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Old cast iron pipes are the blame for town’s dirty water
While summer in Cobar usually means dirty water, Cobar Shire Council says it has this year received above the average number of complaints. Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said dirty water is common in Cobar around this time of year due to demand exceeding the water filtration plant’s capacity, however […]
Golfers place monument to mark original Cobar cemetery
The graves of some 74 Cobar residents who were buried more than 140 years ago at Cobar’s old cemetery on the golf course have been now been acknowledged with a memorial on the site. Cobar Museum curator Kay Stingemore, who worked with Kevin Walsh (from the Cobar Intermine Golf Challenge […]
Residents asked about council’s future
A group of 30 locals attended the a community consultation meeting last Friday to put forward their ideas on the government’s proposed Far West Initiative (FWI). While the Cobar community members were not hostile with their comments, many said they were opposed to the FWI proposal, they questioned the need […]