Once a treasured waterway, Dubbo's Golf Links Creek, which runs under the Newell Highway to Sandy Beach, has long been horribly eroded. But the local creek could be fully restored within five years if water management messiah Peter Andrews has his way. Invited by Dubbo City Council (DCC) to work his waterwise magic in the middle of the city, Mr Andrews believes his restoration methods could be adopted by councils and landcare groups across Australia. DCC's parks and landcare manager Lynton Auld is keen to see if Mr Andrews' natural sequence farming (NSF) method can effectively restore degraded waterways in Dubbo. If successful, Mr Auld believes Dubbo could become a major player in the development of a national drought-proofing strategy. In partnership with Mr Andrews, Mr Auld believes Dubbo can showcase a variety of demonstration sites promoting itself as a national centre of excellence for waterways and pasture rehabilitation. After 30 years of hostile resistance from government bureaucracies and conventional scientists Mr Andrews' theories gained widespread interest after appearing on the ABC's Australian Story. The Australian Story coverage attracted the largest response the ABC has had for one of its programs. NSF executive officer Garry Reynolds said the ABC program attracted 3500 emails from viewers wanting to know how the system works. Backed by retail giant Gerry Harvey, Mr Reynolds said they have been completely overwhelmed by the response to the point where they could no longer cope with the amount of visitors wanting inspect to Mr Harvey's Hunter Valley property. "We need to establish a central location that's easily accessible for people wanting to learn how the NSF system works," Mr Reynolds said. "Dubbo is ideally situated to establish demonstration sites, especially with areas like Golf Links Creek." Mr Andrews said the creek could be rehabilitated easily and cheaply using natural materials and vegetation. "We've ripped the guts out of our waterways," he said. "They were not open rivers and creeks like they are now. "They were mostly a series reed covered ponds, which is what we have to recreate to restore the natural balance in the water tables." Mr Auld said he was keen to see if the NSF system would work in urban environment as critics of the system argue that it only works in hill country like Mr Andrews' and Mr Harvey's properties in the Hunter Valley. "If we can prove it will work here we could attract large scale government funding to establish a variety of demonstration sites in the western area," Mr Auld said.