Dubbo Photo News 01.08.2019

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30 YEARS AS SISTER CITIES THE art of breaking down cultural barriers is in full swing in Dubbo this week, with 20 high school students from Minokamo, Japan, visiting Dubbo as part of the Dubbo Regional Council Sister City exchange program. While here the students live with local host families, visit sights such as Taronga Western Plains Zoo and Burrendong Dam, go bowling and attend local schools. Students from Dubbo will reciprocate the exchange by visiting Japan in October this year. 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of Dubbo’s Sister City program with Minokamo and the occasion has its own song, created by local singer Allyn Smith. Read more inside. The Japanese students are pictured here with their host students, chaperones and the Mayor of Dubbo Ben Shields.

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‘SHEAR’ BRILLIANCE Wool industry flocks to see world-leading new shearing shed

By JOHN RYAN WHAT’S been described as the world’s most innovative shearing shed is just outside Dubbo and it looks like being a shining light for the Australian wool industry. It’s designed to improve not just work-flow and productivity, but also worker health and sheep welfare. Dubbo locals have been at the centre of this innovation. For 18 months, shearing contractor Hilton Barrett and industry consultant Peter Schuster have been through a rigorous process to create an innovative

shearing shed design, thanks to funding from Australian Wool Innovation (AWI). Hundreds of people turned up to check out the new shed last weekend, despite being in the midst of a drought. The design was developed with extensive input from everyone from woolgrowers to wool handlers, shearers and wool classers to contractors.

DUBBO WORKS: Good news for next gen shearers ❱❱ PAGE 16 FULL STORY: It’s part of wool industry’s bright future PAGE 25

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