Cobar Shire Councillors voted to sell the Town Hall Building and adjacent car park at last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting. Councillors were presented with a feasibility report on the Town Hall with four different recommendations for Councillors to consider which included: 1. Do nothing; 2. Fund the required $1,157,000 on […]
Following “a fair bit of interest” being shown in the Grand Hotel building and adjacent former café, Cobar Shire Council has decided to call for Expressions Of Interest (EOI) to test the market’s appetite for the site. The matter of the development and sale of what could be a grand […]
Cobar Shire Council has been investigating a range of options to help address the town’s housing shortage, one of which is the potential development of a 106-home residential estate on the former Cobar Hospital site in Woodiwiss Avenue. Council purchased the now vacant land in 2022 and has prepared a […]
Former Cobar resident and artist, Seigrid Peters, who now calls Dunedin in New Zealand home, is one of the contestants on the ABC’s Portrait Artist of the Year Australia reality TV show which airs next month. Hosted by Miranda Tapsell and Luke McGregor, Seigrid is one of 54 amateur and […]
When your young child is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness like leukaemia, it’s comforting to know you have family and friends you can lean on. But for the Tatnell family, that support has stretched far beyond their loved ones, with the whole Cobar community, and others, rallying behind four-year-old Alastair […]
The future of Cobar’s historic Town Hall is expected to be the centre of discussion when Cobar Shire Council meets for its July Ordinary Meeting tomorrow. The Cobar Town Hall Feasibility Report will be presented to tomorrow’s Council meeting, with councillors set to consider the findings and determine the next […]
Just two weeks into her new role at the Lilliane Brady Village aged care home, new Facility Manager Pamela Nisbet is already talking about calling Cobar home long after her working days are over. “I’ll stay for the rest of my working life and maybe beyond,” Pamela told The Cobar […]
A visitor, Lynne Johnson, was in Cobar last week looking for the perfect place to commit a murder. Thankfully, the former copyright lawyer turned published author was only researching the setting for her next crime fiction novel, which she plans to base in Cobar. Lynne, who published her first novel, […]
A NAIDOC Week event was held at the Cobar Youth and Community Centre on Friday and celebrated this year’s theme of “50 Years of Deadly”. NAIDOC Week events are held annually across Australia as an opportunity for all Australians to learn about the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and […]
Families came together for a special NAIDOC playgroup at Mt Grenfell last Tuesday hosted by Barnardos Australia. The event celebrated culture, connection and the strength of community on Country. The day began with an Acknowledgement of Country from Aunty Treen Ward, followed by a smoking ceremony from Uncle Rick Ohlsen […]
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