A familiar face around the local racing scene will be remembered at this week’s Cobar Miners Race Club picnic races, with Race 5 named in honour of Erica Chambers. Erica was involved in horseracing for a number of years and worked part time as a farrier for local trainer Wayne […]
Eight Cobar High School Agriculture students were among 600 students from around NSW who took part in the 2026 NSW School Merino Wether Challenge in Dubbo last week. The competition takes place over two packed days as part of the Rabobank Dubbo National Merino Sheep Show. This year there were […]
The Cobar community came together on Saturday night at the Cobar Services Club to do what it does best—to raise a tonne of money for someone in need. Saturday’s cause raised $84,950 to help four year old Alastair Tatnell and his family as Alastair undergoes extensive treatment for B-cell acute […]
A group of architecture students from the University of Sydney, along with some acclaimed international architects, have been visiting Cobar. Professor Ashley Dunn, principal architect of DunnHillam Architecture + Urban Design, who created the designs for the Great Cobar Museum, Cobar’s Early Learning Centre and Ward Oval Pavilion, brought the […]
The Cobar branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) swapped their traditional afternoon tea of scones with jam and cream for some traditional Fijian food on Saturday at their monthly meeting. The change of menu was in honour of the CWA’s Cultural Day with Fiji the group’s country of study […]
Not all superheroes wear capes, some of them wear scrubs, some wear hair nets and all who work in an Aged Care setting wear comfortable shoes for walking lots of kilometres per shift. Our local superheroes at the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) aged care home were recognised for their service […]
A long-delayed expansion of the mining camp is finally underway, with another 80 accommodation beds set to help ease growing pressure on the town’s housing and accommodation supply as mining activity continues to increase across the region. Work has started on expanding the Cobar Mining Village, located about 600 metres […]
People looking for housing advice had the opportunity to access information and support at a Housing Information Community Morning Tea held at the Cobar Shire Library on Monday. The event was hosted by the Cobar CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes Specialist Homelessness Service (SHS) team and included an information session for people interested […]
Local businessman, shire councillor, entrepreneur and part-time rodeo rider, Chris ‘Dido’ Deighton has assembled his own rodeo team for the 2026 Cobar Rodeo. Dido has loaded his chuckwagon with 10 brave men for one of the most adrenaline-pumping and at the same time dangerous events in rodeo, bull riding. Bull […]
Harmony CSA Mine has helped improve conditions for Cobar Rotary Club volunteers by funding the construction of a new covered work area at the club’s Return and Earn processing facility. The roofed workspace was officially handed over to Rotary Club president Fr Paul Finucane by Harmony CSA General Manager Rob […]
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