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A fun start to the school holidays

The Cobar Shire Council Youth Council provided a great afternoon and night of entertainment on Friday at Drummond Park to celebrate the start of the school holidays. The event was free thanks to funding from the NSW Government’s Office of Regional Youth’s 2021/2022 Autumn Holiday Break program. The free rides, […]

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Sound Chapel sunset serenade

An estimated crowd of 170 locals and visitors gathered to be serenaded with classical music as the sun set at the official opening of Cobar’s unique Sound Chapel on Saturday. The idea of creating a unique sound installation artwork in Cobar has been 10 years in the making for its […]

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Tour de OROC peloton welcomed to Cobar

This year’s Tour de OROC charity ride raised almost $150,000 for the Macquarie Home Stay accommodation facility in Dubbo. Among the group of riders in this year’s charity event were Cobar cyclist Trudy Griffiths, former Cobar resident and retained firefighter Chris Freeman (from Mudgee) and another former resident, Stuart Harland […]

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Cobar hosts Far West group

Country Women’s Association (CWA) Cobar Branch president, Colleen Boucher (at far left) welcomed CWA members from around the western region to a Far West Group meeting on Saturday which the Cobar branch hosted at the Cobar Services Club. Mrs Boucher is pictured with Far Western Group executive committee members Sharon […]

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Council consults community on pool plans

Cobar Shire Council held three communi-ty consultation sessions last week inviting locals to have a say in council’s masterplan for future upgrades to the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Council has received $50,000 in funding to create a masterplan only and, while no funds have yet been allocated to carry out […]

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More than $5M to be spent on industrial area

Cobar Shire Council’s plans to upgrade the industrial area will be unveiled at com-munity consultation meetings next month. Council has been granted close to $5.5 mil-lion from the NSW Government’s Resources for Regions program to upgrade civil services (roads and stormwater) to the existing industri-al area in east Cobar. Cr […]

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Spreading Christmas cheer

Laura Barnes, representing Peak Gold Mines/Aurelia Metals as the major sponsor of this year’s Cobar Weekly Christmas Cheer competition (along with Cobar Powerhouse), presented the winners with their prizes of Cobar Quids on Monday. Candy Picton (Gould Street) won the first place prize of $500 and Cassidi Lawrence (Harcourt Street) […]

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Christmas spirit is alive in Cobar

Cobar community came out in droves on Friday night to join in the pre-Christmas celebration organised by the Cobar Business Association. With sponsorship from Glencore CSA Mine, Sandvik and Cobar Shire Council, there was extra entertainment this year with the Excite Christmas Special and local band Ballz n All playing […]