Five Duke of Edinburgh participants from Cobar (Caleb Theakston, Parker Cryer, Charlotte Tonissen, Jasmine Livingston and Malcolm Gillette) recently completed the Adventurous Journey component of their award. The group attended a three day kayaking trip north of Newcastle at Myall Lake. The first day was the Practice Journey. This involved […]
Country Press NSW, the peak body representing independent regional newspapers, is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year with a special writing competition. The competition is open to primary and secondary school students, and adults, living in readership areas of the Country Press NSW newspaper network. Country Press NSW president Lucie […]
Cobar residents were treated to a fantastic performance of Flamenco music, dancing, percussion, poetry and storytelling when the Flamenco for Everybody ensemble visited last week. Created by the Annalouise Paul Dance Theatre, the Flamenco for Everybody show has been touring Riverina and Outback NSW regional towns during March and April. […]
The Cobar Bowling & Golf Club’s greens were packed on the weekend with a fun Triples Tournament played on Saturday followed by a President’s Day carnival on Sunday. Saturday’s Triples Tournament had a good field of 42 bowlers with the team of Greg Reko (Hillston) and locals Allan Gardoll and […]
Cobar Shire Council will sell a block of land in the CBD to the Cobar Senior Citizens Amenities Organisation Inc for $1 to build more units for the Brennan Centre. Councillors discussed the motion to sell the block of land, owned by Council, at 1 Broomfield Street at Thursday’s Ordinary […]
Cobar Roosters male and female players travelled to Yanco to compete as the Cobar Cohoe Roosters in the Yanco 9’s Rugby League tournament on Saturday with the Cobar girls team winning the women’s division. Despite challenging weather conditions, both teams demonstrated outstanding teamwork and resilience, pushing through the slippery conditions […]
Triples and Singles Club Championship bowls games were played on Sunday at the Golfie. In the Triples competition the Young Guns team of Alec Fraser, Mark Fraser and Jay Egan scored a +15 win which moves them through to the semi finals. (The three, along with team mate Paul Kershaw, […]
Local resident, Genie McMullen, has been appointed as the new Facility Manager of the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) retirement home. Genie began nursing more than 30 years ago and for the past 18 years has lived and worked in Cobar. She began working at the LBV as a consultant in […]
Autobots returned to the Fast5 netball winners’ circle last week when they finished in front, 34-25, in their yoyo Round 5 game with Peak Golden Nuggets. Autobots won the first quarter and Peak Golden Nuggets out-shot Autobots in the second. Autobots used their Power Play option in the third quarter […]
Terry Leonard, or ‘Mr Personality’ as he’s known around the traps, is part of the entertainment line up for next week’s Gig on the Grass concert. The concert is part of this year’s Grey Mardi Gras festival and features four headline acts playing music from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and […]
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