For the past 26+ years, Stephen Dutton’s job has been to care for sick and injured people but that doesn’t stop when he takes his paramedic’s uniform off at the end of a shift. Stephen recently marked 20 years as the Station Officer at the Cobar Ambulance Station with a […]
According to a recent report from the Grattan Institute, if you live in Cobar, you’re paying $600 more in rates than a resident of Mosman in Sydney’s North Shore but you’re much more likely to hit a pothole on your drive home. Transport and Cities Program Director at the Grattan Institute, […]
Cobar VIEW Club ladies experienced the hospitality of Cobar Bowing & Golf Club on Thursday for their Oaks Day outing, an annual fundraiser for the Smith Family Charity Learning for Life Student program, which VIEW supports. Amusing anecdotes and racing jokes together with the traditional “Horsey” quiz kept everyone […]
The Cobar Rural Fire Service (RFS) has had a busy few days fighting six bush fires that broke out in the Cobar Shire as a result of lightning strikes. RFS District Manager of the Far West Team, Inspector Brad Lennon, who’s also been dealing with even more fires in the […]
The Rotary Club of Cobar has been providing ongoing support for Dubbo’s Macquarie Home Stay since fundraising for the facility began back in 2013. Macquarie Home Stay provides affordable low cost accommodation for people from northern and western NSW who need to travel to Dubbo for specialist medical treatment. Macquarie […]
Pictured is Cobar Bowling & Golf Club secretary/manager Jason Howell with the entrants in the club’s Melbourne Cup Day Fashions on the Green competition yesterday. The three winners are at centre Eva Halliger (Best Millinery), Janette Bishop (Best Dressed Female) and David ‘Turk’ Kershaw (at front) was the Best Dressed […]
The Cobar to Ivanhoe road, commonly known as The Wool Track, will get a $6.49 million seal extension as part of the Fixing Country Roads program. An $80.3 million funding boost from the NSW Government was announced last week to allow 29 regional council road projects to get underway to […]
Cobar Shire Council has allocated a further $500,000 to their 2023/2024 budget to allow for increased staffing costs at the Lilliane Brady Village retirement home. Council made the allocation increase to their Quarter 1 Budget review at the October Ordinary Council Meeting. Council’s Director of Corporate and Community Services Kylie […]
The Royal Far West (RFW) children’s health service CEO Jacqui Emery visited Cobar and Bourke last week to get a better understanding of how children’s services are working together. RFW’s focus is on helping 3-12 year olds who have been identified with developmental challenges and creating a pathway of care […]
The Cobar Bowling & Golf Club put into use all three of its function rooms on Saturday night to host a community farewell for two of the club’s long-serving staff, Chris Brown and Sandra Russell. The sibling sisters have worked a combined 75 years at the Golfie—Chris has served for […]
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