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No 59 April 10, 2025 |
I'm looking at you.
 | Book review - "Facts and other lies" by Ed Coper Who knows what to believe any more? With people getting their "news" from Facebook, YouTube and other social media sites where the content is virtually uncensored or unchecked it means that telling the truth from the opposite can be a real challenge. This book is about that challenge. |
Latin Music and Drumming On Friday, March 28, local drummers and a group of students from St Joseph's Catholic School had a chance try out their drumming skills at a workshop conducted by members of Sydney bands Caribé and ALLY at the Malachi Gilmore Hall. |  |
 | Cars and Coffee Over 40 cars turned up at Oberon Common on the morning of Sunday, April 6, for the monthly Cars and Coffee meeting. |
Oberon Council Mayor's Column This week's column from Oberon Mayor Andrew McKibbin can be seen here. |  |
 | Looking forward to the school holidays Just a normal week in the schools around Oberon, with so much happening that it's hard to keep up. There's cooking, counting, cross country running. And all the other sports. |
When all the sport happens all at once A big winner in the golf with a Hole in One, set backs for both the men and the women in both soccer and league, learning something about riding ponies and some good news on the school sport front. |  |
Autumn Garden Showcase - April 12 and 13
 | It's election time again With a federal election coming up on May 3 there are lots of things you need to know. There are things we all need to know about the candidates as well, and there's even an article about how we do elections better than anyone else. |
Council vacancy Following the resignation of Michael Crye as an Oberon Councillor, a casual vacancy has arisen on Council. Filling the vacancy has to follow a fixed procedure. |  |
 | Editorial - Council vacancies For the second time since the September, 2024, council elections, Oberon Council has lost one of the nine Councillors. This means another round of examining the September votes to find a replacement, with the additional cost and disruption to Council business that this entails. Here's hoping we've seen the last of this sort of thing. |
Western NSW Business Awards Congratulations have to go to Oberon's finalists in the 2025 Western NSW Business Awards:
Good luck to all of the finalists. |  |
Visitor statistics
April 3, 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 |
| January | 1163 | What's On Around Oberon There was only one update to the site during January. |
| February | 1819 | What's On Around Oberon |
| March | 2388 | March 2025 Oberon Council Meeting |
"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.
 | Busy times at the local schools Everyone was flat out as they wound down to the end of term next week. There was a lot of school sport (with the young folk showing their elders how it's done), some excursions to learn about life outside the school fence and even some arithmetic. And a caterpillar!! |
The soccer season kicks off All the competitive grades in the Oberon United Football Club hit the field for the first round of the 2025 competition. |  |
 | Out in the back of the paper The golf championships have been decided (and nobody complained about playing in the rain), but the big sports news is the way the youngsters are moving up to show the geriatrics a thing or two. |
Oberon Citizen Science Network
 | Media release - Louder Inside, Quieter Outside - The Malachi's Soundproofing Upgrade Things are going to get even better at the Malachi Gilmore Hall with changes to the acoustics and soundproofing. |
Somewhere else where you should spend money After what seems like an eternity, there is a new occupant of the store next to Mumma Snow's in Tarana. It's the Butchers Hook, and it contains a wonderful collection of artifacts, souvenirs and things that will have you reaching for your wallet. |  |
 | Black Springs kicks up its heels Saturday, March 22, was a big day in Black Springs. There were activities all day as part of Oberon's Field to Forest Festival, starting with mass at the Catholic church, a tour of St Alban's "tin shed" Anglican church, guided heritage tours around the area, a community lunch and finally an old-time dance at the Black Springs Community Hall. |
Book review - "Am I Made of Stardust?" by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock This children's book has 111 answers to questions about space and is a perfect way to introduce children to how scientists think and what we really know about things. |  |
 | Oberon Men's Shed latest raffle Oberon Men's Shed latest raffle has been drawn, with some very worthy winners. |
You never stop learning, and here's where it starts Education keeps rolling on at the schools around Oberon. Something different to learn or experience every day. |  |
 | Sport keeps on sporting The golf championships are well under way, and you sort of win Nearest to the Pin with a Hole In One. And the youngsters from O'Connell tried out their rugby skills. |
Oberon Council Mayor's Column This week's column from Oberon Mayor Andrew McKibbin can be seen here. | |
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