We spent Sunday the 6th of August at the Toronga Western Plains Zoo. We hired push bikes to ride the 6km circuit and view all the animals on display. The zoo opened in 1977, 40 years later it has developed into a world renowned centre for wildlife conservation, breeding, education and research. We all had an amazing day, the weather was beautiful and we stopped half way around for a break and picnic. Charlie's favorite animal was the Greater One Horned Rhinocer...

We are having issues with our hot water service in the caravan so we decided to leave our free camp and head to a nice caravan park. My aim was to get the caravan sorted out whilst the kids enjoyed the park attractions. The kids met lots of other kids and have spent the day playing which has been great for them. I have the hot water service marginally better after fitting a new thermostat, however something is not quite right. I'm thinking we may have to get a ...

Not an ideal start to the day with everthing wet and the front boot of the caravan holding a lot of water. However we got ourselves organised and after some essential colorie intakes at McDonalds (bar Mandy) we headed north towards Parkes. It wasn't long before we were at the famous Parkes radio telescope. This was a fantastic experience for the whole family. The kids purchased information books that required them to do a scavenger hunt to find answers. In doing ...