2023

Old rugby league players to reunite

The Cobar Roosters Rugby League Club is organising a club reunion on May 20 to celebrate a number of important milestones for the club. Former player and reunion organizer, Barry Knight, said the club missed out on being able to celebrate their 100 years of rugby league anniversary in 2021 […]

2023

Sound Chapel short-listed for a heritage award

Cobar’s Sound Chapel has been shortlisted among 40 rich and diverse heritage projects across NSW for the 29th annual National Trust Awards. The National Trust Heritage Awards is an annual celebration of outstanding practice, awarding excellence in conservation of Aboriginal, built, natural or cultural heritage. Cobar’s Sound Chapel, by Glenn Murcutt in […]

2023

Exciting and fun craft workshops are now on offer

Cobar Shire Council has received a Country Arts Support Program (CASP) small grant to hold some exciting and fun craft workshops. The CASP program, administered by the Regional Arts Development Organisations,  works in partnership with Outback Arts and Create NSW to provide grants to support a creative and vibrant regional […]

2023

New-look Roosterettes have their first hit-out

The Cobar Roosterettes and Roosters Youth League teams competed at the Castlereagh League knockout competition on Saturday in Coonamble. It was the first test for the Roosterettes and the Bantam Roosters under the guidance of their new coaches, Kayla Hasson (League Tag) and Paul Sullivan (Youth League). The 2023 Roosterettes […]

190423

Cool CATS decide to drop one leg

With a cool change in the weather (and the recent closure of the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool) the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) have turned their attention from Triathlons to Duathlons. The club held their first Duathlon event of the year on Sunday morning with 11 competitors taking part. […]

190423

A feast of golf over the Easter weekend

Men golfers played competition golf on all four days over the Easter weekend. Peter ‘Ding’ Lawrence was in fine form winning the Par event on Good Friday after coming in with a score of +3. On Easter Saturday Garry Wilkin was a little too good for the rest of the […]

190423

Visitor numbers are climbing again

Cobar’s tourism industry is looking very buoyant again with visitor numbers for the first three months of 2023 outperforming the statistics for the same period last year. Cobar Shire Council’s Tourism Manager Demi Smith reported the latest visitor statistics to a recent Tourism & Advisory Committee meeting. “From January to […]