Cobar’s bus shelter and taxi rank near the intersection of Linsley and Marshall streets is looking to be close to completion with the construction fence now removed and pedestrian access is once again available to the area. While businesses and their customers in the immediate area have made a number of complaints about the noise and dust created during construction, the new shelter is looking good with its additional shade and seating. Part of the project includes two new garden beds, which when planted out, will further enhance Cobar’s CBD area.
Cobar’s bus shelter and taxi rank near the intersection of Linsley and Marshall streets is looking to be close to completion with the construction fence now removed and pedestrian access is once again available to the area. While businesses and their customers in the immediate area have made a number of complaints about the noise and dust created during construction, the new shelter is looking good with its additional shade and seating. Part of the project includes two new garden beds, which when planted out, will further enhance Cobar’s CBD area.
Fire fighting services were called to two fires at the Cobar tip last week. While Fire and Rescue NSW Station 256 deputy captain Alex Lennon said last Monday night’s fire was only a minor one, the fire at the tip on Friday morning was however more sig-nificant. “It burnt through […]
Long time resident Margaret Potter was given a farewell by friends at the Empire Hotel on Saturday. After calling Cobar home for the past 55 years where she and husband Ernie raised their four children, Margaret is now retiring to Toowoomba where she will be closer to her children and […]
Cobar Shire Council’s Tourism Manager Demi Smith reports visitors numbers to Cobar in October were down on previous months. In her report to last week’s Tourism Advisory Committee meeting, Demi said October’s visitor statistics were almost half of the numbers recorded in September. The total number of visitors to Cobar […]
