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Year: 2017
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Give a goat to help Cobar’s young Roosters on the paddock
It’s not the sort of fundraiser you’d see a Junior Rugby League Club in the city doing and chances are they won’t be doing it in Dubbo, but the Cobar Junior Rugby League Club Give A Goat fundraiser has all the makings of being a very profitable one. The junior […]
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Wines2Mines trio receive a warm reception at end of ride
Immediately after finishing their three day 360km charity ride on Monday night Brad Lawrence, Jade Buckman and Chad Buckman were already talking about next year’s ride. The Wines2Mines trio arrived in Cobar on Monday night (spot on their estimated arrival time of 6pm) having ridden 360km from Griffith to raise […]
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Council gives local input to Far West plan
Cobar Shire Council has made a submission to the NSW Department of Planning to include a further 28 points that will directly affect Cobar to the Draft Far West Regional Plan. The Draft Far West Regional Plan, which aims to guide the NSW Government’s land use planning priorities and decisions […]
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Yabbies win national swimming title
Cobar Yabby Trevor Menadue made history on Saturday as the first Cobar Senior Men’s Club swimmer to ever win an AIF Nationals swimming title. Menadue, who started the 2016/2017 season with the Yabbies before relocating to Melbourne at the beginning of the year, re-joined his Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming […]
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Angel Flight connects rural families with city health services
Locals John and Lesley Jones are full of praise for the Angel Flight service which helped their family when their four month old baby son Joseph needed medical treatment in Sydney. Joseph, the youngest of their four children, is now a happy 10 month old baby and shows no signs […]
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Local nurses know importance of Royal Flying Doctor Service
Two local nurses are planning to walk 98km over five days through the McDonald Ranges in the Northern Territory to raise money and awareness for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). The idea to walk the Northern Territory’s Larapinta Trek was Lisa Travis’ and she “conned” fellow Cobar Hospital nurse […]
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Brainstorming session looks for new major event
As part of the State Government’s recent Back to Business Week activities, the Cobar Business Association facilitated a ‘think tank’ session to brainstorm ideas for a major event for Cobar. Run by Visual Merchandising expert, Carol Bagaric from AUSVM, the think tank session prompted a group of interested residents to […]
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Cobar’s Shell team is the best in NSW
When it comes to service, the Cobar Shell Auto Port has been recognised as Shell’s best service station in NSW. Cobar Shell Auto Port’s site manager Annie McLaughlin said she was very proud to have received the People Make The Difference Real (PMTDR) Shell program best in NSW award, which […]