The Cobar Services Club’s auditorium was completely transformed for this year’s Debutante Ball. Continuing the tradition that dates back many years in Cobar, a group of nine ladies (and their partners) made their ‘debut into society’ on Saturday night. Pictured at back from left are: Joey Neale, Laine Ellicott, Sebastian […]
Cobar’s tourism trade is booming with the Cobar Visitor Information Centre (VIC) reporting already more than 2,000 visitors have called in this month. Cobar Shire Council’s tourism manager Demi Smith said since they re-opened in December on average they’ve had about 100 visitors each day to the VIC and museum […]
The Cobar Shire Council Youth Council provided a great afternoon and night of entertainment on Friday at Drummond Park to celebrate the start of the school holidays. The event was free thanks to funding from the NSW Government’s Office of Regional Youth’s 2021/2022 Autumn Holiday Break program. The free rides, […]
An estimated crowd of 170 locals and visitors gathered to be serenaded with classical music as the sun set at the official opening of Cobar’s unique Sound Chapel on Saturday. The idea of creating a unique sound installation artwork in Cobar has been 10 years in the making for its […]
This year’s Tour de OROC charity ride raised almost $150,000 for the Macquarie Home Stay accommodation facility in Dubbo. Among the group of riders in this year’s charity event were Cobar cyclist Trudy Griffiths, former Cobar resident and retained firefighter Chris Freeman (from Mudgee) and another former resident, Stuart Harland […]
Country Women’s Association (CWA) Cobar Branch president, Colleen Boucher (at far left) welcomed CWA members from around the western region to a Far West Group meeting on Saturday which the Cobar branch hosted at the Cobar Services Club. Mrs Boucher is pictured with Far Western Group executive committee members Sharon […]
Cobar Shire Council held three communi-ty consultation sessions last week inviting locals to have a say in council’s masterplan for future upgrades to the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Council has received $50,000 in funding to create a masterplan only and, while no funds have yet been allocated to carry out […]
Cobar Shire Council’s plans to upgrade the industrial area will be unveiled at com-munity consultation meetings next month. Council has been granted close to $5.5 mil-lion from the NSW Government’s Resources for Regions program to upgrade civil services (roads and stormwater) to the existing industri-al area in east Cobar. Cr […]
Gordon Hill was named Cobar’s Citizen of the Year for 2021 at yesterday’s Australia Day Awards ceremony at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. According to his nomination, Gordon is very much committed to the Cobar community and is always the first to put his hand up to help anyone in […]
Laura Barnes, representing Peak Gold Mines/Aurelia Metals as the major sponsor of this year’s Cobar Weekly Christmas Cheer competition (along with Cobar Powerhouse), presented the winners with their prizes of Cobar Quids on Monday. Candy Picton (Gould Street) won the first place prize of $500 and Cassidi Lawrence (Harcourt Street) […]
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