Local News
Cobar rugby club will celebrate ‘The Good Old Days’
With the Cobar & District Rugby Union Club planning to hold a reunion later this month for players who participated in the 1976 and 1996 premiership winning sides, The Cobar Weekly this week recaps the 1976 game from The Cobar Age report published September 8, 1976. The Western Plains Rugby […]
Cobar Quids catch the attention of coin collectors
Two young Victorian coin collectors who recently added $5 and $10 Cobar Quids to their private collection will feature […]
Cobar rates high for violence
Cobar has ranked as the sixth worst NSW town for domestic violence incidents according to the latest figures released by Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. According to the data there were 49 reported incidents of domestic violence related assault during the past 12 months in Cobar, 2.5 times the […]
Praise for local waste disposal infrastructure improvements
NetWaste representatives visited Cobar recently and were impressed by infrastructure improvements at Cobar Waste Depot. In the last year council has installed 3.2km of fencing, constructed a waste oil drop off area and installed new signage. The waste oil and battery drop off area is just inside the main gate […]
Hatmobile returns to Cobar to inspire local women
The Hatmobile returned to Cobar last weekend, with Waltraud Reiner behind the wheel, to conduct another millinery workshop. Organised by Outback Arts, the workshop was attended by nine eager participants who spent the weekend creating millinery masterpieces. The Hatmobile, nicknamed ‘Audrey’, travels Australia packed full of millinery materials and tools […]
CentaCare conference held in Cobar
Representatives from CentaCare Wilcannia-Forbes offices across the central west converged on Cobar on the weekend as part of a celebration of 20 years of service in the western area. The gathering, which ran from last Friday to Sunday, focused on the theme “Our team, our Culture” and was officially opened […]