With the help of TAFE NSW, apprentice mechanic Amber Byrne recently stepped out of her comfort zone and learnt how to operate the equipment she’ll be working on. Amber, 19, is studying a Certificate III in Light Vehicle Mechanical Technology and plans to add heavy diesel qualifications later in her […]
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 […]
There was plenty of interest shown in forming a new Youth Council with a big turn out for their first meeting last Friday. Cobar Shire Council’s new youth officer Natalie Prisk said the meeting was an incredi-ble success with lots of great ideas coming out of their brainstorming session. “We […]
ships were decided over the weekend after the competition was hotly contested on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday’s play was however marred by a few unwelcome spectators on the course as golfers had to contend with snakes sunning themselves on three different holes. Fortunately none were interested enough to go […]
Cobar Roosters’ Thomas Plater has been announced as the Christie and Hood Castle-reagh 2021 First Grade Player of the Year. Plater, a new arrival in Cobar after his ap-pointment as a teacher at Cobar High at the start of the year, quickly established himself as a high quality hooker for […]
It’s 50 years tomorrow since the Cobar Rugby League Football Club were victors in the Group 15 First Grade 1971 Grand Final playing under captain/coach Brian Lawrence. Cobar finished as 33-6 winners over Bourke. That season Cobar was also awarded the Country Rugby League Clayton’s Cup for the best overall […]
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 […]
The Rural Fire Service and local rural fire brigades are preparing for the statutory Bush Fire Danger Period, which begins next month for fire prone areas, including Cobar Shire. Rural Fire Service District Manager for the Far West area, Superintendent Vaughn Els-worth, said after enduring a number of years of […]
While snake season usually begins around October and November in Australia, the warm weather of late has brought out snakes earlier this year in Cobar with multiple sightings of snakes over the past week. Lady golfers had to contend with three snakes on the course on Saturday, two residents came […]
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 […]
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