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 […]
Local Girl Guides leader Anita Neate will be tackling the Larapinta Trek in the Northern Territory this June, to help raise funds and awareness for epilepsy. Anita spoke with The Cobar Weekly last week about her battles with nocturnal epilepsy. “I have had epilepsy for as long as I can […]
Staff from Cobar Fire Station were called to a fire at a home in Lewis Street early on Sunday […]
In an act of fair play, the Bushies senior cricket team sent a young Tilpa side back in to bat after they were bowled out early in Saturday’s Twenty/20 cricket match at Ward Oval. The game had only reached the 7th over before the Tilpa side was dismissed for a […]
There was no beating Doug Rorke at the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club handicapped event last Tuesday night at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Rorke pulled off an incredible feat by swimming spot on his nominated time to take out the 50 metres event. Back in second place was […]
Three sporting awards were presented as part of the Australia Day awards ceremony yesterday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool with Ben Griffiths, Kaila Wharton and Scott Griffiths acknowledged for their contributions to their chosen sports. Ben won the Kerrigundi Award, which goes to a person up to the age […]
Cobar’s Australia Day activities yesterday got off to a quick start with the senior and junior triathlon events first off the mark on this year’s Australia Day program. Both were well attended with 33 tackling the senior course organised by the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) while there […]
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