An auction/fundraiser night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday has helped to raise $23,000 for this year’s Night for Our Farmers event. Auctioneer, Luke Scales from Landmark Russell is pictured with event organisers Sheena Geppert and Georgie Brown who were thrilled with the result from the sale […]
Cobar’s connection to the HMAS Rankin was reiterated at this year’s Anzac Day commemorations by special guest Captain Stephen Hussey from the Australian Navy, who previously served as Lieutenant Commander of the submarine HMAS Rankin, named after Cobar-born Robert William Rankin, who fought in World War II. Captain Hussey spoke […]
With the chance of just 1-5mm of rain initially forecast for Easter Monday, it was definitely a nice surprise for many locals to see just over 50mm recorded in town. The rain was widespread with a number of properties around the Cobar Shire recording good falls, including Vanessa and Dudley […]
Cobar’s first ever Grey Mardi Gras proved to be a huge success with locals and visitors of all ages getting into the retro spirit. Cobar Preschool (pictured above) was one of many local groups to take part in Saturday’s parade, while Friday’s dance lessons proved popular before the sold-out dinner […]
Local resident May Higgins (seated at centre) has lived through Cobar in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and has watched four more generations of her extended family grow up here. May and her family are all excited about Cobar’s inaugural Grey Mardi Gras event this weekend and dug out their […]
Cobar’s new health service project is really starting to take shape and is on track to be completed by next year. A Health Infrastructure spokesperson reports that roof sheeting has been carried out to three quarters of the new Cobar Health Service building, and work has also commenced on running […]
Roy Butler, a vegetarian cattle farmer from Mendooran, is set to take on the politicians in Sydney after winning the seat of Barwon in the NSW State Election on Saturday. From the completed initial count, it was the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers (SFF) candidate that Cobar voters put their faith […]
Cobar Mobile Children’s Services (CMCS) will once again be able to offer their services to bush kids aged between four and 12 years old. A donation of $8,000 this week from the Country Women’s Association (CWA) Cobar branch to CMCS, who recently lost some of their funding, will mean they […]
The Cobar Show Society has made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s Cobar Show following discussions at an extraordinary meeting on Sunday. Cobar Show Society secretary Heather Christie said the cancellation of the Cobar Show comes off the back of the recent announcement of the cancellation of the 2019 […]
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