• The club was formed in March 1966 with 25 members.
• Typically, for the time, they were all male with women first joining in 2002.
• During the first 50 years of the club, there have been 150 members.
• Meetings have always been held at the Cobden Civic Hall.
• For the first 40 years, the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Cobden Bush Nursing Hospital provided a three-course dinner for every meeting.
• Overseas Youth Exchange has seen the club host 17 students from a wide range of countries, while 18 local students have been able to travel overseas through this program, staying 12 months at a time.
• The club has been very active in hosting Youth Leadership programs held at Kangaroobie (Princetown) each year.
• The club sponsored the formation of a Rotaract Club for young adults in 1975. Sadly, this did not continue for long.
• Citizenship awards, and literacy and welfare support for our three schools, have been a major part of our youth activities.
• The club, together with the South Western Model Engineers, established the award-winning Cobden Miniature Railway in 1995.
• The Cobden Connection which featured exchange visits between the five Cobdens of the world was strongly supported by the club. A commemorative rotunda was built in 1998.
• The Cobden mini golf course was established in 2000 by the club.
• An Annual Fun Run, Business Excellence Awards and New Year’s Eve Family Fireworks have all been major community projects.

MEMORABLE MOMENTS

• Don Rawlings falling overboard during a clean-up at the Dam (Lake Cobden).
• Ian Errey ‘pruning’ roses at the mini golf course using a chainsaw.
• Simon Hoess – a Swiss exchange student, over 1.8m tall – sitting in a child’s toy engine which was the prize in a club raffle.
• Alan Hart’s made-up stories about members during fines’ sessions.