The Iron Ringer committee met last week and has progressed further with their plans to build an Iron Ringer monument in Co-bar.
According to Cobar history, the term Iron Ringer was a privileged title that could only be bestowed on people who were born in Cobar.
The committee aims to build a monument adjacent to the Miners Memorial Park as a celebration of the Iron Ringer identity.
Committee chair, John Collins, advised last week’s meeting, that he had met with Michael Prince from local engineering company, KML Industries, and discussed their proposed ideas for the monument, which local artist, Peter Rogers, has drawn up in a concept plan.
KML is no stranger to building Cobar icons, having constructed Cobar’s Big Beer Can in 1990 as a tourism initiative of the Grand Hotel licensees at the time, Chris Condon and Peter Payne.
KML has also been involved in constructing the entrance signs to Cobar, built the unique bin covers in the CBD, converted the loader buckets for use in the skate park, manufactured the CBD bus shelter, and built the shade shel-ters in Drummond Park and Dalton Park.
While the build site has yet to be confirmed as being a suitable location, the committee is progressing with other plans, including ideas for fundraising to cover the cost of the build.
The committee will meet again next month.