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  While adoption is a commonly known practice for welcoming a pet into the home, the act of ‘fostering’ an animal is also requested of the region’s residents. In the process of delivering pets to a good home, Central West Animal Rescue is appealing to Mudgee, Dubbo and surrounding towns to foster to help save animals. Fostering is considered a smaller commitment, where you give the animal a place to stay part time until a forever home is found for them. Vice President of the Central West Animal Rescue, Kim says while “there are a few registered foster carers in Mudgee and Kandos currently”, are looking to “further extend our foster base by getting more fosters throughout the Mid-Western region.” She also says while the main rescues are dogs and cats, the practice has also taken in birds and other animals, including some from Mudgee pound in the past. The animal rescue says fostering is another care option that’s also free.   Image sourced:centralwestanimalrescue.com.au  

While the oversaturated use of the term 'plague' is utilised to describe our current mice infestation; the rodents are not only effecting homes and businesses, but now talk is spreading over the pest possibly having an effect over NSW Winter crops. Public representative body, NSW Farmers Association , is calling on the State Government to take urgent action in helping farmers protect their harvests. Fears continue to rise over the infestation, as the farmers’ association note possibilities of “decimating crops, destroying stored hay and invading silos, sheds and homes.” The NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI), has commented it is not an uncommon development of this type of infestation following long periods of drought followed by favourable weather conditions. However, there may be a reprieve soon, as the DPI says “Approaching cooler weather in Autumn and Winter is likely to see a reduction in the current numbers being experienced” The formal suggestion for the most eff

  Mudgee Covid Vaccination for Phase 1B will commence from Monday March 29, the appointments now available. The doctors from South Mudgee Surgery and Mudgee Medical Centre are collaborating with Mid Western Regional Council to provide this service for the local government area, which includes Mudgee, Gulgong, Rylstone and Kandos. (File Photo)   The following information has been supplied to 2MG: Type of Vaccine - Astra Zeneca When? - Monday to Friday: except public holidays Time: 1pm to 5pm Where? Location: Pavilion at the Mudgee Showground Address: Douro Street entrance Eligibility check yours at health.gov.au How to make an appointment Preferably on line: www.hotdoc.com.au Or Phone 02 6362 4031   Vaccinations will be provided by a Registered nurse, everyone has completed the National Covid Training. A doctor will be onsite. You will be required to stay for 15minutes after the vaccine, longer if requested e.g. history of allergies     Side effects (Usually in the first 1

New Data released by the NSW Government has revealed that those that call an Ambulance in the Mudgee region are only seeing Paramedics arrive within the benchmark 15 minute around half of the time. Dave Trusscott from The Australian Paramedics Association, says that statistics like this are risking patients’ lives. “People who are calling an ambulance for a 'priority 1' job, that is the emergency response of ‘lights and sirens’. There only getting there about 40-50% of the time”. He says “If you needed an ambulance quickly, it would only arrive on time about half the time, but minutes and seconds definitely do count”. Mr Truscott also notes that while taking Industrial Action has not been ruled out, they usually keep that as a last resort. The Association is asking the State Government for more staff to help bring those wait times down. “The APA are generally asking for more paramedics. It’s plain and simple, we need more on-road staff, assistance medics, as well as e

The Mudgee RSL sub-Branch have announced the return of Anzac Day Commemoration services in 2021, which will include the Dawn Service at 6am, March then Main Service at 11am. At this time, COVID-19 (Outdoor controlled event) restrictions require an area be fenced off with only Veterans, their carers and participants of the service inside the fenced section. This will allow the maximum number of those from the general public to attend, but to remain outside the fenced boundary. Veterans should note that to attend the Dawn Service, participate in the main march and attend the main service at 11am, you will be required to QR Code scan in or provide details. The RSL are asking Veterans, carers and participants to arrive from 5:30am for the Dawn Service and fall in from 10:00am for the March to avoid delays. Mudgee RSL sub-Branch members will be contacted by the Secretary in due course, while all other veterans are invited to contact the Sub-Branch COVID organisers, Tim on 0433421273 or J

  Six Mudgee Athletes, Jorga Bennetts, Mollie Blackman, Cody Flynn, Brooke Rayner, Ewan Skinner & Riley Taylor will compete in the NSW Youth championships across 6 Track & 4 field events at Homebush this weekend. Mudgee’s Division 2 & Division 3 golf pennants teams will be striving to emulate their Division 1 counterparts by winning their respective finals of the Central West District championships on Sunday. Division 2 will go into the final undefeated against Wellington, Division 3 taking on Duntryleague, both teams topping the table in their section matches. It’s the final round in the Mudgee Senior cricket competition tomorrow, Paragon against Federal Hotel Cricket at Walkers and Ori Bulls playing Kelly’s Irish Pub at Vic Park. The Junior cricket U-13s play semi-finals tomorrow, Roth’s Cherries V Burmac Insurance and Byron Place Butchery taking on EvansLea, both games at Walkers. There is one game in the final round of the U-15s competition, Pete Si

Mid-Western Regional Council held their March monthly meeting last night in the Mudgee Chambers.  Following the controversy earlier this week, councillors changed the motion on the new art gallery in Mudgee, the MUD RAG now dead & buried.  Councillors voted to temporarily rename is gallery to “Mudgee Region Gallery” and will also engage the services of a marketing consultant to develop and brand platform for the gallery, which would include services by the gallery, names and the logo used.  A further report is expected back before councillors in April.  It was also noted in councils Cultural Development Committee minutes from their February meeting which recommended the MUDRAG Logo also noted that the design was expected to be disliked by Councillors and the Public.  Meanwhile, Council will also work with Western NSW Local Health District to attempt to attract another Doctor to Gulgong. In a motion that was supported by all councillors, council will work with the health district a

  A Local resident has expressed concern in relation to changes at Mudgee’s Woolworths supermarket, which he says makes ordinarily difficult activities even harder for those with a physical disability. In an email sent to 2MG, the customer says that he understand works have done away with the customer entrance closest to Byron Place, giving shoppers just one place to enter across from BWS liquor on the Mortimer Street side of the store. The man claims that without major changes this is both inconvenient and appears to be potentially dangerous. He says that he believes that most Woolworths shoppers are likely to park in Byron Place, where over a number of years Council has invested large amounts of money and effort to create a primary parking area for the Mudgee CBD, and now those parking in Byron Place we must make their way diagonally across much of the width of the store and down the sloping floor that runs in front of the Woolworths checkout section. He goes on to say that while sti

Mudgee’s Division 1 golf team have won their 5th Central West Districts Golf Association pennants title in six years after a 5-nil white wash of Forbes on Sunday. The team racked up 22 points in the first past the post system, Dubbo 2nd on 17 points. Division 2 are also undefeated going into the final against Wellington next Sunday following a 3-2 win over Forbes in the semi-final. Division 3 will play off for the title after beating Cowra 4-1 in their semi-final, and will play Duntryleague in the final. Division 4 finished 5th on 16 points in the first past the post system, Dubbo the winners on 23 points from Bathurst on 18.    Image sourced: www.cwdga.com.au  

Construction to build a secondary campus for St Matthews Catholic School in Mudgee starts this week. After two years of planning and design, the project will see $33-million worth of investments make way for a chapel, sporting capacities, multipurpose hall, music, drama and science facilities. A main reason for the development of another campus is to accommodate for the growing numbers of students. Principal of St Matthews Catholic School, Angela Myles, says growth also means more opportunity for additional education outcomes. “The number of students that we’ve had enrol in the school has increased rapidly in the last few years, and we are in anticipation now of being able to have facilities to match that.” She also says “once we open up at the secondary campus, we will be able to extend more into integrating subjects around STEM and through art, and to make the most of the facilities that we’ll have there.” Mrs Myles also shares that there’s been a positive response to the devel

RealFM News can exclusively reveal this morning that the first official covid 19 vaccination clinic in the Mudgee region is expected to open on Monday March 22nd. The clinic once operational will be administering the astrazeneca vaccine for those eligible for the vaccine under Phase 1B of the federal governments’ rollout plan. Phase 1B includes Those over the age of 70 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults Adults with a specified medical condition Critical and high risk workers including defense, police, fire, emergency services and meat processing And health works not already covered in phase 1A. Full eligibility can be checked at  health.gov.au We are expecting to have Full details on the local clinic early next week on RealFM News.  

The Mudgee Show, while had to be customised to feature agriculture-only judging events due to the rolling 12-month pandemic, was well-received. The weekend-running events featured record numbers in show jumping and horse-ring events. Figures so far have been counted at approximately 700 competitors and spectators attending in support of the local show.  Image: Grace Pearce - Horse Event Competitor Secretary of the Mudgee Show Society, Allison Beer, says “competitors travelled from as far as Port Macquarie for the poultry section”; whilst the “cattle section had stock arrive from as far as Quirindi, and the Merino judging was well supported by locals.” Allison also says that feedback from those who attended and competed were grateful to even have a qualifying event held for their section. The Mudgee Show Society as a union, look “forward to planning next years show in a more traditional manner, with the secretary also stating that “the atmosphere just wasn’t the same.” Planning is cur

TOUCH FOOTBALL Perfect playing and weather conditions combined to ensure the Mudgee Touch grand final season finished on a high note at Glen Willow on Saturday. The Ori staved off a late surge by Col Matthews Motors to take the Men’s D1 title 6-5, Jeremy Doherty the POM. Stride Health came from behind in a drop off to win Women’s D1 5-4 over Cudgegong Plumbing, Grace Quinn the POM. MD2 winners were Woolpack Hotel defeating One Mob 3-1, Simon Flynn the POM. Dynos won MD3 downing Tradies 7-3, Freddy May the POM; Jade Env 7-1 over Kiddie Academy in WD2, Sarah Marshall the POM; The MXD1 match was taken out by The Property Shop over Ramp Financial Solutions 6-5, players of the match, Sally Harris & Justin Gossage; Complete Steel & Rural won MXD2 defeating Tyrepower 4-3. Zachary Halliday & Jessica Cubis; In MXD3 Loose Nutz overpowered Stait Up Cranes 6-2, Molly Hensley & Cooper Furney the players of the match; And Misfits were the winners of MXD4 with an 8-4 victory over Hal

  It’s not just local MPs pushing more locals to run for the Resident Government elections, in the regions, but now State politicians are offering encouragement. With local government elections coming up at the end of this year state-wide, the call out is saturated in the need for fresh faces. Deputy Premier, John Barilaro spoke 2MG’s Ken Suttcliffe on the weekend, about his rise to politics. Mr Barilaro also says many people who “throw their hands up for local government love their region, who are born and bred, and understand the issues and in many cases can offer solutions”.  

The affordability, and the issue of housing in regional areas such as ours has been discussed with the Deputy Premier, John Barilaro on 2MG, saying that the bounce back from drought and COVID-19 has seen a boom time for the bush. “I’m willing to work with any local council to see where the State Government can provide any resources or focus to assist them to unlock this land”. He says “we have to think about the fact that opening up larger blocks of land further out of towns might not be the way forward anymore; and with local MPs such as Dugald Saunders jumping in to talk about developing townhouse and multi-level developments, which might sound absurd for regional towns but that urban development is just as important”. Mr Barilaro goes onto say that the major moves from the cities have been unexpected. “No-one would’ve expected that off the back of COVID, that people would migrate from Sydney, and it looks like we’ll have another Sydney summit, because Sydney is in decline and the bu

The Mudgee Showground keeps changing in leaps and bounds, this time with additional infrastructure set to be installed. Rodeo chutes and additional portable cattle yards will be making headway soon, with the announcement earlier in the week that Mudgee Show Society had successfully applied for $47,360, through the State Government Crown Reserve Improvement Fund.  The installment will mean the show society will be able to expand what is offered at the grounds, and ultimately the town. Mudgee Show Society secretary, Allison Beer, says the new equipment will allow for further events to be held, with “plans to host another rodeo later in the year”, this time not having to rely on hiring equipment from Branxton. The 2021 Mudgee Show will be held this weekend, but strictly agriculture competitions only.