Cobar is an attractive and interesting town located 711 km northwest of Sydney on the main highway to Broken Hill. This famous mining town – copper was found in the district in 1870 and the town has an Aboriginal name which means the colour of copper – is distinguished by having a pub (the Great Western Hotel is famous for having the longest iron lacework verandah of any pub in Australia) and a museum which are both interesting and unique.
Many people argue that the Cobar Regional Museum is the finest rural museum in Australia mixing interesting local memorabilia with an excellent display covering the region's entire mining history. In addition to this, the Cobar Heritage Centre was visited by the ghost of a Cobar Miner over a decade ago, and now hosts the very entertaining and annual Festival of the Miner’s Ghost each October.
The Heritage Museum also has an outside exhibition of mining steam engines and an area of the Great Cobar Open Cut mine.
It is a town steeped in interesting history. Outside the town the rock art at Mount Grenfell boasts over 1300 separate images. It is regarded as one of the finest displays of rock art in the world.
