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Little League Stars debut

Cobar Junior Rugby League’s Little League Stars pilot program kicked off on Sunday morning at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. Parents, Peta Woods (pictured above with some of the Little League Stars on Sunday) and Ally Pearson have completed their accredited training to run the 10 week course. The program is […]

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Cr Payne walks out of meeting in disgust

Cobar Shire Councillor Julie Payne walked out of last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting in disgust and said she’s now washed her hands of Council and won’t be taking part in any further Council meetings or events.  Cr Payne left 20 minutes into last Thursday’s meeting after having her say on […]

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CHS equestrian team joins 450 riders

A team of four riders represented Cobar High School at the North-West Equestrian Expo earlier this month. The event is the biggest Inter School event in the southern hemisphere with 450 riders taking part this year in Coonabarabran. It was a big five days of competition in wet and very […]

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Nail biting games played in biting cold

Three nail biting games were played in biting cold conditions in Round 7 of the Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League competition at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday. The mercury hadn’t even reached five degrees when the Under 6s non-competitive game kicked off at 8.30am and the temperature had […]

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Visitor numbers to Cobar are rising

Cobar has welcomed 7,700 visitors to the Visitor Information Centre and the Great Cobar Museum in the first five months of this year. Cobar Shire Council’s tourism manager, Demi Smith said that figure is down slightly on last year’s total visitor figures from January to May 2023 of 8,487, but […]

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Little super shots

Cobar Junior Netball’s Net/Set/Go group posed for a pic before they began their modified junior netball game on Friday afternoon at the Ward Oval netball courts. The players are aged from 5-10 years and are learning basic netball skills.

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Ngalii thrilled with new bus

“The wheels on the Ngalii Preschool bus go round and round” is what the Ngalii Preschool committee, staff and kids will now be singing after they recently took delivery of their new preschool bus. Preschool director Rebecca Howard said the 10 seater bus (which is fitted with child restraints) is […]

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Camels’ fitness was found wanting

The Cobar Rugby Union Camels hosted the Nyngan Bulls on a freezing cold night on Friday to contest the Chris Elder Trophy in their Round 7 match of the Western Plains Rugby Union competition. After a very spirited first half performance, the Camels were eventually taken apart by a fitter […]

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Murdi Paaki celebrates 20 years

The Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly (MPRA), a peak Aboriginal group representing the interests of 16 communities across Western NSW, the northwest and far west, celebrated 20 years of community led governance last Thursday in Cobar. The MPRA was established to facilitate collaboration between the region’s Aboriginal communities through its Community […]