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.
The introduction of new aged care regulations and cost escalations may see the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) aged care facility closed. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton met with Cobar Shire Council mayor Jarrod Marsden and general manager Peter Vlatko while he was in Cobar last week to discuss the […]
It’s been talked about for some time—a Biohub that would make good use of Invasive Native Scrub (INS) in the Cobar district—and now it’s in the final planning stages. An Orana Biohub processing facility was first mooted back in 2014 and gained the support of Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana, […]
The big golf news of the week was Peter ‘China’ Brien and Johnny Potter winning the Net division of the NSW Four-Ball-Best-Ball Championships in Trundle over the weekend. There was a huge field of 200 golfers and Cobar had 16 players and former Cobar players in contention this year. The […]
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