The committee working to create a miners memorial in the Heritage Park have this week received a helping hand from two Central Queensland University (CQU) design students. Cobar Shire Council’s acting director of planning and environmental services Stephen Poulter said the Miners Memorial Project Committee has been meeting on a […]
This year’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost has been declared a huge success with some of the biggest crowds ever. The Golden Dash and Peaks of Colour running events both attracted fields of more than 400 participants, while Drummond Park was packed on Saturday afternoon for the markets and other […]
The Cobar Business Association welcomed some new faces to their annual general meeting last week, three of which have joined the new committee. Rachael Hadkins was welcomed as the group’s new treasurer along with new general committee members Ellie Russell and Chris Lehmann. Sharon Harland was returned as the group’s […]
The size of the Parkes electorate (in which Cobar falls) is set to increase significantly under proposed changes to the federal electoral boundaries in NSW. Ahead of the 2016 federal election, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) last week released details of its proposed changes. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton […]
The Evans family from Tambua Station were recently presented with an Australian Century Farm and Station bronze plaque to commemorate 100 years on the land. The award was presented in Canberra last week at a ceremony at Parliament House. Six families were presented with the plaques, to symbolise their perseverance […]
The Cobar District Mother’s Association (CDMA) has welcomed a donation of $1,500 from the CSA Mine that will help to cover the group’s running costs. CDMA president Kristin Camery said the sponsorship will ‘keep them going’ and go towards covering the costs of hall hire, insurance and the basic running […]
A project by Peak Gold Mines (PGM) staff has seen miner’s ghosts making an appearance all over the place this past week. Metal miner’s ghost figures were the brain child of a group of Peak Gold Mines employees who were challenged with coming up with an idea for this year’s […]
Things are really taking off for one local business with AWI Consulting now heading to the skies to offer outreach services to their clients. AWI Consulting business owner and psychologist Angela Webb said following the purchase of a six seater Piper Lance plane she was excited the business would now […]
The Cobar Community Health Centre has hosted Bronte Barham, a nursing student from Sydney, for her final work placement recently. Bronte is from Manly and is studying a Masters Degree in Nursing at Sydney University. She said for her final subject she was required to do a rural placement and […]
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