spend the whole day with David Attenborough and it was just a privilege and certainly a career highlight for me."

The creation of a storage facility for the fossils and reestablished relationship with the Australian Museum were also high on the list of achievements during the past decade.

"I've always wanted to see the fossils that were stored at the showground to be stored onsite at the museum and that was achieved in the last 12 months," she said.

"From that, the relationship with the Australian Museum has been reestablished... there's a memorandum of understanding now that's been signed between Cabonne Council and Australian Museum."

Ms D'Elboux said none of this would be possible without the support of fellow board members, staff and volunteers.

"I really want to emphaise that I've been able to achieve the goals as a chairperson because of the people around me," she said.

"Just the passion from everybody, everyone that is there wants to be there and that goes so far, it made my position as chairperson so much easier when you've got everyone in the boat rowing with you in the same direction at the same time."

As for the future of the museum, Ms D'Elboux says she hopes to see the facility receive a facelift while more progress is made on the fossils.

"The museum needs a fit out and making it more interactive for those that are coming, use of animation and 3D with increase of technology, that stuff now is more affordable or obtainable than it was 10 years ago," she said.

"There's a high chance there's going to be things found in the fossils that have not been documented so far. I fully expect an announcement in that space in the coming two years.

"The other big thing we would like to see, obviously the original dig site is on private land, there have been some discussions around protecting the site and for the council to acquire the site but that's very, very early discussions.

"That will probably be the hardest thing to achieve but you never know, the things we've been able to do in the 10 years, never give up I suppose."