Cobar Shire Council’s announcement of a ban on free camping at the Newey has prompted strong community backlash. Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko publically announced the ‘no camping until further notice’ rule last week after receiving a directive from the NSW Department of Industry—Crown Lands and Water. Local resident Jill […]
Cobar Shire Council has been forced to curtail camping at the Newey following a directive last week from the NSW Department of Industry—Crown Lands and Water. Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said he had no choice in the matter which will now see all camping banned at the Newey recreation […]
Cobar Shire Councillors last week voted unanimously to contribute $85,000 to the Cobar Miners Memorial Project. Chairman and instigator of the memorial project Barry Knight was hard pressed to wipe the smile off his face last Friday afternoon, a full day after the decision was made at last Thursday’s Ordinary […]
Cobar Shire Council has reported some very good and immediate results from work on the town water pipeline by specialist air scouring service Clearflow Australia. The contractor began work last Wednesday to systematically clear the town water pipeline of built-up sediment with the ultimate goal being to clear up Cobar’s dirty […]
Health Infrastructure is hoping the construction of Cobar’s new health facility will commence soon. In an update from Health Infrastructure released last week, it advised the detailed planning and design stages had now been completed and they were set to start on the delivery stage of the project. The Development […]
Cobar netballers can expect to be playing on brand new courts at Ward Oval next season thanks to a $175,000 State Government grant. State Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries was in Cobar on Monday to hand over the grant to the Cobar Netball Association (CNA). CNA president Haylee Prince said […]
Librarian Jane Siermans is thrilled with the two new spaces at the Cobar Shire & TAFE Library which will help to extend the services the library can offer. The two new community facilities in the library’s arcade were officially opened on Thursday. The construction was made possible with a $114,681 […]
With the current poor state of Cobar’s town water supply, Cobar Shire Council’s new water and sewerage manager Eric Poga feels he may have “jumped into the deep end” when he recently took on the role. Mr Poga told The Cobar Weekly he is however looking forward to the challenge […]
With the onset of very hot weather Cobar Shire Council received an increase in complaints earlier this month from residents with discoloured water. A number of residents also took to social media to voice their dissatisfaction with the state of the town water supply. Council’s water and sewer manager Eric […]
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