The play equipment at the new adventure playground at Cobar’s Drummond Park is being installed at a rapid rate with the climbing net and the flying fox the first to go up, along with a wheelchair accessible merry-go-round/roundabout. As well as play equipment, four picnic tables have been installed, with a shade structure to be erected in the coming weeks. Cobar Shire Council’s parks and gardens supervisor Paul Sullivan said the playground should be completed by early April.
Big changes are coming for Drummond Park with the first pieces of equipment almost ready to be installed as part of a multi-stage upgrade of the playground. Cobar Shire Council special projects officer Angela Shepherd said the first parts of the upgrade will get underway soon. “The new equipment has […]
Cobar Shire Council presented a draft of its 2016/2017 Annual Operational Plan and Budget at a public meeting last Wednesday. Council advised they have a larger than usual budget for fixing and maintaining roads this year, with plans for many local roads to be re-sheeted or resealed in the coming […]
One of the people who was intrinsic to the rescue of the trapped Beaconsfield miners in 2006, explosives expert Darren Flanagan, spoke about that experience in Cobar last week. Mr Flanagan was a guest speaker for Cobar Shire Council’s staff ‘Wellness Day’ session last Thursday and he also recounted his […]