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Cobar High wins Outback Science & Engineering Challenge

Cobar High School last week won this year’s Outback Science & Engineering Challenge, which is part of a nationwide program presented by the University of Newcastle. The university conducts the annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathe-matics) Challenge event in partnership with local communities, Rotary clubs and sponsors. Through the […]

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Vinnies makes dedication as part of NAIDOC celebrations

As part of local NAIDOC Week celebrations this week, the Cobar Vinnies store held a ceremony on Monday morning to recognise local Aboriginal heritage and connections by unveiling a Traditional Custodians plaque. NAIDOC Week celebrates and recognises the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and […]

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StormCo gang brings some holiday fun

The StormCo students and their supervisors from the Avondale School are back in Cobar this week to put smiles on the faces of Cobar residents, young and old. It’s the 30th year of the school providing their StormCo community service to NSW. This week they are running their traditional school […]

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Camels come off second best to Bogan Bulls

The Cobar Camels had been hoping for a better outcome of their Round 8 Western Plains Rugby Union match up against Nyn-gan on Saturday. The match was played in front of a good home crowd at Ailsa Fitz-simmons Memorial Oval. Coming off a good win last week over Bourke/Bre, the […]

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Taking on the Tigers

Cobar Roosters’ Clay McDonald (with the ball) looking to fend off the Nyngan Tigers defenders in the Under 12s Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League Round 8 game at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday morning. The Roosters claimed the points from the match finishing with a 12-4 win. For […]

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More crafty ideas

Cobar Library staff member Natalia Papierniak showing leather craft workshop participant Julianne Foster some ideas of how to decorate her belt on Saturday morning at the library. The library hosts a variety of craft workshops for adults once a month.

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Local producers attend sheep reproduction workshop

Local livestock producers were able to attend a sheep reproduction workshop organised by Western Local Land Services at Nullogoola near Cobar last week. Geoff Duddy from Sheep Solutions headed up the workshop which had seven attendees. Mr Duddy spoke about all aspects of the sheep reproduction cycle and explained a […]