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
Things aren’t looking too good for the Cobar Show this year if the Cobar Show Society can’t immediately recruit some more volunteers to help run this year’s event. Cobar Show Society secretary Heather Christie said with this year’s annual agricultural show just three weeks away, she’s worried that their small […]
Peter Patton, the new president elect of the Rotary Club of Cobar, has vowed to raise the profile of the club in the community and involve more young people. Mr Patton was invested to the president’s role by Rotary District 9670 Past District Governor Brian Coffey from Maitland on Saturday […]
Two local nurses are planning to walk 98km over five days through the McDonald Ranges in the Northern Territory to raise money and awareness for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). The idea to walk the Northern Territory’s Larapinta Trek was Lisa Travis’ and she “conned” fellow Cobar Hospital nurse […]