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NOVEMBER 21-27, 2019 LOCALLY OWNED &
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By YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY Imagine it’s Christmas week, a 40-degree Sunday, and you’re stuck by the roadside, somewhere, and the family’s reminding you this isn’t their idea of a holiday. If only you’d booked a Christmas Safety Check for your car.
“It’s one of those things you forget about in all the Christmas rush when everyone’s working until the last minute, thinking about the presents, the food, the family. Often your vehicle gets forgotten, but for your family’s safety, a check is so important,” said Ben Thompson, general manager of Dubbo City Toyota,
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FISHING IN A DROUGHT By JOHN RYAN
FORMER Dubbo TV news cameraman Andrew Barnes has spent much of the past year filming and producing a documentary, Total Native II, with fishing journalist Rob Paxevanos – and it’s all about enticing people to visit the regions with their fishing rods, having a great time chasing cod and yellow bellies, and pouring some cash into areas that have been hard hit by drought. “The main reason we did the film
is that a lot of the areas that we went to, there’s a bit of a misconception that there’s no water because of the drought,” Mr Barnes told Dubbo Photo News. “And after what happened at Menindee with the fish kill, a lot of people thought that happened everywhere – which is definitely not the case. “Murray Cod fishing is actually better during a drought because of the low flows... so hopefully we’re going to get people to come out (to
regional areas),” he said. Fishing these days is also a lot more sustainable. “Most country pubs used to have a big cod head on the wall – you had to kill it to prove that you caught it – but now you can take a photo on your phone and throw (the fish) back in and then you can tell your mates.” Total Native II has its world premiere this week.
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New film to bring more fishers back to the bush
Andrew Barnes holding the camera, and Rob Paxevanos holding the fish.
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