Dubbo Photo News 16.04.2020

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Dubbo Photo News April 16-22, 2020

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RUBBISH BIN HOTROD

Talks held on easing restrictions in Dubbo sooner than Sydney

By JOHN RYAN Jeff Jardine’s imagination and creative steak has captured the hearts and minds of people across Australia. In a spurt of self-isolation genius, he built a hot-rod from two discarded wheelie bins and public reaction has trashed the internet! Jeff said a mate from Gilgandra who’s in the same motorcycle club invited him to join an online group called Bin Isolating Outing. “On the page people were getting frocked-up and dressed up in all sorts of fancy dress costumes to put their wheelie bins out, and they’re recording that as a way to help get through this time of social distancing and isolation that we’re in,” Mr Jardine said, adding that his idea to dress up a bin came from the fact “my wheelie bin goes out more often than I do”! “The idea of the hot-rod car was just to amuse myself and my daughter. I had a couple of wheelie bins left over from when the new bins were dropped off and I hadn’t done anything with my old bins. I also had an old broken ride-on lawnmower sitting in my scrap pile up the back so it came about from those bits and pieces. “Monique likes spending time on the iPad so I wanted to do something cool that was practical and hands-on instead,” he said. “I’m a sheet metal worker by trade, I did my trade here years ago, but I haven’t been in the trade for years – I’ve been working out at Fletcher’s for 23 years.” He said the response to his invention has blown him away. “It’s been pretty good, we’ve had people ask what sort of motor’s in it and I’ve joked around with it a bit. Ford put out a 351-cubic-inch Windsor motor so I’ve been telling them it’s got a Ford V8 Bindsor motor in it!” he said. Monique said the bin was weird but fun, although she let Dubbo Photo News into the secret that it wasn’t a “real car”.

By LYDIA PEDRANA

Isolation spurred Jeff Jardine to build Australia’s junkiest hot-rod for his seven-year-old daughter, Monique Sheridan. PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS/EMY LOU

BAD BEHAVIOUR By JOHN RYAN

ALLEGED riots, arson, multiple firearm thefts, a man wandering South Dubbo with a knife and million-dollar drug operations are just some of the challenges facing law enforcement across the region as police also struggle with the fallout from the COVID-19 travel restrictions. That’s without the headache confronting local investigators who are working out how to extradite a woman who was arrested in New

THE 2020 LOCKDOWN

Crimes and arrests as public information helps police

Zealand for the alleged murder of a man at Elong Elong in 2016. While the vast majority of Dubbo’s population is following social distancing guidelines and staying at home unless absolutely necessary, police say the criminal element is still at work. Orana Mid-Western inspector Dan Skelly said police are just getting on with the job. “We’ve still got our job to do, it’s

business as usual, we’re still performing a full range of duties because we have to ensure we keep the community safe, but we are taking precautions,” Inspector Skelly told Dubbo Photo News. He said most people are “doing the right thing” and following the current restrictions. “We’ve only issued a couple of infringements in the local area regarding people not doing the right thing, we have

a high degree of discretion but sometimes people are belligerent so they’ll get a ticket – we do need to enforce the law. “The people who commit crimes are still going about their business, they’re not worrying, we had an aggravated break and enter a few nights ago, and some people won’t care about their own health or the health of others,” he said.

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DUBBO, and other regional areas like ours, could see the strict coronavirus rules relaxed sooner than the big cities. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders confirmed with Dubbo Photo News that discussions around how this would work are already underway. “I completely understand the thought of trying to relax restrictions in our region earlier than larger Metro areas, and it’s something I’ve spoken to the Deputy Premier about,” he said. “I think many people are looking for ways to bring us back to a more ‘normal’ way of life, and we all want that.” According to the Western NSW Local Health District, there had been no new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Dubbo Regional Local Government Area since April 6, as at the time Dubbo Photo News went to press yesterday. Mr Saunders said decisions would be made in accordance with health authorities and it’s likely some limitations would remain in place. “Discussions around how that could work are happening, but any changes would have to be based on the best health advice, with some restrictions still needed, including on people travelling in from outside areas,” he said. “That said, I’m hoping there can be a way forward soon to support the economy in regional areas like ours.” Mayor of the Dubbo region Ben Shields commended the Dubbo community on their commitment to social distancing, saying that is how the region has avoided a “large-scale outbreak”. Mr Shields added, “Any decision to relax restrictions should be made by health authorities, not politicians, and shouldn’t put the good outcomes achieved so far at risk.”

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