Year: 2022
Brytt lands her “dream job” working at the Youthie
When the opportunity recently came up to apply for her “dream job” managing the Cobar Youth & Fitness Centre (‘Youthie’), local Brytt Moore jumped at it. Brytt has worked at Cobar Shire Council for five years, including the past three years in the role of Grants Officer. Brytt said while […]
Cobar’s Poppy Fence officially opened
Cobar’s newly installed Poppy Fence on the Open Cut, which pays tribute to the 600 people (approximately) from Cobar who enlisted to serve in World War I, was offi-cially opened on Saturday. The idea for the fence came from locals Bar-ry and Ginny Knight with Barry the driving force behind […]
Junior Roosters record some good wins over Nyngan Tigers
The Cobar Roosters Junior Rugby League teams travelled to Nyngan on Saturday with their Mini players joining the Under 9s to Under 16s sides to contest Round 12 of the Dubbo and District Junior Rugby League competition. The Roosters Under 16s won their match with Nyngan 30-20 with the Coaches […]
Family Fun Day
Joe Jeffery with Holly Drady, Abby Farrell and Charlotte Mitchell at the barbecue at the Murdi Paaki Family Fun Day at Drummond Park last week. The event featured live music, food, kids activities and giveaways delivered by the team from Murdi Paaki Services Tenant Support and Education Programme in partnership […]
NAIDOC celebrations
St Johns School held their NAIDOC Day celebrations last Wednesday at the school. The school welcomed Cobar High School staff and students as well as other visitors who helped with making a collaborative flag painting with handprints, a sea of hands (pictured above), Johnny cakes, flowers and learnt about traditional […]
Cause for celebration
Local musician Kahlia Martin provided entertainment at the Services Club on Friday night. Kahlia is pictured above with Holly and Emma Clarke who were out celebrating Holly’s 21st birthday. ▪ Photo contributed
STEM studies
Cobar Public School students last week participated in a STEM workshop at the school organised by the Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association. Students heard talks by industry role models and participated in different activities exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics. ▪ Photo contributed
Donations to community groups
Khan’s SUPA IGA Marshall Street store manager Matt Carey presenting donations from the supermarket’s Community Chest program to representatives of two community groups on Monday, Cobar Junior Rugby League (represented by Abby Fairfull, received $500) and the Copper City Men’s Shed (represented by Tony Punzet and Gordon Hill who collected […]