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CBD speed limit to drop to 40km

In an effort to make Cobar’s central business district (CBD) safer for pedestrians,  the speed limit for all vehicles will be reduced to 40km/hr as of tomorrow. The High Pedestrian Activity Area (HPAA) is being introduced by Transport for NSW with the support of NSW Police and Cobar Shire Council. […]

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Local students invited to join Sydney service

Cobar High School students and teachers were invited to perform at the St Marys RSL Sub Branch Remembrance Day service in Sydney on Friday. The invitation came after the Cobar group’s  live recording of their performance on Anzac Day this year of a very moving ‘Hallelujah Veterans Version’, went viral. […]

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Community input sought for CBD plan

Cobar Shire Council hosted six community consultation sessions last week to obtain input from the community on what they would like to see in Cobar’s CBD Master Plan. GHD Consultants have been engaged by Council to develop a masterplan and business case for the CBD area. GHD’s Communication & Stakeholder […]

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Heading for a record breaking year

Cobar is heading for a record breaking year with Cobar Shire Council’s tourism manager, Demi Smith, predicting if the high visitor numbers continue, then this year will be one of our best on record. Reporting the visitor statistics for September to last week’s Tourism Advisory public meeting, Demi proudly said […]

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Re-furbished centre is “pretty special”

The Cobar Youth and Community Centre was officially opened on Tuesday and it’s quickly looking like the refurbished ‘Youthie’ will be a popular place to hang out. The centre has been refurbished thanks to $2.1 million in joint funding from the NSW and Australian Governments. NSW Member of the Legislative […]

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Cobar was all revved up for ROEF2022

Organisers blown away with success of ROEF2022 If success can be measured in compli-ments, thank yous, attendance and memo-rable experiences, then the Running On Empty Festival (ROEF2022) held in Cobar over the past week was most definitely a success! Festival organiser, John de Bruin, said over-all he was really happy […]