Local landholder Megan Mosely has described the past two weeks’ rain across the district as being “proper wet” after they recorded 134mm at Etiwanda, 100km south of Cobar. Rory Harland had 174mm in his gauge 20km south of Nymagee, the Rogers at Kulwin (between Cobar and Ivanhoe) had 118mm last […]
Two blue trees on the Cobar Golf Course were painted for two purposes. The two dead gum trees were painted by golfers, Sally and Mick Bannister, to brighten up the course but also to help people struggling with mental health problems. “We had these two (well there’s more than two) […]
Local golfers got some expert tips from the pros when they took part in the PGA Legends Tour Pro-Am golf event on Sunday.
NSW Rural Fire Service Nymagee Brigade Captain David Betts received a Commissioner’s Certificate of Commendation for outstanding fire service duty. Captain Betts was presented with the commendation by NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Rob Rogers AFSM at the 2024 St Florian’s Day Ceremony at the RFS Training Academy in Dubbo […]
Cobar High School (CHS) students have for the third year in a row won the Outback Science and Engineering Challenge. (Pictured are some of the CHS team members, Sosie Barton, Tom Francisco, Rhys Cull and Sophie Bennett.) They finished with 1,401.72 points (out of a possible maximum score of 1,600 […]
It’s been talked about for some time—a Biohub that would make good use of Invasive Native Scrub (INS) in the Cobar district—and now it’s in the final planning stages. An Orana Biohub processing facility was first mooted back in 2014 and gained the support of Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana, […]
State Commissioner for Girl Guides NSW, ACT & NT, Emily Milton Smith, visited Cobar over the weekend to see what Cobar’s Girl Guides get up to. Ms Milton Smith said when she first started in her role as a commissioner just over three years ago, she was encouraged to go […]
Despite a dump of 52mm of rain on Friday, this year’s Cobar Show has been hailed as a resounding success. The committee scrambled and re-scheduled a number of events (including the CSA fireworks display) to Saturday and show-goers responded with a big crowd attending on Day 2. See Pages 10, […]
Cobar’s long awaited war memorial was unveiled in Drummond Park on Thursday as part of this year’s Anzac Day service. Cobar RSL Sub Branch president Gordon Hill said the war memorial, which is dedicated to over 1,000 people who have served in war and who have had an association with […]
Nutrien Russell has recently welcomed experienced Livestock Manager, Hamish Adlington to their team. Hamish, who originally hails from Mudgee, said the land and livestock are in his blood. “I came off the land, Mum and Dad had country in Mudgee,” Hamish told The Cobar Weekly. “I’m a fourth generation livestock […]
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