Where the blazes is??

[Wild Dingo]

Cobar New South Wales? :eek:

Seems Im likely to be flyin flyout to a new mine out there next week... but heck Ive no idea where it is!! Near Sydney or way out in the sticks? mmm maybe right on the coast man that would be a trip! do a 12 hour sint and go surfing!! Whaaaaaahoo but knowing my luck it will be in the middle of the never never... ah well! ;)

mmm maybe I should buy a map of Aussie eh? :p but then thats why yous fellas are here to answer all my stupid half brained questions right!:D

Cheers

[ozwinner]

Ya know where Broken Hill is?
Well its nowhere near it.

Al :p

[Termite]

Its east of Broken Hill, but not too far east. Forget surfing, but be prepared to be politicaly correct as there are quite a few of our Indigenous population there.

[outback]

West of Sydney, East of Perth.

Bloody hot.

Only reason it exists is the mine.

Lots and Lots and Lots of traditional owners there

[Wild Dingo]

Blackfella country? no worries be like where I presently work eh! ;)

So its east of Broken Hill but nowhere near it but not far from it? right? strewth thats a typical Aussie direction! :D

Cheers

[Ratbag Oz]

http://www.walkabout.com.au/fairfax/locations/NSWCobar.shtml#Tourist%20Information

Check this out, though it doesn't have a map, it has a run-down of everything else
If you google "Cobar" you will get links to map sites.

Ratbag

[ozwinner]

Dont help him Ratty..:D

Al :D

[Daddles]

You'll need your surfboard, your water skis, all your surf fishing gear ... oh, and your snow suit and your warm, wooly PJs and ... :p

Put it this way mate, when they position mines, they like to make sure the workers really suffer - Cobar fitted that requirement perfectly :eek:

Oh, and location? It's north of Tassie:p

Richard

[Felder]

I went to Cobar once - it's just south of North Cobar.

[Ratbag Oz]

Oh?? *huh*

Ratbag

[ozwinner]

Hes a mushroom, and needs to be kept in the dark and fed on Bull...t

Al :D

[Ratbag Oz]

Wouldn't the best way to keep him in the dark be to shove him in a cupboard an not speak to him??

Sorry, newbie :p I don't get it, but I'm gonna shutup now......

Ratbag

[DavidG]

Long way from nowhere.

[Barry_White]

Bit more detail than Davids post. If you want a night on the town you could always slip up to Bourke

[Daddles]

Right, DavidG and Bazza are no officially frowned at:mad:

Helping the man. Sheesh:rolleyes: He's not going to believe me about the snow suit now:p

Richard

[Termite]

He's not going to believe me about the snow suit now
Richard
Richard, I really hate to be the one to break this to you, but along with a few of us (me included) you do have something of a credibility gap.:D

[outback]

Wouldn't the best way to keep him in the dark be to shove him in a cupboard an not speak to him??

Sorry, newbie :p I don't get it, but I'm gonna shutup now......

Ratbag

NAh Ratty, we tried that, he just kept whinging and yelling till we let him out again.

[Daddles]

NAh Ratty, we tried that, he just kept whinging and yelling till we let him out again.

How could you tell the difference between that and his normal behaviour :confused:

Richard

[Auld Bassoon]

If you need to get there Shane, I wouldn't start out from where you are.....:confused: :eek:

(Irish version of Aussie directions:D )

Cheers!

[ian]

Where the blazes is Cobar New South Wales? :eek:well it's about

3hrs 50mins drive east of Broken Hill – assuming you don't stop for fuel at Wilcannia and can maintain an average speed of about 120 km/h
7 hours west of the middle of Sydney – assuming your stops total less than 30 minutes and you can maintain an open road speed of about 105 km/h
a tank an a half of fuel from Sydneyor it was when I was driving that route about 25 years ago. Used to leave Broken Hill at midday and get into Sydney 11 hours later having stopped for fuel at Cobar and Dubbo.
But it was critical to time the trip to miss the traffic over the Blue Mountains.

Today, I'd fly and spend the time saved doing something more productive!


ian

[graemet]

assuming you don't stop for fuel at Wilcannia



ian
Nobody in their right mind would stop in Wilcannia (or Bourke, or Cobar, or Nyngan for that matter) . Good places to fly over!
Cheers
Graeme

[Wild Dingo]

Whew!! Didnt think Cobar could cause such a ruckus! :p

So its east of Broken hill North of Tassy and west of Sydney? about 3 - 7 hours as the crow flys right?

Hot as hell but I must remember to pack my snow ski gear... ahem may have to miss that one as I dont possess any of that stuff having never seen snow never needed one ;)

Cheers all... Just waitin on the nod and its up up and away! :cool:

[ozwinner]

Whew!! Didnt think Cobar could cause such a ruckus! :p



Just wait until you go for a beer at the pub. :eek:

Al ;)

[Termite]

Just wait until you go for a beer at the pub. :eek:

Al ;)
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[ozwinner]

I spent many months on the road up around Cobar, Nyngen, Tilpa, Louth.
I didnt encounter any trouble.

Then I went to Wilcania..........:eek: , good place to stear clear of.

Al :)

[Ratbag Oz]

Ditto Oz Winner, My sister actually lives on a remote station a few hundred K's from Willcannia, but she actually fills the tank to the brim so she can go through Willcannia and shop in Broken Hill!
She won't stop in Willcannia for any reason without her husband, and he doesn't like going there either :(
I stopped in Willcannia for fuel only once, and I got hit up to do a drug run to Adelaide within 2 minutes of stopping!

I have walked the streets of Cobar at night without even noticing any trouble, though I was a teen at the time, and didn't go near the pubs ;)

[RETIRED]

Wilcannia. A place with so much history that is not dying but being murdered.:mad:

[jchappo]

Its also east of Wilcania ... west of the Great Divide :D:D

When I was there in 1974, they had a nice cinema - no roof, and canvas hammocks for seats. The proud owner gave me a guided tour.

John