2021
Local News
2021
David Russell tops Harcourts list of rural sales in NSW
Local stock and station agent David Russell has once again topped the list of rural sales in NSW for the Nutrien Harcourts group. David recently ranked as the Number 1 Nutrien Harcourts Rural Sales Consultant in NSW for 2020/2021 ahead of Narrabri’s Paul Thomas and Wagga Wagga’s Sally Douglas. David […]
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Miners memorial is now officially open
From concept to completion, the Cobar Miners Memorial has been a dream of local resident, Barry Knight, for almost seven years. The Cobar Miners Memorial finally became a reality on Saturday when Barry joined Feder-al Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and Co-bar’s deputy mayor, Jarrod Marsden, to offi-cially open the […]
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Past and present members attend Probus’ 34th birthday
On the occasion of Cobar Probus Club’s 34th birthday last Wednesday, Rotarian Geoffrey Langford was invited to be their guest speaker. During his address, Mr Langford imparted his knowledge on how the Cobar Probus Club came to be. He said the Probus movement started in England about 50 years ago […]
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Opera Express gives students a complete music experience
Cobar High School students involved in last week’s Opera Express workshops and the production of a musical have described it as “an awesome experience”. Many of the students had not experienced opera before (and it’s possibly the last thing they thought they would be interested in), but the Opera Express […]
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Girl Guides give the Commonwealth Bank thumbs up
Cobar Commonwealth Bank employees have donated $500 to the Cobar Girl Guides as part of the bank’s nationwide community donation program. The Commonwealth Bank has again pledged to donate $500,000 nationally, to recognise those organisations that make a difference to the communities in which they operate. Cobar branch manager Donovan […]
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Wild dog info sessions
A group of landholders attended a wild dog information session at Nullogoola Station last week to refresh their skills and knowledge in the behaviours of wild dogs and wild dog management techniques. The session was coordinated by Western Local Land Services (Western LLS) and run by Stuart Boyd-Law, Pest Animal […]
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Rotunda undergoes renovation
Painter, Clinton Russell, is one of the contractors working on restoring the rotunda in Drummond Park to its former glory. The transformation is expected to be finished by the end of the month. Council is undertaking the restoration work using funding received from the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure funding […]
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Cobar region the “hottest” location for mineral exploration
When it comes to exploring for minerals, the Cobar region is one of the “hottest” loca-tions in the state at the moment and that was evident by the large amount of interest for a geology forum in Cobar last week. Organised by Aurelia Metals geologist, Scott Munro, the Cobar Geology […]
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Sandy Creek brigade celebrates 100 years
Sandy Creek Bushfire Brigade members and their families recently gathered at Pine Ridge Station south west of Cobar to celebrate 100 years of the brigade’s service to the community. It’s reported to have been a wonderful day catching up on the banks of Sandy Creek sharing stories, enjoying meals, a […]