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Month: January 2026
2026
Powerlifting champion named Sports Person of the Year
Powerlifting champion, Ethan McLeod was named Cobar’s Sports Person of the Year at Monday’s Australia Day awards ceremony. Runner, Pearl Blackburn earned the Kerrigundi Junior Sports Person award and Cobar Netball Association Life Member Sherrin Wharton was presented with the Services to Sport award. Ethan collected the Australia Day honour […]
2026
More proposed uses for Town Hall
The second in a series of three Town Hall Working Group meetings was held on Tuesday night at the Ward Oval Pavillion. Cobar Shire Council Mayor Jarrod Marsden called for the meetings in response to a public outcry last November after the Council voted to look at demolishing the Town […]
2026
Bushies field a formidable team to beat the Bandits
Another hard fought, close match was played in the Twenty20 cricket competition on Friday night at Ward Oval where Bushies reigned supreme over the Back Door Bandits and won the match in the final over. The Bandits won the toss and batted well to see out their 20 overs, setting […]
2026
Cool vibes at pool party
The Cobar Youth and Community Centre staff hosted a Pool Party at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool on Friday night thanks to Summer Holiday funding from the NSW Government. Youth aged 12 to 24 years were invited to join staff to cool off at the pool with water slide fun, […]
2026
CATS bring the heat for Aust Day event
There was a great turnout of 19 senior athletes and two juniors for the 2026 Australia Day Triathlon events on Monday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Organised by the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS), the main event, a 300m swim, 10km ride and 2km run tested the athletes […]
2026
Locals honoured on Australia Day
Cobar’s Australia Day Ambassador, TV and radio commentator, Peter Wilkins and Mayor Jarrod Marsden presented Colby Lawrence with the Citizen of the Year Award at Monday’s Australia Day celebrations at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Cobar’s Australia Day Ambassador, TV and radio commentator, Peter Wilkins and Mayor Jarrod Marsden presented […]
2026
First time competitors claim CATS handicap title
First time competitors, Jasper Waters, Xavier Foster and Michael Arnold, claimed a win in the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad’s (CATS) handicapped triathlon event on Sunday. The trio, competing as the XJM team, finished the Try-A-Tri course (200m swim/5km ride/2km run) in 35 minutes and 13 seconds to take the […]
2026
Making another drive around Australia 100 years later
A century-old journey is being brought back to life on Australian roads, with a group of dedicated volunteers following the path travelled by two evangelists 100 years ago with a restored 1925 Citroën. The historic car passed through Cobar on Friday, following a long loop around the country that closely […]
2026
SCG glory for a Cobar cricketer
It’s not often that you see a Cobar cricketer’s name up on the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) scoreboard, but if you were at the ground on December 18, you would have been able to read Nicola Harbison’s. The SCG was the venue where Nicola and her Western Outlaws team took […]