A long-delayed expansion of the mining camp is finally underway, with another 80 accommodation beds set to help ease growing pressure on the town’s housing and accommodation supply as mining activity continues to increase across the region. Work has started on expanding the Cobar Mining Village, located about 600 metres […]
People looking for housing advice had the opportunity to access information and support at a Housing Information Community Morning Tea held at the Cobar Shire Library on Monday. The event was hosted by the Cobar CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes Specialist Homelessness Service (SHS) team and included an information session for people interested […]
Local businessman, shire councillor, entrepreneur and part-time rodeo rider, Chris ‘Dido’ Deighton has assembled his own rodeo team for the 2026 Cobar Rodeo. Dido has loaded his chuckwagon with 10 brave men for one of the most adrenaline-pumping and at the same time dangerous events in rodeo, bull riding. Bull […]
Harmony CSA Mine has helped improve conditions for Cobar Rotary Club volunteers by funding the construction of a new covered work area at the club’s Return and Earn processing facility. The roofed workspace was officially handed over to Rotary Club president Fr Paul Finucane by Harmony CSA General Manager Rob […]
Local wool classer Paul Evans has achieved an elite milestone in the wool industry and has been acknowledged for his 50 years of continuous wool classing service by the Australian Wool Exchange. The award honours professionals who have maintained active registration and quality assurance at the forefront of Australia’s wool […]
Cobar Shire Councillors voted to sell the Town Hall Building and adjacent car park at last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting. Councillors were presented with a feasibility report on the Town Hall with four different recommendations for Councillors to consider which included: 1. Do nothing; 2. Fund the required $1,157,000 on […]
Following “a fair bit of interest” being shown in the Grand Hotel building and adjacent former café, Cobar Shire Council has decided to call for Expressions Of Interest (EOI) to test the market’s appetite for the site. The matter of the development and sale of what could be a grand […]
Cobar Shire Council has been investigating a range of options to help address the town’s housing shortage, one of which is the potential development of a 106-home residential estate on the former Cobar Hospital site in Woodiwiss Avenue. Council purchased the now vacant land in 2022 and has prepared a […]
Former Cobar resident and artist, Seigrid Peters, who now calls Dunedin in New Zealand home, is one of the contestants on the ABC’s Portrait Artist of the Year Australia reality TV show which airs next month. Hosted by Miranda Tapsell and Luke McGregor, Seigrid is one of 54 amateur and […]
When your young child is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness like leukaemia, it’s comforting to know you have family and friends you can lean on. But for the Tatnell family, that support has stretched far beyond their loved ones, with the whole Cobar community, and others, rallying behind four-year-old Alastair […]
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