Welcome to Dubbo!

I popped into Sprout Cafe today and they have a fantastic new menu. The usual healthy items with a local personal touch!

Farmer’s Markets are on today – Easter Saturday – down at the park near the Tourist Information Centre. See you there!

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You might think liquorland is liquorland, but Shane, the boss down at the liquorland at Orana Mall, has cooked up a treat for his customers, home made chocolate mud cake! And yes, I am assured that he cooked it himself, from a Nigella Lawson recipe. Good on you Shane!

The event is ‘flix in the stix’ and it’s mainly about the short films, but I’ll be going along to see My Friend the Chocolate Cake – they are one of my favourite bands! Continue reading →

The massive big splash waterslide is in Dubbo for the School Holidays! http://www.bigsplashwaterworld.com

There are a couple of great options for Christmas carols in Dubbo.

The Dubbo Presbyterian Church have their 12th annual Christmas carols on Saturday 13th December 2014, at 7:30pm.It’s a simple child friendly presentation focusing on the original Christmas message. It’s followed by a supper provided by church members at 8:40 and fireworks at 9pm. Last year there were 500 people. For more details click here.

Then a week later, Sunday 21 December 2014, it’s the big Dubbo carols run by the West Dubbo Rotary Club. It’s at Victoria Park oval and kicks off at 7pm. Last year approx 4000 people filled the oval. A huge night for all ages featuring local Bands and Santa Claus. There will be a barbecue, hot dogs, chips, drinks, ice-creams, delectable slices, tea and coffee, safe flame candles and glow sticks on sale from 6pm. For more details click here.

If you’re in Dubbo for the Paleo Way make sure you check out Sprouts Cafe for breakfast or lunch (they now make their own Paleo Bread), and of course Healthy Life in Darling St.

So who makes the best coffee in Dubbo?

The results are in from our our January poll for Dubbo’s best coffee. Number one is the Local Coffee Co, Number two is Dahab Cafe, and number 3 is Short St Store. It’s good to see Sprouts in the top 5 – currently my favourite place to hang out. Brigade only came in 5th, but it is currently number one on Beanhunter.com. Read the bean hunter reviews here. Russo’s Coffee Bar is also worth a mention: very new and already ranked #2 at bean hunter.

The Dubbo ANZAC day march starts at the Dubbo RSL Club in Wingewarra St at 10:30. Marchers need to assemble early. It then makes it’s way along Macquarie and Talbragar streets, turning into Victoria Park for a service at 11:00am.

It’s hard to think of something more relaxing than kayaking along the Macquarie river and Dubbo’s Adventure Watersports have just started hiring kayaks!

It’s official, according to google analytics dubbo.org just clocked up 1,000,000 visits – well done!

Thanks to YOU who visit this site.

ESKIMO JOE AND THE AXIS OF AWESOME
TO HEADLINE 2014 FLIX IN THE STIX

I went to my first flix in the stix last year – it was fantastic – hundreds of people sprawled out over Lazy River Estate. Continue reading →

I happened to be at the Council building recently and had a skim read of the Zirconium mine proposal on public display for comment. It was enough to raise some concern. Up to this point I assumed that if a mine was being built in today’s climate it would need to be relatively ‘clean’. Well this may not be the case and people in Dubbo would do well to educate themselves on the EIS and make a submission, which closes mid November. You can read it in detail online.

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ZOO TUNES

This Sunday: Free family concert with a fun animal theme

When: Sunday 3 November 5pm
Where: Visitor Information Centre, Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Obley Rd Dubbo.
Cost: FREE
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