In Focus

01 Jan 2025

Winners drawn in Dubbo West Rotary Christmas trailer raffle

Dubbo West Rotary members celebrated the successful conclusion of their annual Christmas Trailer raffle on Tuesday, with all 20,000 tickets sold and winners announced at Club Dubbo. Shae, a staff member at Club Dubbo, drew the winning ticket for the...

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24 Dec 2024

Four generations of Johnsons get together

Christmas is about family, with local Dianne Carroll recently sending in a touching photo to Dubbo Photo news showing four generations of her family who got together on Wednesday, December 11, for morning tea at the Coffee Club in Dubbo. Pictured...

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23 Dec 2024

Human folly to cruel control: WPCC rabbits exhibit

Originally introduced into Australia for food and sport, they became our greatest ecological disaster, and also a central focus of the national psyche Now, using a series of rare images on the subject, latest exhibition at the Western Plains...

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16 Dec 2024

Kids! Enjoy the long, hot summer with a good book during our Summer Reading Challenge

There’s no better time to hunker down with a good book than during the long, hot days of the Central West summer. On that theme, Macquarie Regional Library’s Summer Reading Challenge has kicked off for kids around the region who are up for...

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14 Dec 2024

Khynan’s cultural pride on show at the 2024 Schools Spectacular

It was a big stage for a big show, with Dubbo College Year 11 student Khynan Roworth recently making his mark at the 2024 Schools Spectacular. This annual celebration of art, dance, music, and performance, is a showcase of NSW public school talent...

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10 Dec 2024

Great bookmarks from local kids, with winning entries announced by library

First thing you need when you’re reading a good book, is a great bookmark — with local kids across the golden west recently doing their creative best to turn-out some truly original creations. In judging these fine individual efforts, the team...

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30 Nov 2024

Young, old, and amazing: Australia Day nominations open now

Know someone who deserves official recognition for their wonderful efforts? Well then, here’s the chance to kick that goal, with Australia Day Award nominations for 2025 now open. Dubbo Regional Council (DRC) wants locals to put forward the names...

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24 Nov 2024

Three-piece garden setting raffle to fund Horizon’s Men’s Shed new lathe

Keeping active is vital for older men, with one local handyman doing his bit for that great cause. Local president of the Horizon’s Village Men’s Shed, Col Ferguson recently built a three-piece garden setting which is being auctioned for...

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23 Nov 2024

Gilgandra CWA looks to a bright year ahead with new blood

Contributed by Hilda Newstead. New blood and new ideas were the themes at Gilgandra CWA’s recent AGM held at the group’s Warren Road rooms. In exciting news for the group, five new members joined the CWA Evening Branch this year, with an...

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18 Nov 2024

Firing up the footlights! Dubbo Theatre announcing its exciting 20-show season

There’ll be laughter, song and dance, tears and joy, as Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre (DRTCC) unveils its much-anticipated 2025 production line-up at the season launch later this month. The season launch will pull back the curtain...

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16 Nov 2024

What a load of rubbish! Free compost for locals

Rubbish for some, but for gardeners it’s gold, with Dubbo Council currently giving it away by the trailer-load. Free compost created from council’s food organics and garden organics (FOGO) waste-bins, is being offered to ratepayers at Whylandr...

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11 Nov 2024

Any chute will do in our new local ‘Return and Earn’ trial

“Residents in the Dubbo region are already enthusiastic recyclers, having returned more than 181 million eligible bottles, cans and cartons through local return points since the scheme began,” said James Dorney who is CEO of TOMRA Cleanaway, the...

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