In 1987, with the assistance of contacts in the Hughenden area, Wade recovered a second skull of the Queensland dinosaur, "Muttaburrasaurus". She was able to excavate specimens of Kronoaurus, and secure the site and remains of Jurassic sauropod, "Rhoetosaurus", which had been lost since the 1920s. In 1990, Wade excavated the most complete "Pliosaurus" fossil at Hughenden, presently known. She continued research into mollusc fossils of the Great Artesian Basin. Wade became an Honorary Research Associate of the Queensland Museum after retiring in 1993. She moved to western Queensland, helping to develop the Fossil Centers at Richmond and Hughenden.