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Year: 2017
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Family humbled by community support
Dear editor, Why would you live in Cobar? The town water is dirty (but our Mayor Lilliane is onto this) and the roads are rough (but currently being fixed). It’s noisy from the highway, from mines blasting, from young blokes driving V8 Landcruisers. And it’s hot, I mean real hot! […]
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Locals raising funds for rally to support country children
Local couple Annalise and Matthew Bellette are revving up the engine of their VL Commodore and getting ready to take part in the Riverina Redneck Rally next month in support of charity. The Bellette’s team, named the ‘Outback Warriors’ has a goal to raise $3,000 in support of charity organisations […]
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Minor premiers MEC win A Grade grand final
Minor premiers, the MEC Moose Knuckles, took out this year’s Mixed League Tag competition A Grade title while Allsaints claimed the B Grade crown on Saturday night at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. In a replay of last season’s A Grade grand final game, MEC once again beat their Laundromat Scrubbers […]
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Hannah Carroll qualifies for State
The Cobar Little A’s Club had 12 members compete at the Little Athletics Australia NSW (LAANSW) Region 3 Championships in Dubbo on February 11 and 12. Hannah Carroll has now qualified to compete at State level next month after finishing first in her Girls Under 14 years Discus and Shot […]
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New signage tells the story of Cobar’s historic Towser’s Huts
A new sign has been erected at the Fort Bourke Lookout describing the history of the Towser’s Huts. Contractors organised by Peak Gold Mines installed the sign at the lookout last Thursday in an effort to inform and attract tourists to the site. The area of land where the Towser’s Huts […]
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Outback Archies winning works on display at library
The Outback Archies exhibition is currently touring the region with the 2016 winning and selected works now on show at the Cobar Library until the end the month. A total of 15 works have been on the road since October last year, and the tour continues until June. Held annually, […]
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Locals can help decide the fate of Roy’s beard for charity
A rift has broken out in Cobar as it seems the town is divided over whether local resident Roy Simpson should shave his beard or continue to let it grow! Roy’s wife of 30 years, Lillian, is all for her husband keeping his be-whiskered countenance however some of Roy’s friends […]
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Yabbies bring home Western Districts trophies
The Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club were represented by nine swimmers and their social director, Peter ‘China’ Brien, at the Western Districts Swimming Carnival in Wellington on Sunday. The carnival attracted a field of 85 swimmers from clubs around the western region. The Cobar team won the prestigious 10 […]
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Two new Mermaids welcomed to pool
The Cobar Mermaids Women’s Swimming Club welcomed two new faces to their handicapped event on Sunday night at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. It was however one of the club’s founders, Tanya Gilbert, who was the star of the night. Gilbert finished the night with a hat trick having won […]