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Schools tune in for story time

St John’s School joined thousands of children across Australia last Wednesday  for National Simultaneous Storytime, a celebration of reading, imagination and shared learning. St John’s enjoyed this year’s featured picture book, Luna Roo the Kangaroo Baller, written by Adam Jackson and Adrian Lloyd and illustrated by Jake A Minton, and listened […]

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End-to-end action on the Golfie greens

It was a big weekend of bowls action at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club with a good roll up of players coming from Newcastle, Brighton (SA), Noosa, Blacktown, Hillston and Bourke for Saturday’s Triples Tournament and Sunday’s President’s Day. There were 18 teams for the triples competition on Saturday […]

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‘Cooked’ comedian coming to Cobar

Comedian Dave Hughes has never been afraid to put himself on the line for a laugh, and after a year filled with mishaps, misadventures and near-disasters, he has no shortage of material for his latest comedy show, Cooked. Hughsey is heading to Cobar next month as part of his 2026 […]