15 July 2026
Before there was a festival, two local businesswomen put their money behind an idea that didn't exist yet. Charnie Tuckey, Rose Prout, and the room their yes built.
People stories from the region.
4 July 2026
A campfire somewhere between Dubbo and Trangie, a swag, and a man doing a lot of thinking. Ian's photograph, and the two very different times he has lived in this town. Shared at Dubbo Slide Night.
25 July 2025
Errin Williamson reflects on a simple family photo that became a symbol of resilience and connection during lockdown.
25 July 2025
Val Clark’s breathtaking story from Kenya, where a photo of elephants sparked deep reflection and awe at Dubbo Slide Night.
25 July 2025
Michael Davis’ story of family, resilience, and connection through a baby photo at Dubbo Slide Night.
27 October 2024
At my next Taco’Bout event, the theme is resilience powered by life's most unexpected turns.
For this tasty talk, I don't have a therapist or coach. Instead, Craig Granger is with us. To unpack the topic I’m taking from the book, 7 Lessons from When Things Don't Go Your Way.
16 October 2024
On the people who step in and change the course of a life — with Jo Efoti, who with her husband Bruno fostered 27 children while raising their own. And a story of my own I don't often tell.
3 February 2024
Nearly thirty years behind the chair and a holistic counselling practice on top of it. First sponsor of the first festival, and the woman who hadn't heard the news.
3 February 2024
Exercise physiologist, Pilates instructor, and — with Charnie Tuckey — one of the two people who sponsored the first Dubbo Women's Festival before anyone knew it would work.
3 February 2024
GP specialising in sexual and women's health, from Zimbabwe to Alice Springs to Dubbo — on the perimenopause and menopause panel at the first Dubbo Women's Festival.
1 February 2024
Twenty years a women's health nurse, driving an outreach clinic around the district. She didn't just speak at the first Dubbo Women's Festival — she was one of the three people who made it.
10 March 2014
Storyteller, strategist and self-described socially awkward entrepreneur. Twenty years across film marketing, national campaigns and charity galas — now leading Social Gain from Dubbo.