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University students to help design our miners memorial
The committee working to create a miners memorial in the Heritage Park have this week received a helping hand from two Central Queensland University (CQU) design students. Cobar Shire Council’s acting director of planning and environmental services Stephen Poulter said the Miners Memorial Project Committee has been meeting on a […]
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Big crowds see festival declared a success
This year’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost has been declared a huge success with some of the biggest crowds ever. The Golden Dash and Peaks of Colour running events both attracted fields of more than 400 participants, while Drummond Park was packed on Saturday afternoon for the markets and other […]
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Miners ghosts start making an appearance
A project by Peak Gold Mines (PGM) staff has seen miner’s ghosts making an appearance all over the place this past week. Metal miner’s ghost figures were the brain child of a group of Peak Gold Mines employees who were challenged with coming up with an idea for this year’s […]
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Ulysses group to give huge tourism boost
Cobar’s tourism economy is set to get a big boost when more than 130 members of the Ulysses RV Group converge on Cobar next week for their Annual General Meeting. Rick Bedford, the national coordinator of […]
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Tour de OROC peloton passes through
Riders on this year’s Toyota Tour de OROC were welcomed by Cobar Shire council’s deputy mayor Peter Abbott and general manager Gary Woodman with a cold beer when they arrived in Cobar on Tuesday afternoon after a long, hot ride. This year’s Toyota Tour de OROC 1,200km charity bike ride, […]
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Welcoming Cobar’s newest Australians
Nine Cobar residents received their Australian Citizenship at one of the biggest naturalisation ceremonies held in Cobar at the Cobar Shire Council Chambers last Friday. Colleen Arnold, Sophie and Phillipe Pearse, Gaile Talu, Josephine Umbella and her four sons Benjamin, Frank, Kelvin and Victor Mfoi were welcomed by Mayor Lilliane […]
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New fire truck named in Howie’s honour
Cobar Fire Station 256 took delivery of a new fire truck yesterday that, for the first time in Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) history, carries a personalised registration plate to honour fallen firefighter Daniel ‘Howie’ Howard. FRNSW Commissioner Greg Mullins presented local firefighters with keys to the new $310,000 ‘Class […]
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Best businesses of the year awarded
Cobar Quilt Shop was named Cobar’s Most Outstanding Business at the 2015 Great Cobar Business Awards on Saturday night at Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. The business was a favourite with this year’s judges and picked up three awards on the night, including being a joint winner of the Retail […]