taronga western plains zoo

Quokka joeys emerge from the pouch: Two Quokka joeys have emerged from the pouch. The joeys been named Digby and Ban-gup. Reported on socials.

Galapagos giant tortoise back on display: Dubbo’s Galapagos giant tortoise are back on display, following six months of being off display while renovations to their exhibit were carried out. Reported on socials.

Quokka update: The female Quokka joey born last year has been named Djinda, meaning “star” in Noonga (a language from South West WA) - reported on socials. The zoo has a trio of Quokka on display in the Australia Walkthrough comprising of Murruwa (born late 2021), Djinda and Wir - who is the...

Introduction I thought it’d be good to have a thread dedicated to discussion of this import since it will be a large scale, ongoing event across the next three years; to avoid clogging up the news threads of the zoos involved; and to avoid taking over the rhinoceros population thread, which as...

I began looking into the history of Dubbo’s Black Rhinos out of curiosity, to see if any had been moved on to other breeding programs. I ended up with a summary of what I believe are all the Black Rhinos held at Dubbo since the program began in 1992. (I did find a reference to one more female...

Hi all! I'm a study captive animals tafe student doing an assignment on enclosure design and was wondering if anyone new the dimensions of the "Common" hippo enclosures at Taronga Western plains? I've tried contacting them directly with no avail, so it would be heaps of help if anyone had any...

28.06.2020. I was inspired by @WhistlingKite24's great reviews to have a go at writing my own for TWPZ. It isn't nearly as good as the ones WhistlingKite does, and may be a little tainted by my childhood nostalgia for TWPZ. I thought it might also be interesting to document a zoo visit during...

Two Major Projects to Start Construction in 2021: Taronga Western Plains are set to begin construction on two exciting projects in 2021: a new wildlife hospital and a refuge for Platypus with $22.8 million worth of funding as part of the 2020-21 NSW Budget. As well as $14 million towards the...