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 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 […]
As earthworks get underway, the Cobar Miners Memorial in the Heritage Park is now starting to look more like the portal entrance to a mine. Cobar Miners Memorial committee chair Barry Knight said the project is expected to be completed by the end of March and hopefully the official […]
Former Cobar resident Roger Jackson has been invited as a guest speaker for the Night for Our Lost Miners event. The event recognises Cobar’s lost miners and is a part of the town’s annual Festival of the Miner’s Ghost festivities. Mr Jackson first came to town as a teacher at […]