The crowd at Friday night’s ‘A Night to Dismember’ fundraiser, put on by The John Mitchell Pharmacy to raise funds for the Cobar Miner’s Memorial, may have only been a small one but all were however keen to get into the spirit of Halloween and the Festival of the Miner’s Ghost. The undead mixed with vampires, witches, devils and characters from various horror movies to dine on delicacies served up by Earth Candy Co and they then danced the night away to the music of DJ Fiddy. Best Dressed was Michelle Green (pictured above at centre), a runner-up in a beauty pageant who severed the head of the winner, Felecia. The event raised $600 for the Miners’ Memorial.
The committee working to create a miners memorial in the Heritage Park have this week received a helping hand from two Central Queensland University (CQU) design students. Cobar Shire Council’s acting director of planning and environmental services Stephen Poulter said the Miners Memorial Project Committee has been meeting on a […]
“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 […]