It’s been a big weekend of activities in Cobar with the Grey Mardi Gras, Festival of the Miners Ghost and Cobar Yabbies 50th Reunion activities all taking place. Pictured in main photo above are Graeme and Emma Barton, who were part of the Coath Family group who won the best entry in Saturday’s street parade; above right is Abby Fairfull, Karen Lennon, Bridgette Mackay and Emily Miller at the Stomp, Jive & Bump Dinner Dance on Friday night at the Services Club; centre right are Matilda McIver, Lucy Scott and Jordan Warren at the Gig on the Grass on Saturday night at the Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval; and bottom right are Mr and Miss Mardi Gras, Shaun and Toni Morse from Mudgee. See more photos from the Grey Mardi Gras dinner dance and street parade on Page 2, the Gig on the Grass and Festival of the Miner’s Ghost Mining and Trade Expo on Page 23.
The Cobar Roosters failed to get the com-petition points or the silverware in their Boronia Cup challenge game against the Gilgandra Panthers at Gilgandra on Satur-day. The Cobar team however still retains the number one position on the ladder after 11 rounds of the 2022 Christie and Hood Castle-reagh Rugby […]
The Barrier Highway, 85km west of Cobar, was closed for approximately three hours last Wednesday as Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews worked to clean up after a truck accident. Cobar Station 256 firefighters received a call to attend the scene of a B Double semi trailer rollover just […]
Four Cobar Public School students competed in the CWA Far Western Public Speaking Competition last week in Bourke. Tilly Doll and Myah Paul competed in the Year 3/4 category. Tilly received a Highly Commended award for her speech, ‘What’s in the Box’ and Myah entertained the judges with her humorous […]