The newly constructed children’s play area in Drummond Park was officially opened on Friday afternoon by Mayor Lilliane Brady. Cobar Shire Council’s special projects officer Angela Shepherd said despite the very hot weather there was a good crowd of park users on hand for the opening. “All were interested to have a look at what is being proposed for Stage 2 of the playground and we got some good suggestions,” Ms Shepherd said. “There was general agreement that we open the playground up and bring it into the park more; they liked the idea of an adventure style playground; there were good suggestions given on the swing types; how it can be more accessible; including a water bubbler in the area; and there was good support for a big climbing net to be included as the ‘centre feature’ of the park.”
With our local water storages currently at less than half capacity, Cobar Shire Council is not expected to lift the town’s water restrictions anytime in the foreseeable future. Cr Julie Payne put the question of how long water restrictions would remain in place to Council’s Director of Infrastructure Services Scott […]
At 11am on November 11, 1918 the guns fell silent on the Western Front in France and Belgium and, after four years of hostilities, World War I ended. At 11am on Monday, 101 years after the event, a crowd gathered at Drummond Park to mark Remembrance Day and they too […]