2022
Local News
2022
Local employees nominated for mining industry awards
Local employees nominated for mining industry awards Two of Aurelia Metals’ employees have been shortlisted as finalists for the 2022 NSW Mining Industry & Suppliers Awards. Laura Barnes, Environment and Social Re-sponsibility Officer at Peak Gold Mines and Daniel Kim, a Mining Engineer at the Hera Mine, have both been […]
2022
Finalist for Young Achiever award
Aurelia Metals’ Peak Gold Mines’ employee Laura Barnes (pictured above at work with her father Kevin Barnes) is one of two Aurelia Metals employees who have been shortlisted as finalists for the 2022 NSW Mining Industry & Suppliers Awards in the Young Achiever of the Year category. See article on […]
2022
Ford dealer returns for ROEF2022
Ted King, a former Cobar resident who was a local consultant on some of the stunts shot in Cobar for the Running On Empty movie, was back on the weekend for ROEF2022, which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the movie’s release. Ted, who was the local Ford dealer at the […]
2022
Refurbished ‘Youthie’ is nearly ready to re-open
Refurbished ‘Youthie’ is nearly ready to re-open The Cobar Youth & Fitness Centre in Harcourt Street, well known as the ‘Youthie’, has been closed for more than two years and during that time it’s under-gone a major transformation. The centre was first closed in March 2020 due to COVID lockdowns […]
2022
Glamorous group celebrates end of their school years
The Cobar High School Year 12 Class of 2022 held their formal last Wednesday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. This yea r’s graduating class included: Nauman Faisal, Anola Cox, Charli Hodges, Dylan Houseman, Isabelle Almeida, Matilda McIver, Bree Martin, Grady Bourke, Isabella Morton, Fraser Talu, Lucy Scott, […]
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Cobar was all revved up for ROEF2022
Organisers blown away with success of ROEF2022 If success can be measured in compli-ments, thank yous, attendance and memo-rable experiences, then the Running On Empty Festival (ROEF2022) held in Cobar over the past week was most definitely a success! Festival organiser, John de Bruin, said over-all he was really happy […]
2022
Trying a new technique
The Cobar Shire Library’s monthly art and craft classes for adults offer locals the opportunity to learn different creative techniques and skills. The September class on Saturday at the library showed participants how to paint pour onto pots and canvases. Pictured above are workshop participants Teresa Oh, Bev Ellison, Natalia […]
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SheepMaster sale success
The inaugural SheepMaster Eastern Australian Ram Sale was held on AuctionsPlus last Monday. A total of 56 rams were on offer from the three Eastern Australian Accredited Studs: Montarna SheepMaster Stud at Hamilton Vic, the Janaree SheepMaster Stud in Cobar and the Wild Oat SheepMaster Stud at Beckom NSW. The […]
2022
Cobar Police Station is once again fully staffed
The recent appointment of a new Police sergeant and another general duties officer to the Cobar Police Station means the sta-tion is once again fully staffed with seven officers. Sergeant Warwick Laing and Constable Dai-sy Arthur both moved to Cobar last month to take up the two vacant positions. In […]