The crowd at Friday night’s ‘A Night to Dismember’ fundraiser, put on by The John Mitchell Pharmacy to raise funds for the Cobar Miner’s Memorial, may have only been a small one but all were however keen to get into the spirit of Halloween and the Festival of the Miner’s Ghost. The undead mixed with vampires, witches, devils and characters from various horror movies to dine on delicacies served up by Earth Candy Co and they then danced the night away to the music of DJ Fiddy. Best Dressed was Michelle Green (pictured above at centre), a runner-up in a beauty pageant who severed the head of the winner, Felecia. The event raised $600 for the Miners’ Memorial.
A miners memorial service, held on Friday night as part of this year’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost program, has been hailed as a great success and there are calls for it now to be an annual event. The service was held at the Miners Memorial Park opposite the Great […]
The Rural Fire Service (RFS) Far West Team have bid farewell to another long serving member, with Inspector Ian ‘Mudgee’ Maidens spending his final day on the job last Friday. ‘Mudgee’ has been a volunteer member of Sandy Creek and Nymagee Brigades for over 40 years and was an RFS […]
The Festival of the Miner’s Ghost Arts Exhibition held its official opening night last Tuesday with 2016 Miss Teen Showgirl runner-up Summer-Rose Stingemore having the honour of opening the event. Summer-Rose graciously stepped in to carry out the opening duties role at short notice and did so with confidence and […]