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Articles published in November 2024
A night out at the flicks On Saturday, November 2, a good sized crowd with a good mix of ages was treated to a free screening of the film "Despicable Me 4" at the Black Springs Community Hall. |  |
 | All the things at all the schools It was another frenetic week at the schools in and around Oberon, with visits from sporting starts, excursions to Bathurst, making some robots, getting fit, dancing and even a billy cart race. Who said education can't be fun? |
Pink Skies of Oberon We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Pink Skies of Oberon photo competition, which is part of the Pink Up Oberon events this October. Thank you to everyone who participated and supported the McGrath Foundation during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. |  |
 | Oberon Sports Complex construction moves along Work keeps happening at the site of the new Sports Complex. |
Cricket comes back to O'Connell Cricket returned to O'Connell on Sunday, November 3, for the annual Fish River Cup match between O'Connell and Tarana. The match was the first to be played at the new Recreation Ground on the corner of Beaconsfield and O'Connell Roads. |  |
 | This week's Minute with Mayor McKibbin This week's column from Oberon Mayor Andrew McKibbin can be seen here. |
Too much sport really is almost enough As if building a new Sports Complex and playing a cricket match at the new oval in O'Connell weren't enough, sport broke out all over the place. There was golf of course, a big announcement from the Tigers and a Pony Club gymkhana. |  |
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November 7, 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 |
| August | 1519 | What's happening at (to?) the Oberon RSL Club? |
| September | 1469 | Meet the candidates |
| October | 1714 | Sad and sorry Sodwalls Road |
"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.
A gala day of tennis Oberon Tennis Club was full of excitement as it hosted a highly successful School Gala Day on Thursday, November 7. Over 100 students from four local schools (Oberon Public School, O'Connell Public School, St Joseph's Catholic School and Hampton Public School) gathered for a fun-filled day of tennis, learning and friendly competition. |  |
 | A busy week for schools Remembrance Day was important for Oberon's schools this week. There was also tennis, art, poetry, dancing, science and learning things. |
This week's Minute with Mayor McKibbin This week's column from Oberon Mayor Andrew McKibbin can be seen here. | |
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O'Connell Artisans' Market O'Connell was not short of things to do and watch on Sunday,
November 3. There was the
first cricket match at the new Recreation Ground and right next
door was the annual Artisans' Market to raise funds for the
restoration and preservation of
St Thomas' Church and the surrounding buildings. |
The Blue MUGS come to town Friday and Saturday, November 8 and 9, saw the Blue Mountains Ukulele Group (The Blue MUGS) put on a free concert and workshop at the Oberon Showground, with local ukulele players invited to come along and join in. |  |
 | A long walk with a putter Those were the words used by Greg Norman when defining happiness. Oberon's golfers were certainly happy with their long walks over the last week. |
2023/2024 Audited Financial Statements Per Section 418 (3) of the Local Government Act, 1993, Oberon Council advises that the Ordinary Council Meeting held on Tuesday 12 November 2024 included the presentation of the audited Financial Statements and the Auditor's Reports for the year ending 30 June 2024. In accordance with Section 420 of the Local Government Act, 1993 (NSW), the public are invited to make submissions on the Audited Financial Statements until 4.00pm on Thursday, 21 November 2024. All submissions received must be forwarded to Council's auditor. |  |
 | A bit of bad news It looks like that optimism was unfounded. Click to see why. |
A bit of change at the railway The regular Open Days at the Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway are no more. The OTHR committee had this to say: The Committee has decided, effective immediately, that as we push towards our goal of a heritage passenger service to Hazelgrove that our regular Open Days held on the 1st Saturday of each month will be suspended. There will be no Open Day tomorrow, November 2nd and onwards. This decision will free up volunteer time to facilitate the establishment of passenger operations. Oberon Matters will miss dropping in for morning tea after the Farmers' Market, but anything that can hasten the reopening of the line must be welcomed. |  |
 | Teddy Bears' Picnic Sunday, November 17, saw the Teddy Bears' Picnic descend on the Oberon Community Centre, part of the Oberon Outdoor Festival. The original plan was to have it at the Oberon Common, but predicted wet weather forced a change of venue. |
Golfers go great on the greens Another week of chasing a little white ball across green grass. And a random Hole in One! |  |
New committee at OBTA The Oberon Business and Tourism Association has a new committee to take the organisation forward for the next year. Members are:
Congratulations to the new committee. |
 | Media release - Oberon childcare extension starts construction Member for Bathurst, Paul Toole, has some very good news for Oberon's parents. Work has started on the extension to the Child Care Centre. |
Book Review - "Living Treasures of Oberon" by Mick Joffe See more about the book here |  |
| This week's Minute with Mayor McKibbin This week's column from Oberon Mayor Andrew McKibbin can be seen here. |
The world of schooling See the stories here |  |
 | Around the schools There's swimming, music, skipping and lots of different interactions with animals. Something for everyone. |
November 2024 Oberon Council Meeting The November meeting was the first real Council meeting following the elections (the previous meeting had been mainly to swear in Councillors and elect the Mayor and Deputy Mayor). |  |
 | The gingerbread people are back! When you drive through O'Connell these days you will see lots of gingerbread people and houses attached to fences and posts. This is a project to raise money for the O'Connell Public School's P&C. |
Book review - "Republic Of Lies" by Anna Merlan There has been a bit of conspiracy theorising around town recently, so a book about this phenomenon could be useful. |  |
 | Media release - a grant for Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway Andrew Gee MP tells us that the Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway Inc has been successful in receiving a grant from the Veolia Mulwaree Trust. |
Media release - Things to do during the holidays Oberon Council is delighted to announce it has secured funding under the NSW Holiday Break Program, allowing us to offer a wide range of free activities for young people aged 12 to 24 during the upcoming school holidays. This grant will provide our community's youth with exciting opportunities to stay active, social, and engaged throughout the year. |  |
 | The Eagle has landed! The golf kept going in excellent weather (even if it might have been a bit hot). Almost a record number of players turned out on Saturday and even more on Sunday for the Open, but the real winner was Ian Fowler with an Eagle helping him to win A Grade. |
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