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2024
Colleen Boucher named Australia Day Citizen of the Year
Colleen Boucher was named the Citizen of the Year for 2024 at the Australia Day award ceremony on Friday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Citizen of the Year is awarded to a resident who has made an outstanding contribution to the community in a voluntary capacity while being a […]
2024
Aust Day judges unable to pick just one winner
The judges for this year’s Australia Day awards couldn’t just pick one winner in the Community Event of the Year category and so awarded the accolade to two community events. Bands in the Bush, an outdoor music concert on September 23 at the Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval, and Festival of […]
2024
Mural artists create a scene that is uniquely Cobar
What does a galah, a glass jar, and Cobar all have in common? They all rhyme and all appear on the new mural at the National Australia Bank. Artists Joel Fergie (aka the Zookeeper) and Travis Vinson (aka Drapl) were in Cobar last week creating the ‘quirky’ artwork. “We were […]
2024
Industrial area upgrade set to commence
The long awaited upgrade of the Cobar Industrial Estate is set to commence next month. Cobar Shire Council has engaged a local civil, mining and construction contractor, Cynend Building & Construction, to carry out Stage 1 of the works. Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said council was very pleased to […]
2024
Absolutely no one’s complaining about all the rain
Recent heavy rain across the Cobar Shire has caused damage to fences and washed away roads and drains on a number of properties, but nobody is complaining with the record heavy dump welcomed by all. Cobar Shire has experienced an absolute drenching of rain this month with the Bureau of […]
2024
Mural’s a magnificent masterpiece!
A large, colourful wall mural at the Cobar Youth & Community Centre (the Youthie) is currently under construction with completion expected early next week. Artist Seigrid Peters is creating the mural with the help of some local kids, and is very happy with how it has turned out. “It’s not […]
2024
Making the move from Hong Kong to Western NSW
Senior radiographer Ollie Mulcock who operates the Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD) Mobile CT Van which runs between Bourke, Cobar, and Walgett, has recently switched life in Hong Kong to Western NSW. “Growing up and training in the UK, we lived in the country,” Mr Mulcock said. “After I […]
2024
Filtration plant is struggling
It seems strange with all the recent rain we’ve had that Cobar Shire Council would need to impose water restrictions. However for the past two weeks Cobar residents have been asked to curb their water use as council works to sort out a problem with our water quality. Mayor Jarrod […]
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Council looking at more EV charging
Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more popular on our roads with the NSW Government forecasting EV sales will increase to more than 50 per cent of all new passenger vehicles by 2031. To prepare councils for the upcoming EV transition in their region, the NSW Sustainable Councils program is supporting […]