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Wettest month in years boosts spirits

Cobar and surrounding districts have again been blessed with more rain this month with several properties recording more than 50mm on Sunday. Officially Cobar Meteorological Office recorded 25.8mm in the 24 hours to 9am Sunday, taking the total for this month to 73.4mm, a figure not seen in Cobar for […]

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Work begins on laying new town water pipes

Further steps to providing better quality town drinking water have begun with network utilities specialist, Killard Infrastructure, to begin digging up the town’s old water pipes this week. The large multifunctional company is experienced in the field of network utilities and completed a similar project for Goulburn Mulwaree Council in […]

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Yanda Creek swells for first time in years

Parts of the Cobar district have recorded their best rain in years, filling tanks and causing the Yanda Creek to swell to levels not seen for decades. The creek flooded, cutting the Barrier Highway 15km east of Cobar on Sunday afternoon, after some areas recorded rainfall upwards of 50-100mm over […]

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Community divided over shade structure

A lot of thought and planning has gone into the proposed new shade structure to be installed in the main street but its unique design has divided the community. Cobar Shire Council’s grants officer Brytt Moore said the structure is being funded by the Drought Communities Program which aims to […]

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Church group helps to make Christmas brighter

The Generocity Churches Sisterhood Women hosted their 7th annual Christmas Gingerbread House making workshop on Saturday night. The workshop, which encourages women to come together to meet new people, this year had 65 women in attendance who learnt how to create a delicious gingerbread house. Generocity Church Pastor Lauren Williams […]

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Health minister tours our new hospital

Health Minister Brad Hazzard was in Cobar yesterday to inspect the new facility. Minister Hazzard was joined by local Aboriginal elder Joan Evans, who delivered the welcome to country, to mark the major milestone by planting a tree at the front of the new facility. “The Cobar community now has […]