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
The PP Organisation’s Variety Night on Saturday at the Services Club raised just over $7,200 which will go towards needy, local families. The night of hilarious and irreverent entertainment included an array of local ‘talent’ along with guest appearances by the visiting HMAS Rankin sailors who were in Cobar […]
Despite a few set backs, the Cobar Roosters First Grade side made a good start to the 2017 Barwon Darling Cup Rugby League competition on Saturday by recording a win and a loss at Walgett. The Round 1 and Round 2 competition games were played as part of a Gala […]
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 […]