As part of this year’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost activities the Cobar Dust Bowl Fuel Burners club held a Show n Shine and Cacklefest display. This year’s event had 41 registered entrants and included a wide range of makes of cars and motorbikes. The winners, receiving special trophies created […]
Three mine geologists recount their time in Cobar Cobar welcomed three geologists, former residents, Therese and Craig Stegman and Roger Jackson, as guest speakers at ‘A Night to Remember Our Lost Miners’ event on Friday. Therese and Craig first came to Cobar in 1988 to work […]
Former Cobar resident Roger Jackson has been invited as a guest speaker for the Night for Our Lost Miners event. The event recognises Cobar’s lost miners and is a part of the town’s annual Festival of the Miner’s Ghost festivities. Mr Jackson first came to town as a teacher at […]
Cobar’s annual Festival of the Miners Ghost (FOMG) is still more than two months away, however organisers have already made the decision to cancel this year’s event. Council’s tourism manager Demi Smith said the decision was made last week as the future looks uncertain due to COVID-19 restrictions. “It was […]
Staff members at the Great Cobar Heritage Centre, Sam Smith and Demi Smith, were both surprised and pleased when they received a visit from the Miner’s Ghost on Monday. It seems the ghost made an early appearance as it wanted to know what was on the program of events for […]
Cobar Arts Council members have had the very arduous task of choosing the best creations in the 2019 Miner’s Ghost Outback Festival Art and Photography competition. Indi Pagett won first prize in the Pre-school to Kindergarten section (which required students to draw, paint, collage or sculpt an Australian native plant […]
Zac Broughton was the fastest finisher of the 2018 Colour Run, an event organised by the Cobar Youth Council as part of the Festival of the Miner’s Ghost program. Broughton completed the 5km circuit on Saturday morning in a quick time of 23 minutes to beat the rest of the […]
The golf Charity Day Ambrose on Sunday (formerly the Police Charity Day) was a huge success with 103 players (26 teams) taking part. Run together by the local men and women golfers, the proceeds of the day including the nominations, raffle and auction, will be divided between the Cobar Public […]
It’s hard to judge, but it’s estimated there were about 1,000 visitors here for the Festivals weekend, however it’s not hard to work out that everyone had a great time. Running On Empty Festival organisers John de Bruin and Ben Hewlett, together with their small committee, have received heaps of […]
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