Wednesday October 15, 2025
Volume 40 No. 38
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The Cobar Weekly Cobar donates generously to Tour de OROC Pg 3
Motor vehicles, tools and equipment stolen Pg 3
Nymagee community puts on a spectacular show Pg 7
LBV residents ready to hit the road The Lilliane Brady Village retirement ered on Thursday afternoon and they were “Council will not forget the efforts or fundhome residents and staff are ready to hit the keen to have a look through. raising provided by the community for the road following the delivery of their new bus Residents and staff will now be invited to put original bus service to be available at the villast week. forward their ideas to create a design to wrap lage and the support of our bus driving team. The new Toyota Hiace 10 seater bus, which the vehicle and make it distinctive. “We really hope it will be regularly used to is part of Cobar Shire Council’s fleet of vehi- “While the old bus was most appreciated and support all Village operations, providing imcles, was personally delivered to the Village has served us well, it was time to refresh,” Ms proved experiences for residents and their famlast Thursday with Mayor Jarrod Marsden at Smith said. ilies,” Ms Smith said. the wheel, Cr Lillian Simpson in the passenger seat and general manager Peter Vlatko riding in the back. Council’s Director of Corporate and Community Services Kylie Smith was also present for the handover and said it had been a very long process from the time they ordered the bus until it arrived last week. She said it had taken months for the bus to arrive in Australia and for the modifications to be carried out but is confident it will meet the current needs of the Village’s residents. The new bus has a side ramp, a rear ramp and wheelchair anchor points, which can support all types of wheelchairs. All will make for easier access for residents. The bus can accommodate two wheelchairs at one time along with two passengers and two more sitting up front, or eight passengers with all the seats down and two more sitting up front. “It is a more flexible design to enable more frequent use meeting the needs of individual residents,” Ms Smith said. She said the driver only needs to have a Class C driver’s licence meaning that staff will be able to drive the bus. This will enable the new bus to be used more frequently, including spontaneous trips and Cobar Shire’s mayor, general manager, director of corporate and community services outings. The new bus was a welcome surprise for the and a councillor personally delivered the Lilliane Brady Village’s new bus to residents residents and most of staff when it got deliv- and staff last Thursday.