New apprentice Brennah Aumua is encouraging school leavers to “be whatever they want to be” as she bucks the trend of embarking on an apprenticeship in the male-dominated automotive industry. The TAFE NSW Cobar and former Cobar High School student has recently commenced an apprenticeship at SC Auto Electrical. Brennah […]
Local firefighters were recently invited to learn about FlyPelican’s aircraft safety procedures. Cobar Fire Station 256’s deputy captain Alex Lennon said members of the brigade underwent a familiarisation of the airline’s aircraft and the company’s safety procedures so that in the event of an emergency, they would be able to […]
There were good fields of men golfers on the local course over the long weekend, despite the warmer, windy weather. Monday’s weather was far from ideal for golf however there were still 14 players who contested a team event, a four ball aggregate, sponsored by CADJ Carwash. There was an […]
NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro flew into Cobar last week to officially open the town’s new state-of-the-art water filtration plant. The deputy premier joined Mayor Lilliane Brady and Minister for Agriculture and Western NSW Adam Marshall to cut the ribbon on the new plant last Wednesday. Mayor Brady praised the […]
The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) were in Nymagee last Thursday to give help, hope and a hand to drought-affected farmers. RRT’s Operation Drought Relief made stops at Tullamore, Nymagee and Condobolin to distribute two truck loads of 500-kilogram bulker-bags of feed supplement to 300 farmers. The team also delivered Family […]
The Ladies Golf Cobar Bowling & Golf Club sponsored Stableford event on Sunday only attracted a field of nine hardy players in the heat, dust and windy conditions that never let up all day. The bad weather however didn’t seem to faze Angela Fryer who romped home to win with […]
The water temperature at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool was a pleasant 21 degrees for the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club’s first dip of the 2019/2020 season on Tuesday night. Founding club member Bob Clark started the season off on the right foot with a first up win in […]
Cobar has been earmarked to join a Silicon Valley-style central west/Orana region mining cluster. Regional Development Australia Orana (RDA Orana) has a plan to unify the mining operations of the region and link them into their new Export Hub. The Hub aims to identify commercial opportunities, facilitate an increase in […]
After a quarter of a century and 6.6million kilometres, the local “mailman” Tom Chandler, and his wife Bev, retired last week. The pair has been responsible for delivering mail and groceries to rural properties around Tilpa, Ivanhoe and Nymagee for the past 25 years. Prior to taking on the rural […]
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