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No 66 May 29, 2025 |
St Joseph's school band at the Orange Show
The Oberon Military Museum is open every Wednesday and Friday
from 12:30 to 4pm
and on Saturdays and public holidays from 10am to 4pm.
May 2025 Oberon Council Meeting Following the swearing in of new Councillor Robert Lee, there were several matters of interest discussed by Councillors. |  |
 | Oberon Council Mayor's Column This week's column from Oberon Mayor Andrew McKibbin can be seen here. |
Media release: Oberon's Heritage Hall Recognised at State Awards The Oberon area figured greatly in the 2025 NSW Heritage Awards, with the Malachi Gilmore Hall being a finalist. To add to the local content, architect (and bass player) Lian Wong from O'Connell was the lead architect on the winning entry, the Bega Hospital restoration. Congratulations to Lucy and Johnny East at the Malachi and Lian Wong on their success at the awards. |  |
 | Edith car boot sale The people of Edith picked the coldest day so far this year for their annual car boot sale, but the weather didn't stop people turning up. There was the usual variety of things on sale, some strange, some familiar from other sales ... |
Scammers! The lowest form of life If you are a member of any of Oberon's community Facebook groups you will have seen people offering data entry jobs with high pay and flexible working hours. These jobs do not exist. The people posting the pretend advertisements have invariably joined the group within the previous few days and it is reasonable to assume that they are using false names, with new names being invented as the originals get blocked by admins. As they didn't like people commenting about their lies, their posts now have comments disabled. The only purpose of these advertisements is to gather information to be used for other purposes. And do they care if you don't like what they do? See here for some interactions with the vermin. Note that one of them didn't care about being insulted and both had left Facebook after a couple of days. |
Public Notice - Water Meter Replacement Program Oberon Council will be replacing water meters that have reached the end of their useful life. |  |
 | The golf club has a history and Peter Dale is a big part of it Oberon Golf Club is a unique and special place. The stories of its creation and of the people who were there on the ground are just as special, and one of them is current Club Patron and life member - Peter Dale. |
Lotsa learning where the locals lurk All the schools around Oberon were busy again this week, with sport, science and generally getting on with the education process. |  |
 | Over there at the back of the paper ... Everyone except the golfers seemed to be playing out of town this weekend, but the results managed to get back. |
Oberon Men's Shed meets every Tuesday at the Showground
Oberon's New Living Treasures A community is made up of the people in it and their stories. If you walk through Oberon Common you can see a wall of images of Oberon's Treasures - people who helped make the history of Oberon. But those treasures were declared many years ago, so the Oberon Museum has embarked on a project to capture the stories of current living Treasures. |  |
 | "See You Later Mum" - a play playing on your heartstrings Mother's Day would be the perfect time to sit down and watch a play about the relationships between mothers, their children and grandchildren. This Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11, gave everyone in Oberon an opportunity to see a performance of "See You Later Mum" |
Teaching the town to sing The New Seekers and the Hilltop Singers wanted to teach the world to sing, but a slightly less ambitious project was to take some of Oberon's residents and teach them to sing. |  |
 | More raffle winners There always seems to be at least one raffle being sold somewhere along the Oberon Street shopping precinct, but there's one you should look out for every Friday outside IGA. It's the fundraiser for the Oberon Men's Shed, and the prizes are very worthwhile. Prizes vary from raffle to raffle, and can include trailer loads of wood as well as vouchers for groceries or products from other stores. The raffles are drawn when they are fully subscribed. The proceeds of these raffles will help to ensure the future of the Men's Shed. Definitely a worthy cause. And you might even win something. |
All the schools, all the time Another very busy week for Oberon's schools. More stuff going on than you can point a stick of chalk at. |  |
 | Sport, sport and more sport There was sport all over the place on the weekend, with winners and losers. But what's important is playing the game. |
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