From concept to completion, the Cobar Miners Memorial has been a dream of local resident, Barry Knight, for almost seven years. The Cobar Miners Memorial finally became a reality on Saturday when Barry joined Feder-al Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and Co-bar’s deputy mayor, Jarrod Marsden, to offi-cially open the […]
On the occasion of Cobar Probus Club’s 34th birthday last Wednesday, Rotarian Geoffrey Langford was invited to be their guest speaker. During his address, Mr Langford imparted his knowledge on how the Cobar Probus Club came to be. He said the Probus movement started in England about 50 years ago […]
Cobar High School students involved in last week’s Opera Express workshops and the production of a musical have described it as “an awesome experience”. Many of the students had not experienced opera before (and it’s possibly the last thing they thought they would be interested in), but the Opera Express […]
Cobar Commonwealth Bank employees have donated $500 to the Cobar Girl Guides as part of the bank’s nationwide community donation program. The Commonwealth Bank has again pledged to donate $500,000 nationally, to recognise those organisations that make a difference to the communities in which they operate. Cobar branch manager Donovan […]
A group of landholders attended a wild dog information session at Nullogoola Station last week to refresh their skills and knowledge in the behaviours of wild dogs and wild dog management techniques. The session was coordinated by Western Local Land Services (Western LLS) and run by Stuart Boyd-Law, Pest Animal […]
Painter, Clinton Russell, is one of the contractors working on restoring the rotunda in Drummond Park to its former glory. The transformation is expected to be finished by the end of the month. Council is undertaking the restoration work using funding received from the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure funding […]
When it comes to exploring for minerals, the Cobar region is one of the “hottest” loca-tions in the state at the moment and that was evident by the large amount of interest for a geology forum in Cobar last week. Organised by Aurelia Metals geologist, Scott Munro, the Cobar Geology […]
Sandy Creek Bushfire Brigade members and their families recently gathered at Pine Ridge Station south west of Cobar to celebrate 100 years of the brigade’s service to the community. It’s reported to have been a wonderful day catching up on the banks of Sandy Creek sharing stories, enjoying meals, a […]
The Services Club Outdoor Cookoff on Saturday had eight teams cooking a variety of mouth watering food that included Pork Burnt Ends, loaded fries, crepes and waffles. Pictured from the winning team, JJJM, are Joelle Deppeler, Josh Warren and Jorgia Hibbins. Their roast lamb, stuffed homegrown pumpkin and savory damper […]
Staff and clients from community groups in Cobar and Bourke, FLOURISH, Live Better and Higher Up, came together last Thursday for an Art Therapy Day. Jane Miller, Community Arts Coordinator for FLOURISH Australia said all art is therapeutic. “Anything where we focus down into doing something creative, is actually putting […]
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