2025

Tender has been awarded for LBV’s upgrade works

Construction work to create a new front entry and administration area at the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) will soon commence. Cobar Shire Council last month awarded the LBV building tender worth $881,605 to the Dubbo-based LMJR Building Group P/L. The LMJR Group are currently working on another project for Council […]

2025

Rotary donates to Home Stay

On behalf of the Rotary Club of Cobar, Rotarian Brytt Moore presented a donation of $1,000 to Dubbo’s Macquarie Home Stay managing director Rod Crowfoot at the Debutante Ball at the Services Club on Saturday night. Mr Crowfoot said the donation was very much appreciated and will be put to […]

2025

Cobar’s debutantes of 2025

This year’s debutantes and their partners (from left to right) Henry Knight, Eli Martin, Sarah Nicholson, Ethan McLeod, Pearl Blackburn, Caleb Theakston, Bridgette Negfeldt, Sosie Barton, Joe Webster, Megan Giurin, Rhys Cull, Rori Urquhart, Jack Dunn and Jaxon Burke (at rear) and Maddison Jeffery and Rhylee Patterson (at front) with […]

160725

Museum project progresses

Great Cobar Museum staff (including Alice Potter pictured above) have been impressed with the progress of the Coach House and Underground Mine Experience Project. With the slab poured and structural steel in place, in-ground services are now underway, and roofing and wall cladding installation has commenced. Behind the scenes, the […]

160725

Two new faces in the line up

The Cobar Dust Bowl Fuel Burners car and bike club held their annual general meeting last week with Mick Haines returned as president and Perry Stylianos took on the vice president’s role. Marie Lawrence was returned as secretary along with Bree Walsh as treasurer, Nina Haines as publicity officer and […]

160725

Cobar Rotary welcomes District Governor

The Rotary Club of Cobar held their annual Changeover Dinner on Saturday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club with Past District 9660 Governor Bruce George in attendance. (Mr George, from Inverell, is the immediate outgoing 9660 District Governor having handed over the reins to Evan Burrell last month.) […]

090725

Iron Ringer project is progressing

Cobar’s Iron Ring committee chair, John Collins has been sorting through 500-odd engraved pavers and putting together the donated pavers into family groups in preparation for their laying under the Iron Ring memorial sculpture on the eastern entrance to Cobar.