Year: 2024
Nyngan local returns home to use her sonography skills
A Nyngan local, Elyce Bennett has returned home with her learnt sonography skills and joined the Bogan Shire Medical Centre to offer ultrasound services to Nyngan and the surrounding areas. “I enjoy living and working here with my young family and am grateful to Bogan Shire Council for also sharing […]
Egan claims his fourth championship
Jay Egan took out the A Grade division of the Men’s Golf Championships winning by five shots after he finished with a score of two over par on Saturday. Egan was declared the winner (for the 4th time) after rain on Saturday night and Sunday morning resulted in the two-day […]
Life Memberships presented posthumously to three families
The Dustbowl Fuel Burners car and motorbike enthusiasts club held their annual memorial run to Nymagee on Saturday. The event is held each year to honour members of the Dustbowl Fuel Burners who have passed away. The club has recently introduced Life Memberships and past members Peter Fairbank, Jack Haines […]
One way traffic witnessed in both senior netball games
It was pretty much all one way traffic in both of the Senior Mixed Netball competition games played at Ward Oval on Friday night. Divas pulled in three substitute players to help them to a big 66-24 win over Pink Galahs. Pink Galahs too were short on players and also […]
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 […]
A 22 year old record broken at CPS’s athletics carnival
Four records (including one that dates back 22 years) were broken at Cobar Public School’s annual Athletics Carnival on Friday. Lauren O’Sullivan bettered the 11years Girls Long Jump record set back in 2002 by a third of a metre. She jumped 4.05m blitzing the long held record of 3.75m set […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]