2021
Donation to Miner’s Memorial
The Jennmar Australia Cobar branch, a supplier of ground support products to the mining industry, has this week made a donation of $5,000 to the Cobar Miner’s Memorial. Pictured is Miner’s Memorial committee chair Barry Knight with Charlie Kenny, Jennmar’s Central West Service Representative. The committee is working towards holding […]
Out with the old and in with the new at Services Club
Work has gotten underway this week at the Cobar Services Club on the demolition of the old catering kitchen in readiness for the installation of a new commercial kitch-en. Secretary/manager Linda Carter said she was pleased to see work finally commencing after it had taken her some time to find […]
Landmark being restored to former glory
Cobar Shire Council is pleased with the renovation work that is currently under-way at the Cobar Museum building, despite some of the recent negative comments that have been made by members of the public. Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said the restoration of the museum building, which is a significant […]
Riders compete at Enduro
Local riders Thomas Geale (Dubbo), Greg Prisk, Sean Cox and Tommy Smith took part in the Coffs Harbour Eight Hour Enduro Transmoto event on Sunday. They competed in the Team of 4 class and, while they didn’t finish on the podium, they were very happy with their result considering the […]
Tritton offers daily bus service to Cobar
As the Tritton Mine near Hermidale continues to attract more staff from Cobar, the mine has recently implemented a daily bus service for 12 hour rostered employees. Talan Breaden, the manager of people and safety at Aeris Resources’ Tritton Operations, said the new bus service, with a carrying capacity of […]
Roosterettes start season with a decisive win over Trangie
The Cobar Roosterettes have started the Castlereagh Women’s League Tag 2021 competition off on the right foot with a decisive 32-4 win over Trangie in Saturday’s opening round. The Cobar side was well served by Castlereagh Cougars representative player, Kayla Hasson, who scored three of the team’s seven tries in […]
Sound Chapel proves to have magnificent acoustics
Cobar’s Sound Chapel, the dream of one of Australia’s leading composers and sound artists, Georges Lentz, is all but complete. Built in the old abandoned Silver Tank just out of town, the Sound Chapel began as an idea of Georges back in 2008. This unique project is now close to […]