Camilla Meets Kangaroo On Jubilee Visit To Oz

By Paul Harrison, Royal Correspondent

The Duchess of Cornwall has experienced the Australian outback for the first time when she met Ruby Blue, an orphaned joey.

Prince Charles and Camilla arrived in Longreach, Queensland, on the second leg of their Diamond Jubilee tour.

Wearing a traditional bushman's Akubra hat, Prince Charles told Queenslanders despite being "so jetlagged that I feel a few sausages short of a barbie", it was a joy to be back in Australia.

He said: "For my wife, this is her very first visit and we are incredibly touched by the warm welcome you have given us both."

In the near 35C heat, the Duchess of Cornwall held a white parasol to protect her from the sun as they met a team from the Royal Flying Doctors' Service.

Charles greets locals after admitting he was suffering from jetlag

Longreach is also home to the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame, which was opened by the Queen in 1988 as a memorial to the explorers, pioneers and settlers of remote Australia, many of whom arrived from Britain.

It was there where the duchess with a huge grin got up close to the orphaned baby kangaroo.

But the highlight for locals was the community barbecue at the Cattleman's Bar and Grill, where Charles spoke with fondness about Australia, where he spent six months as a schoolboy in the 1960s.

He said: "I can recall in every detail the long treks through the bush in searing heat, and for company I remember funnel web spiders, bull ants, leeches that could only be removed with a cigarette end, snakes of every description and kangaroos that overtook us on cross-country runs."

Prince Charles and Camilla are visiting three countries during their tour

Helen House, a spokeswoman for the Stockman's Hall of Fame, said: "I'll take his Royal Highness over to the barbecue, maybe put a XXXX in his hands, give him some tongs and throw the cutlet on the barbecue."

It is a whistle-stop visit, with Charles and Camilla jetting out late in the day for Melbourne where the royal couple will attend the Melbourne Cup.

They will also visit the cities of Adelaide, Hobart, Sydney and Canberra before going to New Zealand.

Support for the royals in Australia, a former British colony, remains strong, although debate flares periodically about whether ties to the monarchy should be cut and the nation become a republic.

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