For 26 years, Cobar has been welcoming students and supervisors from the Avondale School in Cooranbong near Newcastle to run StormCo activities in the July school holidays. The Year 11 and 12 students volunteer their time and pay their own way to come. While in Cobar they run Kids Club […]
Child safety ambassadors Bruce and Denise Morcombe were in Cobar on Friday delivering a presentation to 120 students at Cobar Public School (CPS). The Morcombes spoke to CPS students about how to recognise, react and report, as part of their 20-day 7,200km Time To Talk Road Trip. CPS was selected […]
A Nyngan local, Elyce Bennett has returned home with her learnt sonography skills and joined the Bogan Shire Medical Centre to offer ultrasound services to Nyngan and the surrounding areas. “I enjoy living and working here with my young family and am grateful to Bogan Shire Council for also sharing […]
The Dustbowl Fuel Burners car and motorbike enthusiasts club held their annual memorial run to Nymagee on Saturday. The event is held each year to honour members of the Dustbowl Fuel Burners who have passed away. The club has recently introduced Life Memberships and past members Peter Fairbank, Jack Haines […]
Cobar residents keeping an eye on the recent State Budget may have been confused in thinking an allocation of $36.3 million to upgrade our water pipeline was new government funding. Cobar Shire Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said the Budget allocation of $36.3 million to upgrade the Nyngan to Cobar […]
Two time Aria award-winner and nine time Golden Guitar winner, Australian country music singer and songwriter, Fanny Lumsden, is appearing at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night. Fanny Lumsden and her band The Prawnstars are currently on their way home after appearing this week at the Big […]
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 […]
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