Our guest speaker this week was Adam Courtenay, who gave an entertaining review of his book “Three Sheets to the Wind”, a tale of accidental discovery by William Clark and his party after being ship wrecked in 1796 near Tasmania. He explained, as often happens in history, significant individuals are not given the recognition they deserve due to being lost in records and other parties claiming the naming rights for their discoveries.
Adam Courtenay talked about his book, Three Sheets to the Wind, which is an amazing true story of shipwrecked sailors. In 1796, they walked 600 miles through uncharted territory from the Ninety-mile Beach on the southeast coast of Australia, almost to Sydney Town, before being rescued.
Last weekend a small contingent of Hawthorn Rotarians travelled up the Calder to charming Bendigo to attend what could be District 9800's penultimate conference.
David Pisterman adds some thoughts and photos from the District 9800 Conference:
Overall it was a well presented and organised event with almost 400 participants attending, with mild warm weather making a mockery of all the heavy winter wardrobe we had packed.....lol!
Bookworms reading “A Country of Eternal Light” may recall Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Cornhill Road. As a young Medical Student in the fifties, it was part of my training to interview patients in that Mental Health Unit.
Photo:Cloth embroidered by a person diagnosed with schizophrenia
This week The Jesters take the trouble to explain the meaning of some simple words. You may have thought you knew all this, but . . . .well, it's The Jesters again . . .
Adam Courtenay talked about his book, Three Sheets to the Wind, which is an amazing true story of shipwrecked sailors. In 1796, they walked 600 miles through uncharted territory from the Ninety-mile Beach on the southeast coast of Australia, almost to Sydney Town, before being rescued.
Last weekend a small contingent of Hawthorn Rotarians travelled up the Calder to charming Bendigo to attend what could be District 9800's penultimate conference. 
Rotary 9800 Conference had everything last weekend at sunny Bendigo. 
David Pisterman adds some thoughts and photos from the District 9800 Conference: 
