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No 135 - November 5, 2026
Arty photo of rain on pine needles and nascent pine
cones.
The Oberon taxi has new owners.
Ring
to book your ride.
O'Connell Artisans' Market Sunday, November 1, saw the annual Artisans' Market return to the grounds of St Thomas Church in O'Connell. This event raises money for the renovation of the rectory building. |  |
 | Breast Cancer Awareness On Friday, October 30, Oberon got together to talk about the problem and how to detect, manage and maybe avoid it. A talk was give by Dr Sivakamy from the Oberon Medical Centre presenting the facts about breast cancer to a sizeable audience, many of whom would be in the riskier age group for the disease. |
AMSAG 2026 Oberon Rally On Saturday, October 31, rallying returned to the forests around Oberon after a pause of two years. This event was organised by the Australian Motor Sport Action Group (AMSAG) and was the final round of the 2026 Southern Cross Rally Series. |  |
 | Your Federal Member's Community Update Your community update from the Federal Member for Calare, Andrew Gee MP, can be seen here. |
A good job done well An Oberon resident desperately needed help to control the jungle in their yard, but had neither the resources nor the ability to do the work themself. The Rotary Club of Oberon stepped in and did the job. |  |
 | Oberon Council Mayor's Column This fortnight's column from Oberon Mayor Andrew McKibbin can be seen here. |
Schools are jumping. And doing other things, too Yes, there was jumping, and there was travel, and there was looking forward to next year. And even more. |  |
 | All the sportiness Golfers go golfing, pony riders go pony riding and a new netball committee. Things are still happening in the slack season. |
November 5, 2026
Here is what has happened around this site over the last three months
| Month | Unique visitors | Most read page in the month |
| August | 11,150 | What's On In Oberon |
| September | 11,962 | Opinion - When adults behave like children |
| October | 9,105 | Opinion - Do we need a puppy farm near Oberon? |
As the battle against AI content thieves continues, the recorded visitor numbers are now trending towards a much more reasonable level. There are still thousands of attempts to hack the Wordpress admin page (these visits are not included in the total). Add this to the recently discovered insecurity in the PHP programming language (Wordpress is written in PHP) and I'm so glad I didn't follow the rush to build a web site using either Wordpress or PHP.
There would also have been a drop off in visitors because for all of October except the last few days I couldn't post updates to the Oberon Matters Facebook page which is a major source of links to this site.
"Unique visitors" counts IP addresses that have connected to the site at least once during the month. It doesn't include search engines, but even if it did Google and Bing (who index the site at least once a week) would only be counted as one visitor each. Put another way, it is the lowest estimate of the number of visits to the site during the month.
Corner of Oberon and Dudley Streets, opposite the RSL
NAIDOC Day at the Common Sunday, October 18, saw the people of Oberon gathered at the Oberon Common to celebrate NAIDOC Day. After a Welcome to Country from a local Elder, there was a smoking ceremony and some traditional (and new) dances, displays of art and artifacts and an opportunity for everyone to join in and celebrate the history and continued presence of the original inhabitants of the land we all call home. |  |
An important advertisement
October 29, 2026 in Community
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and it is certainly something to be aware of. Breast cancer screening will be available in Oberon from Monday, November 23, to Tuesday, December 8. The van will be in the Tallys Lane car park and it will be difficult to miss - it's big and pink. You can book by ringing or by going to breastscreen.nsw.gov.au.
You would I hope be amazed to find that there are people so depraved that they object to attempts to reduce the incidence of breast cancer and would even suggest that screening can cause cancer. You can go here to be astounded and offended.
A reminder - don't get scammed
October 29, 2026 in General News
I've received two fake invoices in the last week wanting me to pay for renewal of a business name. One of the scammers had been trying for years, but the other one was new. As it looks like they are getting ready for the "get everything done before Christmas" season in many businesses a reminder is probably justified.
An old scam resurrected. And it's completely legal.
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Here's a bit of trivia If you remember a teacher mentioning Pythagoras at school you might also remember his theorem about right angled triangles. Even if you don't, we have just passed through a Pythagorean date. On October 24, 2026 it happened for the first and last times in our lifetimes. 102 + 242 = 262. The next occurrence will be in 2105, but there will be two - April 3 and March 4.
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 | October 2026 Oberon Council Meeting October Oberon Council meeting. |
Oberon Council Mayor's Column This fortnight's column from Oberon Mayor Andrew McKibbin can be seen here. | |
 | Schools teach the "Three Ls" - Learning, Learning and Learning And the learning certainly went on at the schools around Oberon - learning about cultures, learning about future careers, learning about science, learning about friendship and support, learning about serious health problems, ... It goes on and on. |
A short putt to the back page Once again the golfers dominate the week's sporting news. Mainly because everyone else stayed at home. |  |
 | A neutral safe space to enjoy other local blokes' company, with a range of activities. It's a great starting point for blokes new to Oberon to meet locals or for locals to catch up with old mates. There's even a very nutritious lunch at minimum cost. |
| Oberon Men's Shed meets every Tuesday at the Showground | |
 | When you need a shot of caffeine Sometimes you just need a cup of something hot, and there's no shortage of coffee sources in Oberon. |
A bit of administrivia The man behind the curtain has been busy this week, dealing with Facebook and blocking AI systems from stealing the content of the site. |  |
 | School's back for summer The schools are back from the holidays and working towards the end of the year. And the HSC exams are still going on, so good luck to Year 12. |
A little birdie told me ... ... that even when all the other sports took a weekend off the golfers would still be out there on the fairways chasing those elusive dimpled balls. |  |
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