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Record price paid for Etiwanda ram

The Etiwanda team had great success at their on-property White Dorper Ram Sale on Friday, selling one of their rams for a record price of $24,000. Luke Scales, Livestock Agent from Nutrien Russell, conducted the sale of 106 rams which achieved 100 per cent clearance. Luke reports they achieved a […]

2021

VIEW members take virtual trip to Italy

Cobar VIEW Club ladies indulged in a vir-tual trip to Italy at their September luncheon meeting last Tuesday. The Empire Hotel’s function room took on the atmosphere of an Italian Café with colourful checked tablecloths, baskets of crusty loaves, olives and garlic in true Italian style. Hostess, Cindy Bryan and […]

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2021

Local shares her breast cancer journey

One local resident, who’s just been diagnosed with her fourth lot of breast cancer, is hoping that Cobar women will be proactive when it comes to their breast health care. Larissa Johnson, who’s just 33 and has recently been diagnosed for the fourth time with breast cancer, first found a […]

2021

Abbott and Marsden returned

There was no change to Cobar Shire Council’s leadership team at the Mayoral elections last week with Cr Peter Abbott returned as Mayor and Cr Jarrod Marsden as Deputy Mayor. Both were re-elected uncontested to their positions at Thursday’s Ordinary Council Meeting. The pair will continue to lead Council until […]

2021

New school leaders

Cobar High School last week announced their newly elected school captains, Todd Polack and Joey Neale (pictured above at back with principal Shane Carter at centre). The pair were elected along with vice captains Sophie Clark and Elly-May Hand. Mr Carter said he was proud of how the students campaigned […]

2021

Lockdown affects visitor numbers

With the start of school holidays this week the Cobar Caravan Park would normally be a thriving place however the COVID pandemic has taken its toll and the park has been very quiet. With the Victorian, Queensland and South Australian borders all closed and a month of lockdown, there hasn’t […]