Cobar Shire Councillor Julie Payne walked out of last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting in disgust and said she’s now washed her hands of Council and won’t be taking part in any further Council meetings or events. Cr Payne left 20 minutes into last Thursday’s meeting after having her say on […]
Cobar Shire Council’s $1.2 million lighting project at Ward Oval is almost complete with the new lights tested out on Friday and Saturday. Cobar junior netballers were the first sporting team to play under the new LED lights on the Ward Oval netball courts late on Friday afternoon followed by […]
Cobar has welcomed 7,700 visitors to the Visitor Information Centre and the Great Cobar Museum in the first five months of this year. Cobar Shire Council’s tourism manager, Demi Smith said that figure is down slightly on last year’s total visitor figures from January to May 2023 of 8,487, but […]
“The wheels on the Ngalii Preschool bus go round and round” is what the Ngalii Preschool committee, staff and kids will now be singing after they recently took delivery of their new preschool bus. Preschool director Rebecca Howard said the 10 seater bus (which is fitted with child restraints) is […]
The Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly (MPRA), a peak Aboriginal group representing the interests of 16 communities across Western NSW, the northwest and far west, celebrated 20 years of community led governance last Thursday in Cobar. The MPRA was established to facilitate collaboration between the region’s Aboriginal communities through its Community […]
Truck drivers and tourists are among the motorists set to benefit from an upgrade to the Gilgunnia rest stop south of Cobar. The safety and infrastructure upgrade by the NSW Labor Government at the Gilgunnia Goldfields Rest Area, located about 109 kilometres south of Cobar on the Kidman Highway, will […]
The construction of Cobar’s Iron Ring monument commenced last week by local company, KML Industries. Pictured is KML’s Josh Murphy, who is one of KML’s staff members working on the project. The Iron Ringer committee is currently selling pavers to help fund the project with paver sales to close […]
An additional $13.1 million in the State Budget will help tackle surging feral pig numbers. NSW Farmers president Xavier Martin said the funding announcement last week comes as farmers across the state are reporting a sharp increase in feral pig numbers, which were causing major damage and posing a huge […]
The Cobar region has a long and proud history and this year marks the 150th anniversary of when the Weltie family moved to Cobar and settled on Glenhope station, east of Cobar. Glenhope’s current owners, the Johnson family, are planning to celebrate the 150 year milestone with a big shindig […]
Cobar Shire Council hosted the Western Division Councils of NSW 2024 Mid Term Conference last week with Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Regional NSW and Minister for Western NSW, the Hon. Tara Moriarty addressing the conference. Minister Moriarty told the representatives present from the eight far west councils that the […]
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