NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro flew into Cobar last week to officially open the town’s new state-of-the-art water filtration plant. The deputy premier joined Mayor Lilliane Brady and Minister for Agriculture and Western NSW Adam Marshall to cut the ribbon on the new plant last Wednesday. Mayor Brady praised the […]
The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) were in Nymagee last Thursday to give help, hope and a hand to drought-affected farmers. RRT’s Operation Drought Relief made stops at Tullamore, Nymagee and Condobolin to distribute two truck loads of 500-kilogram bulker-bags of feed supplement to 300 farmers. The team also delivered Family […]
The Ladies Golf Cobar Bowling & Golf Club sponsored Stableford event on Sunday only attracted a field of nine hardy players in the heat, dust and windy conditions that never let up all day. The bad weather however didn’t seem to faze Angela Fryer who romped home to win with […]
The water temperature at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool was a pleasant 21 degrees for the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club’s first dip of the 2019/2020 season on Tuesday night. Founding club member Bob Clark started the season off on the right foot with a first up win in […]
Cobar has been earmarked to join a Silicon Valley-style central west/Orana region mining cluster. Regional Development Australia Orana (RDA Orana) has a plan to unify the mining operations of the region and link them into their new Export Hub. The Hub aims to identify commercial opportunities, facilitate an increase in […]
After a quarter of a century and 6.6million kilometres, the local “mailman” Tom Chandler, and his wife Bev, retired last week. The pair has been responsible for delivering mail and groceries to rural properties around Tilpa, Ivanhoe and Nymagee for the past 25 years. Prior to taking on the rural […]
Benchwarmers finished as 39-26 winners over All Class in their Round 4 Fast5 Mixed Netball game played at the Ward Oval netball courts on Friday night. Benchwarmers started confidently and, after using their Power Play option in the opening quarter to double their points, they had a 14-6 lead over […]
Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC is to pay a visit to Cobar next week. Her Excellency is meeting with a range of local people including members of the Cobar Business Association, the Isolated Children’s Parents Association and a group of rural women, to hear first hand of […]
A fine weekend should have resulted in plenty of golfers enjoying the Cobar spring weather, but only a small field of four teams contested a four-ball-multiplier on Saturday while just 10 players competed in the an individual Stableford on Sunday. One of the reasons for the low numbers was that […]
Over 100 people participated in the Tour De Cobar Colour Ride at Ward Oval on Sunday morning. Run in conjunction with NSW Bike Week, an initiative of the NSW Government, events like this aim to raise the profile of cycling as a healthy, easy, low cost and environmentally friendly transport […]
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