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Lilliane leaves a lifetime legacy
Tributes are flowing in for our long serving Mayor Lilliane Brady OAM who passed away peacefully at Cobar Hospital on Sunday at age 90. Over Cobar’s 150 years of history, many people have helped to shape Cobar’s identity as a community but none more-so than Lilliane Brady OAM. The tributes […]
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Cobar Mermaids resurface in pool
The Cobar Mermaids have resurfaced this season with the women’s swimming club re-commencing organised events last Monday. After a season break, the ladies are back in the pool each Monday night to compete in three handicapped freestyle events, 30 metres, 50 metres and 100 metres. In the 30 metres swim […]
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Cobar bowmen return to the range
The Cobar Bowman’s Club held their first shoot for the year on Sunday with five shooters taking part. The event was contested as a three arrow round with Luke Dickson finishing with a score of 380 with his compound bow. Shooting with recurve bows, Dick Tulloh had a score of […]
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Cowboys disqualified
The Cobar Cowboys have been disqualified from contesting the grand final of the Macquarie Valley Cricket Council (MVCC) Brewery Shield competition this Sunday. An enquiry by the MVCC was carried out last week after it was suggested the Cowboys had breached the rules in their thrilling three runs win over […]
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Cobar Back Roads
The ABC Television’s Back Roads edition based on Cobar aired last Thursday night and received plenty of positive comments. Filmed in August 2020, the show’s host Heather Ewart outlined our town’s mining and indigenous history and showcased Cobar in a very favourable light. In interviews she conducted with a number […]
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A $50K pool plan
Cobar Shire Council will spend $50,000 of their NSW Government Resources for Regions Round 7 funding on a plan to upgrade Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. The funding will enable Council to engage a suitably qualified and reputable consultant to undertake and deliver a business case study for investigating the upgrade […]
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$1.375M spend on industrial area
Cobar Shire Council has been allocated $1.375 million from Round 7 of the NSW Government Resources for Regions funding to upgrade the Cobar Industrial Estate. When applying for the funding, Council proposed the money would be spent to upgrade roads (to a standard capable of withstanding use by A Double […]
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Cobar fares well in Resources for Region Round 7 funding
As part of Round 7 of the NSW Government’s $50 million Resources for Regions program Cobar Shire Council will receive $3 million to improve our town’s water security. The funding will be used to upgrade a further 5.5km approximately of the town water reticulation system. Many of Cobar’s water mains […]
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Vinnies seeks more volunteers as five staff “retire”
Over the coming month the Cobar Vinnies charity store will lose five of its dedicated volunteers and, while that will leave them with only a skeleton staff of six, the store hopes to be able to stay open. Cobar Vinnies team manager Paddy Pratt said Vinnies provides a very important […]