Newsletter No. 56  - September 2021

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS, THE NEXT GENERAL MEETING  WILL BE HELD BY ZOOM AT 10.30AM ON WEDNESDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER

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President's Report

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President’s Report - September

Another month has passed and I have to admit that I do not have a lot to report. I did attend a Probus District Two meeting (via Zoom) which was conducted by Probus South Pacific (PSPL). There were about 44 attendees from around 34 different clubs in the Hills and surrounding districts. I have now tuned in to a couple of these meetings, and I have to admit that our club is a lot more advanced in our communications and activities than a lot of the other clubs. Most of them appear to be having difficulty attracting new members and keeping in contact with their member base. I think we are very fortunate to be fully electronic and to have an energetic bunch of members and Activity Leaders. PSPL do seem to be working very hard to support and assist clubs in these difficult times.

I believe that we may have an opportunity to get together again this year. I am confident we will meet face to face for our November meeting. You should also put Wednesday 15th December in your diary as the planned date for our Christmas Party.
Enio has already placed a tentative booking with The Madison Function Centre, the same venue that provided a successful event last year.


Other than that, get vaccinated and continue to follow the guidelines.  NSW seems to be doing a great job in getting us to that 80/70 milestone and thereby allowing us to get together again. 

Bob Carritt President

Secretarial

Correspondence In

None 

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's Report

Ian Roberts - Treasurer​
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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 September 2021

Well we are slowly moving towards the time when we can meet together again.
I know that some of you have been getting together in groups of 5 in the park for some much needed socialising. It’s not until you are able to experience this that you realise how much you have missed this contact!

Congratulations to Andrew and Desley’s daughter Rosemary who competed in the shotput at the Para Olympics in Japan. It was very exciting to watch someone who we knew to compete.

Since lockdown a couple of families have had additions to the family of the furry kind! Bob and Wendy  Carritt now have a whippet called Bowie. [Coincidently, Bowie’s brother found a home with Santo and Sue Calabrese’s daughter Sarah and her partner]. Terry and Jan Ridge’s daughter and granddaughter who are living with them now have a cavoodle called Louie. Julie and Bain Shenstone got 2 bundles of joy earlier in the year. They are Labradors [Atlas and Minerva, known as Minnie] and are keeping the family very busy. I know all these families are thoroughly enjoying the companionship that these additions have made to their families while we have been in lockdown.

While out walking I have run into a number of members and caught up on their news. It’s great to be out in the sunshine and out of the house.

Keeping in contact with your friends and family and club members helps to keep us still connected and looking out for each other.

Let myself or Terry Ridge know if there is anyone you think we should make contact with.
See you on Zoom.

Cathy Turner
Terry Ridge

Cathy Turner & Terry Ridge – Welfare Officers

September Meeting Speakers - Rob & Rosemary Clarke - Our trip and Photos of interest:  South Georgia & Antarctic​

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Rosemary and Rob have been keen travellers from a young age. Shortly after we were married, Rob won a scholarship to study in Michigan in the United States, at every opportunity we packed up our rusted old Datsun and travelled through as many states as we could. When leaving the United States, we came home through Europe for four months travelling in a campervan.

When the children came along our travel experiences evaporated except for the camping trips and other local travel as the kids grew. When Rosemary’s bother died at the very young age of fifty-nine, we realised that we should make the most of our time. For the past 20 years we have travelled extensively throughout the world, we prefer small group adventure tours to remote places off the tourist track. Antarctica was always on the bucket list and completed our seven continents.  Rob being a keen photographer wanted to travel with National Geographic to gain some photographic insights. Our ship had 150 passengers and the 21-day voyage took us to the Falkland Islands, the Island of South Georgia, and the Antarctic peninsula in November / December 2019 just before lockdown. 

History Of Vaccines

For those that would like to download a significantly updated pdf version of David's presentation (including speaker notes) last month on History Of Vaccines, please click HERE.

He has done a lot of work to improve the flow of the presentation and to provide more information about Covid-19 vaccines.

Photos From August Meeting

I apologise for the quality of the photos, but they are screen dumps

ROTARY BOOKS FOR SALE

As the Rotary Club is unable to hold book sales at the moment, we are selling books online.  Currently I am advertising the books below.  These are all 2020 titles @ $10.00 each.

If you wish to buy one, please let me know.
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Bev Davison

Birthday  Celebrations

Happy Birthday
 To all our members
Celebrating a birthday in August

Bob Carritt
Deirdre Clark
Rob Clarke
Gail Day
Bruce Fraser
Ray Heaton
Rosemary Jones
Doug Matthews 
Mike McLeod
Terry Ridge
Michael Stinson

JOKES TO KEEP YOU AMUSED DURING LOCKDOWN

Thanks to Hilda , Sue and others for these jokes and cartoons. Whilst some of you may have seen these before, we can always get a laugh out of them the second time around!

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 October Newsletter by Friday 15th October.

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 10

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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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COVID SHMOVID – WE’VE GOT BOOKS!

A LOCKDOWN RECORD – 18 BOOKS SINCE THE LAST NEWSLETTER!
The ‘SIT – READ – CHILL’ Challenge finished with a total of 65 Books read by the end of the Challenge. The COVID SHMOVID challenge starts now, and already we have 5 books since it began from the start of September. It will run until the end of February. So many amazing reads this time round. You get so many ideas for that next read. You can join the challenge at any time. Just search Facebook for WPH&D Book Challenge and join us. Once you’re in, choose the number of books you think you can read (+ 1 more) and get reading.
This past Month:

Other Women by Cathy Kelly: a story of three women, their secrets, and how their lives are tangled.

Camino Winds by John Grisham: The story is a blend of life on a small island off the Florida coast, the murder of a famous local, undercover operations going right up to the FBI level, and a bit of summer romance. Interesting right to the end.

Deadly Cross by James Patterson: You are enticed from page one, never knowing the direction you well be taken on and can never guess the ending. James Patterson seems to be a favourite of the group.

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton: Book Club Read – and a 29 hour and 17 minutes of listening!!!! Set in NZ during the gold rush, a wealthy man vanishes, a whore may have tried to end her life, and a huge fortune is found in the home of a drunk. A reviewer said: like a metaphor gone wild and I have to agree with those words. Why are Booker Prize books so wordy. Men behaving like bitches on speed (or opium in this case), greed, far too many side tracks, and the racism towards the Chinese on the goldfields was breathtaking.   

The Last Days of John Lennon by James Patterson (collaboration):  James Patterson always seems to write a good book when he collaborates, and this doesn’t disappoint. Two readers to handle the English/American sides to the story also make it very enjoyable to listen to. The story moves between the early days of the Beatles through to their breakup and the acrimonious feelings caused by the breakup, the life of John and Yoko, and the dark presence of Mark David Chapman and the inner workings of his warped mind. Even though I can still remember when and where I was when I was told of Lennon’s death, and know how I felt at the time, it was still very confronting and saddening to hear the actual last horrendous moments of his life.

The Flat Share by Beth O’Leary: reviewed in a past newsletter but if you want a good light-hearted read this is very good. The cover has the intrigue: Tiffy and Leon share a bed. Tiffy and Leon have never met. A great relationship develops via post it notes.  

The French Art of not giving a F*ck: Basically – Stop doing things that don’t make you happy so ou can make room for things that do. Give yourself a break.
 
Piece of my Heart by Mary Higgins Clark: a riveting page turner – couldn’t put it down. Television producer Laurie Moran is about to finally marry Alex, but before they can exchange vows Alex’s nephew goes missing. Their lives are put on hold as the puzzle deepens, and a child’s life is at stake.

A Long Way from Paradise by Leah Chishugi: reviewed in last month’s newsletter. A very confronting account from a woman who survived the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. Pushed to the very boundaries of human experience, she uses her experiences to become an agent of change. Not for the faint-hearted.
  
My Family and other Animals by Gerald Durrell: this book was presented as a dramatization for radio. A biography with a lot of poetic license in the telling. Naturalist Gerald Durrell describes his eccentric family and his encounters with the local creatures from his 10 year old perspective in pre-war Corfu. Certainly a weird bunch.

Indian Summer by Marcia Willett: an easy listening book. Renowned actor Sir Mungo, uses his quiet village home in a Devon as a perfect retreat for himself and his old London pals. His brother, Archie and his wife live on a farm nearby. His friend Kit visits, and rekindles a romance with her first love Jake (a love from 20+ years ago). Emma is looking for some excitement in her life but takes on more than she can chew. Two farmer brothers live on Archie’s farm. The dramas of each of these lives unfolds – loyalty, friendship and protection of others entwines through the story – and all the while a struggling writer trying to write his second book (first was self-published!) totally misses the whole drama unfolding in what he thinks is just a very dull place.

The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young: This was a bit of a surprise read – like The Diary of a Cow. Sweet, compassionate, and at times amusing. It’s about how Cows are as varied as people. The thoughts and observations of a farmer of her herd, and the intelligence of her cows.

The Perils of Morning Coffee by Alexander McCall Smith: a charming novella in the Isabel Dalhousie series. Isabel has one chance meeting with a fellow philosopher, George, over a cup of coffee. She then finds herself accused, by his wife, of having an affair with him. The story meanders around her feelings of injustice over the wild allegation, and she turns to her husband and to an acquaintance, to gain some insight into the situation. The moral is to not jump to hasty conclusions about the lives of others, and to value friendship wherever it is found.

The Dressmaker’s Secret by Rosalie Ham: A sequel to The Dressmaker, where Tilly Dunnage, fled Dungatar in a 🔥 – literally – of justified vengeance. Now in Melbourne, 1953, in the Coronation Year of Princess Elizabeth, Tilly is hiding in plain sight, trying to conceal her past from her present. The themes of hypocrisy, bullying, transformation, ambition and lies continues.

Castle of Dreams by Elise McCune: story has a strange resemblance to the Cartographer’s Secret somehow. Two sisters, Vivien and Rose, fall in love with the same man during the war. Their relationship becomes strained. Then fast-forward to 2009, and Rose’s granddaughter Stella becomes fascinated with the shroud of secrecy around her grandmother’s past, so visits the ruined castle in Northern Queensland where Rose grew up to see if she can find out more.

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult: a story about race hate crime. The baby of a white supremacist couple dies. The nurse on duty is an African American nurse, who has strict instructions not to touch the baby. The story follows the ensuing legal case when the nurse is charged with murder. Jodi Picoult always has unexpected turns in her books.
 
Sue Calabrese
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Book Club - September 2021 Report

We met on 2nd September via zoom and after a great catch up, we discussed The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton, which a few of us had managed to read / listen to but not particularly enjoyed. 
 
Our next scheduled book is The Twentieth Man by Tony Jones.  Until the library re-opens though we cannot get the book kit.
 



Our next meeting will be on 28th October.
 
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 September 2021

Cards are cancelled for August & September.

David Turner




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​Leader - David Turner
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Cycling Group: September 2021

Cycling has been cancelled due to current Covid 19 restrictions with all exercise currently restricted to just two persons.
 
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!!

Bruce




Leaders - Bruce Bartle & Tony Coote
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Nothing to report.

Leader - Helen Games
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Dining Out – September

Dining out sadly remains on hold for the foreseeable future.

I think we will be very lucky to be able to have another dining out evening until next year, meanwhile keep safe and well and enjoy all your ‘dining in’ evenings!

Wendy
Leader - Wendy Carritt
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Kiama Trips

Sun 20 - Wed 23 and Sun 27 - Wed 30 MARCH 2022

As advised via email 5 and 12 Sept. we transferred our October bookings to March next year, which resulted in some changes, the amended lists are: 

Variations

Overall relatively minor with two members having to cancel from each group, four swapping from the first to the second group and two joining the first group. With no one offering to swap from the second group the result is twenty eight and thirty four respectively in each group.
Vaccinations

It’s very reasonable to presume access to hospitality venues (motels, pubs, clubs, restaurants etc) will be subject to patrons being fully vaccinated (two COVID shots).
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 February.
All payments should be paid into the Activities Account and identified with your Surname & Kiama.

Evening Meals
With some businesses closed, to date we have only been able to transfer our Olive & Vine booking with our 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 and are not necessarily what will be available in March.
Also due to our numbers we have a 7.30 booking and a set menu for Olive & Vine, currently two courses $40 or three courses $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 me know by the end of February if you will not be attending any of these venues and we will adjust our reservations.

Activities
Whilst the numbers on these two trips grossly exceed past trips (12 to 20) it makes extremely difficult to organise as our numbers exceed what most tourist operators can caters for such as lunches, various attractions. etc.
Thus whilst we can make numerous suggestions, it possibly best to organise yourselves into small groups, car pool wherever possible and then come together as one group for the evening meals.
Thus we recommend you do some homework (at least check out some web sites etc.) to ascertain any preferences.
The hotel webpage includes a number of links to various local attractions.
https://www.parkridgeretreat.com.au/attractions.html

Costs
Except for the stated and maintained 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.
 
Max
 
P.S. I’m still looking some inspiration for future trips, any suggestions?

Max Henderson
Activity Leader
Broken Hill Wanderer Rail Package - Sunday 22 – Tuesday 31 May 2022
As previously advised we have transferred this trip from August to May next year and gained four additional travellers, increasing our number to twenty eight.

For those catching the train from Central we will spend Sunday night at “The Great Southern Hotel” at Central. This will provide us with a relatively short walk to Central on Monday morning.

On Monday we have fifteen departing from Central at 6.18am and thirteen from Parramatta at 6.40am to arrive in Broken Hill at about 7.10pm (CST):

Tuesday week we will be transferred to Broken Hill Railway Station to depart at 7.45am (CST) on the Outback Explorer.

Activities
“2022 Broken Hill Wanderer Rail Package”, refer link:
https://railholidaysaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Broken-Hill-Wanderer-Brochure-2022.pdf
 
Costs
Except for the stated package costs, it’s best if all other costs are paid for separately, by the participants. 
 
Other
I just received an update of costs from our travel agent reflecting return first class train travel (previously return only) plus an annual increase. I will email the participants this detail shortly.

The balances paid for the August trip have been refunded to our Probus account and our agent is only holding a deposit of $200 per person.
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Any suggestions or questions please give me a call.
Max Henderson
Activity Leader
 
P.S. I’m looking some inspiration for future trips, any suggestions?
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GARDENING GROUP - September
​There was a several very interesting article recently published on the importance of bees to our gardens, as well as the rest of our environment – below is a combined summary of the various articles:


WHAT’S THE BUZZ?  
Why is attracting bees to your garden important? These valuable little visitors pollinate many of your plants. In fact, over 75% of the world’s flowering plants rely on pollinators like bees to reproduce. Without bees, your garden and the world would look very bare.
Bees are the world’s best pollinators because they collect pollen from flowers to feed their young.  Sadly, bee populations in Australia and around the world are declining. As we clear land for urban development, remove plants, create flowerless landscapes, and use harmful chemicals on our plants, we cause bee population losses. The good news is you can help, by encouraging bees to your garden.

WHY NATIVE BEES?
Australia is home to 1,600 different native bee species - quite impressive when you consider there are around 20,000 bee varieties worldwide. Most of these native bees are solitary and live alone, and although they don’t make honey, they are important pollinators.
Our native bees are beautiful and diverse. Some are covered in thick, furry hair while others are smooth and shiny. Some sport yellow and black stripes while others are blue in colour. They come in a range of sizes too, from the spectacular 24 millimetre carpenter bee to the world’s smallest bee, the 2 millimetre Quasihesma bee.
Australian Native Stingless Bees
​1. CREATE A BEE HABITAT GARDEN
Bees are after one thing and that’s the food in flowers: pollen and nectar. So, the more flowers in your garden, the more bees you’ll attract.
But some flowers are more attractive to bees than others. This is because they may have more pollen and nectar, they may flower at a time when there aren’t many other plants in flower or the flower structure may simply be better for landing and feasting.
By planting a mix of plants, which flower throughout the year, you’re giving bees a regular food supply. This will encourage them to stay, feed, drink, shelter and even reproduce in your garden.
Rather than scattering flowers randomly, plant large patches. This encourages bees to forage and cross pollinate the plants as they move efficiently from flower to flower. Water your flowers deeply and often to ensure flowers produce plenty of nectar and pollen. 

2. CHOOSE PLANTS NATIVE BEES LOVE
Most native bees have cleverly evolved to collect pollen and nectar from native and non-native flowering plants, making them ‘generalist’ foragers. But there are around 100 species of native bees that are specialist bees, so it’s worth planting a handful of native plants in your garden too.
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Below are lists of the best bee-attracting flowers to include in your garden.
3 PROVIDE SHELTER:
Native bees don’t build the structures we associate with honeybees, but they do need places to nest, which vary depending on the species.
Resin and leafcutter bees will nest in large drilled holes in wood, which mimic the natural cavities produced by wood-boring insects. Resin bees also like to shelter in small cavities in rockeries or layers of rolled bark. Hollow stems can be bundled up to attract reed and masked bees.
In Australia, we’re encouraged to mulch our plants, but native bees that nest in the ground find it hard to dig through thick layers of mulch. So leave an area of bare ground, at least a metre squared, to encourage ground-nesting bees into your garden.
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4. AVOID USING CHEMICALS IN YOUR GARDEN
Unfortunately some garden chemicals are harmful to bees. If you want to attract bees, steer away from products that contain neonicotinoids. Consider only applying chemicals to infested areas, avoid or minimise sprays during flowering and avoid spraying when you can see bees actively foraging in your plants. If you need an insecticide, try eco-oil or eco-neem which are bee safe. If a plant is infested with many pests, it may simply need feeding, pruning or pulling out. There are also many home remedies you can try. Click to discover our list of 13 easy homemade pest controls. 
Leaders -  Sue Small, Lorenza Powyer
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Golf Report September 2021.

Same as last month- nothing much to report....


Leader - Terry Ridge
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Investment Group - September
 
Not surprisingly, there will be no Investment Group meeting in Septemberor October.

Whenever the next meeting will take place, it will be held at 10:00am on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at my home.

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.
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David Antonjuk
 
Leader - David Antonjuk
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MEN'S CLUB - September

​Due to the current COVID restrictions we are unable to plan any future activities.

We will reschedule the Woolloomooloo Walk when the restrictions end. 


Renee


Leader - Rene Beutler
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Mixed Social group is cancelled until the Covid lockdown has finished




 

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Leaders- Kim Nicholls & Sue Cordukes
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MOVIE GROUP - September

Unfortunately, the cinemas continue to be closed. 

Please let Sue Small know if you find a particularly good movie, or series on Netflix, Stan, etc so we can share the details with the rest of our Movie ‘buffs’.

Leaders – Lorenza Powyer & Sue Small
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Probus Photography Group

September Photography Meeting
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At our September Zoom meeting we ran through all the free photo editing software that is available, there are a lot. The downside of this type of software is that there are regular annoying advertisements appearing to either stop the advertisements or to have additional features. An alternative to the free option is to buy a subscription service for photo editing, Lightroom and Photoshop being the most popular.
Photoshop and Lightroom is provided by a subscription service and costs $15 per month and the software is always kept up to date.

Lightroom is cataloguing and photo editing program and Bain Shenstone has kindly offered to run some workshops for the members when our lock down is over. We are hoping this will be as early as November.
Photoshop is a more refined photo editing tool and allows the author to combine photos and introduce creative elements into their photography presentation. Rob will be conducting some workshops on Photoshop after lockdown.
Initially Lightroom and Photoshop look daunting however with some hands-on practice though the workshops users will be able to edit their photos so that they “pop”.
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Image of the Month
The photography task last month was to take a photo that tells a story. The definition of a story in the photography context is an image in which viewer observers what the photographer wanted them to see.  Highly cluttered photos often confuse the story, often good photos are very simple.
Andrew Little won the competition with this image of escalators in the Covid-19 lockdown era. The image was taken with an I-Phone which delighted our I-Phone photographers. Well done Andrew, this is the second image in a row that Andrew has won image of the month. This image also becomes the banner on our Facebook site.

To see all the members photos, go to the Probus Photography Facebook page to view the story album.

The link is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/254025278937219/?ref=group_header
Next Month’s Photography Task

The photography task for next month is to take an image and process it through software of choice and then put the two images in the photo editing album on our Facebook site.

Next Outing
Unfortunately, we can’t schedule an outing whilst lockdown is in place. As soon as the lockdown is over, we will restart these events.

Photography Tip: Do not over process photos with colour as it makes them look unnatural.

Next Meeting
  • Next Meeting: Wednesday October 21 at 7:30pm. We may be out of lockdown?

Rob Clarke
Activity Coordinator

Leaders - Rob Clarke & Bain Shenstone

Photography Group - Street Photography Photos 

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TEN PIN BOWLING REPORT - September

Ten Pin Bowling continues to be suspended due to Covid restrictions.
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Doug Mathews
Leader - Doug Matthews
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Tennis Group Report- September 2021
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With the recent change in restrictions, we are able to play doubles once again.
We are still playing twice a week and depending on numbers,  will play on either 1 or 2 courts.
 
We play every Monday and Wednesday at 9.00am weather permitting, at Hasting Park Tennis Complex, 44 Belltree Crescent, Castle Hill.
 
If you wish to join us, please let me know.


 
Cheers
Bob Davison

Leader - Bob Davison
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Live Theatre September 2021
 
Hamilton at The Lyric Theatre on Wednesday 3 November at 7:00pm:
 
I hope you are all coping with the current lock-down and your spirits are buoyant!
 
I sent this note below to our interest group on 30 August 2021
 
Thanks again to all of you that have expressed interest in or have subscribed to our Theatre Party to Hamilton at The Lyric Theatre on Wednesday 3 November at 7:00pm.

 Happy to report that we now have 20+ attendees for the evening making the return bus viable and communication from Ticketmaster requesting confirmation of our numbers and payment by 6 September 2021,

 Given the current good progress in vaccination rates, I now intend to proceed with this booking content in the knowledge that if the show does not resume by this date, we will be either be refunded or rescheduled.

My only other reservation would be my own personal speculation that the venue may require some proof of Covid vaccination prior to admission. If this represents a problem for any reason you may need to re-consider and advise me as a matter of urgency.
 
We also have one person currently on the wait list that evening.
 
HAMILTON is the story of America then, told by America now. A record-breaking masterpiece that has “transformed theatre and the way we think about history.” – The New York Times
The Tony®, Grammy®, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize winning musical features a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, HAMILTON has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in musical theatre.
 
Stay safe,
 
Bruce Bartle
Leader - Bruce Bartle
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Walking - September

Walking activity will startup as soon as the restrictions allow a sizable group to walk together again

Enio
Leader - Enio Dona
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Due to current Covid restrictions, the date for the next W&C is yet to be determined.


Julie & Sue
 Leader  Julie Shenstone
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