The Return and Earn can and bottle recycling service, operated locally by Cobar Camels Rugby Club members, re-opened last Thursday after being closed for a month due to the COVID lockdown. Volunteer collector, Cairo Haronga (pictured above at left with customer Michael ‘Dog’ Lawrence), reports they have been kept busy since they reopened. On just their first day they filled half a container of bottles and cans. When this photo was taken on Friday afternoon, the service was just as popular with a number of cars lined up with locals keen to drop off their hoard from the past month. The club uses the proceeds from the service to help with their running costs.
The Return and Earn can and bottle recycling service, operated locally by Cobar Camels Rugby Club members, re-opened last Thursday after being closed for a month due to the COVID lockdown. Volunteer collector, Cairo Haronga (pictured above at left with customer Michael ‘Dog’ Lawrence), reports they have been kept busy since they reopened. On just their first day they filled half a container of bottles and cans. When this photo was taken on Friday afternoon, the service was just as popular with a number of cars lined up with locals keen to drop off their hoard from the past month. The club uses the proceeds from the service to help with their running costs.
The Cobar Camels (with the inclusion of a few Cobar Roosters players) contested the Bourke Hot 9’s competition on Saturday finishing the day with a win and two draws. The annual rugby league 9’s competition is held each year in Bourke in an effort to keep ‘bush footy’ alive. Mark […]
Cobar residents may have noticed a few changes being made at the Cobar Caravan Park over the past six months after new leasee/managers took over in December. The park is now under the management of Matt Williams from Sustainable Park Solutions (and member of the G’day Parks independent caravan and […]
St John’s School students and staff have become “bucket fillers” after being inspired by early childhood specialist, Carol McCloud’s book, ‘Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness’. Each classroom has a bucket they can fill with tokens that represent acts of kindness, love, helping or being […]
