The Cobar Weekly collected two gongs at the 2024 Country Press NSW Awards Dinner on Saturday night in Dubbo. It’s the first year the Cobar paper has entered the awards having only joined the association last year. “We were thrilled with the win,” Cobar Weekly’s managing editor Sharon Harland said. […]
Cobar Arts Council held their annual Art, Craft & Photography exhibition and competition at the railway station over the weekend. The official opening on Friday night was well attended with the guests entertained by musician Gavin O’Donnell as well as a surprise visit by the members of the string quartet […]
A monument, a work of art, a tourist attraction—Cobar’s newly installed Iron Ring means different things to different people. It’s been just over three years since local historian John Collins came up with the idea of an Iron Ringer monument and now that idea has come to fruition as a […]
Cobar’s now annual Live Music Festival took place at the Cobar Sound Chapel on Saturday afternoon. A crowd of approximately 60 locals and visitors enjoyed the free music concert which featured renowned musician and composer Georges Lentz’s String Quartet as well as local musicians. Mr Lentz was pleased with the […]
The Country Women’s Association (CWA) Cobar Branch hosted the 95th Far Western Group Conference and annual general meeting on Saturday at the Cobar Services Club. Group president Ruth Hando welcomed the group of 30 to this year’s conference with Cobar Branch president Colleen Boucher OAM also welcoming the visitors to […]
The Brennan Centre Committee has welcomed a new secretary following the group’s annual general meeting last Wednesday. Samantha Smith has taken on the secretary’s role while the remainder of the executive committee remains unchanged. Barry Knight was returned as president, along with Stephen Dutton as vice president, Colleen Boucher as […]
The Cobar Dust Bowl Fuel Burners car and motorbike club hosted visitors from the Griffith Motorcycle Club, Kiama Classic Bike Club and other parts of the state for a social run to Nymagee on Saturday. Cobar and Griffith club member, Ken Dunne organised the run and hosted the group of […]
Sound Chapel creator and one of Australia’s most renowned composers, Georges Lentz, will be bringing his string quartet to Cobar this weekend to perform as part of his annual Live Music Festival. The concert venue, the Cobar Sound Chapel, is the former Silver Tank water tower, which Mr Lentz worked […]
Lana Phoenix is a new face at Cobar Shire Council with Ms Phoenix commencing in the role of Fleet and Facilities Manager last week. Ms Phoenix has extensive experience in Asset/Property/Project Management as well as Acquisitions, Planning and Government Policy implementation. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and […]
A 23 year old Broken Hill woman has been charged with dangerous driving occasioning death, following an accident on the Barrier Highway west of Cobar on Sunday morning. Emergency services were called to the scene about 25km west of Cobar around 8.30am, following reports of a crash. Officers attached to […]
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