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Bigger and better Cobar Show expected

    Organisers are expecting this year’s Cobar Show to be one of the biggest in recent years with a massive program combining old favourites and new events. Cobar Show Society secretary Heather Christie said the support from local businesses and organisations for this year’s show has been fantastic. “We’ve […]

2016

Airport turns mock disaster zone for exercise

Cobar Airport was turned into a mock disaster zone on Monday as local emergency services, in conjunction with Cobar Shire Council, conducted an emergency drill simulation exercise. Council’s engineering support manager Anil De Silva said the exercise not only allows for the airport emergency plan to be tested but also […]

2016

Town library to enter into a new chapter

Cobar is one of three towns in the Barwon electorate to receive a share in $279,265 library funding announced this week by Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries. Mr Humphries was in town on Saturday to deliver the good news to Mayor Lilliane Brady and Cobar Shire & TAFE Librarian Jane […]

2016

Businesses sock it to mental health

Two local businesses, Stationery Essentials and Gumnuts Gifts & Homewares, are getting behind Batyr with their ‘One Sock Wednesday’ Cobar campaign. Stationery Essentials’ manager Wendy Robinson said all money raised in Cobar for Batyr, a social enterprise that focuses on preventative education in the area of young people’s mental health, […]