It looked like bikes outnumbered cars for this year’s Cobar RSL Sub Branch Lighthorse Charge Charity run. Some of the 76 participants are pictured above at the start of this year’s event on Saturday morning at the Cornish Rest Area. A total of $3,200 was raised on Saturday which will go towards the construction of a memorial in Drummond Park to honour locals who served in World War I. RSL Sub Branch president Ben Hewlett said to date they have raised $39,200 to build the memorial and are ready to start construction however they are still collating and checking names before they are cast into plaques. Photo courtesy of Anika Koller
Long time mates Jade Buckman and Brad Lawrence, along with Jade’s 12 year old son Chad, have committed themselves to a 360km bike ride this weekend to raise funds for charity. The Wines2Mines tour was Brad’s idea as a way to honour his mother Wendy who passed away from cancer […]
The second annual Wines2Mines charity bike ride over the weekend didn’t quite go to plan with extreme heat and strong winds making the 390km ride from Yenda to Cobar harder than it should have been. The group of eight riders were given a hero’s welcome when they arrived back in […]
Peter Patton, the new president elect of the Rotary Club of Cobar, has vowed to raise the profile of the club in the community and involve more young people. Mr Patton was invested to the president’s role by Rotary District 9670 Past District Governor Brian Coffey from Maitland on Saturday […]