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Month: March 2020
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Council endorses nine projects for drought funding
Cobar Shire Council has endorsed nine local projects to be funded under the second round of the Australian Government’s Drought Communities Extension Programme. Council is eligible to apply for $1million in grant funding in Round 2 of the program with projects required to be completed by December 2020. Of their […]
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Winter Olympian shares his story to inspire local students
Cobar High School had a visit from Australian Olympian Alex Almoukov last week with the Biathlete talking candidly to Year 9 and 10 students about his journey to the Olympics. The visit to Cobar was part of a western area schools tours with Almoukov also talking to students in Dubbo, […]
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Little improvement
The second week of the Men’s Golf competition didn’t see much of an improvement in scores as golfers battled with the slow fairways and overgrown rough. While the curators have done their best with the course over the drought, after the recent rain everything has taken off on the course […]
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Australian War Memorial highlights the tale of Ted Harland
Former Nymagee resident Edward John Harland (better known as Ted) was honoured at the Last Post service at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in Canberra on Thursday. On the 75th anniversary of his death during his service with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in New Guinea in World War […]
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Museum tours now look to the future
Ever wanted to see into the future? Well, now you can and at the same time you can also get a glimpse into Cobar’s past. This month the Great Cobar Heritage Centre is running guided ‘Future Tours’ of the museum explaining the planned new exhibitions and layout. These tours are […]
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Young chicks get a run with Roosterettes in trial match
The Cobar Roosterettes Ladies League Tag new-look squad displayed plenty of skills in their trial match against Nyngan on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. Co-Coaches Bianka Jacobson and Jay Egan were impressed with the first hit out of the mostly new team which was narrowly beaten 12-8 by the […]