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A four-legged furry friend starts school at CPS

Cobar Public School (CPS) has welcomed lots of new faces to the school this year, including one very cute therapy dog. Alby, an almost two year old Labradoodle (half Labrador, half Poodle), has joined the CPS team after recently completing an intensive clinical training course with Therapy Dogs Australia. Research […]

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Service medal for local firefighter

Fire and Rescue NSW Cobar Station 256 acting captain, Alex Lennon, was presented with a National Emergency Services Medal on Monday night at the Cobar Fire Station. The medal is awarded to persons who have rendered significant service during nationally-significant emergencies in Australia. Acting Captain Lennon received the honour in […]

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Butchers exact revenge on Barracudas

  The J&K Butchers recorded a big win in the first round of the new Senior Touch competition on Thursday and exacted revenge for their grand final loss last season. Their game last week against the DC & C Barracudas was a replay of the 2022 grand final but this […]

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Cobar well represented at Regional carnival

Cobar Little A’s club was well represented at the Little Athletics NSW 2022/23 Regional Carnival in Dubbo at Barden Park over the weekend with 13 Cobar club members qualifying to compete at the event. Club president Troy Knight said they had “a mixed bag of results” with the Cobar athletes […]

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Death of country pubs and clubs

The introduction of a Cashless Gaming Card is expected to be ‘the death’ of country pubs and clubs. That’s the view of Cobar Services Club secretary/manager Linda Carter who raised her concerns about the NSW Government’s proposed Cashless Gaming Card legislation with State Member for Barwon, Roy Butler when he […]