Before WesTrac handed over two new Caterpillar R2900G Underground Loaders to Aurelia Metals at Peak Gold Mines (PGM) on Friday, they took the opportunity for a photo shoot at the COBAR sign. (Pictured are WesTrac’s Mining Business Manager, Western Region NSW, Neil Roberts, Mayor Peter Abbott, PGM GM Craig Thomas, WesTrac’s Mining Sales Manager, Western Region Mining, Richard Peck and Cobar Shire GM Peter Vlatko.) The vehicles, which have been a stalwart in the underground mining industry since the late 1990s, will join Peak’s mining fleet. The vehicles will be supported by staff at the local WesTrac branch. As the major sponsor of the Cobar Miners Race Club Autumn Meeting, WesTrac also had the vehicles on display at the races on Saturday. ▪ Photo courtesy of Samantha Smith, Oh Shoot Photography
Before WesTrac handed over two new Caterpillar R2900G Underground Loaders to Aurelia Metals at Peak Gold Mines (PGM) on Friday, they took the opportunity for a photo shoot at the COBAR sign. (Pictured are WesTrac’s Mining Business Manager, Western Region NSW, Neil Roberts, Mayor Peter Abbott, PGM GM Craig Thomas, WesTrac’s Mining Sales Manager, Western Region Mining, Richard Peck and Cobar Shire GM Peter Vlatko.) The vehicles, which have been a stalwart in the underground mining industry since the late 1990s, will join Peak’s mining fleet. The vehicles will be supported by staff at the local WesTrac branch. As the major sponsor of the Cobar Miners Race Club Autumn Meeting, WesTrac also had the vehicles on display at the races on Saturday. ▪ Photo courtesy of Samantha Smith, Oh Shoot Photography
Guest speakers at this year’s ‘Night to Remember Our Lost Miners’ event include the first woman to work underground at CSA Mine and descendants of the Great Cobar Copper Mine manager, Thomas Longworth. A Night to Remember Our Lost Miners was first introduced to Cobar’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost […]
A local commemorative service for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was held at Drummond Park on Monday afternoon led by local Greg Martin. Mr Martin said he thought it only fitting that the Cobar community have the opportunity to be able to pay their respects to the Queen. Addressing the […]
The Bactrians ladies rugby team put on a great display at the Camels Gala Day on Saturday at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval recording a confident 7-3 win over the visiting Bourke/Brewarrina team. Saturday’s side was bolstered by some Bactrian veterans who, apart from one injury, pulled up pretty well.
