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Taskforce hopes to focus on tourism

Cobar Shire Council’s Economic Taskforce recently met discussing options for Cobar Youth & Fitness Centre, local tourism and independent living matters. During the meeting members inspected the Cobar Youth & Fitness Centre and discussed what activities take place each week and who uses the facility. Attendees at the meeting also […]

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University students to help design our miners memorial

The committee working to create a miners memorial in the Heritage Park have this week received a helping hand from two Central Queensland University (CQU) design students. Cobar Shire Council’s acting director of planning and environmental services Stephen Poulter said the Miners Memorial Project Committee has been meeting on a […]

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Big crowds see festival declared a success

This year’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost has been declared a huge success with some of the biggest crowds ever. The Golden Dash and Peaks of Colour running events both attracted fields of more than 400 participants, while Drummond Park was packed on Saturday afternoon for the markets and other […]

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Two riders compete at state event

Two Cobar Pony Club riders travelled to Mudgee on the weekend to compete in the Pony Clubs of Australia NSW State One Day Event Championships. Representing Zone 17, that consists of Cobar, Bourke and Tottenham, Kaila Wharton competed in the 17-25 years Advanced section on ‘Be Just’ jumping Championship Grade […]