Museum on the move

A miners memorial service, held on Friday night as part of this year’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost program, has been hailed as a great success and there are calls for it now to be an annual event. The service was held at the Miners Memorial Park opposite the Great […]

Demi Smith is someone who likes challenges whether that’s on the sporting field or in her career and the latest challenge she’s taken on is promoting Cobar. Demi has this week stepped into the role of Cobar Shire Council’s new tourism manager and said she’s very keen to get started. […]

After serving for almost 26 years as Cobar Shire Council’s tourism officer, John Martin retired from the role on Friday. And while he may have officially retired from working life, John will continue to be an “unofficial” ambassador for Cobar. “I’m staying in town. I’m not going anywhere,” he said. […]