Ron Gapps (and his wife Helen) were among the locals who took part in the Anzac Day driveway service on Saturday morning. They’d also made a wreath to pay tribute to Ron’s dad, Jimmy, who served in Egypt and New Guinea during World War II. With the traditional dawn service, march and service in Drummond Park cancelled due to the Coronavirus crisis, many locals were keen to find alternative ways to commemorate this year’s Anzac Day.
Australian Government this week to help slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) have had wide-reaching effects which has caused the cancellation of a number of Cobar’s social and sporting events. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s directive to ban non-essential mass gatherings of 500 or more people means many events […]
The Cobar Youth & Fitness Centre’s staff members have recently swapped jobs and are now putting their skills to good use at the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV). Many “non-essential” services, including the Cobar Shire Council-owned Youthie recreation facility, were forced to close last month as part of the Federal […]
Local schools have received their alloca-tion of rapid antigen tests (RATs) in time for students and teachers to return to school next week. Around 8.2 million kits have been distributed to more than 3,000 government and non-government schools and early childhood cen-tres across the state over the past week. The […]