The Christmas period is renowned for bringing families together and that was certainly the case at Taronga Western Plains Zoo on Boxing Day.
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Families travelled from far and wide including Canberra and Sydney for a chance to meet Dubbo’s animal residents, with many in town to visit human families as well.
Paul Greenwood loved returning to his hometown for Christmas, and his family from Canberra enjoyed the popular Giraffes in Focus experience.
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The van der Wielen family continued their Christmas tradition of visiting a different zoo each year, with children Anne and Tom delighted by the meerkats.
“When I grow up, I want a meerkat!” said Sydney’s Sanvi Rattan, a potential future zoo keeper.