Articles published in August 2025
Media release: NSW Government delivers world-first foot and mouth vaccine
August 7, 2025 in General News  Australia is one of the few nations with a livestock industry that is free of foot-and-mouth disease, but it's only a boat ride away. The good news this week is that a vaccine has been developed which can control any outbreak that threatens the country's meat industries.
Read the media release here
| | |
Cars and Coffee carries on
August 7, 2025 in Community  The first Sunday of the month sees car enthusiasts gather in Oberon Street to show off their conveyances, and August 3 was no exception.
See some photos from the day here
| | |
Wood fires, warm drinks, hot water bottles:
5 expert tips on how to avoid burns this winter
August 7, 2025 in General News  It's no secret around Oberon that it's winter and this means cold and how to manage cold. This article from The Conversation has some good advice about how to keep safe while keeping warm.
Read the article here
| | |
Oberon Council Mayor's Column
August 7, 2025 in Community This fortnight's column from Oberon Mayor Andrew McKibbin can be seen here. A couple of people looking for help
August 7 2025 in Community  One of the nice things about living in a small country town is the generosity and friendliness of the neighbours. Here are two totally different appeals for help that are worth supporting.
Greater Bank is giving away $3,000 every month and Oberon Men's Shed is looking for votes to help them win it. The Shed does great work and the money will help them do even better by giving them the funds to support the Shed's activities. Register your vote here. Lincoln Briffa is running a GoFundMe appeal to raise funds to help with his work promoting mental health around Oberon and to get a car. As well as running around with these activities, he has a son who requires a lot of medical attention. Lincoln's car has decided to retire itself and he needs a car for all the hospital trips. Every little bit helps, so go here and make a donation. | | |
Whole lot of learnin' going on
August 7, 2025 in Schools  Book Week, Education Week, a couple of weeks of learning and schooling.
Go here to see what happened
| | |
Too much sport is never enough
August 7, 2025 in Sport  Another weekend when sane people stayed home in front of the fire and sportspeople risked dissolving in the rain or hypothermia from the temperature. But sport is all about turning up.
See the results and reports here
| | |
Services Expo
Oberon Matters will be at the Services Expo, 4 to 7pm at
the Oberon Library and Community Centre on August 14. Come along to
tell us what we've been doing right or wrong and to see what other organisations
do to make Oberon a better place to live and work.
Down the drain it goes
August 14, 2025 in Opinion  You might be surprised at how much money disappears into poker machines in Oberon over a year. It's even worth comparing it to how much the Council spends filling potholes.
See some numbers here
| | |
What to say and how to help if someone close to you has attempted suicide
August 14, 2025 in General News  It might be a surprising statistic, but more than one in three Australians have been close to someone who has died by or attempted suicide. Another surprising statistic is that suicide takes about three times as many lives as the road toll, but gets nowhere near the publicity. With numbers like these it's important to know how to act and what you can do when suicide or the attempt touches your life. This article from The Conversation contains some good advice about what you can do to help and to handle a very distressing situation.
Read the article here
| | |
A bit of history.
August 14,
2025
This was the most read article on the site in August, 2024.
What's happening at (to?) the Oberon RSL Club?
August 8, 2024 in Community and Business
 It's hardly a secret around town that there are problems at the RSL Club. Changes to opening hours, restricted nights for the bistro, some regular activities cancelled, ... At a meeting on August 7, the extent of the Club's financial problems were revealed and some options to save the club were brought forward. The news was not good.
See the rest of the story here | | |
There's a time for learning
August 14, 2025 in Schools  Another week full of fun and learning at Oberon's schools. And cupcakes!
See some of the action here
| | |
All the sport, all the time
August 14, 2025 in Sport  The women Wolves were winners and the Tigers travel through to the third round of the semifinals.
See the results here
| | |
Oberon Council Mayor's Column
August 14, 2025 in Community This fortnight's column from Oberon Mayor Andrew McKibbin can be seen here. 2025 Community Expo
August 21, 2025 in Community  Thursday, August 14, saw Oberon's charities, businesses and services turn out at the Library for the annual Services Expo and the presentation of Section 356 grants.
See some pictures here
| | |
Business Awards finalists announced
August 21, 2025 in Business  The finalists in the 2025 Oberon Business and Tourism Association business awards have been announced.
See the list here
| | |
August 2025 Oberon Council Meeting
August 21, 2025 in Community
Updated September 18, 2025  Another month, another Oberon Council meeting , although a briefer one than usual.
See a report on the meeting here
| | |
It's raffle time again
August 21, 2025 in Community  The Men's Shed's latest raffle has been drawn and won, and there's news of two more raffles coming.
See the winners here
| | |
The schooling never stops
August 21, 2025 in Schools  More things happen around Oberon's schools than you can throw a blackboard duster at. And there are pyjamas.
See all the action here
| | |
All the sport that's fit to print
August 21, 2025 in Sport  The seasons are winding down for some of the "winter" sports, but there's still plenty of action out there on the fields.
See some results here
| | |
Triple whammy: how three types of drought crippled southern Australia this year
August 28, 2025 in General News  Oberon might have been getting its share of good rain recently and the dam is full, but that doesn't mean the area is drought proof. Here is an article from The Conversation about the way weather has been behaving in the southern parts of Australia over the last few months. It even mentions climate change, which is happening despite denials by those who reject science.
See the article here
| | |
A couple of new comnmittees
August 28, 2025 in Community  There's a new committee at Oberon Men's Shed. Long term member and Vice-President, John Brotchie, decided to retire but he will still be active in shed activities.
The new committee consists of: President: Doug Carter
Vice-President: Arthur Parker
Secretary: Dave McMurray
Treasurer: Chris Stanley
General committee: Brenden Robertson
Warren Gilding
Robert Robinson
John Giblin
Peter Deakin. Congratulations to all, and it looks like the Shed is in good hands for the future. | | |
 And over at the Oberon Garden Club -
President/Public Officer: Ruth Price
Vice President: Rosalie Pollack
Publicity Officer: Chris Dutton
Secretary: Donna Shiel
Minutes Secretary: Jackie Brazier
Treasurer: Carol Wilson
Assistant Treasurer/ New Member Liaison Officer: Tracey Read-Shepherd
Catering Officer: Heather Scott | | |
Oberon Council Mayor's Column
August 28, 2025 in Community This fortnight's column from Oberon Mayor Andrew McKibbin can be seen here.
A bit of history
August
28, 2025
This was the most read article on the site in October, 2024
Sad and sorry Sodwalls Road
October 10, 2024 in Community
 When Jenolan Caves Road at Hampton is closed for repairs, one alternative for getting out of Oberon is to go via Tarana and Sodwalls Road towards Lithgow. Nobody who has driven along Sodwalls Road will be unaware of the condition of the road surface. Oberon Matters went out for an inspection and recorded a video.
See more of the tragedy here | | |
The schooling continues
August 28, 2025 in Schools  The schools around Oberon just keep providinbg good education to the students. Which is just what they should be doing, and we thank them.
See this week's report cards here
| | |
Sport's over here on the back page
August 28, 2025 in Sport  The big news this week is the Tigers progressing to the Grand Final, but that wasn't all the running and jumping that went on. And the golfers kept on golfing.
See some results here
| | |
There were 2831 unique visitors to the site during August, 2025.
The most read page was
Business Awards finalists announced.
"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.
|
