Cobar recorded its wettest day of the month this week with the Bureau of Meteorology recording 52.8mm in the rain gauge at Cobar Airport up until 9am on Tuesday morning. Our total rainfall for 2021 is now 205.4mm which, according to the Bureau, is much wetter than the long-term average […]
One of the people who was intrinsic to the rescue of the trapped Beaconsfield miners in 2006, explosives expert Darren Flanagan, spoke about that experience in Cobar last week. Mr Flanagan was a guest speaker for Cobar Shire Council’s staff ‘Wellness Day’ session last Thursday and he also recounted his […]
Potential gas deposits near Cobar have been identified during a Department of Regional NSW Geological Survey. A potential gas source has been identified in the Yathong-Ivanhoe Trough, located 50km south of Cobar which covers an area of 170km by 210km. Another area relatively close to Cobar, the Neckarboo Trough, lies […]
The Cobar Golfie Bowlers made the trip to Bourke on Sunday for the final round of the 2021 pennants competition. Despite the conditions being miserable, with light rain falling for most of the game, the Co-bar squad finally found their groove to finish the day with a win. Don Roberts, […]
There was an upset in Round 6 of the touch competition on Thursday in the jun-iors competition with the third placed Yellow Jackets recording a solid win over the second placed Red Devils, 13-8. It was however the Red Devils’ Gabriel Har-ris who picked up three Best and Fairest (B&F) […]
Three Cobar High School swimmers are off to the State Championships next month after achieving success at the Western Swimming Carnival in Dubbo on Thurs-day. Raymond Jones, Axel Fairfull and Henry Knight recorded podium finishes at last week’s carnival with each setting new PBs in nearly all of their events. […]
A squad of Cobar Little A’s members competed at the Parkes Little Athletics club’s annual carnival on Sunday. Cobar club president Troy Knight said all the kids did well in cold and windy conditions. The results from the day were: Lauren O’Sullivan, Under 8’s—1st 100m, 2nd 70m and 700m, 3rd […]
Pelicans, turtles, plovers and black swans which can be regularly seen at the Newey recreation area, are the inspiration for local artist Seigrid Peters’ next major artwork. Seigrid has recently been commissioned by Cobar Shire Council to paint a mural on the toilet block at the Newey recreation area in […]
It’s a brand-new year for Probus members as returning officer Glenis Prisk sought out members willing to take a place on the executive committee at last Wednesday’s annual general meeting. After much toing and froing, a wonderful result was declared with Lillian Simpson elected as the group’s new president. She […]
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