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Georgia to compete at State training awards
Cobar’s Georgia Boland was named as the winner of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Western NSW Trainee of the Year at the NSW Training Awards Western Region dinner in Bathurst last Thursday. Georgia will now go on to compete at State level against eight other regional winners in her […]
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Bureau predicts more rain this week for Cobar area
Some good rainfall was reported by residents across the Cobar Shire on Monday with the Bureau of Meteorology reporting we had 13mm in town. The highest rainfall was recorded in the north of the shire with Liz Murray recording 29.5mm at Trilby Station, the township of Louth received 22mm in […]
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Former Cobar Girl Guide returns as a Guide Leader
A former Girl Guide and now a new Guide Leader, Bobbi Murray, was officially sworn in on Saturday at the Cobar Girl Guide Hall. To earn her Leadership badge, Bobbi undertook training through Girl Guides Australia which included various aspects about Guiding and child safety. “I was a Girl Guide […]
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War Memorial in final planning stages
A vision to build a war memorial at Drummond Park that has been eight years in the planning, is about to become a reality. Local John de Bruin and his small band of helpers have been working with the RSL Sub Branch Cobar committee and Cobar Shire Council to build […]
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$250,000 urgent repairs for Cobar Pool
A recent maintenance audit on the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool has found the facility is urgently in need of $250,000 worth of repairs. Cobar Shire Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko raised the issue at last Thursday’s Ordinary Council Meeting as a matter of urgency. In his detailed report to councillors, […]
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Local tradie is taking on The Push-Up Challenge
Local tradie and ‘gym junkie’ Craig Fielding will join over 100,000 Aussies tomorrow as they take up the challenge to do 3,144 push-ups in three weeks as part of The Push-Up Challenge, Australia’s largest fitness-based mental health initiative. Craig told The Cobar Weekly he was motivated to join the challenge […]
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CHS students to compete in NSW Merino Wether Challenge
Cobar High School Stage 5 Agriculture students will get valuable firsthand experience in the wool industry as they take part in this year’s NSW Merino School Wether Challenge. Stage 5 Ag teacher Kym Sutton said all schools across NSW are invited to put in an expression of interest to take […]