Tag: Orana Region
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Cobar Miners’ Heritage Park
Cobar Miners’ Heritage Park The Cobar Mining Heritage Park is just over the road from The Great Cobar Museum. The most significant feature is the Cobar Miners Memorial which was opened in 2021. The memorial commemorates those who have died in the local Cobar mines and those who have died from mining-related diseases. There are Read more
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The Great Cobar Museum
The Great Cobar Museum The Great Cobar Museum, completed in 1912, was originally the administration offices of the Great Cobar Copper Mine. The beautiful building is a fitting place for the display of Cobar’s history, having been not only part of a great mining operation but also having spent time divided into flats, as a Read more
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Nevertire Water Tower
Nevertire Water Tower Driving from Narromine to Cobar in New South Wales and came across this wonderfully painted water tower in the little town of Nevertire. If it wasn’t for the entry on Google Maps, we would never have known it existed and wouldn’t have stopped. It’s just a few minutes off the Mitchell Highway, Read more