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The biggest "Thank You" The first year for Oberon Matters is over, and it has been a success thanks to the site visitors who keep coming back. Readership has been growing and we even sold some advertising. The only disappointment was that plans for a print edition had to be put on hold because a competitor with lower costs (and an inferior product) moved into the "local news" space with something which doesn't even approach the concept of an Oberon local paper. This might be disappointing, but that doesn't mean that Oberon Matters won't be back in 2025, reporting on the news that matters to the local residents. Like the slogan says - "Local news for local people" A great big "Thank You" to the visitors who supported the site through its first year. Without readers it would not be worth doing. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and we'll be back in 2025, bigger and better than ever. |
 | Moron Alert! You might have noticed tyre marks on some of the roads around town where people who think they can drive leave behind clear evidence that their driving skills are on par with toddlers in kiddie cars. |
Visitor statistics
December 5, 2024 in General News
Here is what has happened around this site over the last three months
| Month | Unique visitors | Most read page in the month |
| September | 1469 | Meet the candidates |
| October | 1714 | Sad and sorry Sodwalls Road |
| November | 1497 | A tie: Oberon Sports Complex construction moves along Cricket comes back to O'Connell |
"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. It is the equivalent of "Circulation" for print media.
 | Jenolan Caves Road closures Jenolan Caves Road at Hampton will be closed during the days between November 11 and 15. |
Local papers are central to our democracy. We must do more to bring them out of crisis An article from The Conversation about the decline in local newspapers. Oberon isn't the only place to lose its paper - it's happening everywhere. |  |
A great big "Thank you"
September 5, 2024 in General News
It would be a waste of time maintaining this site if nobody came to look at it, so it is encouraging to see the growth in visitors over the last few months. The site has only been operating for seven months, and here is what the last three months have looked like.
| Month | Unique visitors | Most read page in the month |
| June | 884 | What's On Around Oberon |
| July | 1121 | Late, Late at the Malachi |
| August | 1519 | What's happening at (to?) the Oberon RSL Club? |
"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. It is the equivalent of "Circulation" for print media.
Oberon Matters would like to thank everyone who comes to the site and reads what's here. If you like it, tell a friend. If you don't, tell us - there's an email link on every page.
 | Scams Awareness Week It's Scams Awareness Week from August 26 to 30, but you need to be aware of the problem for the other 51 weeks of the year as well. |
Positive progress on the printing project The move to a print edition of Oberon Matters took a step forward in the first week of August. A flier was distributed to businesses around Oberon putting the case for support for a printed publication to fill the hole left by the disappearance of the Oberon Review. |  |
Change is on its way At the end of August the Oberon Review will cease producing a printed version, with only a digital version available to paid subscribers from then onward. This will leave Oberon with no printed paper concentrating on things happening in the area. It was always the intention to eventually produce a free printed version of Oberon Matters, but the news above has changed the timetable and made the move to print more urgent. |
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