Leanne and Wayne Mackay took out the first place prize of $500 Cobar Quids in The Cobar Weekly’s 2023 Christmas Cheer competition but the couple said they didn’t enter for the money.
Leanne actually didn’t even know they were entered in this year’s competition as it was Wayne who nominated them.
“We do it for the kids,” Leanne said.
And while their own grandchildren get a thrill out of the huge display at their Echidna Avenue home, so too do many other children.
“It’s fantastic to sit out the front on Christmas Eve and see the kids go past and hear them go ‘Oh and Ah’ when they see the lights,” Leanne said.
CSA Mine last week welcomed its new cohort of apprentices with a barbecue and site induction training. The new intake includes five new 1st year apprentices and three school-based apprentices (SBATs) that have joined the ranks as permanent, full time employees after having completed some of their first year units […]
The 2023 Castlereagh Rugby league season is all over (bar the shouting) for the Cobar Roosters Reggies team after they lost their major semi final game, 28-12, to Gilgandra on Sunday. It was a big week of training and no confusion whatsoever with the implementation of some new moves in […]
One local octogenarian has proved that age is no barrier when it comes to setting up and running your own business. While most other people her age have long retired, 85 year old Patricia Porter has recently sold one business and opened another. “I’ve had my own business for years […]