Mel Wilburn 'MEET OUR LI'L DARLIN'
Woman’s Day Magazine NZ|April 25, 2022
A new bundle of joy has the TV star smitten
Ruth McCarthy
Mel Wilburn 'MEET OUR LI'L DARLIN'

From the moment she first set eyes on her gorgeous baby girl, Travel Guides Australia's lovable, laugh-a-minute, sweary country cowgirl star Mel Wilburn knew her life would never be the same again.

Gazing down at her chubby-cheeked, button-nosed beauty, the 32-year-old self-confessed chatterbox - who along with her twin sister Stacey, aka Stack, has won the hearts of viewers with their round-the-world TV adventures - is quite simply lost for words.

I can't get over how tiny she is, the proud mum tells Woman's Day. She's so delicate and beautiful. Perfect, actually!

Mel and her partner, Victorian farmer and stock agent Tim Donald, 32, are thrilled to be parents to Savannah Lynne Donald, born on the 24th of February.

It's crazy - I'd never even held a newborn in my life and now here I am holding me own, says Mel. I look at her and still can't believe we made her!

While she's glowing now, Mel admits her labour didn't exactly go according to plan.

Stack was visiting at the time, she tells. She was amazing, racing round at midnight when my waters broke, getting my bag together before Tim took me to Wangaratta hospital. She couldn't come as she had to get home for her son Wyatt's birthday the next day.

This story is from the April 25, 2022 edition of Woman’s Day Magazine NZ.

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