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A nice drop of rain for Cobar

While many parts of eastern Australia were hammered by heavy falls of rain causing flash flooding this past week, Cobar has been lucky to record steady rain with more than 16mm falling over the past few days. In town, the Bureau of Meteorology recorded 0.4mm in their rain gauge on […]

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Visitors are not permitted at LBV

The Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) aged care facility has this week been shut down to visitors in response to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases being reported in NSW. The Australian Government Department of Health issued a directive on Monday to all NSW residential aged care facilities that they were […]

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Adding a bit of cheer this Christmas

Cobar Weekly’s 2020 Christmas Cheer competition, sponsored by Peak Gold Mines and Cobar Powerhouse, was expertly judged by the Cobar Girl Guides, Lilliane Brady Village residents and Cobar Weekly staff with five winners selected. Pictured above is Peak Gold Mines representative Laura Barnes with top scorer Robyn Floyd, whose display […]

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Nymagee claim Paula’s trophy

Nymagee claimed the Paula Potter Cup cricket trophy after a two wicket win over Tottenham on Saturday. Tottenham finished with 9/124 from their 20 overs while Nymagee chased them down to finish with 8/127 in 19.3 overs. Matt Bolam was named Man of the Match finishing with fantastic bowling figures […]

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Grand final games were both thrillers

The Junior Touch grand finals were played in trying conditions on Thursday afternoon, however, the kids didn’t seem to notice the heat while playing.  Both games attracted a large amount of spectators to Ward Oval in what was reminiscent of Cobar’s touch football former glory days. In the senior grand […]

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Promoting local artists’ work

Cobar Primary Health Care Centre staff Mehakdeep Kaur (left) and Sandy Negfeldt (far right) with their art competition winners Thelma Wade (3rd place), Anita Neate (2nd place), Jessica Sinclair (1st place) and Liz Whiteman (4th place) on Monday. The winners each received a certificate and shared $280 worth of Cobar […]

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Another win for Cobar Cowboys

The Cobar Cowboys defeated Narromine by three wickets on the back of a great bowling and fielding performance in the Macquarie Valley Brewery Shield cricket competition played at Narromine on Sunday. Cobar took all their chances taking nine catches in bowling Narromine out for 131 runs in the 33rd over. […]