western plain zoo

No, nothing has changed. I think it is getting worse by the day. I am there about every 2 or 3 months for work and it is one of the worst places I go to.

The Zoo is a must see if you are a visitor and have'nt been before. Some camp spots within coo-ee of town but still safer than in town IMO. Just to the north near Brocklehurst. Have a look on this website as I have uploaded one of these in this section myself.

Trevor.

Hi GoneTroppo, we didnt have that problem and found the staff to be quit friendly and helpful maybe they were having a bad day, but I wasnt in the mood for "talking to the animals" after the car episode so had the shi#s and come home, expensive weekend $450 excess to get door fixed as they buckled the metal around the door handle after digging it out with I presume a screw driver had to get new door skin,handle,lock, and interior trim after they dug through it. Still pis#es me off when I think how a good week away was screwed by some low life scum who need a good kick in the ar#e they would have got more then that if I had cought them. Regards Steve M

Hi Steve
Sorry to hear about your break and enter. Sadly have heard this lots of times, guess they put all that cyclone wire fencing around stuff for a reason.

Fortunately we had been warned about this, ended up staying at a B & B just out of town in a vineyard. Had a great time there really nice people.

Regards Chris

"To add insult to injury I was then harassed very aggressively for "a dollar mate" whilst walking down the street in the main business/shopping precinct. The caravan park at which we stayed locked the gates at night and it was only on leaving that I noticed the fencing was a hell of a lot more than the standard 2mtr. netting."

With all due respect Ian, that's not the Zoo's fault.

Cheers

Brian

I'm led to believe it's now $2........

Your quite correct!
It's not the zoo's fault. However for us it was part of the total zoo experience. Perhaps I should have gone in and out of the zoo without stopping in the town. Once again I state that we found the zoo to be very, very ordinary. My wife was keen to see the Koalas, what a joke! Into the enclosure, walked all round, got cricks in our necks from gazing upwards and not a single Koala to be seen.

Same with the little compound that was labelled Echidnas, I quite like the little buggers, I find them cute and lovable....Yes! You saw it coming. Not a bloody Echidna to be seen. My fault I suppose, they are mainly active at night, I should not have been looking for them during normal admission hours, I should have jumped the fence at 2:00am.

Once again, Western PLains Zoo, very, very ordinary. We were both very disappointed after taking off valuable RDO's and driving from Sydney to Dubbo specifically to visit the zoo.

Perhaps we may not have found it quite so disappointing if there had been a way of separating the Zoo from the town. In my opinion neither compliments the other.

Now ducking for cover.

Ian

Hi Ian,

No need to duck for cover from me mate. LOL.... Everyone is entitled to their opinion in my book.

After reading your follow up, I can understand how the whole trip for you must have been a disaster!
And it makes me realize how lucky we were to have seen the Zoo the way we did.

The only animals that were hard to see when we went were the lions, sulking at the back of their compound the way they do in all zoo's I guess, (Generalizing here because I haven't been to all zoo's... LOL....)

Cheers

Brian

Definatly agree with your sentiments on visiting the old Dubbo goal but sorry I can't agree on cig city comments. To me, there is plenty of towns with similar population size to Dubbo but much less violent criminals walking their streets (likewise plenty of smaller towns with worse probs also). Dubbo, really is a large provincial centre with all conveniences, but I still do not call it a city by any stretch. We get more stock losses and vandalism in Dubbo than in any other town stretching from Vic border to Cairns. We have pulled many services from Dubbo due to vandalism, sad, because it is a minority doing all the damage but the whole community pays with less services from my company. (Some may say "good... go" and that is their right).

Camp outside of town and go into town each day is my suggestion. Dubbo has plenty to see and do, so don't drive straight through.

Dodger, I will drop you a line when in town one of these times....if you want me to of course. After my comments, I understand if I am not welcome LOL!!.

Regards, Trevor.

Trevor next time your passing through please give me a call. 02 68843825.
We can have a mag and maybe I can show you the visible changes.
IMHO Our real problems are from the weak court system that returns these crims to the streets with only a slap on the wrist.

For that matter any member of this forum can give me a call when passing thru.

2 Van parks on the east side.