The crowd at Friday night’s ‘A Night to Dismember’ fundraiser, put on by The John Mitchell Pharmacy to raise funds for the Cobar Miner’s Memorial, may have only been a small one but all were however keen to get into the spirit of Halloween and the Festival of the Miner’s Ghost. The undead mixed with vampires, witches, devils and characters from various horror movies to dine on delicacies served up by Earth Candy Co and they then danced the night away to the music of DJ Fiddy. Best Dressed was Michelle Green (pictured above at centre), a runner-up in a beauty pageant who severed the head of the winner, Felecia. The event raised $600 for the Miners’ Memorial.
This year’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost has been declared a huge success with some of the biggest crowds ever. The Golden Dash and Peaks of Colour running events both attracted fields of more than 400 participants, while Drummond Park was packed on Saturday afternoon for the markets and other […]
“Ask Me Anything” was the invitation for the Grandparents’ Day event on Sunday as part of the Festival of the Miner’s Ghost activities, and ‘anything’ was certainly asked. The audience was entertained by stories, received the wisdom of the elders, and also the wisdom of the young. Among the questions […]
A $65million project currently underway to upgrade two shafts at CSA Mine is expected to be completed in the second half of next year. Cobar Management’s projects manager at the Glencore CSA Mine John Barnes said the two shaft upgrades were being carried out concurrently. “Both shafts were sunk in […]