It’s a big milestone this week for five year olds Halle Egan, Zara Shepherd, Hamish Mclean and Jamie Everingham as they head off to Kindergarten. For Halle and Zara, tomorrow will be their first day of big school at Cobar Public School, while Hamish and Jamie had their first day […]
The Pub Route, a soon to be released tourism brochure, invites travellers to take a pub crawl to explore some of the west’s most iconic pubs. The booklet is an initiative of the Far North West Joint Organisation (FNWJO) and covers the shires of Cobar, Bourke and Walgett. The […]
Local author and historian John Collins earned the community’s top gong when he was named the Citizen of the Year at the Australia Day awards celebrations at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool on Sunday. John is a very community minded person who has donated his time and skills […]
Cobar’s 2025 Australia Day Ambassador Paul Featherstone BM ASM is no stranger to trouble and is definitely someone you’d want on your side. Paul is a Senior Instructor For NSW Ambulance’s Special Casualty Access Team (SCAT). He’s spent the past 35 years perfecting skills in the recovery and care of […]
Bob and Wendy Maher (at centre) created a whimsical Santa’s Toyshop Christmas lights display at 9 Denman Street which was voted by our judges as the winner of the 2024 Cobar Weekly’s Christmas Cheer competition. Sponsored by Aurelia Metals/Peak Gold Mines and Cobar Powerhouse, Bob and Wendy collected $500 worth […]
Cobar Business Association’s Christmas Street Parade on Friday night has been labelled by locals as Cobar’s best parade ever! At an estimated 1.5km in length, with more than 50 vehicles and approximately 240 people on floats, in vehicles and on foot, we’d have to agree that it was indeed Cobar’s […]
Cobar Bowling & Golf Club has distributed over $40,000 to 14 local community and sporting groups as part of it’s 2024 ClubGrants program. Pictured above is the club’s secretary/manager Jason Howell (at far left) with representatives of the recipient groups. Among the community group beneficiaries were the Brennan Centre, Cobar […]
Local teachers, parents and interested members of the public were briefed last week about the lack of public school funding forthcoming from the Federal Government. The NSW Federation of Parents and Citizens (P&C) Association and NSW Teachers Federation are working with parents, carers, teachers, principals, school support personnel and community […]
Cobar High School students, Molly Broughton and Molly Carter, were part of a group of 12 school-based trainees across Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD) who have recently graduated with Assistant in Nursing qualifications. The pair have completed an Assistant in Nursing Certificate III through a Student-Based Apprenticeship Trainee […]
Cobar’s 2024 Dancing Under The Stars fundraiser proved to be a big hit with the sold out crowd at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night. Not only did the six couples competing for the coveted mirror ball prize put on a great night of entertainment, they also […]
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