Barbara O’Brien is always keen to talk about what the Country Women’s Association can offer local residents and she’s a font of wisdom when it comes to the role the CWA has played for the past 100 years.

She laughed when Dubbo Photo News suggested the CWA ladies knew all there was to know about networking, having been doing just that for the past century.

She thought it was fantastic to see so many community services and organisations collaborating at the Living Well Expo held in Dubbo earlier this month, and was anxious to see how they can assist other groups for the good of the community.

“It’s fantastic to be able to walk around and see so many tables from different organisations and have a chat to the people that are running them. It makes it very friendly and it’s put a face to the organisation,” Mrs O’Brien said.

“I think it’s wonderful because cross-pollination never hurts anything, and we can all get ideas from other people.”