Cobar travel guide

Cobar is a town in northwestern New South Wales, Australia. It is located 711 km (442 miles) northwest of Sydney. It is at the crossroads of the Kidman Way (to Queensland) and Barrier Highway (to South Australia). The town and the Local Government Area, the Cobar Shire Council, are on the eastern edge of the outback. At the 2006 census, Cobar had a population of 4,918.
The name Cobar is derived from Ngiyampaa Kuparr.
Some of the most significant Aboriginal rock art in NSW is within the shire. The indigenous Ngiyampaa Wangaapuwan traditions of this diverse bio-region are best represented in the Aboriginal rock art of Mount Grenfell, 40 km west of Cobar. Over 1,300 depictions of humans, hand stencils and animals are at this site.
Several heritage buildings from the late-1880s settlement are open to visitors, including the Great Western Hotel (1898), reputed to have the longest iron lace verandah in the Southern Hemisphere. The Festival of the Miners Ghost, held during the last weekend in October, is a festival celebrating the spirits of the old miners. (...) more....