Comet McNaught seen from Dubbo

Over the last couple of weeks the Comet McNaught has been able to be seen in the South West sky of Dubbo, NSW. I went outside expecting to spend 30 minutes searching for it, but it was obviously visible to the naked eye and you could not miss it if you were looking into the western sky.

Here are some photos:

Comet viewed from Dubbo and from Siding Springs Observatory at Connabarabran, just north of Dubbo.

Another photo from Siding Springs.

There’s more great photos here.

Car Repairs

On holidays it’s great to find a local mechanic who you know will do the job well, but won’t overcharge you or do more than you need. In Dubbo, Forro is that mechanic. He does a great job.

Forro’s Auto Repairs is at 84 Myall Street, from Erskine Street (Officeworks, Supa-Cheap Auto, Clarke’s Rubber, Astley’s hardware, Challenge Office Supplies, Furney’s Town and Country) head out the Gilgandra Road, and turn right at Macca’s Auto Electrical into Myall Street. Forro’s is on the left. They sponsor a local girl’s basketball team.

Phone 6885 1567

Dubbo Golf Club

Dubbo has a great 27 hole golf course on the Parkes Road. It has a modern fairways restaurant and lovely green fairways in a quiet bush setting.

Check out their webpage here.

Dubbo Radio Control Car Club

Yes there’s a Radio controlled car Club in Dubbo, which meets at 10am on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at at Coggan Wool, Purvis lane Dubbo, (Purvis lane is a right turn at Old Ganarrin Nursery on the Gilgandra Road) anyone welcome.

http://drccc.com/

Dubbo Radio Stations

While you are in Dubbo be sure to listen to one of the local radio stations.

I’ve quite enjoyed listening to Dubbo’s Country Mix FM lately. It has a very ‘Country’ feel, it is on FM 87.6

Also you can catch the local sheep prices and so-on on ABC NSW local radio at 95.9 FM.

The more commercial style stations are Zoo FM (92.7) and Star FM (93.5).

For a more talkback style with local issues, 2DU Dubbo on AM 1251.

Dubbo Show

Friday April 25 till Sunday April 27 is the Dubbo Show. Click here to read more.

Dyna-Flow Exaust

We were on holidays with the caravan in Lismore when our exhaust blew a hole, we managed to find a great fellow who fixed it on the spot and we were on our way.

In Dubbo, that fellow is Mark at Dynaflow Exhausts. Drive in, and if you are travelling and in an emergency I’m sure he’ll do it on the spot. He has a good selction of exhausts ready to go. If not, he’ll be able to recommend where to get one quickly. And he does a great job. After fitting our last exhaust he spend some extra time tracing a rattle that turned out to be a loose engine mount - thanks Mark!
181 Talbragar St
Dubbo
NSW, 2830
Australia

Contact Details
Ph:
(02) 6882 5091

Farmer’s Choice Butchery

Great Butcher, Great Service, Great Meat. They sell fresh chooks from GIlgandra Poultry. Plenty of cuts of meat from roasts, eye fillets and cattlemans cutlets, down to crumbed lamb cutlets and marinated ready to go stir-frys and the like.  The shop has that old fashioned good butcher smell. They have one shop in Darling Street and one in the Riverdale Mall.

Geochaching in Dubbo - 10th/11th June

Geocaching - a high-tech treasure hunt where you track down caches hidden by other players. All that is needed to play is a portable Global Positioning System, access to the internet and a sense of adventure. The sport is growing, with over 7,000 caches in Australia. Usually the sport is played solo or in small teams, with the focus on quiet enjoyment of the environment. It is organised on the internet at websites like geocaching.com.au . This weekend’s event in Dubbo has been planned for 12 months as a chance for geocachers to get together and catch up as well as get out and go geocaching together. Most of the visiting teams will camping out together for the whole weekend, and while there will be a little bit of a competitive element with major prizes donated by Globalsat (http://www.globalsatgps.com.au/) the main focus will be on socializing and enjoying the local outdoor environment. A similar event last year saw 50 people visit Dubbo and many of those coming this year are repeat visitors from last year or have heard from those who were here last year how great the Geocaching is in Dubbo.

Internet radio program from last year’s Dubbo event
http://roc.geocaching.com.au/podcast.html

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