Cobar High School has welcomed a new cohort of nine teachers and support staff to the school this year including: Belle Smith (Mathematics), Niamh Anderson (English), Brennah Aumua and Bailey Gibbons (Student Learning Support Officers), Joe Hill (PE/Ag/HSIE), Kate Mamone (TAS Teacher), Jessica Fugar (Learning and Support) Jack Eades (Science) […]
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 […]
Polymetals Resources Ltd has this week released an update on their re-start activities at the Endeavor Mine, 40km north of Cobar. Polymetals’ executive chairman, Dave Sproule said their focus has remained on capital efficient and timely refurbishment activities to ensure planned cash flow is achieved during the first half of […]
Three years after the Great Cobar Museum underwent a $2.4million refurbishment and re-opened its doors, more builders are back on site ready to start work on Phase 2 of the project. Funding for Phase 2 project work to replace the Coach House and create a new underground mining experience was […]
Local businessman Chris ‘Dido’ Deighton’s sheep sale fundraiser has raised $21,000 for the Macquarie Home Stay facility in Dubbo. “That’s very good for not doing very much,” Dido modestly told The Cobar Weekly. There was a great response from the community with landholders donating sheep, Chris Clark and Peter Miller […]
Local resident Kara O’Hara, who works with Kirinari human services support in the aged care sector, has started a Dementia Support Group in Cobar. The group held its first meeting/morning tea on Monday at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club and Kara has plans for more monthly meetings. “I’ve seen […]
Tomorrow marks 39 years since the release of the first edition of The Cobar Weekly and while a lot has changed in almost four decades, some things are still the same. One thing that hasn’t changed is that The Cobar Weekly is still run by a volunteer, not for profit […]
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 businessman, grazier and Councillor Chris ‘Dido’ Deighton is helping to coordinate a livestock fundraiser to aid Macquarie Home Stay in Dubbo. Dido decided to join a footy mate in Baradine, Adrian Worrell, whose family had the aim of raising $30,000 to help fund the Home Stay’s new extension. While […]
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