My Journey

Name: Linda
Location: Australia

I'm relatively new to the country and I'm enjoying the experience. In April 2006, after 23 years of marriage, my husband decided he could do better than me and left. After living on our farm for more than two years I have grown to love the quiet and the connection with the land and animals. I don't feel as though I belong in the city any more, so I'm going to stay here and make a life for myself. This journal is about what I have to face as a single woman looking after a 55 acre farm with a handful of animals. Plus, of course, all the good things that happen too.

Monday, January 07, 2008


Dubbo Zoo
I decided to take my two sons (plus one son's girlfriend) to the zoo and so we went on a Zoofari. It was the best experience I've had for a long time. We had three 1+ hours behind the scenes tours, which included watching feeding (lion, tiger, hippos, rhino, elephants, hunting dogs, maned wolf, cheetah, siamang apes, tortoises, meekats, among others) and we actually got to feed a giraffe ourselves. It was the most magical experience. You're looking up and this great big head is all you can see and time stands still. We also spent hours watching the Siamang apes (well it seemed like hours). We were lucky enough to catch them in action and calling out to each other on the first day and were taken in. Although we didn't get a repeat performance the next day or even on our tour, they were fascinating to watch. Plus there were lots of different horse-like and dear-like creatures, and buffalo and bison and the list just goes on and on. There were even alpacas! The zoo is not just for kids!