The first peloton of the Tour de OROC 2025 group of riders arrived in Cobar yesterday just before 3pm and were greeted by locals, including the COOSH (Cobar Outside of School Hours Care) kids at Drummond Park. The cyclists rode 130km from Nyngan to Cobar yesterday as part of their 800km+ charity ride throughout the west. The biennial event raises money for the Macquarie Home Stay facility, which provides accommodation for rural and remote families needing to travel to Dubbo for medical treatment. After a town tour, dinner at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club and, a well earned night’s rest, the cyclists will head off today for their longest leg, the 160km ride to Bourke.
The first peloton of the Tour de OROC 2025 group of riders arrived in Cobar yesterday just before 3pm and were greeted by locals, including the COOSH (Cobar Outside of School Hours Care) kids at Drummond Park. The cyclists rode 130km from Nyngan to Cobar yesterday as part of their 800km+ charity ride throughout the west. The biennial event raises money for the Macquarie Home Stay facility, which provides accommodation for rural and remote families needing to travel to Dubbo for medical treatment. After a town tour, dinner at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club and, a well earned night’s rest, the cyclists will head off today for their longest leg, the 160km ride to Bourke.
The Rotary Club of Cobar has been providing ongoing support for Dubbo’s Macquarie Home Stay since fundraising for the facility began back in 2013. Macquarie Home Stay provides affordable low cost accommodation for people from northern and western NSW who need to travel to Dubbo for specialist medical treatment. Macquarie […]
The longest bike ride local Claudine Griffiths has ever done was 90km and she just completed that on Sunday. Now she plans to ride 800km next week with the Tour de OROC peloton to raise money for the Macquarie Home Stay in Dubbo. “I had a goal this year. I […]
Year on year Cobar residents are the biggest users of the Macquarie Home Stay (MHS) accommodation facility in Dubbo and so the Cobar community will be pleased to know plans for Stage 3 have commenced. For the past six years, MHS has been a home away from home for thousands […]
