Month: February 2020
Local firies clean up serious Barrier Highway chemical spill
Fire and Rescue NSW Station 256 Cobar crew were called upon to use their Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) training last week following a serious chemical spill on the Barrier Highway. Station 256 Cobar brigade captain Tony Walkinshaw said emergency services responded to a 000 call from a truck driver at approximately […]
Wettest month in years boosts spirits
Cobar and surrounding districts have again been blessed with more rain this month with several properties recording more than 50mm on Sunday. Officially Cobar Meteorological Office recorded 25.8mm in the 24 hours to 9am Sunday, taking the total for this month to 73.4mm, a figure not seen in Cobar for […]
High energy rock shows come to Cobar
More than 50 years after he first started performing on stage, old rocker Issi Dye is still thoroughly entertaining his audiences. A household name and regular face on Australian television in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, Issi Dye is coming to Cobar to perform two shows at the Cobar Services […]
Painstaking project to preserve pieces of Cobar history
In his extensive local research, historian John Collins has found that Cobar’s history just keeps repeating itself. He said stories about droughts, problems with water, doctors leaving town and the promise of a new airline have all cropped up as regular stories in our local newspapers over time. John’s been […]