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2026
Good roll up of golfers for 68th annual Bannister Day
Bannister Day on Saturday attracted a field of 22 men golfers and 17 ladies for this much sort after Stableford event. Scott Mayne did enough to take out first place in the men’s competition with a score of 39 stableford points. Paul Kershaw finished second on 38 points. Cohan Nicholson, […]
2026
Air services subsidy to continue
Cobar’s air services have been secured for another year after the Minns Labor Government announced last week it would extend the Western Air Services Subsidy for another year to keep affordable, reliable air services flying to Cobar, Bourke, Walgett and Lightning Ridge. The subsidy, which was due to expire in […]
2026
News Council GM calls time on his Local Government career
After 10½ years helping to shape Cobar’s future, Cobar Shire Council general manager Peter Vlatko has made the difficult decision to retire, with family ultimately winning out over a job and community he says he will greatly miss. Peter and his wife Anna plan to relocate to Adelaide at the […]
2026
Investor interest in Grand Hotel
in Grand Hotel Three outside investors have shown an interest in purchasing and developing Cobar’s former Grand Hotel site, with Cobar Shire Council now evaluating the proposals. Council received two submissions in response to its call for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) before the August 24 closing date, along with a […]
2026
A dozen hurdles records set at Little Athletics
Cobar Little Athletics Club’s record keepers have been kept busy documenting the 12 new centre records set at last Monday night’s competition. With no previous centre records for these hurdles events, the following athletes have set the benchmarks on the board! In the 90m Hurdles Under 14 Girls race, Kasalia […]
2026
Motion defeated to reduce councillor numbers to nine
Cobar residents will not get the opportunity to decide whether they want fewer councillors after a move to reduce the number of elected representatives from 12 to nine failed to gain enough support at last week’s Council meeting. Councillors considered the proposal at their September Ordinary Meeting following a Notice […]
2026
A warm welcome
Dear editor, A few days ago a convoy of three vans from South Gippsland, Victoria came through Cobar. Some of us have travelled to many places in and out of Australia and, although we have met many wonderful locals who couldn’t do enough for tourists on our travels, we must […]
2026
Golfie Fours bowls champions decided
The 2026 Golfie Bowls Fours Champions were decided on the greens on Saturday morning with Craig ‘Duck’ Grimmond expertly skippering his team of Bian Smith, Tony Polack and Gerard Livingston to a 10 point victory. Their opposition of Geoff Smith, Darryl ‘Dasha’ Jermyn, Tony Brown and Peter ‘Skeet’ Goonrey made […]