A pipe dream to find a profitable use for invasive native species (INS or Woody Weeds) in the Cobar Shire might become more of a reality if the initial results of a pre-feasibility study are anything to go by. Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana has been working with staff from […]
Almost half of the Endeavor workforce was made redundant this week with further redundancies to be made in the coming months. Endeavor’s general manager Denver D’Angelo confirmed a group of 81 employees and contractors was given notice on Monday and Tuesday following parent company CBH Resources’ announcement that there would […]
Two events have been completed over the past week by keen members of the Cobar Amateur Pistol club. The 25 Metre Rapidfire event was returned to the club’s program on Sunday with two members breaking their handicaps with some outstanding marksmanship. The Wizard Award was won by Jake Mitchell who […]
The Cobar Pony Club held their annual general meeting just before Christmas and welcomed new faces Tahnee Armstrong as the treasurer and Kylie Bishop as the stable manager to the club’s executive committee. The club’s recent Registration Day was well supported with the return of many members. Families of all […]
There was a feast of cricket played in Cobar last week with two games played for the return of the 50 overs competition on Saturday along with three Twenty/20 games on Australia Day and another Twenty/20 game on Friday night. In Saturday’s 50 overs match on the turf wicket Great […]
The Cobar Camels Rugby Union’s new coaching staff Heath Budd and John ‘The Outlaw’ Barnes have ‘rugby in their blood’ and both are keen to see the Cobar club do well in the 2016 Western Plains competition. The Camels committee, headed up by president Mal Harris, late last year appointed […]
The Cobar Weekly, Cobar’s own independent community newspaper, will celebrate its 30th anniversary this week. The first edition of The Cobar Weekly was produced on February 6, 1986 and 30 years later “the little paper” is still providing locals with all the latest news, sport and photos of local happenings. […]
Members from the Royal Australian Navy’s submarine HMAS Rankin will be visiting Cobar next week. RSL Sub-branch president Ben Hewlett said after the HMAS Rankin crew were given the right of Freedom of Entry to the town in 2004, members of the crew expressed an interest in visiting again. The […]
The Cobar Miners Race Club committee is currently gauging the interest in the community to hold two race meetings this year. New club president Jarrod Marsden said on the back of the success of the club’s annual race meeting in May many believe that the town and wider racing community […]
A group of Cobar sewers have gathered together out of the generosity of their hearts to make quilts for those in town who have suffered from some type of loss or tragedy. Cobar Quilt Shop owner Colleen Flynn said the group isn’t keen to advertise what they do, but recently […]
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