Hundreds of car enthusiasts will be rolling into Cobar this week to celebrate the 2025 Running on Empty Festival. Now if you’re new to town and not sure what it’s all about, the Running on Empty Festival (or ROEF) celebrates an iconic Australian action film from 1982. It’s all about […]
Cobar Hot Bake’s Steak Diane meat pie has won a silver medal in this year’s Great Aussie Meat Pie Competition. Their Steak Diane was second best in Australia in the Gourmet Pie category. The local bakery also won four bronze medals for their Plain Mince Pie, their Chunky Steak Pie, […]
Work on the Great Cobar Museum Coach House and Underground Mine Experience continues to power ahead, with the project recently reaching another important milestone. Cobar Shire Council’s Project Coordinator Meike Griffiths said engineering and architectural consultants recently visited the site to carry out the pre-sheet inspection, a key checkpoint that […]
The shift to an equal playing field on both the international and domestic levels for all facets of men’s and women’s Rugby Union, is helping to breathe new life into the Cobar club, but it’s also brought a new challenge. Cobar Rugby Club president Peter Payne said to foster the […]
Work on the Great Cobar Museum Coach House and Underground Mine Experience continues to power ahead, with the project recently reaching another important milestone. Cobar Shire Council’s Project Coordinator Meike Griffiths said engineering and architectural consultants recently visited the site to carry out the pre-sheet inspection, a key checkpoint that […]
Fire and Rescue NSW Cobar brigade captain Alex Lennon joined 999 fire fighters, paramedics and police officers on Saturday in Melbourne to raise over $1.1 million. The group of 1,000 first responders, wearing their full turnout of 25kg of firefighting gear (or equivalent), took on a momentous stair climb, 28 […]
The Regional Australia Bank has supported more than 30 local organisations over the past year and returned more than $70,000 in funding to local community groups. Through the Bank’s Community Partnership Program (CPP), now in its 22nd year, regional Australia Bank’s funding has helped to strengthen 2,300 clubs, schools, health […]
What started as an idea of Brent Reeman’s five years ago to take his old LandCruiser for a drive through the bush and raise a few bucks for drought-stricken communities, has now become a full-blown annual fundraising event. Brent is the founder of the Long Drive for Drought, and has […]
Broken Hill man Mitch McKenny passed through Cobar on Monday on his 1,100km run from Broken Hill to Newcastle to raise awareness and funds for Angelman syndrome (AS). Angelman syndrome is a rare, lifelong genetic condition that affects the nervous system, causing severe intellectual disability, delayed development, limited speech, and […]
FOGO might sound like a new acronym many of us haven’t previously heard before, however it’s not a new concept in Australia. The FOGO (Food Organics, Garden Organics) system, which separates food and garden waste into a dedicated bin to be made into compost, is being implemented by councils across […]
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