OBERON businesses were caught by surprise as snow on the weekend brought a stampede of visitors looking for food and coffee.
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In one case, local customers pitched in to help shop staff cope as the out-of-town crowd swelled.
Snow started falling in Black Springs and Shooters Hill on Saturday afternoon and Oberon and surrounding areas were covered in white by Sunday morning.
News crews and visitors started arriving in Oberon at 6am and the interest continued all day.
Oberon RSL Club manager Peter Price said he saw a news report and drone pictures on the early Sydney news and thought there might be a few visitors to town.
"But it was not what I expected - there were people everywhere. Snow chasers were on the sides of the roads, recreation grounds and parks playing in the snow,” he said.
"The RSL Club was packed by lunchtime. The bistro and auditorium was at full capacity. We were really busy and run off our feet.
"Most visitors were from the city and I think Oberon was a little underprepared for that many visitors.
"When it snows, we usually get a few extra people. But because of social media, news spread quickly that snow had fallen, and being the weekend, city dwellers made the trip to the mountains."
A spokesperson for the Visitor Information Centre said they had more than 200 people through the doors asking about snow.
Sharon Whittaker from Pick Of The Bunch said they had no idea how many people would be in town.
"We made over 200 pancakes and went through over 40 litres of milk for coffee,” she said. "Our place is only small and we had local customers helping clear the tables and wash up to cope with the crowds."
Donna Boyd of DJ's Cafe said she had extra staff on and they started arriving at 8.30am.
"We were smashed. We've coped with snow visitors before, but this was twice as busy than normal."
Oberon Council staff inspected roads early and Lowes Mount Road was closed at 8am and reopened at 10am. Sunday's low was -0.3 degrees and maximum was 3.1.