Out the back of the Cobargo Co-op on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday mornings you’ll find a lively crew of volunteers running the Triangle Tool Library. If you haven’t visited yet – now is the perfect time to do it.
With gardens overflowing and benchtops stacked with zucchinis, tomatoes and stone fruit, the Tool Library and its ‘Food Tool Library’ subgroup, is a brilliant resource for turning seasonal abundance … Read more »
Departure(s)
by Julian Barnes,
Jonathan Cape 2026
Reviewed by Sandra Renew
Julian Barnes’s latest book adds to his list of more than 20 well-regarded novels and non-fiction, including The Sense of an Ending which won the 2011 Booker Prize. He was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime contribution to literature in 2011 and the Légion d’honneur in 2017.
In Departure(s) Barnes employs an interesting narrative structure. There is detail of the changing relationships … Read more »
Thursday 26 February to Friday 27 February (morning)
Following last year’s incredible success, It Takes a Village is back and is bigger and better than ever. As the start of the Cobargo Folk Festival, the Fringe Festival transforms the entire village of Cobargo with music and art.
Busking Heats
This is a first! Cobargo will host the official Cobargo Busking Championship Heats on Thursday 26 February. Founded in Cooma in … Read more »
The 80th Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race for 2025 started as usual on Boxing Day, with a spectacular run to the heads by a fleet of 128. Given the forecast of strong southerlies for at least the following two days, it was never going to be an easy voyage for sailing vessels having to tack upwind into increasingly heavy seas. Soon, winds topping forty knots sent large waves crashing into boats, causing … Read more »
Nicole Grimm-Hewitt’s December exhibition ‘Art in the dining room’ at Harbourview House in Bermagui showed her new works inspired by a recent trip to South Australia. The new watercolour series focuses on the red dirt of the Flinders Ranges, the vibrant colours of the crops and the Eyre Peninsula coastline. It was on this trip she discovered a new way of exploring these landscapes through her work. Her new medium? Watercolour. … Read more »
Phil Shorten’s journey to open the doors of the Makers Emporium is nearly at its destination. As I write, the necessary fire upgrades and security requirements are being finalised and the finishing touches are being done to the building. With the Grand Opening planned for a yet to be announced date in March, the next few weeks will see the fitout completed, stock brought in and displays prepared.
Art … Read more »