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Anyone been to Cobar?
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Mon, 17 October 2005 04:37
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Ok, lets start again.
In a few weeks Im going to Cobar for 3 months for work experience. Im just wondering if there is anything to do around there, sights to see etc.
Thanks, E.
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Location:
sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Mon, 17 October 2005 10:30
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I went there twice about 20 years ago
The fist and last time 
There was jack shit then but maybe now it might have a maccas if you are lucky
Maybe you can lap the main to kill some time 
This could well be the longest 3 months of your life, sorry to here hope you come through it OK
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Location:
Sydney
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April 2003
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Mon, 17 October 2005 12:20
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It's like any country town. Dry, dusty, and there's jack shit to do. Have fun.
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Location:
Newcastle
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April 2004
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Mon, 17 October 2005 12:42
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Well, I will be working 7am-5pm Monday to friday or 4 days on, 4 days off 12 hour shifts so I wont have much spare time.
I was mainly wondering if there was many places of interest aroung Cobar, like national parks etc.
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Location:
Newcastle
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July 2003
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Mon, 17 October 2005 13:05
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there is the slag dump 
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Mon, 17 October 2005 13:13
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like most towns of that size, best thing it has to offer is a bar to forget where you are 
there's probably roo shooting, barn dances, and pig rooting
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Location:
1st street on the right
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November 2002
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Mon, 17 October 2005 13:38
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If you don't drink now you will when you get back. You'll also be able to shoot, own a ute and know everyone in town.
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Mon, 17 October 2005 14:11
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| clubagreenie wrote on Mon, 17 October 2005 23:38 |
and know everyone in town.
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hopefully not _too_ well.. them city folk are considered exotic
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I supported Toymods
Location:
sydney.au
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August 2002
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Mon, 17 October 2005 14:46
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get ready to step into 1975
racismm, womanising and blatant chauvanism
alllright! 
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Banned by his request
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moved to tamworth
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July 2002
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Mon, 17 October 2005 22:18
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things to do in cobar!
drink
go shooting
drink
go motocross riding
drink
practice rally skills in the dirt
drink
pick up ugly females
drink
pass out
wake up and drink
hahahahahaha
mick
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Location:
Liverpool
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February 2005
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Tue, 18 October 2005 00:31
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I spent a week in Cobar one Sunday.
Cheers, Greg.
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Location:
Brisbane
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October 2004
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Tue, 18 October 2005 06:11
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| Farkurnell wrote on Tue, 18 October 2005 10:31 |
I spent a week in Cobar one Sunday.
Cheers, Greg.
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There is a place in QLD that sounds similar that has an autofest .. with racing and similar activities. Oh wait, that is Kalbar.
Bummer.
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Location:
Brisbane
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October 2002
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Tue, 18 October 2005 13:30
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| draven wrote on Mon, 17 October 2005 23:13 |
there's probably roo shooting, barn dances, and pig rooting
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or maybe poo rooting, pig dances and barn shooting
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Location:
Perth
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October 2003
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Wed, 19 October 2005 02:39
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Passed through on the way from Port Augusta to Noosa.
I remember it having a service station with a funny name "Bogas". Probably not funny now but it was after a couple of days driving straight from Esperance in a Hiace which could only do 80km/h on the flat.
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Castle Hill
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August 2003
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Wed, 19 October 2005 02:41
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My cousins live in cobar!
one of them teaches at the school and the others work/worked in the mine,and one of them used to own the milk bar.
I went there for christmas one year, just sat around drinking, talking and then went shooting.
Don't know if there was much else to do!
There was a river somewhere around there were we went skiing, so I spose you could go fishing?
Just ask around for the Ellisons and go and get drunk with my cousin Tony, hes a big bloke and dam he has some shit funny stories!
Keep us updated on how it goes down there, cause I was planning to go down there in the not too distant future and work in the mines too.
What is they pay like there these days?
Have fun!Just buy a cheap 4x4 or a moto and that should take car of a bit of spare time!
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Location:
Newcastle
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April 2004
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Re: Anyone been to Cobar?
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Wed, 19 October 2005 05:12
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I'm only there as an engineering student on work experience, but im getting $25 per hour on a casual basis, so its not too bad, however the normal working hours add up to a 45 hour week. I'd expect you would get more though.
Thanks for the info, I'll probably meet most of the people in the town during my stay.
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