Mudgee & Gulgong

Seven decades of dedication to the Gulgong community has been rewarded, with Robert ‘Bobby’ Woods receiving a NSW Seniors Local Achievement Award on Tuesday. In a surprise ceremony at Gulgong Showground, Mr Woods was presented with the award by Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders as part of the 2021 NSW Seniors Festival. “Bobby is an integral part of the Gulgong community and has been involved with the show society since he was 12,” Mr Saunders said. “He still attends meetings and helps at show time, whether it be collating entries or organising the pavilion, and he does this […]

Internal and external works that will enable Gulgong RSL Club to be an evacuation centre in the case of an emergency are almost complete. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders visited the club last week to inspect the works, which were made possible thanks to $187,306 worth of funding from the Clubgrants program in early 2019. “I visited the Gulgong RSL at the time, and heard from the club’s members of their desire to turn the building into a facility that could house people in event of fire, flood or any other emergency,” Mr Saunders said. “The changes that

An ageing bridge in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area will be replaced under the NSW Government’s $500 million Fixing Country Bridges program to better connect regional communities and increase resilience to natural disasters. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders said $1.2 million has been allocated to the council to replace the Goodiman Creek Bridge No.18 on Spring Ridge Road, which will mean easier movement of freight and better outcomes for road safety. “During the 2019 election campaign we committed to fixing country bridges and this is one that was identified by Mid-Western Regional Council as needing replacing,”

The entrance and toilet facilities at Meroo Public Hall will be upgraded thanks to funding from the NSW Government’s Crown Reserve Improvement Fund. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders recently visited the village, located to the south of Mudgee, to announce a grant of $36,680 had been awarded the Trust that looks after the facility. “Facilities such as the Meroo Public Hall are not only utilised by locals but also tourists who may be making their way through some of the smaller locations in the region,” Mr Saunders said. “Meroo has such a rich history and, as is the