Probus Newsletter August 2012

PROBUS - Tomorrow's Vision for Active Retirees

Editor: Jeff Cahn 84 Smeaton Close

LARA 3212 0419 822-110

smeaton5@netspace.net.au Club No: 57873

Diary at a Glance

Thu 2 August Lunch at Black Salt at noon

Tue 7 August Visit to Rotary District Project:

Wed 8 August Committee Meeting 09:30

Wed 15 August General Meeting 10:00 to Noon

Bisinella Centre

Wed 22 August Tour of Anam Cara House

Tue 28 August Aircraft Museum, Point Cook http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/

Wed 10 October Dinner at the Little River Hotel

Thu 11 October Visit to Cape Otway Light Station

Mon 22 October 5 Day Trip to Mt Gambier

Newcomb Probus

Mon 29 October 4 Day trip to Tocumwal

Editorial Note

Lara Probus Website Our new Website can be found at home.vicnet.net.au/~laraprobus/

Regular browsing of the website will keep you up to date when activities are amended or cancelled.

Current & previous Newsletters can also be found on the site.

July Report

Guest Speaker: Brett Summers Regional Rail Link

SAM Keown introduced guest speaker Brett Summers, Construction Manager and assistant Suzanne Waddell from the Regional Rail Link to inform the Club about the new rail link being built between Werribee and Melbourne.

During an extensive explanation of the new rail project by Brett Summers, outlining reliability and capacity, there were plenty of questions from the floor as members did their best to understand what the project would deliver and how it would affect future travel, especially to Werribee!

Show & Tell (Rosie Hollis & Margaret Allen)

ROSIE Hollis & Margaret Allen presented an extract from Matron Taylor’s ‘An Oral History’ relating to nursing practices of Margaret’s mum at Baxter House in the 1950s and the control of the ‘Baxter Bug’.

Next Guest Speaker: Barry Carter

Barry Carter, The Age Newspaper, Host: Rob Tonkin

THE Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales. It is delivered in both a hardcopy and online formats. The newspaper shares many articles with other Fairfax Media metropolitan daily newspapers, such as The Sydney Morning Herald.

The Age was founded by three Melbourne businessmen, the brothers John and Henry Cooke, who had arrived from New Zealand in the 1840s, and Walter Powell. The first edition appeared on 17 October 1854.

The Age currently has an average weekday circulation of 190,600, increasing to 275,000 on Saturdays (in a city of 4 million). The Sunday Age has a circulation of 225,400. The paper currently has a Monday to Friday readership average of 668,000, reaching an average of 857,000 on Saturdays. The Sunday Age attracts an average of 695,000 readers.

Almoner Notice!

MARGARET Allen can be contacted on 5275-2345, if you know of a member who requires a caring call.

Morning Tea Roster

ROSTER for Wed 15 August Margaret Britton Brenda Darcy

August Birthdays 07 Lola Lewis 10 Sue McRae 18 Elaine Brooke 18 Dorothy McSorley 25 Lorraine Thomas 27 Lesley Henry 27 Doug Arney

Committee Contacts!

5282-3663 Val Tonkin President 5282-2425 Brian Harris Vice President 5282-3936 Marilyn Joyce Secretary 5282-3574 Doug Arney Treasurer 5282-3278 Pam Christou Activities 5275-2345 Margaret Allen Almoner 5282-1741 Brenda Hearn Assistant Secretary 5282-8140 Theresia Klaassens Membership 5282-1245 Barbara Ingwersen Dine-Out 5282-2110 Jeff Cahn Newsletter 5282-8417 Peter Wallis Guest Speakers 5282-1651 Alan Smedley Trips & Tours 5282-2052 John Coggle Immediate Past President

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From the President’s Desk!

Dear Probians

WELCOME back to some of our members who have been absent over the last few meetings. I trust you have had an enjoyable break from the bleak winter and also to Joan Earl who has had major surgery and is now back home and feeling good. For those members who attended our July meeting, you will have noticed that we placed the seating further back in the

room. I believe it worked better but would appreciate contact from those who are still having difficulty in hearing the meeting clearly. 24 members and guests attended our lunch at The Lara Hotel and were very pleased with the quality and presentation of their meal which were delivered with a minimum of fuss. Rosie made us aware of the Rotary District Project at the former Corio Shire Maintenance Depot which we will visit on 7 August and should be very interesting to see what happens to donated goods. Our Show & Tell segment was most fascinating with a story told by Margaret Allen and Rosie Hollis on ‘An Oral History’ of the former Matron of Geelong Hospital Margaret Taylor. Margaret Allen’s mother was mentioned very favourably in the book and coincidentally Rosie had worked under her during her nursing career. A wonderful connection of 2 members within our Club. Peter Wallis will be taking money for those who put their name down for tickets to ‘South Pacific’. Could you please place your payment in an envelope with your details and place in the tray at the back of the room for collection by Peter. I mentioned the Energy Saving Devices currently being installed in Lara and district and for anyone who would like these connected Free of Charge, you can contact Jade Mills on 0431 028172 who will arrange a time to suit you and explain how they work. They will save you money as all power is turned off once your TV or computer has not been used for a while. Previous units have been left with households with no explanation and therefore many have been disconnected or thrown away. Hopefully you have been enjoying the recent sunny days and that we may catch up again for lunch on 2 August at Black Salt Restaurant or at the Rotary District Project on 7 August.

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Theatre Thu 8 November

13:00 Matinee, Cost: $65:90 Confirm or book: Peter Wallis Dine Out

The Little River Hotel

Wednesday 10 October 18:00 for 18:30 10-14 Flinders Street, Little River Booking: Barbara Ingwersen. Out & About

Rotary District Project: ‘Donations in Kind’ Tue 7 August Meet at Lara Pool at 09:30 We will travel to the former Corio Shire Maintenance Workshop, Swinburne Street, North Geelong for our tour at 10:00. Park at the Stables.

After our visit, we will have tea/coffee at the Mill Markets in Mackey Street, North Geelong. We can take something to eat with us because they do not hold a current food permit.

Contact: Pam Christou for booking and further information.

Anam Cara House Wed 22 August Meet there at 10:00 This event has been rebooked for those who previously missed out.

Contact: Pam Christou for booking and further information. With Thanks

THANK you to the Hon John Eren MLA and staff for permitting us to utilise his office for the printing of this newsletter on a monthly basis.

Trips & Tours

Visit Point Cook Aircraft Museum: Tue 28 August

THERE will be a flying display at 13:00 weather and aircraft serviceability permitting. Transport there and back by car!

Admission is free and take a picnic lunch. Meet at the Lara pool and depart at 09:30.

Cape Otway Light Station: Thu 11 October

THE iconic lighthouse is the highlight of the Great Ocean Road, but there's so much more to see and do within the Lightstation grounds.

Take a short detour from the Great Ocean Road through magnificent forests where you are guaranteed to see koalas.

Hundreds of lives were lost in shipwrecks off Cape Otway; a sad but fascinating history which led to the building of the Lightstation in the foothills of the impenetrable forests of the Otways.

Australia's first submarine cable link was laid between Cape Otway and Launceston in 1859. The Telegraph Station has been meticulously restored.

A radar bunker, built in 1942 after a United States ship was sunk by a German mine off Cape Otway, has been newly renovated. Total cost with buffet lunch included is $51:00.

Money to Alan by Sun 30 September, bus departs Lara pool at 08:00.

Five Day Mount Gambier Tour: Mon 22 October

NEWCOMB Probus have vacancies for this trip. Cost: $650:00 per person twin share, single supplement of $42:00 per night. Talk to Alan for further details.

To book, contact Mary Pike on 5250-2351.

4 Day ‘Murray River Escape’ at Tocumwal: Mon 29 October TOCUMWAL, located 257 kilometres from Melbourne on the New South Wales border, is the first stop on one of Australia's major inland routes, the Newell Highway. The history of tourism in the region goes back over 100 years, with visitors attracted to the magnificent sandy beaches (with 24 located within 5 minutes East and West of Tocumwal), all surrounded by some of the most impressive Redgum forests on the Murray.

Tour of 4 Days & 3 Nights based in Tocumwal, with accommodation at the Bridge Motor Inn and visits to local and en route attractions.

Cost: $399:00 pp, twin share, single supplement $35:00 per night.

Only 14 starters (max. 20) are required to make this a goer! Names and money to Alan asap to secure YOUR place.

Note: Firm booking for proposed date can only be made on receipt of $50 deposit per person.

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