Cobar is now welcoming visitors with open arms (but we’ll still be keeping our 1.5metres distance) after COVID-19 travel restrictions were eased in NSW last week. Cobar Shire Council’s tourism manager Demi Smith said it was important for the tourism industry that people be allowed to get back on the […]
Local business and tourism operators were given the opportunity to find out how the Cobar Visitor Information Centre and the Cobar Museum works during ‘A Night at the Museum’ information night last Wednesday. Tourism staff members spoke about their roles and how they greet and encourage visitors to stop, stay […]
An idea that came up in a Cobar Shire Council workshop, the Grey Mardi Gras, is already getting plenty of attention. Cr Bob Sinclair’s idea for a unique festival for Cobar is also getting plenty of funding with Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton visiting last week to hand over […]
The Cobar Caravan Park has recently welcomed new park managers Joe and Michelle Neate, who are very eager to boost tourism and put Cobar on the map. The newlyweds stepped straight into the manager’s role from their honeymoon last month and while both don’t actually have backgrounds working in hospitality, […]
A regular visitor to Cobar and advocate of free camping, John Linton has offered a simple idea used in other towns that could be adopted by Cobar. Mr Linton said an innovative ‘Stop and Shop free camping trial’, introduced by a Queensland council, has helped to save money for campers […]
An increase in caravan and camper travellers to Cobar is reflective of the state’s increase in registrations of caravans and the nights spent in caravan accommodation however some locals believe ‘free camping’ at the Newey is getting out of hand. Local resident Julie Payne, who lives near the Newey and […]
Cobar’s Crossroads Motel has received TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence for the second year in a row and the Great Western Hotel (GWH) has also received the Certificate of Excellence for service. GWH lessee Ashleigh Bellotti (who is also the son of the Crossroads Motel’s owner Carolyn Bellotti) said getting Certificates […]
Cobar’s tourism economy is set to get a big boost when more than 130 members of the Ulysses RV Group converge on Cobar next week for their Annual General Meeting. Rick Bedford, the national coordinator of […]
Visitor numbers at Cobar Visitor Information Centre are up by 1,000 compared to pervious years with the increase in tourists also reflected in overnight stay data. Cobar Shire Council tourism and public relations manager John Martin said Cobar’s tourism economy has received “a real boost” over the last two months […]
Caravaners Steve and Berice Eather from Narrabri said they purposely stopped in Cobar last week because they knew the museum was full of useful information. The Eathers were travelling from their home in Narrabri to the Northern Territory where they plan to visit family. Five years ago the couple […]
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