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Rugby league cultural exchange was about “more than football”

“More than football”. That’s how former NRL first-grader Joe Williams described the recent Under-13s rugby league cultural exchange between the Greenacre Tigers from south-west Sydney and the local St John’s Club at Dubbo. As well as the...

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Dallas Reeves

8 hours ago

Sport

Passion and persistence: shearer Steve achieves third world record

There is a tale of passion and persistence behind Dubbo shearing contractor Steven Mudford’s latest world record. Steven, 49, set a new top time in mid-October shaving a mind-blowing 421 merino wethers in nine hours at Gilgandra. But this is not...

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Dallas Reeves

10 Nov 2024

News

Tiny nation Jamaica is a powerhouse of the Olympics’ blue-ribbon event

NOTE: A photo will be added by Tim. A tiny nation dominates the blue-ribband event of the Olympics – track and field athletics’ 100m sprint. Jamaica, population of 2,825,000, makes up 0.04 per cent of the world’s population but has won three...

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Dallas Reeves

18 Jul 2024

News

Orana Toy Library finds a new home thanks to Allira Daycare

Building its membership base and finding a permanent home are two goals for Orana Toy Library as it settles into another new temporary base. Dubbo’s community power has ensured the volunteer organisation that has provided the city with a family...

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Dallas Reeves

29 Jun 2024

News

Sydney 2000 Olympic Games hold special memories for many Australians 24 years on

The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games were labelled the ‘best-ever’ games after their completion. That tends to happen after any well-organised major global sports event because as time goes on, technology improves and more efficient ways to operate...

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Dallas Reeves

17 Jun 2024

News

Dubbo dance studio wins 30 first-placings at national event

Fantasy Dubbo DanceSport has been in operation for 19 years and had all kinds of success, but the Dubbo studio has never had a day of triumph like it did at the Australian Dancing Society Future Stars Cup at Petersham Town Hall in Sydney on Sunday...

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Dallas Reeves

16 Jun 2024

News

Dubbo Stampede now a stepping stone to worldwide events

The Squadron Energy Dubbo Stampede will have a new attraction for competitive runners this year with the August event now an official qualifying event with World Athletics. Dubbo Stampede committee member Katie Lyons told the Dubbo Photo News this...

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Dallas Reeves

15 Jun 2024

Massive array of events planned at Dubbo Winter Whiskey Festival’s new Saturday venue

The sport of kings will host champions of distillery when the Dubbo Winter Whisky Festival comes alive this weekend. When Rob Bond was looking to expand the Dubbo Winter Whisky Festival (DWWF), the corporate opportunities and wide spaces available...

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Dallas Reeves

14 Jun 2024

News Extra

A man of listening and action: Garry honoured for more than 50 years of volunteer service to Elong Elong

Garry Walters’ simple but successful business philosophy was whatever the farmers wanted; he would try and get. He had the same dedication to the facilities of his beloved Elong Elong Recreation Reserve and Elong Elong Community Hall, recently...

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Dallas Reeves

11 Jun 2024

News

Cassar-Daley to showcase his raw emotion when Between The Fires show hits Dubbo

Fans across the Central West will have the chance to see one of Australia’s greatest ever country music singer-songwriters give more of his own life lyrically then he ever has before when Troy Cassar-Daley hits the region next month on his Between...

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Dallas Reeves

01 Jun 2024

News

Roy takes the reverse route to be Dubbo Show’s Rural Achiever

Roy Elder is another example that a sharp mind doesn’t always have to go from the bush to Sydney to succeed as he makes change in the world using a reverse route. Originally from Sydney, the 27-year-old project manager at Graincorp always wanted...

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Dallas Reeves

27 May 2024

News

Sophie Cargill is Dubbo’s Young Woman of 2024

The origins of Sophie Cargill becoming the 2024 Zoo FM Dubbo Show Young Woman can be traced back five years ago to a Year 12 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) class at a small school 438km away. Ms Cargill, 22, was named...

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Dallas Reeves

25 May 2024

News

Rain reduces attendances a little but annual Dubbo Show still popular

Sue Hood has only just finished the 2024 Show but she doesn’t need to check what Dubbo’s dates for 2025 are. “May 30, May 31 and June 1 next year,” the Dubbo Show Society secretary noted straight away over the phone without prompting. And...

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Dallas Reeves

25 May 2024