Tuesday - Day Seven - Dubbo

Hippo

 
We breakfasted at the Short Street Store Cafe where they made a delicious coffee and 'Eggs Your Way'. Afterwards I dropped Sooz back to the motel so she could have some 'quiet time' after the commotion that was a weekend with my family - enjoyable, yes, but full-on nonetheless.
I had bought my Taronga Western Plains Zoo ticket online and had no problems when I drove up to the entry gate. I had decided not to hire the electric cart - since Sooz wasn't going to be with me, and because it was going to be hot - 34 degrees had been forecast and as I drove around the Zoo in our air-conditioned Ravi, I was very grateful. I had to get out to photograph the animals and they seemed a bit lacklustre in the heat - quite understandable. 

Lemur lunch.

I was lucky when I made it to the Lemurs. I was sitting there thinking I couldn't possible walk the extra distance to the Gibbons in the heat of the day - and as I sat there I watched the one Lemur I had managed to sight - who was in a tree with three more Lemurs. Who knew? Then there was a commotion and a keeper appeared, carrying a bucket of food. She had a procession of Lemurs following her over to the feeding area. They are wonderful subjects especially when they are munching on food - and who knew they had some delicate hands and fingers.
I had wanted to go through the Lion area - there is a safari ride through their paddock but it isn't working at the moment because there are lion cubs. I also missed the Savannah Safari today - it only operates in the morning - as I realised while I read the Zoo map and additional information as I enjoyed lunch in their cafe. I fell into the gift shop after that - and managed to walk out without any purchases - although if had I known someone's size, Sooz and I would have been giving them a meerkat tee. (Sorry!)

Meerkat

Our motel is situated near all of the fast food outlets and we settled on KFC for dinner. It's a while since we've had it and we enjoyed it for a change, but that might be it for a while.

After dinner, we settled in for a movie and ended up watching 'Elf' on Netflix - which I was surprised to find on the television in the room. There were supposed to be movies on Foxtel, but I was happier with Netflix. Alas, I don't think it was the motel's account - and Dad & Mum's profile stopped working afterwards - I was just glad we were able to see Buddy (with some help) save Christmas. Last night (thanks again Dad & Mum's profile) we atched 'Love Actually' - yes, it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Which reminds me, I should be doing something about getting the Christmas-themed gels on to Ravi's windows. 

Mum and Bub - not sure which species of Rhino.