It looked like bikes outnumbered cars for this year’s Cobar RSL Sub Branch Lighthorse Charge Charity run. Some of the 76 participants are pictured above at the start of this year’s event on Saturday morning at the Cornish Rest Area. A total of $3,200 was raised on Saturday which will go towards the construction of a memorial in Drummond Park to honour locals who served in World War I. RSL Sub Branch president Ben Hewlett said to date they have raised $39,200 to build the memorial and are ready to start construction however they are still collating and checking names before they are cast into plaques. Photo courtesy of Anika Koller
A fire destroyed a family home in Brough Street on Friday morning. The fire brigade was alerted to the fire by a passer-by who noticed smoke coming from the roof of the house at 7.10am. There was no one home at the time. The passer-by called 000 to raise the […]
A group of locals with varying artistic abilities, along with two visitors from Broken Hill, enjoyed making hand built ceramic chooks over the weekend. Workshops organised by the Cobar Arts Council, were held on Saturday and Sunday at the Cobar High School with Coonamble ceramics artist and TAFE trained teacher […]
Long time mates Jade Buckman and Brad Lawrence, along with Jade’s 12 year old son Chad, have committed themselves to a 360km bike ride this weekend to raise funds for charity. The Wines2Mines tour was Brad’s idea as a way to honour his mother Wendy who passed away from cancer […]