2024

Warm Cobar welcome for Tour de OROC

Our own Trudy Griffiths is on track to be the rider raising the most money in this year’s Tour de OROC, with an amount in the vicinity of $20,000 being donated through her efforts. “We haven’t finished the count yet, but we are pretty sure we’ve topped our total from […]

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On ya bike Trudy!

Local businesswoman Trudy Griffths will head off for a 463km ride when she joins the 2024 Tour de OROC charity ride in Walgett today. This year’s Tour de OROC charity ride, which raises funds for the Macquarie Home Stay accommodation facility, kicked off on Monday in Dubbo. Trudy made the […]

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Database makes it easy for tourists and operators

Cobar Shire Council’s Business Support Officer Kate Joss has been speaking with local businesses about the benefits of being listed on the ATDW website. ATDW, the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse, is the national database for tourism business listings. “Tourism distributors (like Destination NSW) have licences to use this ATDW database […]

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Rugby Club loses out on Return and Earn rubbish

Our ‘Return and Earn’ is a service provided by the Cobar Rugby Union Club to the community of Cobar. Club members collect bags and dispatch Cobar’s cans, plastic and glass bottles to Cleanaway for recycling. The club pays 10 cents for each unit presented by customers in acceptable condition while […]

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Che Dionysius appointed as new Lands Council CEO  

Ngiyampaa woman, Che Dionysius (or Che Griffiths as she is locally known), has been appointed as the Cobar Local Aboriginal Land Council’s (Cobar LALC) new Chief Executive Officer. A proud traditional owner with a diverse skill set, Che has extensive experience working within the community. “I hope to bring the […]