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It's sounding more and more like a digital quick print place will be your best bet. As Sheridan was saying in an usual offset printing prepress (like the one I manage) we don't have publisher so would need a PDF supplied... And past experience with most Microsoft program's is that the PDFs will be rgb and low res if your using a freebie PDF writer. I think Dobsons in Sydney are one printer that would be able to process a publisher file for you, certainly PageSet would be able to produce a digital print from publisher as well.

If it's 4 colour, price wise digital printing is going to be by far the cheapest option. For quantities of 150 I would hazard a guess and say 500 copies would cost the same. For digital you could try Pageset in Mt Waverley. For off-set you could try Immij who are also in Mt Waverley.

Just in regards to the barking, the neighbor that we are pretty sure made the complaint lives on the other side of mums house away from the main yard and with a separate courtyard that Max cannot access between them. As mums on a corner block the only direct neighbor is the one who confronted this other neighbor about antagonizing the dog on bin nights. All the other nearby neighbors across the road from mum have signed the letter saying Max doesn't often bark and he hadn't bothered them (7 house in total) and a group of people in mums street who walk by each day have signed a similar letter stating they pass the house each day and haven't heard any barking. Mum has spoken to the neighbor back when dad was alive and was told to f off and they would bark at the dog if they liked. They are absolute charmers.

Mum made reports to the police on 2 of the 3 occasions there were attempted break ins but not the 3rd time as they never turned up on the 2 previous occasions. She will be reporting everything from now on and also keeping a diary of things like the times max is in the house as well. I'm thinking she may need to start keeping him in the house when she is out to prove he hasn't been barking when she is away as well. Fingers crossed the letter signed by the other neighbors will be all that is needed..

Thanks for that. She is going to go in & talk to the council & the neighbour that confronted the woman also works in admin at the council & she is going to bring the letter in for mum once she has spoken to all the surrounding neighbours. It's just crap because mums had such a bad run lately of undesirables trying to break in/vandalise her house & her only comfort is knowing she has Max to protect her as she is on her own since dad passed away 2 years ago. So far she has had 3 panels of her colorbond fence pulled down (luckily Max was already inside for the night) and then a few weeks later 2 men tried to pull down another 2 panels & around the same time she went out for no more than an hour & came home to find someone had tried to pull her security front door off the hinges. So this is just all more rubbish she doesn't need!

Hi all, I'm looking for a bit of advise for my mum. She has received a notice from the council that there has been a complaint about her Dobe, Max, barking. We are fairly sure the complaint was made by her direct neighbor who has consistently over the past couple of years antagonized Max by kicking the colorbond fence & making barking sounds, then screaming at him when he starts to bark. Another neighbour has witnessed this & confronted the woman in the past. This usually only happens on bin night when the neighbour has to use the lane behind mums house to put her bin out...and as Max is inside all night he couldn't be bothering anyone of a night without mum hearing him. Mum is going to get the other surrounding neighbours to sign a letter stating that in the 10 years she has had Max he has never disturbed them by barking etc. So far she has spoken to 4 of her neighbours & they are happy to sign the letter. I've told her to start keeping a diary of any disturbances, but other than that is there anything else she can do? Are we safe in assuming the council would investigate this themselves before issuing a fine? Any advice on how to approach this would be appreciated.

Oh no, I am so sorry you have lost your beautiful girl. RIP Montana.

I don't come in here often, so have only just seen this. So sorry for your loss. RIP Busta

I hadn't checked in on Ollie for awhile so thought I'd see how he was doing & then saw your sad news. So sorry for your both your recent losses. RIP Ollie

Hi all, We are off to NY later in the year & I'm thinking it might be time to buy a new lens to go on my Nikon D200. At the moment I only have the kit lens (18-55mm) and a Tamron 2.8 28-75mm. Sooo... what kind of lens would you recommend for more wide angle cityscape style shots?

Awesome pics! Winnie is gorgeous.

Closest ocean beach to Rooty Hill would be approx 1hours drive away. You could always bring your friend to the Northern Beaches, lots of great places to walk to dogs & take pics around here. You could also try Nurragingy Reserve for scenery, though I'm not sure if it is dog friendly.

So very sorry for your loss. :D RIP Leo.

It sounds like Ben was much loved part of your family & I am sure he knew that. RIP beautiful boy.

I am so sorry for your loss. RIP Bear.