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 […]
Local resident Leonie McCosker delivered the traditional Welcome to Country speech as part of the 2025 Australia Day celebrations on Sunday. Leonie welcomed the crowd on behalf of the traditional custodians of the land, the Wongaibon people of the Ngiyampaa Nation. “Traditionally these are my ancestors’ lands,” Leonie said. She […]
Cobar’s newest Australian citizen Felicity Dempsey has swapped the ‘Emerald Isle’ and will now call Australia (and Cobar home) after she officially became an Australian citizen during Sunday’s Australia Day celebrations. Felicity came to Australia from Ireland 10 years ago and was working at the Tilpa Pub when she […]
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