Festival Of The Miner’s Ghost
Council is making sure Cobar looks its best for festivals
Cobar Shire Council’s long term plans of tree planting and town beautification are set to be showcased when an expected 2,000 plus visitors arrive at the end of the month. Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said council staff will be on call and working over the Miner’s Ghost and Running […]
Favourable feedback from festival
Apart from the weather, it seems that on the whole, this year’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost (FOMG) was once again a success. The FOMG committee, headed up by Cobar Shire Council’s projects officer Miranda Riley, held a wrap up meeting on Thursday at the council chambers. Mrs Riley reports […]
Miners Memorial services touches the hearts of locals
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 […]
Young and old share their wisdom on Grandparents’ Day
“Ask Me Anything” was the invitation for the Grandparents’ Day event on Sunday as part of the Festival of the Miner’s Ghost activities, and ‘anything’ was certainly asked. The audience was entertained by stories, received the wisdom of the elders, and also the wisdom of the young. Among the questions […]
Almost 100 golfers for last Police Charity Golf Day
The last staging of the Police Charity Day four person Ambrose golf day was well attended on Sunday with 95 players able to take to the course after the thunderstorm the night before. Although the wet conditions were slightly heavy going, some wonderful scores were had and the overall consensus […]
Local artists put their works on display for Miner’s Ghost
The Cobar Arts Council’s 2017 Art and Photography Exhibition was officially opened last night with a strong field of entries in both the adults and children’s sections. This year the Thelma Wade Perpetual Trophy was awarded for the best drawn or painted portrait and went to Dora Difilippo for her […]
Film crew to visit
A Sydney film crew will be filming in and around Cobar this weekend as part of a council project to encourage people to move to Cobar. Cobar Shire Council’s director of corporate and community services Angela Shepherd told The Cobar Weekly council has received State Government funding to help attract […]
Cobar’s version of question time?
A new addition to the Festival of the Miner’s Ghost program this year is a Sunday afternoon ‘Ask Me Anything’ event. To coincide with Grandparents’ Day, a number of grandparents and their grandchildren, of various age groups and generations, have been invited to answer a range of questions. Cobar Shire […]