A lick of paint sure has made a big difference to the façade of the Grand Hotel building in the main street. Cobar Shire Council has purchased the building and painting the exterior is the first step in restoring the 1898 building to some of its former glory. The newly painted exterior will also provide a fresh backdrop for the world’s biggest beer can, which is soon to receive a new Tooheys wrap.
What do the Notre Dame in Paris, the National Gallery in Berlin, the Dawn Fraser Baths in Balmain and our Great Cobar Museum all have in common? They’re all grand old buildings and all make the list of top four favourite renovation projects admired by professor of architecture and ABC […]
Local Colleen Boucher, Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath, AFL player Bachar Houli, comedians Hamish Blake and Jimmy Rees and former politicians Daniel Andrews, Mark McGowan and Shelley Hancock, along with 728 other Australians, were recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday 2024 Honours List. The list of recipients was announced on Monday […]
The Cobar Bowling & Golf Club carpark was filled with weird and whacky cars (and crazily costumed people) on Monday morning as the South Australia Variety Bash passed through town. The 36th annual SA Variety Bash hit the road on Saturday from Renmark in SA and overnighted in Cobar on […]
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