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Water funding is not new funding

Cobar residents keeping an eye on the recent State Budget may have been confused in thinking an allocation of $36.3 million to upgrade our water pipeline was new government funding. Cobar Shire Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said the Budget allocation of $36.3 million to upgrade the Nyngan to Cobar […]

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Opportunity for locals to be part of a music doco

Two time Aria award-winner and nine time Golden Guitar winner, Australian country music singer and songwriter, Fanny Lumsden, is appearing at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night. Fanny Lumsden and her band The Prawnstars are currently on their way home after appearing this week at the Big […]

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Little League Stars debut

Cobar Junior Rugby League’s Little League Stars pilot program kicked off on Sunday morning at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. Parents, Peta Woods (pictured above with some of the Little League Stars on Sunday) and Ally Pearson have completed their accredited training to run the 10 week course. The program is […]

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Cr Payne walks out of meeting in disgust

Cobar Shire Councillor Julie Payne walked out of last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting in disgust and said she’s now washed her hands of Council and won’t be taking part in any further Council meetings or events.  Cr Payne left 20 minutes into last Thursday’s meeting after having her say on […]

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CHS equestrian team joins 450 riders

A team of four riders represented Cobar High School at the North-West Equestrian Expo earlier this month. The event is the biggest Inter School event in the southern hemisphere with 450 riders taking part this year in Coonabarabran. It was a big five days of competition in wet and very […]

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Nail biting games played in biting cold

Three nail biting games were played in biting cold conditions in Round 7 of the Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League competition at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday. The mercury hadn’t even reached five degrees when the Under 6s non-competitive game kicked off at 8.30am and the temperature had […]

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Visitor numbers to Cobar are rising

Cobar has welcomed 7,700 visitors to the Visitor Information Centre and the Great Cobar Museum in the first five months of this year. Cobar Shire Council’s tourism manager, Demi Smith said that figure is down slightly on last year’s total visitor figures from January to May 2023 of 8,487, but […]