The 2025 Cliffhanger Off Road Event, which features tough winch courses, long navigation stages and fast creek runs for 4×4 racing, was held at Mt Gap Station north of Cobar last week. The event has been running for more than 20 years and attracts competitors from around Australia to test their vehicles and their four wheel driving skills in some very unforgiving terrain. Pictured is one of the teams competing in a winch challenge up a steep, rocky hill.
See this week’s edition for a report on how the local 50seven Automotive team went this year!
Th The field for this year’s Australia Day Triathlon event on Sunday may have only been a small one however the results were on par with previous years. Michael Howell, who was coaxed out of retirement and talked into competing on Sunday, returned to the sport with a vengeance. […]
State Member for Barwon, Roy Butler and Cobar Shire Mayor, Jarrod Marsden have called for better communication, greater clarity and cost recovery (who pays) information from the NSW Government on the costing of the Nyngan to Cobar water pipeline project. Mr Butler said this follows the release and publication of […]
The Rural Fire Service (RFS) Cobar Headquarters Brigade is now equipped with the latest fire fighting equipment that will also offer increased safety for its volunteer firefighters. The brigade took delivery of a new state of the art Cat 1 heavy tanker, 4×4, crew cab fire fighting vehicle on Friday. […]