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A very well dressed VIEW guest
Cobar VIEW Club member Val O’Brien welcomed local resident Simonne Mackay (pictured with her daughter Grace) as the club’s guest speaker for their monthly meeting yesterday. Simonne dressed in traditional Indian clothing and jewellery to talk to members about her family’s recent visit to India.
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Council closes its carpark
Continued from Page 1. Mr Vlatko said council would also be revisiting free camping options at the Newey. “It’s still on the agenda. “The matter has taken too long to be decided, but that’s because it’s been due to a lack of council resources.” Mr Vlatko expects the matter will again go out for community consultation and feedback. The Services Club (right next door to council’s carpark) which has been hosting free campers on their abandoned bowling greens for a few years, is happy to accommodate the increasing number of free campers passing through town. The club’s secretary/manager Linda Carter said after the council carpark closed last week, the club made more space available to campers. “They’ve been using the second green which is not all weather (it has clay soil and it can’t be used if it’s wet), but it’s been fine this week” Linda said. “We’re in the process of getting a quote to make it more user friendly for campers, to level it out and widen the gate. “That’s going to be a cost to the club but at the moment, our main customers coming into the club are our campers and travellers. “We don’t want to see them just pass through town because they do support the town and the club,” she said. “It’s a needed service. “We have toilets but we don’t have power or showers. “Most of them are self-contained anyway. “We don’t charge, but many do make a donation and they support the club and also support the town. “We’ve got some tourist information here from the museum, we can tell them where to go and have a look at things, where they can dump their grey water and where they can shop. “If anyone says they don’t spend money in town, I beg to differ. They support the club through the bar and restaurant and I’ve seen them coming back with shopping bags from the supermarket and the local shops. “They like the location, they can walk to shops, come in for a punt, a meal and have a drink as they don’t have to drive home. “I’d estimate that 99.9 per cent of the visitors are appreciative of having a central place to stay.”
