Our first Thursday fringe event will be a guided bus tour around the main attractions of Cobar, concluding with a longer visit to the Sound Chapel.

The tour will offer an introduction to Cobar’s mining landscape, industrial heritage and civic identity, taking in Fort Bourke Hill Lookout, the Cobar Miners Memorial, Cobar Mining Heritage Park, the Cobar Sign and views to the Great Cobar Open Cut.

We will then spend some time exploring and experiencing the Cobar Sound Chapel, a permanent sound installation artwork by composer / sound artist George Lentz in collaboration with architect Glenn Murcutt.

One of the Thursday afternoon fringe events will be the creation of a communal wall mural displaying the experiences of our collective journeys to Cobar.

As you travel to Cobar we invite you to document your journey through sketches, collage or other creative forms. Your work may capture the physical experience of travel- the landscapes, towns, roads, encounters and discoveries along the way, or it may explore a deeper, less tangible journey.