1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (138+ words) Dubbo Model Railway Club Inc presented club member Tyson Power, 21, with his very own HO scale Indian Pacific sound locomotive on January 16. This presentation was enabled by our newly implemented partnership with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. As our club…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (590+ words) If you thought book clubs were only for adults, you'd be wrong. A new initiative at Macquarie Regional Library Dubbo aims to introduce the city's younger residents to the delightful and sometimes intriguing world of book clubs. Dubbo Library has…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (409+ words) Nearly six years after the COVID-19 pandemic sent many city residents over the hills and far away, regional Australia is again experiencing sustained population growth. Consistent growth in the regions has re-emerged in the last two years, driven largely by…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (375+ words) The lunches may be packed, the uniforms set out, books covered and labelled, but parents may be missing one essential on their child's return to school checklist. As children head back for 2026, parents and carers are being encouraged to make…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (215+ words) A small, slender, seldom-flowering Australian shrub thought to be extinct is "clinging on by its fingertips" after a citizen scientist made a fortuitous discovery. The plant, with the scientific name Ptilotus senarius, hadn't been seen in Australian soil since 1967, but…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (183+ words) Macquarie Regional Library has released its top 10 borrowed books in 2025 for both fiction and non-fiction. These titles have been borrowed the most times by members at the Dubbo or Wellington Libraries. Macquarie Regional Library Manager Kathryn McAlister said over the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (656+ words) Dubbo is one of 64 communities across Australia where motorcycle riders are set to hit the road for a good cause in March as part of the Black Dog 1-Dayer Ride. Held on the third Sunday every March, the annual ride…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (896+ words) The so-called January blues are a predictable physiological response to returning to work. Going back to work after the summer holidays can feel brutal. Alarm clocks are reset, inboxes are brimming over and the freedom of long days, late nights…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (299+ words) The annual summer Australian Lamb advertising campaign has returned, taking aim at Australia's drop out of the world's top 10 happiest countries list last year and arguing that international rankings fail to capture what really makes Australians happy. Released at the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (427+ words) Collaborations between the Italians and Germans have not always had the happiest of endings, but not so with the unique Karmann Ghia project. The Karmann Ghia, as the name partly suggests, was a combined initiative between three of Europe's premier…...