We have spent the last 3 nights in Dubbo. One of our main reasons for stopping here was to visit the Western Plains Zoo. We all had a great, but exhausting day visiting the zoo. A big favourite of everyone's were the Meerkats. We were lucky enough to see a baby Meerkat only 3 weeks old. I've put in a picture of him since he was so very cute! Second favourite were the Galapacas Island turtles. The zoo had being trying to breed these turtles since the 80's with no success. Only a year ago one of their female turtles gave birth to her first baby at age 90! The zoo believe that the male turtles hadn't matured enough to impregnate the female until now, and they are aged 40!
We also visited the old Dubbo gaol, which was really interesting. Josh freaked out a little in the solitary confinement cell though!
Back at the park we were asked if we could be extras for the Discover Downunder TV show. Didn't really know what we got ourselves in for! Tim Smith the host was advertising a new camping gadget, which is like a speaker for your iphone. So we all had to dance to terrible country music for him! Eek!! Josh and Ash proved quite a hit with Tim as they danced like meerkats with him! It was very amusing and they ended up winning the prize for best dancing! They were stoked they got a cherry ripe and a soft drink! Tim named them the meerkat twins! For those that want to see us embarrass ourselves the show is airing on 5th July at 4.30pm on channel 9.
Today we leave Dubbo and head to Bendemeer (near Tamworth) for our first free camping experience!
Baby Meerkat
Josh and Ash with the turtle!
At the Gaol, which is right opposite Woolworths!
The Meerkat boys!
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