181023
Success at Horse Extravaganza
Lila Armstrong represented Cobar High School over five days at the Australia Equine and Livestock Events Centre in Tamworth for the Inter Schools Horse Extravaganza last week. […]
2023
181023
Susie’s back doing what she loves, helping local people
The number one thing that Susie Loughran likes doing is helping people and she’s now back in the right place where she’ll be able to do that six […]
181023
Roosters celebrate a very successful season
The Cobar Roosters Rugby League Club celebrated one of their most successful seasons to date at their annual presentation night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Friday. The club fielded four sides in the Castlereagh competition this season with a new Reserve Grade team joining […]
181023
Cobar welcomes Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Local historian Kay Stingemore (at far right) joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) Fellows for a special storytellingperformance about our lost miners at the Cobar Miners Memorial on Friday afternoon. The Fellows worked with Cobar High School students and music teacher Laura Andrew earlier that day to create the music […]
111023
Cliffhanger gets underway for 2023
The 2023 Cliffhanger biennial off road racing event got underway on Sunday at Mt Gap station north west of Cobar. Described as “the big daddy of Australian 4×4 racing” the event has been held in the Cobar area since 2010 and features tough winch courses, long navigation stages and fast […]
111023
State shooters continue good form at club event
There were a dozen shooters for the Cobar Clay Target Club’s monthly event on Sunday. The weather was fantastic for the four event program with a number of club members who recently competed at the Wagga Wagga State Titles over the long weekend among Sunday’s club competitors. Many continued their […]
111023
Peak donates to 29 local groups
Aurelia Metals’ Peak Gold Mines has donated an impressive $124,020 to 29 local community groups this past year and they aren’t done yet. Peak’s Environment & Community Advisor Laura Newton said the company has another round of community donations funding coming up next month. Twelve local groups were among the […]
111023
Past and present pubs to be part of west’s tourist attraction
Cobar’s past and present pubs are set to become tourist attractions as part of a project currently underway by the Far North West Joint Organisation (FNWJO). A travelling team will visit Cobar next Wednesday to undertake a stakeholder workshop for the Far West Historic Hotels Touring Route which is being […]
111023
Polack beat Prendergast in a cracker of a game at Golfie
A thrilling game took place in the Golfie’s bowls Singles Championships competition on Friday afternoon. The match between Tony Polack and Ian Prendergast was a cracker of a game with Polack finishing as the eventual winner. Prendergast started out strong and was leading by four shots for some time until […]
111023
Retiring teacher will only be taking fond memories with her
In 40 plus years of teaching, recently retired Daphne Jermyn has lots of fond memories of her time at Cobar Public School (CPS). After leaving teacher’s college 43 years ago, Mrs Jermyn spent 41 of those here in Cobar. “I first came to Cobar in March 1982 in the middle […]