Science Week comes to Oberon

August 20, 2026

National Science Week happens every year. Here is what the national organisation says about it:

National Science Week is Australia's annual celebration of science and technology.

Running each year in August, it features more than 2,000 events around Australia, including those delivered by universities, schools, research institutions, libraries, museums and science centres.

In 2026 it touched down in Oberon with a display and talks at the Malachi Gilmore Hall organised by the Oberon Citizen Science Network (OCSN). In another life, Oberon Matters has participated in Science Week several times over the years, as a speaker, exhibitor (and once as part of a theatrical performance to teach kids about science), so it was only natural to put on a science-themed t-shirt and head out to point the camera at things.

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Some of the action on the day. Video supplied by OCSN

As well as exhibits showing what's happening with science in the area there were presentations by some scientists:

Dr Ana Gracanin - Greater gliders: ecology and conservation
Jackson Wilburn Wilkes - The effects of climate change on platypus populations in the Fish and Duckmaloi Rivers
Malan Bothma - The effects of wind farms on Australian bird species
Alan Sheehan - Eco-acoustics for biodiversity assessment
Dr Anne Musser - Biodiversity at Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve

Videos of the presentations will be here as soon as they become available.