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Pop Up meet brings the Christmas crowd

Formerly from the United States, Kate Petersen made her debut as a jockey on Saturday and won the opening race at the Cobar Pop Up Picnics on Jawsome for local trainer Wayne ‘Wap’ Prisk. Working for Goulburn trainer Danny Williams for the past four years as a forewoman, Petersen (29) […]

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Lovely weather for a sleigh ride together

With the temperature a very pleasant 21 degrees on Friday for the Cobar Business Association’s annual Christmas Street Parade & Gala Shopping Night, it most definitely was “lovely weather for a sleigh ride together” on the Garford Fire Engine for Santa,  Mrs Claus, their grand-elf Sofia and her dad Deputy […]

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Workshop inspired by local metals

A workshop to make earrings inspired by locally produced metals, copper and silver, was held on Saturday with the backing of the Country Arts Support Program (CASP). The workshop, headed up by Meike Griffiths who owns local business, the Audacious Design Co, showed the 10 participants how to work with […]

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Students visit the nation’s capital

A group of Year 9 and 10 students and their teachers from Cobar High School had the opportunity to visit Canberra last week. As part of the excursion, students re-enacted a debate in Old Parliament House, met with our local Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, at Parliament House and […]