The 2025 Cliffhanger Off Road Event, which features tough winch courses, long navigation stages and fast creek runs for 4×4 racing, was held at Mt Gap Station north of Cobar last week. The event has been running for more than 20 years and attracts competitors from around Australia to test their vehicles and their four wheel driving skills in some very unforgiving terrain. Pictured is one of the teams competing in a winch challenge up a steep, rocky hill.
See this week’s edition for a report on how the local 50seven Automotive team went this year!
Lauren O’Sullivan now holds the Cobar Little A’s Club record for the Under 13 years girls javelin event. Lauren’s throw last week of 13.13m eclipsed the old record of 9m set by Taylah Wyllie in 2023. ▪ Photo contributed
The Great Western Gallery has recently undergone a retail revamp with the help of funding from Aurelia Metals and hard work by local gallery volunteers. Volunteer Collen Flynn, who helped with the revamp, said some water damage and the age of the premises meant that some renovations were needed. Colleen […]
There were some great individual performances recorded at the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad’s (CATS) November event on Sunday. From the field of 19 contestants, three individuals tackled the Long Course (500m swim/20km ride/4km run), three individuals and three teams took on the Short course (300m swim/10km ride/2km run) and […]