Furniture saved from the tip becomes drought-relief
DUBBO Regional Council held its monthly committee meetings on Monday, July 9, chaired by Councillor Stephen Lawrence. Key discussion points included:
z Council has adopted the South Lakes Estate Development Control Plan 2 which will guide future development there. Council didn’t receive any submissions during the public exhibition period and so no changes were required to be made before adopting the plan.
z Council has agreed to commence proceedings to permanently close the public walkway in Kookaburra Close
z Council has received two separate petitions from the community raising concerns with road and pedestrian safety in Boundary Road, near Dubbo College South Campus and the neighbourhood shops, and also in Leichardt Street in the vicinity of Peppercorn Childcare Centre.
z Council will review the location of the Return and Earn reverse vending machine in Victoria Park following concerns from community groups about the cleanliness of the facility during peak periods.
z Dubbo Men’s Shed will have more space. Shed members will be able to take over an area they currently share with Council operational staff. MICHAEL SMITH is just one bloke living a quiet life in east Dubbo, but he believes everyone should do what they can to help others.
He had a garage sale on the weekend but it wasn’t just his own gear he was selling, he also had a giant haul of furniture that was destined for landfill, but his quick thinking saved it from being carted to the tip.
“One of the real estate agents contacted me and said it was in a unit and they were going to dump it, so I decided that I would put it in our garage sale and that I’d donate all the money, all the funds raised, to the 2DU Farmers’ Appeal,” Mr Smith (pictured above) told Dubbo Photo News.
“I’d say there’d be over $500 raised so far from the furniture.
“I spoke to 2DU and they asked me would I buy baby nappies and baby food (with the proceeds of the sale), so I said yeah, we’d do that, so I’ll get around the supermarkets to see if one of them can do me a good deal and give it back to them,” he said.
He’s an advocate for everyone participating for the greater good and looking outside the Michael Smith said it would be “horrible” to see this sort of furniture wasted.
square to see how to best make a contribution.
“It makes a big difference if everyone just does a little bit to help in the community,” Mr Smith said.
“It would be horrible to see this sort of furniture to be wasted. Now it’s been turned into money and it can help someone hopefully.
“We had a very good response to our garage sale,” he said.
People seemed attracted to the large quantity of older items for sale, such as collectables. Mr Smith believes it was those advertised items that brought many extra people to his sale.
“That made it all worthwhile,” he said. MACQUARIE Anglican Grammar School’s boarding program will launch in 2019.
School representatives will visit locations across the State to give parents and carers a chance to find out more about boarding at Macquarie.
Event dates are West Wyalong Services Club at 6pm on Wednesday, August 22, Temora Ex-services Club at 12pm on Thursday, August 23, Griffith Leagues Club at 6pm on Thursday, August 23, and, Condobolin RSL Club at 12pm on Friday, August 24.
For more information, please visit www.mags.nsw.edu.au. To register interest, email enrolment@mags.nsw.edu.au THE Coalition Government is expected to offer $20 million worth of grants valued between $1000 and $5000 to not-forprofit organisations.
The grants can be used towards the cost of essential items that help make the work of volunteers easier, safer and more enjoyable, such as equipment, training, transport and background screening.
For more information, contact Dubbo-based Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton or visit the Department of Social Services’ Community Grants Hub website communitygrants. gov.au to subscribe to updates on the application process.