Two more local Mayors have welcomed the release of their communities from Stay At Home orders with Gilgandra and Brewarrina out of lockdown as of midnight last night.

"It's wonderful, a great reward for the community in staying safe, being tested and most importantly getting vaccinated," said Gilgandra Mayor Doug Batten. "It's been very positive. Last Wednesday we were only a day off being inside the 14 days with no cases, so it was just a matter of getting through the week with no new cases."

*Businesses and shoppers will be returning to Gilgandra's main street today. Image: Gilgandra Shire Council.

Mr Batten says that Gilgandra's vaccine take-up is "right up there" and this is part of the reason the orders will no longer apply.

"Organisations in Gilgandra - Council and the local emergency management committee - have come together really well and put in place different things to encourage the whole vaccination idea," he said.

"I just hope with the lifting of the lockdown in Gilgandra residents remember to stay safe, maintain social distancing and where masks where appropriate."

"Our thoughts are with Dubbo, Dubbo is our hub," Mr Batten said. "Half of Gilgandra goes to Dubbo once a week, that's how important it is to us."

The proximity to Dubbo, which continues to see a handful of new cases added to their tally each day, and the critical connections they share serves to make Gilgandra's release even more precious.

"We'll see what the next week brings - we're not out of the woods yet - anyone that thinks we are is mistaken," Mayor Batten says.

"I'm very confident they will be complaint. I honestly believe this lockdown period has been a real lesson for us."

In Brewarrina, Mayor Phillip O'Connor says there'll be "a real spark around" with the release of his shire from the lockdown rules.

 "Everyone's real excited, but they're wary," Mayor O'Connor said.

An ongoing concern is behaviour at funerals and Mayor O'Connor says he hopes people attending a funeral today will be careful.

• The Brewarrina community will be welcoming their residents back to Bathurst Street. Image Wikimedia.

He says the Brewarrina community has come together and there has been overwhelming compliance with the orders.

"It's unbelievable how the community really stepped up and looked out for one another," Mr O'Connor said.

"There's been no kids on the streets, no-one about who shouldn't be out.""

He said people won't start to relax until at least 70% double-dose vaccination rates are achieved but that Brewarrina is well on the way.

"We'd be well over the 70% now for first doses and hopefully in the next two week's we'll have over 70% for second dose," he said.

"It's been a big job but the medical staff here and all the services have done a great job.""

"They've even organised transport and they've been going out to the reserves which has been very good because they were pretty scared of it for a while there," he said.

Mr O'Connor says that the impact on the town has been manageable and although some businesses have not operated all the necessities have been readily available and Council kept their facilities functioning as much as possible, including sub-contractors working out on local roads.

 "We didn't shut everything down, we had to keep going, we just followed the rules and didn't put anyone off," he said. "The Information Centre and Youth Centre staff worked in other areas, they didn't have to go home."

He says the announcement has put "a spring in everyone's step".

The Western Local Health District have advised that the Narromine shire is likely to be the next local government area to see a loosening of the lockdown.

"The orders will be lifted for the Narromine LGA from Saturday 25 September, provided Narromine has no cases or sewage detections before then," a spokesperson said.

"However these LGAs will continue to oeprate under some restrictions to ensure community safety."

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