Cobar pool proves to be a haven in the heatwave

Cooling off at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool on Sunday afternoon were Michael Arnold, Charli Hodges, Archie Fugar and Grace Mackay.

With the thermometer reaching a scorching 41.3 degrees on Saturday and 37.5 on Sunday, the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool was one of the coolest places to be on the weekend.

Saturday’s scorcher was well above average (by 11.7 degrees for this time of the year) and was our hottest day of the week.

Last Wednesday’s top temperature was 33.1 degrees, Thursday recorded 35 and on Friday it got to 36.8…Full report in this week’s edition out now!