Right royal works of art
PREVIOUSLY in Dubbo Photo News, we put out the call for the artists of drawings which had been completed by school children for the Queen’s 1992 visit to Dubbo.
Amy Naef was the winner of that competition which landed the then 9-year-old budding artist a $50 box of chocolates. Today, Amy is Mum to Stella, Jasper and Archie and still drawing and painting, even adding an exhibition in the hall of fame at Longreach to her list of achievements.
“It was a massive box of chocolates,” she told Dubbo Photo News.
Amy’s depiction of the Queen included a very detailed, hand drawn coat of arms and the use of foil to make a crown and broach.
At the time, Amy missed out on seeing the Queen in person, but on Wednesday, October 17, she’ll be coming to town from Mendooran to see Prince Harry and Meghan with the family, including her nine-year Stella who is nine.
Stella appears to be following in Mum’s artistic footsteps as she has hand drawn a remarkable likeness of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ahead of their royal visit to Dubbo.
“I like Harry,” Stella said. “He’s a real guy, very genuine. They both seem that way,” Amy said. THE NSW Government this week committed $1.2 million to a business case for a new regulator, to allow better management of water on the Macquarie River.
A river regulator is a barrage constructed across a river to raise its level and control its flow.
Minister for Regional Water, Niall Blair, visited Gin Gin Weir this week and said the project will form part of a future water strategy for the Macquarie, which will identify infrastructure and policy solutions for water use in the region.
A new regulator will create consistency of water supply for agriculture and other industries.