2024

Empire Hotel goes on the market

The Empire Hotel is on the market, with expressions of interest for the freehold going concern closing in May. The hotel is being offered for sale under instructions from the appointed liquidator Andrew Barnden of Rodgers Reidy. “The existing levels of revenue and ability to immediately capitalise on this income […]

2024

No fluoride in water for five years

Following a directive from NSW Health to a number of outback councils, Cobar Shire Council is notifying residents that its water supply hasn’t been fluoridated since 2019. Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said the new plant was built with the capacity to add fluoride to our drinking water, however this […]

2024

Deficit worsens

The bottom line of Cobar Shire Council’s Draft Budget, expected to be put on public exhibition at tomorrow’s March Meeting, shows a deficit of $2.2 million. Despite this being a substantial worsening of the situation, Council is not looking to increase rates above the rate pegging or cut services despite […]

2024

Yabbies come third at the Nationals

The Yabbies have returned from the 88th AIF Annual Swimming Championships after an amazing effort in the pool. Cobar came third in the overall point score, a fantastic performance for a small bush club competing against traditional swimming meccas including Southport, Bondi, Manly, Bronte and Coogee. Twenty Yabbies travelled to […]

2024

Warm Cobar welcome for Tour de OROC

Our own Trudy Griffiths is on track to be the rider raising the most money in this year’s Tour de OROC, with an amount in the vicinity of $20,000 being donated through her efforts. “We haven’t finished the count yet, but we are pretty sure we’ve topped our total from […]

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On ya bike Trudy!

Local businesswoman Trudy Griffths will head off for a 463km ride when she joins the 2024 Tour de OROC charity ride in Walgett today. This year’s Tour de OROC charity ride, which raises funds for the Macquarie Home Stay accommodation facility, kicked off on Monday in Dubbo. Trudy made the […]

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Database makes it easy for tourists and operators

Cobar Shire Council’s Business Support Officer Kate Joss has been speaking with local businesses about the benefits of being listed on the ATDW website. ATDW, the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse, is the national database for tourism business listings. “Tourism distributors (like Destination NSW) have licences to use this ATDW database […]