Little did Karyn and I (pictured here with one of the many cut-outs from group Arts for All Inc) know at the time that this was to be the last Easter had by us at the Cobram office.
As many will by now be aware, the Cobram Courier office on Station St will close this month.
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It’s true that a lot will change when the office closes. But it’s just as true that many things will remain as they are.
For one, I’m not going anywhere.
Like it or not, I’ll remain in town, reporting on the issues that matter and sharing the stories that celebrate our community’s achievements.
The folks at Moggs Accounting and Advisory have been kind enough to put me up in one of their spare offices.
I’ll be there every day during the week other than Wednesday. Don’t hesitate to call in and say hello.
There’s a whole mix of things that have gone towards the company’s decision to close the office: from a rise in rents to a decline in print sales and the associated decline in advertising revenue, once the lifeblood of newspapers.
Station St has been the paper’s home since at least the 1950s. Clippings from articles printed in The Courier at the time show plans for a new office at its existing site on Station St.
‘The new building will be erected on the present “Courier” office site in Station Street, and when completed will probably provide accommodation for other businesses, such as offices, etc.,’ the article reads.
An article in The Courier from 1950 highlighting plans for a new office. Source: Trove.
The next closest reference to the Station St office came in a July 1953 edition of The Courier. By then, a Mr L. Smith owned the newspaper.
Skip ahead seventy-odd years, and here we are today. Many things have changed since then. The internet was invented. Social media has taken the world by storm.
It’s inherent that in our current age, change is part of life, perhaps more so than ever before.
But one thing I can assure readers is that even though the office will close, The Courier will remain your newspaper.
It especially won’t be the ‘Shepparton Courier’, as one reader quipped to me recently.
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