The Cobar Catholic community came together on Sunday to farewell parish priest Fr Sabbas Assenga who is moving on to Narromine. Originally from Africa, Fr Sabbas came to Cobar “for a short time” at the end of 2016. He said he was made to feel very welcome and has enjoyed […]
The Cobar Cemetery is looking a picture thanks to plenty of rain in the past few months and a hell of a lot of work over the past 16 years by caretaker, Bruce Shuttle. Bruce, a former truck driver and butcher, started helping out 16 years ago as part of […]
A project to digitally archive almost 20 years of the early copies of The Cobar Weekly has gotten underway. Over its almost 35 years of history, The Cobar Weekly staff has diligently kept a copy of every edition printed since the paper’s inception in February 1986. Staff however were concerned […]
There’s been a change of plans for this year’s local Australia Day celebrations with Cobar Shire Council announcing last week that charity worker Katryna Robinson is to be our new Australia Day ambassador. Council’s Tourism Manager Demi Smith said our previously announced Australia Day ambassador, Sober in the the Country […]
The Cobar Railway Station underwent a bit of a “facelift” just before Christmas with a construction crew carrying out a platform refurbishment. John Holland Rail’s Supervisor of Corridor and Civil Works for the Country Regional Network, David Haulser (a former Cobar resident), was in charge of the project on behalf […]
Cobar Weekly’s 2020 Christmas Cheer competition, sponsored by Peak Gold Mines and Cobar Powerhouse, was expertly judged by the Cobar Girl Guides, Lilliane Brady Village residents and Cobar Weekly staff with five winners selected. Pictured above is Peak Gold Mines representative Laura Barnes with top scorer Robyn Floyd, whose display […]
A crisis was averted on Friday night thanks to some great driving by Mrs Claus who helped to deliver Santa just in time to lead this year’s Christmas Street Parade. There may have been less parade entrants this year than previous years, however it was the noisiest parade in history […]
Wollongong-based Pat and Geoff Dryland brought a truckload of food, clothing and gifts to Cobar on Saturday to help brighten Christmas for a number of local farmers still doing it tough from the drought. The couple, who previously owned childcare centres in Wollongong and Sydney, decided to direct their benevolence […]
It appears that any concerns that Cobar residents may have about what’s happening at Peak Gold Mine’s New Cobar Complex have been allayed if the attendance at their recent community information sessions are anything to go on. Aurelia Metals is proposing to extend its current operations at Peak’s New Cobar […]
The Cobar Annual Red and Black Goat Sale, conducted by Nutrien Russell last week in Cobar, which is the first local buck goat sale of its kind, broke a number of sale records from the outset. Nutrien Russell’s Livestock Agent Luke Scales said they were “delighted with the outcome of […]
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