The 2017 Shitbox Rally from Adelaide to Cairns was dirty, exhausting, offered very little home comforts and involved lots of long days driving on some of Australia’s roughest roads. David and Xenia Schraag, Cobar’s entrants in this year’s Shitbox Rally, which raises funds for cancer research, experienced all of the […]
Cobar Shire Council and the Rotary Club of Cobar have joined forces to install Rural Addressing number posts on selected roads on the outskirts of Cobar. Council’s asset manager Anil De Silva, who is also a Rotarian, said council was happy to involve the Rotary Club of Cobar in the […]
Cobar Shire Council reports the proposed new Multi Purpose Health Service (MPHS) has finally been signed off by the State Health Minister which paves the way for council to recruit an aged care provider for the Lilliane Brady Village. Council’s director of finance and community services Kym Miller said State […]
Eight Cobar riders, and a former local rider, competed in this year’s Tatts Finke Desert Race in the Northern Territory over the long weekend. The two-day event saw 695 competitors on cars, bikes, buggies and quads travel 460km through desert country from Alice Springs to the Aputula (Finke) community and […]
The Cobar Caravan Park has recently welcomed new park managers Joe and Michelle Neate, who are very eager to boost tourism and put Cobar on the map. The newlyweds stepped straight into the manager’s role from their honeymoon last month and while both don’t actually have backgrounds working in hospitality, […]
The main street will soon be a blaze of colour with 25 new trees being planted to provide shade and visual aesthetics to the town. Cobar Shire Council’s urban supervisor Paul Sullivan told The Cobar Weekly they plan to plant trees from the Cobar Memorial Services Club along Marshall Street […]
Cobar Shire Council has awarded the tender for the construction of its new water treatment plant. The tender was approved on Thursday by councillors at an extraordinary meeting however council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said the name of the successful tenderer is not yet public knowledge. “Council accepted the recommendation […]
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