Dubbo 2021 - Day 4

Our anniversary!

Went and got breakfast from The Scottish Restaurant, this time with hotcakes.

After breakfast we headed back to the zoo, this time we decided to drive and mostly skip the first half that we'd done pretty well yesterday. Although we did stop at a few things again. Being a Monday and not a public holiday in NSW, the place was practically deserted. Maybe it was just because we skipped ahead, but a lot of places we had to ourselves which was pretty nice. Had a lot more energy for the second half, and saw things we missed yesterday.

African Wild Dogs
African Wild Dogs

Boab tree near the entrance
Boab tree near the entrance

Black Rhinoceros - Bakhita and Sabi
Black Rhinoceros - Bakhita and Sabi

Stu with rhinoceros size chart
Stu with rhinoceros size chart

Zebra
Zebra

White-handed Gibbon
White-handed Gibbon

Greater One-horned Rhino (I think)
Greater One-horned Rhino (I think)

Banteng
Banteng

Camel
Camel

Przewalski's Horses
Przewalski's Horses

Short-beaked Echidna and Quokka
Short-beaked Echidna and Quokka

Wallaby
Wallaby

Wallaby
Wallaby

Stu with an emu
Stu with an emu

Emu closeup
Emu closeup

Lioness
Lioness

Lion sculpture
Lion sculpture

Kaz and Stu with Galapagos Tortoises
Kaz and Stu with Galapagos Tortoises

Stu and Galapagos Tortoises
Stu and Galapagos Tortoises

We were done by about lunch time, and went into town to find some lunch. Had a bread roll and rice paper rolls from a bakery in town.

The Exchange Clock Tower
The Exchange Clock Tower

Then we parked the car under Woollies and went to the Old Dubbo Gaol. Stu's back was hurting again, but we did look around at everything and read most of the info boards. Spent about two hours there, and I got the photo of the gallows to reproduce the one from 1981.

Stu outside the Old Dubbo Gaol
Stu outside the Old Dubbo Gaol

Stu outside the male cell block
Stu outside the male cell block

Kitchen/store/hospital building
Kitchen/store/hospital building

Graves
Graves

Yard in Old Dubbo Gaol
Yard in Old Dubbo Gaol

Looking down the main cell block
Looking down the main cell block

Condemned cell - for prisoners about to be executed
Condemned cell - for prisoners about to be executed

Cell 13 showing a cobbler workstation
Cell 13 showing a cobbler workstation

Typical cell
Typical cell

Padded cell (under renovation due to termites)
Padded cell (under renovation due to termites)

Recreation of an escape attempt where prisoners burnt through the ceiling
Recreation of an escape attempt where prisoners burnt through the ceiling

Watch tower
Watch tower

Kaz in front of the gallows
Kaz in front of the gallows

View from the watch tower
View from the watch tower

Gantry next to the watch tower
Gantry next to the watch tower

Female cell
Female cell

Gaol paraphernalia
Gaol paraphernalia

Stu reading the stories of some of the inmates on death row
Stu reading the stories of some of the inmates on death row

Goal office
Goal office

Stu in one of the remand yards
Stu in one of the remand yards

Carvings by people in the remand yard
Carvings by people in the remand yard

The northern remand yard is a store room for functions
The northern remand yard is a store room for functions

Exercise yard
Exercise yard

Laundry
Laundry

Gallows (just a mockup)
Gallows (just a mockup)

Stu in the hospital ward
Stu in the hospital ward

Paint strips sanded back to show the different colour schemes over the years
Paint strips sanded back to show the different colour schemes over the years

Stove in the kitchen
Stove in the kitchen

Gaol bell
Gaol bell

Then back to the motel to crash for a few hours so Stu could rest his back.

Later I put on some cooking and game shows on, and finally saw an episode of Letters and Numbers.

Went out. Had a drink at the Milestone Hotel, then went next door to Hog's Breath Cafe for dinner. They very nicely offer different sizes of steaks, so I could get a small one and not end up stuffed silly, so that worked really well. Stu had steak and ribs. All quite nice.

Stu with his dinner at the Hog's Breath Cafe
Stu with his dinner at the Hog's Breath Cafe

And then back to crash.