Andrew Mackenzie gave a fascinating talk to the Club on April 16. The transcript is attached below. THE FIRST WORLD WAR AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS

Our Speaker today was Professor Paul Mulvaney Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne. His talk was on “Our Future World and Our Future Energy” and was very thought provoking. His presentation is attached to the link below. Prof Paul Mulvaney: “Our future world and our…

VALE LYNNE RODDA As most members will know Lynne passed away at approximately 1.00am on Thursday morning after a two year struggle with multiple myeloma. Whilst I only met Lynne when she joined Rotary in 2004 it quickly became clear that she, throughout her life, was a woman of great spirit, of sharp mind and…

Last week Pete Henry came along to present us with a certificate acknowledging the help of the Rotary Club of Heidelberg with the number plate program. He was also apologetic for the fact that certificates had not been provided for our contributions over the last few years. When it transpired that our guest speaker was…

At our AGM last week it was a great pleasure to formally approve the appointment of Noel Sturgeon as our President-elect. Noel has already attended the first of the President-elect training seminars conducted by District and appears enthusiastic to proceed. Whilst he has been a member of our Club for a short time, he has…

Smokey, Peter and Cookie helped out Br. Harry and the Exodus Community Centre BBQ at the Malahang Festival, West Heidelberg on Sunday cook up a swag of Halal, Beef and Vegetarian sausages. So well received were they that Br Harry had to make a fast trip to Aldi to restock! Eventually we were serving sausages…

As we often say our best speakers come from our own membership. Last week was no exception as one of our newest members Noel Sturgeon displayed fascinating skills with the brush as he showed us how to “Meditate via Asian Art’. A few willing members tried to copy, but I suspect that frustration was more…

Once again the Calcutta was a fun night with lots of laughs and bonus dollars for the lucky winners whose details are inside. Thank you once again to Kent, Wayne and Neil Wilson for their efforts in organising the night and to Smokey for his time on the floor somehow squeezing extra bids out of…

Calcutta 2017

On Tuesday night there was a meeting with Bruce, Marcia, Leigh Wallace and myself investigating possibilities for membership promotion. We have a few ideas which we shall discuss further at the next board meeting. One idea was to run a fortnightly barbecue on Saturday mornings at Danahers from now until Christmas, with the proceeds going…