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TIME TO RETIRE IN STYLE She’s been described as a “lass of vivacity and drive” and it’s a fact that Dubbo’s Helen McLean has packed a lot into her lifetime so far. Mrs McLean (pictured) has officiated hundreds of marriages including one in Antarctica, raised two children and thousands of dollars for charity, performed on-stage for a decade, volunteered for worthy causes and been the heart and soul of her business Big on Style for 28 larger-thanlife years.
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BE PREPARED
Orana Rural Fire Service urges region’s residents: don’t be complacent, make a bushfire safety plan By LYDIA PEDRANA
Welcome to Dusty Dubbo: Dust shrouds the Wellington-side entry to Dubbo on Tuesday. Right: A bulk water tanker at Dubbo Station this week, “prepared for anything”. MAIN PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS/EMY LOU
DON’T get complacent – that is the message from local fire authorities to residents in Dubbo and surrounding areas. While the region mostly dodged the catastrophic fire conditions experienced in parts of NSW and Queensland this week, the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) Orana team is urging households to have a bushfire safety plan in place. Mark Pickford, a NSW RFS District Service Coordinator with the Orana team, said fires could easily effect bush areas surrounding Dubbo. The high winds and dust through Dubbo on Tuesday were a concern to authorities. “Our grass country wouldn’t be as big of an issue, but certainly our forested country; the Goonoo For-
est, the Beni, the Momo, the Goobang would certainly be a major risk on a day like (Tuesday) and so anyone that had property that was close to those would certainly be under threat,” he said. “Even just grass fires on a day like Tuesday when you have high temperatures, high wind and low humidity, you don’t need very
much fuel to get a fast running fire across the country.” The message to the community is to be prepared, with Mr Pickford urging people to have a conversation with their families about what they would do if there was a fire today.
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