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Mill Rats win action-packed, 15-goal thriller

The Mill Rats and Rock Apes served up an action-packed, 15-goal thriller in the Opens soccer competition at Ward Oval on Saturday morning, with the Mill Rats eventually running out 9-6 winners after a see-sawing contest. After being side-lined for a few weeks, the players were thrilled to be back […]

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Fergies raise $16,000 and still counting

The Cobar Fergies hit the road on Friday for their biennial run to Louth with this year’s event having a focus on raising funds for former local, Glenn Spinks, to help with his ongoing medical expenses. Cobar Fergies Club secretary Melissa Lawrence reports the Cobar and Louth communities and businesses […]

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Cobar High wins science challenge

Cobar High School took out first place in this year’s Outback Science and Engineering Challenge held at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Thursday. The Science and Engineering Challenge is an annual nationwide STEM outreach program presented by the University of Newcastle in partnership with communities, Rotary clubs, universities […]

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Quick wrap-up at Council meeting

Cobar Shire councillors wrapped up the public business of last Thursday’s Ordinary Council Meeting in less than half an hour before moving into a closed session. Among the key decisions made during the meeting was the determination of fees to be paid to councillors ($14,450) and the mayor ($31,510). Councillors […]

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Schools tune in for story time

St John’s School joined thousands of children across Australia last Wednesday  for National Simultaneous Storytime, a celebration of reading, imagination and shared learning. St John’s enjoyed this year’s featured picture book, Luna Roo the Kangaroo Baller, written by Adam Jackson and Adrian Lloyd and illustrated by Jake A Minton, and listened […]

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End-to-end action on the Golfie greens

It was a big weekend of bowls action at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club with a good roll up of players coming from Newcastle, Brighton (SA), Noosa, Blacktown, Hillston and Bourke for Saturday’s Triples Tournament and Sunday’s President’s Day. There were 18 teams for the triples competition on Saturday […]

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‘Cooked’ comedian coming to Cobar

Comedian Dave Hughes has never been afraid to put himself on the line for a laugh, and after a year filled with mishaps, misadventures and near-disasters, he has no shortage of material for his latest comedy show, Cooked. Hughsey is heading to Cobar next month as part of his 2026 […]