The Return and Earn can and bottle recycling service, operated locally by Cobar Camels Rugby Club members, re-opened last Thursday after being closed for a month due to the COVID lockdown. Volunteer collector, Cairo Haronga (pictured above at left with customer Michael ‘Dog’ Lawrence), reports they have been kept busy since they reopened. On just their first day they filled half a container of bottles and cans. When this photo was taken on Friday afternoon, the service was just as popular with a number of cars lined up with locals keen to drop off their hoard from the past month. The club uses the proceeds from the service to help with their running costs.
The Return and Earn can and bottle recycling service, operated locally by Cobar Camels Rugby Club members, re-opened last Thursday after being closed for a month due to the COVID lockdown. Volunteer collector, Cairo Haronga (pictured above at left with customer Michael ‘Dog’ Lawrence), reports they have been kept busy since they reopened. On just their first day they filled half a container of bottles and cans. When this photo was taken on Friday afternoon, the service was just as popular with a number of cars lined up with locals keen to drop off their hoard from the past month. The club uses the proceeds from the service to help with their running costs.
Cobar residents were sickened last week to hear of a senseless act of vandalism at the Cobar Cemetery. Local resident Rebecca Dowling alerted the community via social media last week of the incident after she and her son Darcy had visit-ed the cemetery on Thursday morning and found graffiti on […]
While all other sporting competitions and events have either been suspended or can-celled due to COVID-19 restrictions, golf is still permitted to be played under modified rules. Cobar Men’s Golf president Peter ‘China’ Brien reports organised golf events were able to be played in Cobar last weekend by adher-ing to […]
After a break of more than 13 years, a former Cobar Shire Councillor, Tony Chap-lain, is set to return to Council. Tony was one of 11 candidates who nominat-ed to run for Council at the upcoming Local Government elections. With 12 positions vacant and only 11 candi-dates, the election is […]
