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Awarded Belinda’s love of photography’s still moments, inspired by move out-west
Trangie Junior Judging Day, draws another keen crowd of country kids
By DAVID DIXON WORKING as a successful Sydney architect a decade ago, Belinda Dimarzio-Bryan, only discovered her passion for photography, when she made the move west. Her talent has since blossomed and she is now one of the mostsought-after and accomplished artists in the region, with her work recently-recognised in a major national competition. Belinda was runner-up in Cotton Australia’s Click 24 photography awards, designed to showcase the best of Australia’s cotton farms and farmers. Her striking image taken at the property “Hatton” in Warren of the O’Brien children atop a cotton bale during harvesting, beat-out all but one other of the more than 300 other submissions under the subjects: “people, paddock, and planet”. The image, called: “Find a bale, climb the bale, chill on the bale. Kids will be kids!”, highlights the growing reputation of a local who now also helps her family manage a local property and raise two children. “My husband and I met and got married in Sydney and moved to Warren to his parent’s sheep property,” Belinda explained.
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The traditional Trangie Junior Judging Day at NSW DPI’s Trangie Agricultural Research Centre drew a great crowd of keen country kids to learn the intricacies of judging agricultural produce in a competitive environment. THE second week of the school holidays involved a number of keen young people attending the Trangie Junior Judging Day at NSW DPI’s Trangie Agricultural Research Centre. Competitors ranged in age from six to 20 years, coming from near-and-far including Gilgandra, Condobolin, Coonabarabran, Bathurst, and Dubbo, as well as locals from Trangie, Warren, Narromine, and Tottenham. The eagle-eyed youngsters
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were then given the opportunity to assess beef cattle, meat sheep, Merino sheep, cotton samples, wool fleeces, and grain samples, as well as learn more about these vital agricultural products. Meg Dunford from the NSW DPI School Unit, also provided tips on how to structure the public speaking component of junior judging events — a vital skill for all. This longstanding event (one of the trophies dates
back to 1940) was a great success, with kids and spectators alike learning plenty from the experts present as well as having a great day with their friends. Acknowledgement for the Day’s success also went to NSW Farmers for their sponsorship, breeders that provided livestock (Egelabra Merino Stud, Double C Australian Whites and NSW DPI) and companies that provided agricultural products (Grain-
corp and Quality Wool). Winners on the day included: f Overall Champion: Sienna Pearce. f Dubbo Senior Champion: Sienna Pearce. f Dubbo Reserve Senior Champion: Mary Westwood, f Gilgandra Junior Champion: Nelly Tink, f Narromine Reserve Junior Champion: Lucy Miles, Continued page 4