Speaker Date Topic
Dr Kate Robb Mar 26, 2024
By ZOOM, Marine Mammal Foundation, Director and Head of Research
By ZOOM, Marine Mammal Foundation,  Director and Head of Research
'Dr Kate Robb is the Founding Director and Head of Research at the Marine Mammal Foundation. With over 17 years experience researching dolphins across southern Australia, Kate achieved a Bachelor of Science (Hons) with a double major in Freshwater and Marine Ecology and Zoology and a Doctor of Philosophy (Genetics). Her research led to the formal description and naming of a new Australian species of dolphin, the Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis.

Kate is the former President of the Australian Marine Sciences Associations – Victorian branch, a Naturalist for expeditions to Antarctica, and an Honorary Fellow at Deakin, Curtin & Monash University.

Kate has been involved with major media coverage from international agencies such as BBCs History Channel, National Geographic, BBC The World, NBC USA; Australian agencies such as The Age, The Australian, Herald-Sun, major TV news networks; children’s shows such as Totally Wild and SCOPE.

A highlight of Kate’s career was personally meeting Sir David Attenborough in 2013'.

M.C. Ian Bentley

Photo Credit: Marine Mammal Foundation

 

No Meeting Apr 02, 2024
Easter Tuesday
Sophie Flynn Apr 09, 2024
UNICEF Australia, At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
UNICEF Australia,  At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club

'Sophie Flynn is a lawyer with around 20 years of work, mainly in international humanitarian programming and policy.'

The presentation will focus on Rotary and UNICEF's strong partnership, against the backdrop of UNICEF's role within the United Nations and UNICEF's mandate and work around the world.

Further, the presentation will zoom in on the work of UNICEF Australia (where Sophie works as a Child Safeguarding Specialist), and spotlight Rotary and UNICEF Australia’s flagship 'Give Every Child a Future Program'. The Program, started in 2021 to mark the centenary of Rotary in Australasia, focuses on strengthening healthcare and saving lives of children and women in the Pacific'. 

(Sophie is also the mother of Rotary Exchange Student, Evie).

M.C.: TBC

Photo: Musa Ajit via Pexels

TBA Apr 16, 2024
By ZOOM
TBA Apr 23, 2024
At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, ANZAC Theme
Mark Howlett Apr 30, 2024
Ride for Rotary, Trip to India, At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Ride for Rotary, Trip to India,  At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club

 

In January of 2024, Mark participated in the Ride for Rotary motorcycle ride in India. It was the 8th such event run by rotary district 3181 and in total has generated US 150k for  ARH.

46 participants (most on 350cc Royal Enfield motorcycles) from 14 different countries rode from Udaipur in the NW down to Goa in the SW. A fantastic experience with motorcycling, dodging of tuk tuks, warm rotary hosting, fellowship with other participants and some real cultural engagement.

Mark, current president of Glenferrie club, has ridden motorcycles since the age of 10 when he bought for $10 a scooter from a mate who had given up getting it going. Other motorcycling adventures included rides in the USA and Mongolia.

M.C.: TBA

Photo Credit: Fazail Ahmad via Pexels

TBC May 07, 2024
At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club

 

?George Donikian

No Meeting May 14, 2024
Second Tuesday Of The Month
TBA May 21, 2024
At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
TBA May 28, 2024
By ZOOM
Changeover Dinner Jun 04, 2024
No Meeting Jun 11, 2024
Second Tuesday Of The Month
TBA Jun 18, 2024
At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
TBA Jun 25, 2024
By ZOOM
No Meeting Jul 09, 2024
Second Tuesday Of The Month
TBC Aug 20, 2024

 

M.C. David Pisterman

Cheryl Walker, Borooneara Library