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2022
Cobar is gearing up for another big weekend
Cobar is gearing up for another big influx of visitors this weekend as we celebrate two major festivals and two sporting club reunions. Many of the visitors this weekend will be familiar faces who are planning to return “home” for what is going to be a big weekend of non-stop […]
191022
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 […]
061022
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 […]
2022
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 […]
2022
Cobar community commemorates Queen Elizabeth II
A local commemorative service for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was held at Drummond Park on Monday afternoon led by local Greg Martin. Mr Martin said he thought it only fitting that the Cobar community have the opportunity to be able to pay their respects to the Queen. Addressing the […]
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Roosters bound for grand final glory
The Cobar Roosters will meet the Gil-gandra Panthers in the Christie & Hood Castlereagh Rugby League First Grade grand final this Saturday after a sensational 32-18 win over the Narromine Jets on Sat-urday in Narromine. The Roosters spoiled the Narromine club’s party who were looking to have a trifecta of […]
070922
Employment & Community Services Expo
Cobar High School held an Employment & Community Services Expo at the school yesterday with 30 exhibitors from a wide variety of career (and volunteer) vocations taking part. Staff from local businesses, Cobar Shire Council, mining companies, Tradies, the Commonwealth Bank, TAFE, the University of Sydney, Australian Defence Force, the […]
2022
Celebrating 100 years!
Edna Neale has been waiting a long time for “her letter from the Queen” and it arrived earlier this week (along with numerous cards and congratulatory letters) in time for Enda’s 100th birthday today. Born in Glebe in 1922, Enda came to Cobar in 1948 with her husband Bill who […]