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Yabbies hold out hope 50th reunion will still go ahead

September 8, 2021 tcwadmin

The Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swim-ming Club is confident their 50th anniver-sary celebrations, planned for next month, will still go ahead … in some form or anoth-er. Club secretary Bob Clark said after almost 12 months of research and planning, they are hold-ing off on the State Government’s announce-ment this […]

Exercise during lockdown

September 8, 2021 tcwadmin

The Newey is a popular place with local families looking to get some exercise during lockdown. Pictured are the Hills, Andrew and Amie with their three boys, Mase, Lenny and Finn (in the pram) enjoying a walk and a bike ride yesterday morning at the Newey.

Locals man pop-up clinic

September 8, 2021 tcwadmin

Local Cobar Health Service staff joined Australian Defence Force personnel to conduct pop-up COVID vaccination clinics this week at the Cobar Youth & Fitness Centre. Pictured are local nurses Ellen Eade, Kristen Williams, Tarra Burke and Karen Manns. The team vaccinated 315 residents on Monday and had a goal of […]

Some helpful advice for home schooling parents and carers

September 8, 2021 tcwadmin

their fourth week of educating their children at home due to the COVID lockdown, some families are developing routines while others are ready to pull their hair out. In an effort to help, The Cobar Weekly has reached out to some “home school experts” for advice that might help to […]

CHS students and staff are now singing with the choir

September 8, 2021 tcwadmin

Cobar High School has jumped on the virtual choir bandwagon which offers stu-dents the opportunity to continue to engage in their music studies in a fun and creative way. Music teacher Laura Andrew said virtual choirs and ensembles have become very pop-ular during COVID lockdown. “The virtual choir gives students […]

Drivers reminded to slow down in our school zones

September 8, 2021 tcwadmin

Cobar drivers are reminded to slow down and take extra care in school zones, as local schools are still open for families who need it. Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole said while regional NSW is still in lockdown, drivers are reminded to slow down and take extra […]

More shade for season ahead

September 8, 2021 tcwadmin

A new $60,000 shade sail was installed last week at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. Council’s director of finance and community services, Kym Miller said the shade is a bit larger than they originally planned (each of the four poles on the shade weigh over one tonne each) however with […]

Clinics run with military precision

September 8, 2021 tcwadmin

There’s been an excellent response from Cobar residents coming forward to be vac-cinated against COVID-19 at this week’s pop-up clinic. Run by the Western NSW Local Health District in partnership with the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Cobar’s Pop-Up COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic gave out 315 shots of Pfizer and AstraZeneca to […]