Behind The Badge speakers are not to be missed!

Chair:  TBA

Behind the Badge

Doug McLean

The inaugural Interest Group Meetings on 4 December were such a success that participants decided to meet each month on the second Thursday.

Whether or not you attended the December event you are invited to participate in the next meetings on Thursday 11 February from 5:45 PM to 7:00 PM.

If your interests include current affairs, books and literature, or travel - or all three - we have the group for you! 

To book go to: 

There is no fee for this event.

IMPORTANT: When you register, please nominate in the 'Comments' box which of the following groups you would like to join:

Travel

Books and literature

Current affairs

Dick Whitaker is a former meteorologist for the Bureau of Meteorology, The Weather Channel and Sky News Weather and author of books such as The Complete Book of Australian Weather, Understanding Climate Change and Australia’s Natural Disasters.

He has worked with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as a rapporteur for the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology, was a consultant in the AusAID funded 'Enhanced Applications of Climate Predictions in Pacific Island Countries' (travelling extensively in the Pacific Islands) and began the Bureau of Meteorology’s Indigenous Weather Knowledge' endeavour in 2001.

Dick then spent ten years as Chief Meteorologist with Sky News Weather. He has been author, co-author and consultant editor of seventeen general interest books about the weather, including publications for Time-Life and Reader’s Digest. He has a long-standing interest in public education about weather and climate.

*NB: Dick will be appearing via Zoom to our meeting at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club.

Chair: Noel Halford

The speaker will update us on  our recently completed project: 

The installation of a Disasteraid Skyhydrant: providing safe clean water to a remote village in Myanmar near the border with Thailand. 

This project idea started with our road trip to Nhill, after John Millington, from Rotary Nhill, addressed our Club and told us about the Karen people and the story of the hardship they had faced and their successful settling into the Nhill community.

Chair: Katrina Flinn 

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By popular demand our second Quiz Night will be held via Zoom on Friday 26 February at 5.45 PM.

Will our current Quiz Champions ‘Team Dolan’ successfully defend their title?  Or will other challengers prevail on the night? 

As before, quiz questions will be drawn from a range of topics including current affairs, geography, film and TV, history and culture, health, language, music, science, literature and Australiana.

Dust off the COVID cobwebs and give your brain a fun workout.  Join us for a night of fellowship, trivia and some serious facts - and learn something new as a bonus.

There is a fee of $15 per family for this event.

Join us to hear from Dr Peter Brukner, the stories, the latest research and more!

Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, FACSP, FACSM, FASMF, FFSEM is a specialist sports and exercise physician and the founding partner at the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne. Peter is a world renowned sports medicine clinician and researcher. His most recent team appointments have been as Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Liverpool Football Club and, until 2017, Team Doctor for the Australian cricket team.

He is currently Senior Associate Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine and has previously been Senior Associate Editor of the Clinical Journal of Sport  Medicine and Current Sports Medicine Reports as well as being a past editor of Sport Health.

Peter has been team physician for Melbourne and Collingwood AFL clubs as well as national athletics, swimming, soccer, men's hockey and cricket teams. He was an Australian Team Physician at the Atlanta Olympic Games, Team Manager of the Australian athletics team at the Sydney Olympics and a National Selector for Athletics Australia. He was the Socceroos’ Team Doctor for the 2010 World Cup campaign. In 2008 Peter was elected to the Board of Hockey Australia.

Chair:  Kevin Rose

Photo:  peterbrukner.com

Join us for this very special event  Speakers (via video) include Jacinda Ardern, NZ's PM & Jennifer Jones , Rotary International President Nominee & Sally Capp, Lord Mayor of Melbourne. What a line up!

Chair: Katrina Flinn 

Photo:  beehive.gov.nz

The next monthly meetings of the Club's special interests groups - the Book Group (aka 'The Bookworms') and the Current Affairs Group (aka 'The Fixers') - will be held on Monday 15 March from 5.45 PM to 7.00 PM.

New members are welcome.  A special call-out to those of you who have been travel-deprived during COVID - why not do a little vicarious travelling by forming a Travel Group?

The Bookworms will be discussing the true crime book and movie, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which Gordon Cheyne writes about in the 23 February edition of the Bulletin.

The Fixers will discuss two issues:

• 'What can we learn from comparing the electoral systems of the US and Australia?', with discussion led by Lawrence Reddaway, and
• 'Should jury trials be abolished?', with discussion led by Andrew Crockett.

This event is free and new members are welcome as we are always looking for fresh perspectives. 

When registering, please state in the 'Tag Text' box  which group you'd like to join - Books, Current Affairs or Travel.

Women’s Housing Limited (WHL) is a not for profit organisation that provides low costs housing to women at risk of homelessness. Women and their children make up an increasingly large percentage of those in need of affordable housing. Those groups that are likely to experience housing stress include older women over 55 and women who are forced to leave their home because of family violence.

Since becoming a Housing Association, WHL has significantly expanded and diversified it’s housing portfolio and housing development capacity. WHL has both the capacity and experience to deliver large-scale housing projects aimed at meeting the ever-growing demand. WHL will continue to advocate for the housing needs of women and children and contribute to the growth of affordable housing stock.

Chair: Pam Crockett

Barbecue and Barefoot Bowling Wednesday 17 March 2021 from 6:00 PM 

BYO food to barbecue

Salads, jacket potatoes, bread, plates, cutlery and barbecue implements etc. will all be provided.

Drinks at bar prices (no BYO)

Bowling commences at around 7:30 PM

In the event of inclement weather, a Quiz will be conducted in the Clubhouse.

There will also be a raffle with several prizes– please bring some cash.

Cost $20 per person.  Family, friends and potential new Rotary members are welcome.

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