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Peak to go ahead in leaps and bounds

Peak Gold Mines general manager Greg Bowkett has painted a positive picture of the future of the mine at last week’s public community consultation meeting. He told approximately 50 members of the public who attended the meeting at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Thursday night that while the […]

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Camels turn TV stars for Fox Sports doco

A Fox Sports crew will use footage taken last week of the Cobar Camels rugby team from drones, GoPros and television cameras as part of a rugby “grass roots” sports documentary. The Fox Sports crew were in town on Friday filming at the CSA Mine, around town, and at the […]

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Maths educators from western region converge on Cobar

Cobar High School recently hosted the Virtual Maths Faculty, a gathering of mathematics teachers from schools encompassing the central western region. The 21 educators, with experience ranging from less than a year teaching to several decades in the industry, sat down and discussed all things mathematical. Virtual Maths Faculty western […]

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Council petitions NSW Government to toughen drug laws

Cobar Shire Council has petitioned the NSW Government to toughen laws to make it illegal to produce, possess, use or sell all derivatives of synthetic cannabis. Synthetic cannabis, (commonly known as Kronic, Spice, Northern Lights, K2), is reportedly being used more frequently in Cobar along with ‘ice’ and other illicit […]

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Gary takes Rotary reins

The Rotary Club of Cobar held their annual Changeover Dinner on Saturday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. Pictured are some of the new committee members Margery Bereyne (international service director), Kym Miller (secretary), Gordon Hill (club service director and immediate past president), David Snelson (vice president) and […]

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A job well done!

Bitumen paving contractor Fulton Hogan, with the assistance of Cobar Shire Council staff, last week carried out an extra job when they were in town to do road resealing work. After completing work on Murray and Green streets, the crew then donated their time and services to reseal the driveway […]