David Dixon

Journalist at Dubbo Photo News

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Gilgandra is part of new vibrant street improvement promotion

1 week ago | dubbophotonews.com.au | David Dixon

Life is local, as they say, with Gilgandra’s Miller Street recently included in a community business initiative designed to create vibrant shopping precincts through encouraging businesses to work together to improve their infrastructure and offerings. This announcement follows recent State legislation aiming to make it faster and easier for local businesses to establish Community Improvement D...
Webinars on new compliance rules for water users

1 week ago | dubbophotonews.com.au | David Dixon

Irrigators in the State’s west are being invited to participate in one of a series of online webinars to learn more about what they need to do to be compliant with new rules governing water use. “We’re ramping up our education campaign and launching a series of online information sessions to help water-users understand their obligations and how to meet them, ask questions and chat directly ...
Lions Pre-Loved Book Fair on the move and looking for a new home

1 week ago | dubbophotonews.com.au | David Dixon

Recently gifting a big cheque to provide holiday events for local kids, Wellington’s Lions Pre-loved Book Fair is a great local resource and a wonderful fund-raiser for the community. However, things are about to change. The imminent sale of the Western Stores – where the book fair has been hosted for five years – requires moving to a new location, with the group now seeking a kind-hearted ...
Sing Out Choir returns with an uplifting concert

1 week ago | dubbophotonews.com.au | David Dixon

Dubbo’s own Sing Out Choir is back with another heartwarming concert that promises an afternoon of fun, music and community spirit. "Join us on Sunday, July 20, at 3pm at the Christian School Hall, 141 Sheraton Road, Dubbo. Doors open at 2.45pm, tickets are just $25, with free entry for children aged 15 and under, making it the perfect event for the whole family," a spokesperson for the group s...
What’s on Australia Day? Council wants to know!

1 week ago | dubbophotonews.com.au | David Dixon

How we celebrate and commemorate Australia Day ceremonies in Dubbo and Wellington is currently on the mind of Dubbo Regional Council (DRC). The DRC is encouraging locals to have their say on activities they would like to see held in conjunction with the community. Each year, council organises the formal ceremonies in Dubbo and Wellington, with a civic ceremony including Australia Day Awards and a...
Seed swap group in Wellington has first event on this Saturday

1 week ago | dubbophotonews.com.au | David Dixon

Swapping seeds to grow your own plants, flowers, and vegies became a popular back-to-nature trend during the pandemic lockdowns. Wellington is now getting into the act, with a new seed collective and produce swap group about to start up in town with its first get-together this Saturday, May 31. The organisers are a sister club to Dubbo's Transition seed group and follow the same principals of ga...
A British look at the Central West 150 years ago

1 week ago | dubbophotonews.com.au | David Dixon

The past, they say, is another country, and that is nowhere more apparent than when one reads accounts of our fair region from more than 150 years ago. 'Australia in the 1870s' is a unique account of the travels of British visitors to colonial Australia in 1868 originally published as two volumes in 1872 as 'Australia Illustrated' and authored by renowned Victorian writer Edward Carton Booth. His wo...
Brass among the muck, with rare metals and minerals at old mine sites

1 week ago | dubbophotonews.com.au | David Dixon

An old British truism – “Where there's muck, there's brass” – about finding worth in dirty, unpleasant, or messy surroundings, is proving true for a whole range of old and current mines in western NSW. Cutting-edge scientific processes have found 28 current and historic mine sites which could have critical minerals and high-tech metals deposits hidden inside their old waste, NSW Minerals Co...
Singing a song of hope, with a little help from their friends

2 weeks ago | dubbophotonews.com.au | David Dixon

May 24 2025 Feeding up to 170 hungry singers each week is no small thing, so it's a big thing that a local firm has recently come on board to do the job for next month. Founder of the local Sing Out Choir, Anne Gemmell, recently announced that Dubbo-based machinery retailer and repairs firm Tracserv is the inaugural monthly meal sponsor for this amazing group. The not-for-profit choir uses the power of perf...
Helping his mob at a tough job, Gerry’s work is celebrated on Corrections Day

2 weeks ago | dubbophotonews.com.au | David Dixon

Gerald “Gerry” Merritt is a proud Wiradjuri man and Aboriginal Community and Culture Engagement Officer based at Dubbo Community Corrections. His tireless and largely-unseen work, and that of thousands of colleagues, was celebrated on National Corrections Day on Friday, May 16. The former Juvenile Justice Youth Officer joined Corrective Services NSW 15 years ago to continue his calling to ma...