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UPCOMING SPEAKERS AND EVENTS 6 September 2017 Laura Miles - Museums galleries Victoria

13 September 2017 Sharon Crean - Beyond Water

20 September 2017 Michael Guiney - Radiation Oncologist

27 September 2017 Ross Ollquist - Member behind the Badge

04 October 2017 Quarterly Club Night

11 October 2017 Jeremy Scott - Global bike ride

The diverse activities of our members provide fertile ground for contributions of all sorts. Last week we were treated to a presentation by Matt Pollard on his and Dianne’s trip around Far North Queensland and particularly into some of the more remote regions that most of us had only fleeting knowledge, or none at all, of their existence. Such presentations, of course, also expose us to the diversity of this country of ours and of the people who live in it. I was particularly impressed by the creativity of the youngest son who turned his inheritance of what was considered the almost worthless piece of real estate into quite a lucrative business; the result of some creative and lateral thinking. I think the lesson here is that in our ever-changing and shrinking world opportunities exist in all sorts of situations but may lay dormant because of existing social and economic mores i.e. they are considered worthless or unviable, or they lay dormant because of our unwillingness to let go of ‘the good old days of tried and true methods’. My argument is that what was ‘tried and true’ in former situations may be totally out of place or counter-productive in current or emerging situations i.e. our future. Technology is changing our world particularly in communications, transport and the way in which we work. We need to adapt our thinking to enhance the value of our club to the community. In particular we need to consider more lateral and creative ways of increasing membership and diversifying our fund-raising and to improve the way we run our club administration to lessen the load on many members and to free-up their time for serving the community. We plan to conduct a Club Visioning exercise during this Rotary year and we also hold Club forums. I urge all members to think laterally and creatively so they can make useful contributions to planning our future. Ken Maher

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ROTARY SUNDAY MARKET DUTY

03 September 2017 Clint S/Edda W 24 September 2017 Bob Lambert

10 September 2017 Matt Pollard 01 October 2017 William Liew

17 September 2017 David Shave 08 October 2017 Darren G-J

Dinner Meeting 30th August

Chairman – Tony Boyd Guest:- Janet Price

Directors Reports –

Foundation – Matt Pollard. Members are reminded that they need to complete the member survey

that was emailed out on 10 August.

Community – Bob Lambert. Social isolation remains a big problem in Boroondarra. We have an

opportunity to connect with the Swinburne University program called OWL (On with Life) by

coordinating the link between Boroondara Cares and Rotary.

Youth – Edda Williams . Two applicants have applied for RYLA

Club Service – Bill Chow. Could members think about what we might arrange for the Xmas party.

Ed Brown – Work continues on new shelter at Kew High school. We will be looking for volunteers to

help out for a working bee next Thursday 7 September.

WEEKLY DUTY ROSTER

DATE CHAIR THOUGHT & GONG

MEMBER’S MOMENT

SET UP / PACK AWAY

BULLETIN NOTES

06 Sept Bill Chow Tony Boyd Tony Boyd David Chivers Ed Brown

13 Sept David Chivers Isabel Armer Isabel Armer Darren G-J Bill Chow

20 Sept Isabel Armer Matt Pollard Matt Pollard Mark Miller Jane Stott

27 Sept Clint Sceney Edda Williams Edda Williams Ken Maher Darren G-J

04 Oct David Shave Tony Boyd Tony Boyd Ed Brown Mark Miller

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Thought – David Shave

‘Those who are too smart to engage in politics, are punished by being governed by those who are dumber’.

Plato

Congratulations

Matt and Dianne Pollard are once again grandparents following the arrival of baby Spencer born Thursday

morning. Congratulations to Alison and Trent.

Note from Margaret and David Chivers

Thank-you all for your interest and generosity towards Leigh and Sara Chivers' Fundraising efforts. They

hope that this contribution will enable further research into the treatment of Brain Cancer and will, in time,

find a cure for this disease.To date they have raised $32352...an amazing response .Kind regards, Marg &

Dave Chivers.

Members Moment – David Shave. David spoke about his days

as a young corporate executive called upon to lead a group of 32 people

on a business trip to the US in 1969. He said the tour got off to an

interesting start when the group’s collection of some 50 liquor bottles

packed in a box, broke open and tumbled along the baggage carousel at

Los Angeles airport. All bottles were succesfully recovered and the tour

proceeeded onwards through America.

Door Prize:

Ross Ollquist receives this

week’s door prize from

Treasurer John Pocock.

YARRA BEND ROTARY

If you would like to know more about Yarra Bend Rotary, please call Club Secretary Anne Brown on 0404029165 or email:

anneanded@iinet.net.au

You might like to join us for dinner. We meet every Wednesday over dinner at the Amora Hotel 649 Bridge Road Richmond

at 6:30 p.m. for 7:00p.m. Just contact the Club Secretary to make arrangements.

Our Mailing Address is P.O.Box 271, Kew East, Victoria, 3102 or e-mail: yarrabendrotary@gmail.com

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Savannah Way – Adventure Drive

Guest Speaker – Matt Pollard

Matt and partner Dianne spent several weeks travelling across the

Savannah Way which stretches thousands of kilometres from Far North

Queensland to Broome in WA. The highlight of their trip was visiting

some quite remote and relatively unknown places south west of Cairns

in an area that includes the Undara National Volcanic Park. It features

Lava tubes formed by a giant eruption about 190 thousand years ago.

There are about 50 caves in the park that provide protection for

hundreds of species of fauna.

The Pollards also toured a place called Cobbold Gorge, the site of a huge outback

pastoral station which in recent decades was found to contain a hidden treasure; a

six kilometre gorge fed by springs that seep through 200 million old sandstone. The

gorge is now a wonderful tourist attraction that provides accommodation, a

restaurant, and camping ground that attracts about 10,000 visitors a year.

Further west, Matt and Di travelled to Lawn Hill an area that was part of a massive

pastroral station until 1984. Know to local Aboriginals as Rainbow Serpant Country,

it is now a national park that has little in the way of facilities but is well regarded for

its huge gorge and the adjacent magnificent walks. Some 10 kilometres away is

Adels Grove which sits under a green rainforest canopy. It is named after Albert De

lan Strange; a settler who propogated exotic plants and trees that were provided to botanic gardens all over the

world. Within the national park is the world acclaimed fossil dig at Riversleigh. Now a world heritage site it

contains fossil animal remains including dinosaurs dating back 25 million years. These fossila can be viwed at

a Visitors Centre in Mount Isa, and at the University of NSW.

Matt’s advice to drivers along the Savannah Way and adjacent roads is

to just “Get out of the way” of the road train trucks that barrel down the

roads leaving behind a plume of red bull dust.

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Boroondara Cares & On With Life (OWL)

September at the Boroondara Cares Forum

Your invitation to meet “OWL”

Join us for a light luncheon and a special Boroondara Cares presentation

At Swinburne University on Wednesday 13th September

You’ll find everything that you need to know at this link