The grass is long, but the entry list was longer still!

More than 500 Dubbo Photo News readers took the time to mail or drop in their entries into the competition for a Honda mower valued at almost a thousand dollars from Dubbo Mowers and Chainsaws.

Belinda Bourke was the lucky winner, pictured here with Julie and David Brett when she took delivery of the shiny new mower.

To enter the competition, readers were asked to fill in the answer to a question: “I’d rather be – – – – – than mowing my lawn”.

Some of the answers included “walking my dogs”, “relaxing in my hammock”, “on a cruise”, “sleeping”, and “drinking”.

One clever lady told us she’d rather be watching her husband mow the lawn!

More than one entrant said they’d “rather be reading Dubbo Photo News” than mowing their lawns, an answer the crew here found to be an accurate assessment of the situation.