Oberon Community News

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There are Community News stories in the archives.
The ten most recent articles are on this page, with earlier articles available through
the links at the bottom of the page

Pieces about things happening in and around Oberon that involve or are of interest to the whole area.

Some good news for a change
December 19, 2024 in Community

After what seemed to be an interminable wait, Jenolan Caves Road at Hampton is finally open for two-way traffic.
You can read the media release from Transport for NSW here, and there's a video

December 2024 Oberon Council Meeting
December 19, 2024 in Community

The final meeting of Oberon Council was held on Tuesday, December 17.
You can see a report on the major discussions here

Gingerbread winners
December 19, 2024 in Community

The massive display of over 300 gingerbread figures across O'Connell included a competition between schools to make a house. Schools from even a long way away entered, and the winners were announced by Member for Bathurst Paul Toole at Bunnings in Kelso on December 17.
See the full story here

A day out at the Tarana Farmers' Market
December 19, 2024 in Community

It was almost perfect weather for the Tarana Farmers' Market so it was an easy choice to spend the morning there and wave the camera about.
See the pictures here

2024 Fish River Festival
December 12, 2024 in Community and Music

Things were looking really bad with disastrous weather on the day before the Fish River Festival was to happen at the O'Connell Hotel, but everything came together on the day with excellent weather and excellent performances by all the artists.
You can see the story of the day here

A wonderful new place to buy things
December 12, 2024 in Community and Business

There's a brand new store in the rectory at St Thomas' Anglican Church in O'Connell and it's full of things that you will fall in love with even though you didn't know you needed them until you saw them.
See more about the store here

Gingerbread village update
December 12, 2024 in Community

With an amazing over 300 gingerbread cutouts spread out along O'Connell Road nobody could suggest that the project wasn't a success and didn't need to take place. All the local politicians (plus one aspirant) turned up at the Fish River Festival to offer congratulations.
See a bit more about this here

This week's Minute with Mayor McKibbin
December 5, 2024 in Community

This week's column from Oberon Mayor Andrew McKibbin can be seen here.
The first paragraph is particularly disconcerting for Oberon Matters. A statement about this will be released shortly.

And here's the statement:

There were plans to produce a printed newspaper reflecting the content of the web site. It was hoped that the first printed paper would come out early in 2025, and work was done on costing and other concerns.

Unfortunately, a print competitor surfaced in late 2024 offering an inferior product (three pages of Oberon news a fortnight against a proposed 8-12 pages a week for Oberon Matters) but with a significant financial advantage. As the competitor would be adding Oberon coverage to a quite large already existing circulation, someone with experience in estimating printing costs suggested that the cost for the competitor to enter the Oberon market would be about one sixth of what Oberon Matters would have to pay for printing and distribution. They will also soak up advertising revenue as apparently they can afford to pay someone to sell space. Disappointingly, the competitor has the support and backing of Oberon Council.

Plans for a print edition have been put on hold. One day, maybe.

Winners in the big raffle
December 5, 2024 in Community

Oberon Men's Shed Inc's Cost of Living Christmas Raffle was drawn and the winners are:

Craig from Sydney
Tara from Oberon
Taliana from Kelso.

See more about the winners and beneficiaries here

6th Annual "Skoberon" Art Exhibition
December 5, 2024 in Community

Ever since the Skoda & Tatra Museum opened in Oberon in 2019 there has been an annual art competition showing works related to the two marques. The artworks are displayed along with Skoda and Tatra memorabilia.
See some more about the competition and the collection here.

The Oberon Military Museum is open every Wednesday and Friday from 12:30 to 4pm
and on Saturdays and public holidays from 10am to 4pm.

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