1/72Darling Downs Zoo family Steve, Steph and Madeline Robinson this week with Vicky the four-year-old koala
Retro pic special: Who’s who in Darling Downs Zoo
As Darling Downs Zoo south of Toowoomba transitions to its next generation of ownership, we take a trip down memory lane.
2/72Madeline Robinson with lion cub Sassy at Darling Downs Zoo
3/72Madeline Robinson with Laurie the snake at Darling Downs Zoo
4/72Madeline and Steve Robinson with Laurie the snake at Darling Downs Zoo
5/72Maddie Robinson, then 5, welcomes one of the new emperor tamarins to Darling Downs Zoo
6/72Madeline Robinson, then 6, with the meerkats at Darling Downs Zoo
7/72Madeline Robinson, then 6, with the meerkats at Darling Downs Zoo
8/72Maddie Robinson, then 7, with Betty the baby wombat at Darling Downs Zoo
9/72A four-month-old male Sri Lankan leopard cub at Darling Downs Zoo
10/72A four-month-old male Sri Lankan leopard cub at Darling Downs Zoo
11/72Male Sri Lankan leopard Echo at Darling Downs Zoo
12/72Echo the four-month-old male Sri Lankan leopard cub at Darling Downs Zoo
13/72Tulip the giraffe feeding at Darling Downs Zoo
14/72Four-month-old Obuya the giraffe (right) with mother Tulip at Darling Downs Zoo
15/72Male giraffes Obuya, four months, left, and Jo Jo, eight months, at Darling Downs Zoo
16/72Giraffe parents Tulip and Amahle with baby Iris at the Darling Downs Zoo
17/72Three-month-old meerkats at Darling Downs Zoo
18/72Three-month-old meerkats at Darling Downs Zoo
19/72A meerkat at three months at Darling Downs Zoo
20/72Three-month-old meerkats at Darling Downs Zoo
21/72Meerkats at Darling Downs Zoo
22/72Hamadryad baboons at the Darling Downs Zoo
23/72Hamadryad baboons at the Darling Downs Zoo
24/72Hamadryad baboons at the Darling Downs Zoo
25/72White lion Kwanza at Darling Downs Zoo
26/72Sassy the lion at Darling Downs Zoo
27/72Shaka the white lion at Darling Downs Zoo
28/72Shaka the white lion with his cubs Mummys Girl and Lazy Boy at Darling Downs Zoo
29/72White lion Kwanza, then 3, at Darling Downs Zoo
30/72Sassy the lion at Darling Downs Zoo
31/72A lion cub at Darling Downs Zoo
32/72Shaka the white lion at Darling Downs Zoo
33/72Darling Downs Zoo owner Stephanie Robinson with Ronnie, a then two-week-old rhefus macaque
34/72Darling Downs Zoo owner Steve Robinson with meerkats
35/72Wookiee the Wombat at Darling Downs Zoo
36/72Wookiee the Wombat at Darling Downs Zoo
37/72Zelda the zebra, then 2.5 weeks, at Darling Downs Zoo
38/72Zelda the zebra, then 2.5 weeks, at Darling Downs Zoo
39/72Darling Downs Zoo owner Steve Robinson with zebras
40/72Angle the zebra with her then one-week-old foal at Darling Downs Zoo
41/72A baby zebra at Darling Downs Zoo
42/72A one-month-old baboon at Darling Downs Zoo
43/72One of three cheetah brothers who arrived at Darling Downs Zoo
44/72A then one-month-old baboon is getting to know his surroundings at Darling Downs Zoo
45/72Twelve-month-old emperor tamarinds at Darling Downs Zoo
46/72Then-two-year-old giraffes Tulip and Lily settle in at Darling Downs Zoo
47/72Darling Downs Zoo owner Steph Robinson with then six-month-old Smoochie the blackbuck antelope and 10-week-old old Melody the anatolian shepherd
48/72Darling Downs Zoo owner Steph Robinson with then six-month-old Smoochie the blackbuck antelope and 10-week-old old Melody the anatolian shepherd
49/72Kwanza the white African lion at Darling Downs Zoo
50/72Kwanza the white African lion at Darling Downs Zoo
51/72A baby agouti at Darling Downs Zoo
52/72Rhefus macaque Ronnie, then two weeks, at Darling Downs Zoo
53/72White african lions at three weeks at Darling Downs Zoo
54/72Madeline, Steve and Stephanie Robinson at Darling Downs Zoo
55/72Stephanie and daughter Madeline Robinson at Darling Downs Zoo
56/72Darling Downs Zoo owner Stephanie Robinson with two white lion cubs
57/72Two white lion cubs settle in to Darling Downs Zoo
58/72Darling Downs Zoo owners Steve and Stephanie Robinson with Nick the crab eating macaque
59/72Darling Downs Zoo owners Steve and Stephanie Robinson
60/72A barn owl at Darling Downs Zoo
61/72A white lion cub at Darling Downs Zoo
62/72Ronnie the rhesus macaque at four months at Darling Downs Zoo
63/72Rhesus macaque monkeys at Darling Downs Zoo
64/72Squirrel monkeys at Darling Downs Zoo
65/72A llama at Darling Downs Zoo
66/72Darling Downs Zoo owner Stephanie Robinson with Gidgee the blue and gold macaw
67/72Year-old lion cubs at Darling Downs Zoo
68/72Rhefus macaque Ronnie at two weeks at Darling Downs Zoo
69/72Sahara the african lion at Darling Downs Zoo
70/72Darling Downs Zoo owner Stephanie Robinson feeds the zebras
71/72A seval at Darling Downs Zoo
72/72Darling Downs Zoo owner Stephanie Robinson with a reticulated python