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.
A newly introduced activity on this year’s Seniors Week program, a painting workshop with local artist, Seigrid Peters, proved to be a big hit with the 12 participants on Friday morning at the Services Club. Many were impressed with their final artworks which Seigrid coaxed them to create. Pictured are […]
A week of fun events to celebrate Seniors Week 2022 kicked off on Monday morning with local seniors (and visiting seniors) experiencing guided bus tours of the town. Pictured above is the second group of seniors heading off with Cobar Shire Council’s manager of tourism and events, Demi Smith (who […]
Over the past 12 months, Western Local Land Services (Western LLS) has been testing drones to see if they can be successfully used to monitor pastures across the western region. The results of their testing will be compiled to work out if the technology is practical, useful and accurate in […]