2021

Lip sync artists help to raise over $12,000

  The Pumpettes netball team has won back-to-back Lip Sync for Netball titles after they claimed the ‘big lips’ trophy on Saturday night at the Cobar Netball Association’s fundraiser at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. While the Pumpettes’ (pictured above at right) rendition of Bruno Mars’ The Lazy Song […]

2021

Shining a spotlight on science

Cobar hosted the 2021 Outback Science and Engineering Challenge yesterday with students from across the western region taking part in the annual event which aims to encourage students to take up STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects in their senior studies. Pictured are Cooinda Home School students Caleb Theakston, […]

2021

Young detectives on the job

Young detectives in the making, Keelan Atuau, Henry and Clare Thompson, Lenny Hill, Kasalia and Aisea Fakahua attended last Thursday’s Little Wings puppet show at the Cobar Bowling and Golf Club and helped puppeteer Jenny Ellis to solve the mystery of the missing blue items. The interactive free show was […]

2021

Staff are first to get the vaccine

Dr Afshin headed up the local Cobar Primary Health Care Centre (CPHCC) COVID- 19 vaccination team that began administering vaccinations in Cobar last week. Among the first to receive the dose as part of phase 1b of the Department of Health’s vaccination program were CPHCC staff members, including practice nurse, […]