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Year: 2019
Local News
Strong response to RSPCA-led vaccination day in Cobar
Cats and dogs lined up for their discounted health checks, microchipping and vaccinations at Tom Knight Memorial Oval last Thursday. The event was coordinated by the newly formed NSW Central West Supporters Group for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). One of the group’s local […]
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Expanded medical centre officially opened by Coulton
Patients in Cobar and the wider district will feel the benefits of improved healthcare facilities, with the official opening yesterday of the newly upgraded Cobar Primary Health Care Centre. Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said he was pleased to have helped deliver a $200,000 Federal Government grant to the NSW […]
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Getting our groove on for Grey Mardi Gras
Local resident May Higgins (seated at centre) has lived through Cobar in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and has watched four more generations of her extended family grow up here. May and her family are all excited about Cobar’s inaugural Grey Mardi Gras event this weekend and dug out their […]
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Not your average bike ride: family’s educational experience
It’s not often you see a family of four riding two tandem bikes in the middle of the day on a lonely highway in the outback. Adventure Educator Andrew Hughes (who was the 2013 Tasmanian of the Year) along with his wife Nicola and their two children, Hope, 5 and […]
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Colourful characters spotted as Variety Bash visits Cobar
The Variety Brats Bash – an annual fundraiser for families and kids – overnighted in Cobar on Monday. The group of colourful and costume clad families is taking the long way from Yarra Glen in Victoria to Byron Bay (NSW) to raise money to help kids who are sick, disadvantaged […]
Local Sport
Swimming sensations
Cobar Swimming Club’s 2018/2019 season wrapped up last Wednesday night with the club’s presentations at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Pictured are perpetual award winners Luke Giurin (Norm Higgins Most Improved); Jaxon Burke (KML Junior Club Person Award); Ivy Budd (Colleen Martin Memorial Junior Achiever Award), Ellesie Woodbridge (Bunyan Family […]
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Spirited second half rally came too late for the Roosters
Despite a spirited second half rally, the Cobar Roosters First Grade side, was outplayed by the Coonabarabran Unicorns 48-16 on Saturday. Cobar hosted the new team in the Christie & Hood Castlereagh League for the opening round of the 2019 competition at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday afternoon in […]
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Brilliant start for Bantams
The Cobar Roosters Under 18s made a brilliant start to their 2019 Castlereagh Rugby League season with a dominant display against last season’s premiers, the Coonabarabran Unicorns, at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday. In front of a large home crowd and in very warm weather, the young Roosters trounced […]
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Fresh cuts key to mental health message for local youths
There’s lots of fresh looking young men (and a few women) in town at the moment following a visit by the Walkabout Barber on Friday. Walkabout Barber Brian Dowd created his mobile Barber and Trauma and Recovery service to provide “a space for cuts, connections and real conversations to take […]