Cobar’s Newey Reserve was chosen to host a Federal Court native title hearing last Wednesday. Descendants of the region’s traditional owners of the Ngemba, Ngiyampaa, Wangaaypuwan and Wayilwan groups gathered to hear Justice Melissa Perry hand down a determination recognising their native title rights and interests in various parcels of […]
Cobar Shire Council voters will not go to the polls for next month’s Local Government elections as our new council has already been elected. With just 12 nominations for the 12 vacant positions, the NSW Electoral Commission declared the election to be uncontested and so the 12 candidates were automatically […]
Fire & Rescue NSW held two commemorative ceremonies on Saturday to honour the life of firefighter Daniel ‘Howie’ Howard on the 10th anniversary of his death fighting a fire at the New Occidental Hotel on August 17 2014. Fire & Rescue NSW Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell (pictured above with Daniel’s parents, […]
Fire & Rescue NSW Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell presented a National Medal and two Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to local firefighters. The National Medal was presented to former Cobar brigade captain Tony Walkinshaw and is part of the Australian Honours and Awards system which recognises the outstanding service and […]
Local punters, horse owners and trainer Wayne ‘Wap’ Prisk all had a brilliant day at the Cobar Picnic Races meeting on Saturday at the Dalton Park Racecourse. Prisk’s stable celebrated three wins for the day, including Dancing In The Sky winning the DJW and Wells Ventilation Cobar Picnic Cup. It […]
The Rotary Club of Cobar celebrated entry into the new Rotary year with their annual Changeover Dinner on Monday evening at the Bowling & Golf Club. The incoming club president David Snelson announced the new Rotary Club Management Board to club members and invited guests during the dinner. Club secretary […]
The Cobar Bowling & Golf Club carpark was filled with weird and whacky cars (and crazily costumed people) on Monday morning as the South Australia Variety Bash passed through town. The 36th annual SA Variety Bash hit the road on Saturday from Renmark in SA and overnighted in Cobar on […]
As part of this year’s Glenhope Shindig on the weekend, descendants of the Weltie family (pictured above) joined Glenhope’s current owners, the Johnson family, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the settling of the property by Peter and Anne Weltie in 1874. This year’s Shindig, which is a popular stop […]
Cobar Shire Council has teamed up with United Way Australia and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to hand out free books to new babies in Cobar. After hearing about the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, council’s general manager Peter Vlatko was keen for Cobar to be involved and asked council’s librarian […]
Visitors to Cobar over the past few days on the SA Variety Bash (top left), Destination Outback 4WD fundraising adventure (top right), the Glenhope Shindig (bottom left) and at the Sunday Sunday Markets in Drummond Park (with a couple of locals, Coral and Harley Toomey) all reported they have received […]
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