Newsletter No. 53  - June 2021
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NEXT GENERAL MEETING  WILL BE HELD AT THE CHERRYBROOK COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 10.30AM ON WEDNESDAY 23rd JUNE

PLEASE NOTE THAT UNDER CURRENT COVID 19 REGULATIONS, ONLY A TOTAL OF 68 PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED IN THE HALL.

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President's Report

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President’s Report - June

The cold weather of Winter has certainly arrived. As a result I am sure we will see a decline in attendance at our outdoor activities. However, there are still plenty of club activities available to members. Movies, Book Club, Book Challenge, Ten Pin bowling, Dining out, Wine & Cheese, Theatre, Mixed Social group and Investment Group all meet indoors. So nobody can say that there is nothing in the calendar to help us through these colder months.

On a pleasing note, we will be welcoming eight new members at this month’s general meeting. All of these are friends of existing members who have heard what a wonderful club we have and have been told about the wealth of social activities that we enjoy. We will be inducting seven of them at our general meeting on Wednesday 23rd June, so please go out of your way to introduce yourself and to make them feel welcome.

Unfortunately overseas travel is still unavailable to us, so Max Henderson is doing a great job organising intra state trips to Kiama and Broken Hill. These are both well supported and will provide another opportunity for members to socialise.


I look forward to seeing you at the next activity.

Bob Carritt    

Secretarial

Correspondence In

Updated membership list received from PSPL.  Forwarded email to Jeff Swan

Correspondence Out

None

Bev Dona

Details of the Probus Member Benefit Scheme are at: www.probussouthpacific.org/pages/members_offers_member_benefits_scheme
(click on link)

Treasurer

TREASURER’S REPORT                                               For the Month of May 2021

 
GENERAL ACCOUNT
Opening cash balance      1st May 2021               $5521.05
Interest                                                                     0.04
Deposits                                                                187.00   Membership fees, $100 to General in error
Expenses                                                             1680.00   PSPL Capitation Fees
                                                                            124.00   Hornsby Council – hall hire
                                                                              53.78   Morning tea
                                                                            100.00   Error adjustment
Closing cash balance     30th May 2021          $3750.31
 
ACTIVITIES ACCOUNT
Opening cash balance      1st May 2021             $12980.33
Interest                                                                                   1.58
Deposits                                                                             2371.00   Bonville golf
                                                                                           100.00   Kiama
                                                                                         1040.00   Dining Out – El Nido
                                                                                           148.00   Addams Family
                                                                                         2124.00   Sirculo Restaurant
                                                                                           112.50   Museum
                                                                                           800.00   Broken Hill
Payments                                                                          10790.00   Bonville golf
                                                                                           531.00   Sirculo Restaurant deposit
Closing cash balance     30th May 2021           $8901.41
 
Three activities remain open from last month and 5 new activities have been opened.
Activity                                              Balance               
Bonville Golf                                         210.00
Kiama                                                  3000.00
Come from Away                                    925.00
Dining Out – El Nido                              1040.00
Addams Family                                       148.00
Sirculo restaurant                                 2124.00
Museum                                                112.50
Broken Hill                                            800.00
                                                       $8359.50
Add:
Interest received                                   
Last year                                                21.01
This year to date                                       6.39
Activities surplus                                    514.51
Bank balance                                   $8901.41
 
TERM DEPOSIT
Interest to date on the $5,000 Term Deposit with Bendigo Bank is estimated to be $46.04. 
 
INTEREST
For this year, $6.53 has been received as interest – General Account $.0.14, Activities Account $6.39. 
 
ACTIVITY SURPLUS
The Activity Surplus currently stands at $514.51. 
 
Ian Roberts

Treasurer             25th May 2021

Membership

Just a reminder of our Club policies for attendance at meetings and activities.
  • Members are expected to attend a minimum of 10 functions (meetings and/or activities) per Probus year (April to March).
  • Visitors may only attend a maximum of 3 functions (meetings and/or activities) per Probus year. 

Our membership is currently full, at the agreed maximum of 110.

Jeff Swan – Membership Officer

Welfare

Welfare Report June 2021

With so many activities up and going now we are certainly keeping in contact with one another and enjoying each other’s company.

On the 2nd June a number of Probus members and friends attended the funeral of Carolyn Carroll at the Castlebrook Cemetery and Crematorium. The service was really well done with magnificent weather enabling us to make our way over for the burial. Afterwards we met at Entrata Restaurant where Rodney, Carolyn and John’s son, works as the chef. We were able to remember the happy times we shared with Carolyn and toasted her farewell.

If you know of anyone who needs help, is not well please let either Terry Ridge or myself know so we can make contact.

Cathy

Cathy Turner & Terry Ridge – Welfare Officers

May Meeting Speaker - Roland Storm

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Roland Storm Biography

Roland is an Australian singer and pianist.

Roland has had formal classical vocal and piano training over seven years in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Roland Storm has over the years proven to be the true performer and a popular favorite with fans in the early days of the rock and now still as popular as ever.
Roland has performed in over 25 counties around the world, with a career spanning from the sixties to the present.

His performances are dynamic grabbing the attention of his audience incorporating piano.
Roland has appeared on “The Reg Lyndsay Country Music Television Show” in Adelaide for the nine network and became a regular on the show.

Awards include:

South Australia Country Music Hands of Fame – 200
Wintersun Hall of Fame – 2001
Rockabilly Records Best Selling Artist – 1996
Gold International Sales – “Rolling With The Flow” – 1992
Bunyip Records Artist of The Year – 1987

For those that would like to see Roland performing "Under The Moon of Love" in 1964, click HERE

















 Photos From May Meeting

Birthday  Celebrations

Happy Birthday
 To all our members
Celebrating a birthday in June

Graeme Hendry
John Savic

Environmental Change Is Required For Disposable Coffee Cups

Our current disposable coffee/tea cups cost around 20 to 25 cents each.

They are NOT recyclable due to the plastic membrane that lines them and can take up to 30 years to degrade.
Our landfills are choking with the daily arrival of 2 million “disposable” cups per day.

France banned single use disposable in 2020, other countries are following this trend.  Coles & Woolworths both announced that they will stop selling single use plastic tableware, including cups by 1 July this year.

SOLUTION?
Buy yourselves a reusable coffee cup that shows that you’re “environmentally responsible” and form a habit of using them daily (keep in your bag or car), similar to the use of plastic reusable supermarket bags now.

Look in Target, Kmart or other similar stores and you will see there are a large range of reusable cups, especially the light insulated type that will keep your drink hot, or wine cold (use for white wine at wine & cheese nights).  They all have protective “no spill” lids.
 
BRING YOUR REUSABLE CUP TO OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS & RINSE IN THE SINK AFTER USE!
Desley
For those that have yet to buy a reusable coffee/tea cup, Aldi will have Thermos brand stainless steel double walled cups on sale on Saturday 26 June for $9.99. (Please note that I don't receive any remuneration from sales of these cups.....)

Bright trip - 20 to 28 April 2021 - What A Great Trip!

Photos from the bright trip can still be viewed by clicking the links to the following web pages:

Bright Photos Webpages (click on dates to view day by day)

Bright Trip 20th to 28th April 2021

Click HERE for the itinerary

People Places Bright Trip Toilets
We visited a number of "quaint" alpine bush toilets, which were generally very clean and which had good views (if you were game to keep the door open....)

Click HERE to view these great toilets!

2021 Trivia Night Is On Again!


The West Pennant Hills & Cherrybrook Rotary Club Trivia Night is on again on

Saturday 18th September at the Cherrybrook Community Centre.

Save the date!!!

As with all our previous Trivia Nights, it will be an enjoyable and affordable night at only $20.00 per person (no extra costs re the trivia rounds) with the only optional extras being a raffle drawn at the end of the last round.
 
Working on tables of 8 (we can assist/coordinate/put teams together). Ample parking will be available.

Funds raised from this year's Trivia Night will donated to the charity “Graces Place”.

The primary purpose of Grace’s Place is to provide a unique place of healing and restoration for children traumatised by homicide.  The facility is being built at Doonside on land made available by Blacktown City Council and Western Sydney Parklands Trust.

Their web site is https://gracesplace.org.au


Please contact Max or Andrew to make bookings, or using contact details below in the flyer.

To download the flyer, click HERE

Activities & Leaders

As a result of the sign-up sheets at the Foundation Meeting and expressions of interest on application forms we have set up numerous activities and interest groups.

Newsletter Copy Deadline


Please provide your contributions for the April Newsletter by Friday 16th July.

Please email to Enio Dona or Bev Davison for activities or direct to Andrew Little for other articles.

Alternatively place directly into Dropbox under WPHD Probus Activities / Activity Newsletter Contributions / Contributions – 2021 07

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To go to the Activities Calendar - click HERE!

Click on activity to go straight there!
Activity Group    Leaders
Book Challenge Sue Calabrese
Book Club Bev Davison
Bridge Looking For Leader
Cards David Turner 
Cycling Bruce Bartle
Day Trips (Bus/Train/Ferry) Helen Games
Dining Out Wendy Carritt
Domestic Travel Max Henderson
Gardening Sue Small, Lorenza Powyer
Golf Terry Ridge
Investment Group David Antonjuk
Mens Club Rene Beutler
Mixed Social Group Kim Nicholls
Movies Sue Small and Lorenza Powyer
Overseas Travel Looking For Leader
Photography Rob Clarke
Ten Pin Bowling Douglas Matthews
Tennis Bob Davison
Theatre and Musicals Bruce Bartle
Walking Group Enio Dona
Wine & Cheese Julie Shenstone, Susan Antonjuk
 
For an activity group to start, a member needs to step forward to lead the group
                              
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SIT – READ – CHILL!
Another 8 books read!

The ‘SIT – READ – CHILL’ Challenge will run from March to the end of August, and you can join at any time. You set your challenge and then aim to reach it.  
To be part of this challenge, just search Facebook for WPH&D Book Challenge and join us.
This Month:

Heads You Win by Jeffrey Archer: This was such an exciting read. One of those sliding door scenarios – Alex Karpenko and his mother Elena escape from Russia – the flip of a coin decides where they end up and here the story splits into the Alex that goes to America and the Alex that goes to England. The journey towards the climax of their return to Russia is fascinating, intriguing, exciting and downright scary.

Widows by Lynda La Plante: A widow discovers the ledgers of all the crime details of her husband and his three friends in crime. When they are killed (or not??) the wives decide to take over their husbands’ exploits, battling the London underworld who want to take over where the husbands left off. Full of twists and interesting characters.

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty: A book club read. Some crazy twists and a bit of wry humour. Set in a remote health and wellness retreat owned by a guru figure, 9 unsuspecting people arrive hoping to find some rest from their problems. They have no idea what is about to hit them. Some of the resolutions were a bit fantastical and a bit silly. Other books by the author have been better.

The Second Chance by Nicola Marsh: Set in a small Australian Country town, this book follows the stories of two women as they have the chance for romance. An easy read.

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriaty: the story of a 39 year old mother of three who loses her memory of the last ten years of her life. As she stuggles to gain back the lost years of memories, she has reason to question why she has become the person she is, and what she needs to change to make her life a happier place.

The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia: Two sisters head up rival fried chicken restaurants and the family dramatics (at their worst) reach a head when they both enter the Food Channel’s ‘Food Wars’. The winning chicken team will receive an amazing $100K. The story covers family conflict and resolution, the importance of communication, aging, physical and mental health issues and also the happiness factor. 

The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker by Joanna Nell: Mrs Henry Parker (Evelyn), wife of the ship’s doctor is living out her final voyage aboard the “Golden Sunset” liner. Every night she dresses for dinner – gown, tiara, runners – or maybe it’s actually breakfast time? Things are sometimes very confusing for Evelyn, and she is sure that her husband Henry is missing. She has to find him. And on the way she regales her fellow passengers with her memories of the life of travelling the world in luxury as the doctor’s wife. This was a truly heart-warming read. Dementia is dealt with so sensitively, and the compassion of those who she meets is beautiful.

 Sue Calabrese
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Book Club - June 2021 Report

We last met on Thurs 13th May when we received 9 Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty.
 
We will meet again on Thursday 8th July at the Davison house.
 
Happy reading

Bev Davison


Leader - Bev Davison
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Bridge Group










Leaders - Looking For Leader(s)
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Cards 500 report June 2021
We had a good roll up last month and much fun had by all.
Our next card night is Friday 25 June at the Dural Country Club, 7.30 sharp.
An email will be sent out a few days prior to this to find out who will be attending and if you would like to have dinner beforehand.

$5 per head to play.

Any level of ability is fine and if you would like to learn how to play, come along and we can help teach you.

David Turner


Leader - David Turner
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Cycling Group: June 2021

Last month Cycling was cancelled due to raid, a pending cold snap and illness.
 
Next month we will continue riding around the Parramatta River precinct on Wednesday 14th July 2021, to avoid clashing with other planned club activities.
 
This group has been growing steadily and new riders are always welcome, so come along and enjoy our next ride as always, mainly on dedicated cycle paths and of course our mandatory coffee break!!




Leaders - Bruce Bartle & Tony Coote
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Australian Museum

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On Monday 21st June 17 Probus members will be travelling to the Australian Museum to experience the nation’s oldest cultural institution after its $57.5 million facelift.

An Aboriginal tour guide will take us through the exhibition ‘Unsettled’. In this powerful exhibition, First Nations voices reveal the hidden stories of devastation, survival and the fight for recognition. These first-hand accounts are presented through long hidden historical documents, large-scale artworks, immersive experiences and never-before-seen objects from the Australian Museum collections and beyond.

We will be having lunch at the new ‘No1 William Restaurant’ on the museum’s roof top whilst looking at panoramic views across Hyde Park to Sydney Harbour.

Razorhurst Walking Tour: Kings Cross to East Sydney

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Sydney 1929: Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh rule the underworld. The Razor Gang Wars erupt. Blood flows. Tour their territory of Razorhurst.

Details of this tour are being finalised. I have suggested Friday 23rd July, meeting under the Coca Cola sign at 11.00am at a cost of around $22.50.

I will send out a flyer as soon as details have been confirmed.
Leader - Helen Games
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Dining Out – July 2021

34 people attended Il Nido Restaurant in Castle Hill on June 20th for a fine feast of bruschetta, salads, pasta, pizzas and gelato. 

There will be no Dining Out next month due to the Sirculo Restaurant Booking on July 15th which has been organised by Helen Games. 

Wendy
Leader - Wendy Carritt
Italian Winter Feast At Sirculo Thursday 15th July At 7.00pm
My Kitchen Rules Celebrity Chef Josh Sama and Hatted Chef Avik Kanjilal invite you to an Italian Night to remember. Think cold night, open fire pit, mulled wine, delicious food, candle light, great music, good friends.

Cost: $59 for 2 courses

Where: 3 Ward Place Dural

Licensed

Fire pit Mulled Wine Italian Music

Two courses plus tea and coffee

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN REACHED.

Helen
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Kiama Trips Sun 10 - Wed 13 and Sun 17 - Wed 20 October 2021

As requested we have made some swaps and increased our numbers slightly to accommodate everyone. Any further requests will be added to a standby list.

Our amended lists are:
Accommodation:
We have booked the “Park Ridge Retreat” Gerringong, just south of Kiama, providing circa 4 star accommodation) and is adjacent the local shops.                https://www.parkridgeretreat.com.au

Except for single and triple rooms (refer table) our room only “group booking” tariff is $465.00/room for three nights ($155.00/night). Room allocation is mainly on the ground and middle floors.

Motel Meals:
  • Hot Breakfast (Bacon & eggs and other choices) at $15.00 per person, tea, coffee, and juice.
  • One Course Dinner at $25 per person, or 2 courses $35 choices of meals to be confirmed.
Motel payments
Advisedly everyone has now paid their $100 deposit, whilst the majority is refundable, there is a $300.00 non-refundable group booking charge. We will require the accommodation balance of $365.00 (single $320 and triple $557) by the end of August.
All payments should be paid into the Activities Account and identified with your Surname & Kiama.

Evening Meals
We have made group bookings for both trips at the following:
  • Sunday; Gerringong Bowling Club, Pacific Ave, Werrs Beach (6.30pm)

Large modern club, opposite the beach with our own first floor room

  • Monday; Cronin’s Hotel, 29 Belinda Street, Gerringong (6.30pm)
Lynne and I dined here last year, very good bistro

  • Tuesday; Olive & Vine, 87 Manning Street, Kiama (7.30pm)Highly recommended by one of our members

Note; links are to existing menus are not necessarily what will be available in October.
Also due to our numbers we have a 7.30 booking and a set menu for Olive & Vine, two courses $40 or three $50. Send me an email if you require a copy of the menu.

We have made reservations assuming full attendance by our respective groups. Therefore can you please let us (Max) know by the end of August if you will not be attending any of these venues and we will adjust our reservations.

Activities
As usual we will endeavour to ensure this will be a very flexible trip, with how much or little you do entirely up to you. We will try for a major attraction each day, preferably morning.
This will generally provide “free time” after lunch for the various other attractions, all of which will undoubtedly have various levels of appeal. Thus we recommend you do some homework (at least check out some web sites etc.) to ascertain any individual preferences.

The hotel webpage includes a number of links to various local attractions.
https://www.parkridgeretreat.com.au/attractions.html

We will include a few YouTube links each month, just for inspiration:
Kiama Coast Walk - YouTube
Kiama is calling - YouTube
Inspiration for later - Minnamurra Rainforest - YouTube
 
Costs
Except for the stated accommodation costs, it is best if all other costs, e.g. breakfasts, lunches, dinners and all activities are paid for separately, by the participants.

Other
Any suggestions or questions please give me a call.
Looking forward to both your company and a great trip.
 
P.S. I’m looking some inspiration for April next year, any suggestions?

 
Max Henderson
Activity Leader
Broken Hill Wanderer Rail Package  Sunday 22 – Tuesday 31 August 2021
On Sunday for those catching the train from Central we will spend the night at “The Great Southern Hotel” at Central. This will provide us a relatively short walk to Central Monday morning.

On Monday we have twenty four happy travelling companions, departing either Central at 6.18am or Parramatta at 6.40am and arriving in Broken Hill about 7.10pm (CST):
The rail package holiday
Refer to the attached link for a detailed insight, including costs:
https://railholidaysaustralia.com.au/project/broken-hill-wanderer/
 
Heading Home
Tuesday week we will be transferred to Broken Hill Railway Station to depart at 7.45am (CST) on the Outback Explorer in First class seats.

Costs
There has been email correspondence providing individual package costs, including deposits paid and the balances due by the end of this month.
Except for the stated package costs, all other associated costs are best paid for individually by the participants.

Other
Any suggestions or questions please give me a call.
Looking forward to both your company and a great trip.
 
Max Henderson
Activity Leader
 
P.S. I’m looking some inspiration for April next year, any suggestions?
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GARDENING GROUP - June
Our Gardening Group outing for June was scheduled to be a visit to Lisgar Gardens.  Unfortunately, the weather forecast for the day was a maximum our 13 deg and drizzling rain.

To avoid staying home on a cold, wet, miserable day, we met at Beanmeister Café for the morning.  This gave us all an opportunity to have a good catch up while enjoying brunch together.
Leaders -  Sue Small, Lorenza Powyer
Please let Sue Small know if you’d like to be added to the Gardening Group list to be kept updated on the Group’s activities.
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Golf Report June 2021.

The Bunker News
by Editor Terrence

Hello everyone from the WPH&D Probus Inc - Golf Bunker (easy to get into, but sometimes hard to get out off).
Our members this month did not play at Lynwood Golf Course due to a rain affected course.

Our July  game location is still to be confirmed, an email will be sent later shortly.

 
This is the editor signing off from a sandy hole (Bunker).

Yours in Fun, Fellowship & Friendship

Terry Ridge.
Leader - Terry Ridge
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Investment Group - June
 
Finally, we have restarted the Investment Group, with our first meeting since March last year was held on Thursday 27th May. This meeting was to plan and to discuss topics for future meetings. Our second meeting was held on Tuesday 15th June where we looked at three YouTube videos which then prompted an interesting discussion.
 
Future Investment Group meetings will be held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be held at my home and the topic for discussion will be comparing using a stock broker verses an online share trading platform such as CommSec.

The usual enticement of a home baked cake will the available to all participants, along with tea and coffee.
 
David Antonjuk

Leader - David Antonjuk
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MEN'S CLUB - June
The next activity for our Men’s Group will be on Wednesday the 7th July.  It will be an extremely interesting walk in Woolloomooloo - so save the date!!

Ian Palmer, who is a member of the “Fellowship of First Fleeters”,  will lead us on a history walk around Woolloomooloo.  It is an easy  3 km walk in a mostly flat area. 
Following the walk we plan to have lunch at “Harry’s Cafe de Wheels” or a local hotel.

We will meet at 10am outside the Police Citizens Youth Club on the corner Cathedral Street and Riley Street (just down the hill from St Mary’s Cathedral).
You can catch the train, then from St James Station you walk across Hyde Park and down St Mary’s Road past the Cathedral.
If travelling by car, then the Domain Car Park is just across the street.  

Please let me know if you plan to join us on this fascinating trip back in time!

Renee

Leader - Rene Beutler
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The next mixed coffee morning will be at 11am in the Bistro area of the Castle Hill RSL on Monday 28th June.

Kim

 

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Leaders- Kim Nicholls & Sue Cordukes
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MOVIE GROUP - JUNE
At our June movie day we saw June Again which is a heartfelt story of a twist of fate which gives the family matriarch ‘June’, played by Noni Hazlehurst, a reprieve from ongoing dementia. Much to the Families amazement, June re-enters the lives of her adult children, and learns that 'things haven't gone according to plan'. With limited time but plenty of pluck, she sets about trying to put everything, and everyone, back on track. When her meddling backfires, June sets out on a romantic journey of her own and discovers she needs help from the very people she was trying to rescue.

As usual, our Movie Group outing also included a good catch-up chat while enjoying brunch at Cosmo Café.
Our next Movie Day will be on Tuesday 6 July.  Unfortunately, the list of movies screening in July are not yet available.

Please let Sue Small know if you’d like to be added to the Movie group list to be kept updated on upcoming Movie Days
Leaders – Lorenza Powyer & Sue Small
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Probus Photography Group
Our photography group is now back to normal with meetings and excursions. Our meetings are on the third Wednesday of each month. In my absence Bain has been holding the reigns, thank you Bain.  

Andrew Little organised an outing to the World Press photography 2020 winners at the Mitchell Library. Thank you, Andrew. We had 16 attendees and the photographs on display were confronting. The world press photographers travel to locations where there is a story to tell and most of the places they travelled to are where there is suppression, disasters, and trauma. Apparently bad news sells newspapers and makes the news!!! It made us all think how lucky we are to live in Australia and the issues we face are first world. Following the exhibition, we had lunch in parliament house with the bells ringing for a sitting of parliament. We thought Peter Stanton was going to be arrested for trying to sneak into the upper house chamber whilst it was sitting.

Facebook Site
Our Facebook site shows members images and there are references to a wide variety of learning videos and articles that can be looked back for reference.
The Facebook site is located at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/254025278937219/?ref=group_header
If you would like to see the Facebook site, please put a request in from your Facebook page to join the group. If you are a member of our Probus club you will be granted access, you don’t need to join the photography meetings. There are currently 30 members who access the Facebook site which is almost a third of the club’s membership. Some of the images are fantastic.

Here is a recent image taken by Andrew Little.
Training on Lightroom and Photoshop
To make photos “pop” they need to be post processed. Lightroom is a program that helps to organise and process photos. Bain has kindly offered to run a workshop on Lightroom for the group. The date is to be advised.
Photoshop allows photographers to be more creative with photos and following the Lightroom workshop Rob will schedule some Photoshop workshops.
If you are interested in these workshops please let me know.
 
Next Outing
Our next outing is to Winterfest on Saturday June 26. This is a great outing for photographers and anyone who just wants to see something completely different. Tickets need to be purchased on-line. We will meet at the gates at Hawkesbury showground at 9:30am on Saturday June 26.
Next Meetings
  • Next Meeting: Wednesday August 18 at 7:30pm at the Clarke’s residence.  The July meeting is being postponed due to the coordinator having a knee operation.
Rob Clarke
Activity Coordinator

Leaders - Rob Clarke & Bain Shenstone

2021 World Press Photos Exhibition

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TEN PIN BOWLING REPORT - June

After a break of 15 months Ten Pin Bowling finally got up and running last Friday with a
new start time of 10 am.
Eleven Probus members took part with a near even split between females and males
proving it is an activity for both genders.
On the playing, front David & the two Bobs showed some form among the boys whilst
Toni and Jeanette lead the way amongst the girls.

Following play, six of us went to the Castle Hill Tavern to enjoy a good lunch at a very
reasonable price.

Our next game will be on Friday, 16 July and I hope we can build on the eleven members
we had last Friday. As usual, I will text those who have expressed an interest in playing a
week out from the scheduled date to establish who wishes to participate. Those who
have not expressed an interest previously but who would like to participate can call me, or add their name and mobile number to sheet at monthly meeting.

Doug Mathews
Leader - Doug Matthews
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Tennis Group Report- June 2021
We play every Monday and Wednesday at 8.30am weather permitting at Hasting Park Tennis Complex, 44 Belltree Crescent, Castle Hill.
 
Due to school holidays, there will be grandparents with child minding duties but we will be playing as usual with those available.
 
If you wish to join us, please let me know.
 
Cheers

Bob Davison

Leader - Bob Davison
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Live Theatre June 2021
 
This month we attended “Come from Away” at the Capitol Theatre on Wednesday 9 June, with 34 attendees that evening attending, again thank-you for all your support!
 
This month we have a theatre party to “The Addams Family” presented by Sydney Youth Musical Theatre at Hornsby RSL Club, 7:30pm on Friday 9 July 2021.
 
To date we have 26 attendees with great seats reserved for the evening preceded by dinner at the club for those interested. We will also be joined by 20 of our Rotary friends who are hosting 3 families from Coonabarabran that weekend.
 
 Finally, we have a group confirmation for the enormously popular “Hamilton” at The Lyric Theatre on Wednesday 3 November 2021 with 40 good downstairs stall seats reserved (Rows H-N).
 
 Tickets are expected to be around $210 each including return coach travel and will need to be finalised with Ticketmaster Groups by early September.
 
 A new interest sheet will be issued at this month’s meeting followed by a circular email requesting expressions of interest.
Leader - Bruce Bartle
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Walking - June
The walking group of 14 persons (should have been 16) had a lovely flat walk around Caddies Creek in Rouse Hill last month followed by coffee at the Kellyville North Shopping Centre.  It was good to see Greg come back after knee surgery, and John join us again.  Toni finally got Ken to join in for a walk that was not on a golf course,  Great to see you all.
 
Walking it something that we all should more of, as per the benefits below
Walking for an average of 30 minutes or more a day can lower the risk of heart disease, stroke by 35% percent and Type 2 diabetes by 40%.
It’s not just your heart and muscles that benefit from walking.
Regular physical activity can help:
  • reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke
  • manage weight, blood pressure and blood cholesterol
  • prevent and control diabetes
  • reduce your risk of developing some cancers
  • maintain your bone density, reducing your risk of osteoporosis and fractures
  • improve balance and coordination, reducing your risk of falls and other injuries
  • improve our daily mood which cumulatively leads to better mental health

The next walk is on the second Tuesday of the month July 13th, and I am planning to walk from Wynyard Train Station to the new section of walkway around the Barangaroo Reserve followed by Crown Sydney Hotel and past Barangaroo and back to Town Hall Station. Optus card required for the Metro.  Again, it is a flat walk with plenty of stops and plenty of coffee.   Toilets are also available.  Hope to see more of you.

Enio
Leader - Enio Dona
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On Friday 11th June our Wine and Cheese night was hosted at Cathy and David Turner’s house. It was a chilly night outside but very cosy indoors. Around 30 people came along and enjoyed some delicious home baked delights and Beveridge of choice.

The next wine & cheese night will be on Friday 13th August. The venue is yet to be decided.

There will be no W&C night in July


Julie & Sue
 Leader  Julie Shenstone
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