The Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Club Bulletin Volume 27 Issue No. 15, 21 st of October 2013 Monday October 21 Business Network Meeting - ** at Springfield House ** Monday October 28 Chris Lew Sports Photographer Monday November 4 Melbourne Cup Meeting Next Meeting Monday 21 September Duty Roster Following Meeting Monday 28 October Speaker Host Rosemary Clarke Speaker Host Colin Sharp Night Reporter Max Henderson Night Reporter Tom Westcott Front Desk Brian Furrer Front Desk Bob Davison Front Desk Bob Myers Front Desk Carol Russell Steward Channa Jayasuriya Steward Douglas Lam Steward Bob Davison Steward Cawas Sahuka Photographer Ross/Bob Photographer Ross/Bob Inside This Issue Presidents Report September report from Bethany Support your Golf Day Night Report Humour Club Calendar Upcoming Events Sunday October 20 Porsche Car Club BBQ & Coffee Saturday October 26 Chinese Lantern Festival Saturday November 9 Theatre in the Park Saturday October 26 Chinese Lantern Festival Meetings Monday 6.30pm for 7.00pm Springfield House 245 New Line Road, Dural. http//www.rotarydistrict9685.org.au Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Inc. PO Box 103 West Pennant Hills 2125 Australia APOLOGIES: If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Jilda. Phone 9439 1422 or email accounts@lhogroup.com.au before 11am on the day of the meeting. **If you are expected and do not show you may be required to pay for the meal**
Presidents Report Where did the week go! It was the Golf day on Tuesday then I flew off to Coffs early on Wednesday & got back later than usual last night. I therefore missed some of the immediacy of the bushfires. Jen said the air was thick with smoke & the smell was everywhere on Thursday. The DG asked what Rotary Clubs could do to assist & Douglas responded promptly in my absence offering our trailer if there was a need for it. It appears the Blue Mountains clubs, being in the thick of it, have met & are seeing what is most needed so a financial donation through them may be the most effective way to respond. We have had the Garage Sale & the Golf Day & have the Porsche Club Bar-B Q & Chinese Lantern Festival coming up so we are quite well placed financially. We could add a bucket for donations at the last two! The Golf Day went well & Hunters Hill were quite generous in their thanks to our Club for our the back of house organisation as they put it. Ian & Jim manned the front desk with their Past President and whilst they still had challenges it was a big improvement on last year as was the food, which was better in variety & quantity. Bev & Carol (& an old apex friend Geoff Harris) ran the raffle & were extremely effective in selling tickets to those golfers who were not staying for the dinner as well as those that did, grossing over $1000. We were a bit light on for sponsors so especial thanks to Rob Hamer & Pronto & SMS Waste for kicking the can again. Tomorrow night is our first Business Networking evening. Rosemary, Barry & Tom have put a lot of thought in to it & have assigned a volunteer member to each guest so they should get introduced around & we should get some useful feedback from them as to what they thought of the meeting. They are by no means all prospective Rotarians but many are certainly already friends of Rotary having assisted at the garage sale or been involved with the club in some way or other. We need to strengthen our ties with local businesses and if this proves to be an engaging & interesting meeting this may be one way to do it. Although the meeting should end about normal time Frank has agreed to keep the bar open until 9.00pm and there will be cheese and biscuits so it would be good if could you stay & chat with our business guests over a cup of coffee or a glass of Red (or Port!). The game goes on! President Clive Denmark Volume 27 Issue 15 Page 2 of 13 Monday 21 October 2013
Night Report There was no night report for the golf day and the evening that followed, sorry. But as I was a player (I use that term loosely) I can report that the weather was perfect and a great day of golf was had by all 27 teams that played (6 arranged by our club) at Oatlands golf course. We had a shotgun start at 12:30pm to commence playing a leisurely (or competitive) 18 holes. The members playing from our Club were Jim Simpson, Pres. Clive Denmark and I, plus partners Di Simpson and Jenny Denmark. Dinner following the golf was an all you can eat BBQ, with a great selection of meats and salads. There were 70 for the dinner, with Carol, Tom and Bev joining us. The awards were given out. The winning ladies team commented on the very impressive silver trophy they were presented (something along the lines of and we get to clean it?, recall the wonderful trophy Clive obtained through the garage sale some years ago). Di Simpson was awarded the prize for the longest ladies drive. Jenny, Di and Bev put together almost thirty prizes for the raffle, including a round of golf for four at Oatlands, several food hampers Jenny assembled, bush saws (which were popular), lots of wine etc. The tickets sold very well and the raffle managed to make $1,079 for our club. I need to refer to Clive for the total made on the day, though due to the imbalance of numbers, most will go to Hunters Hill Club. Night Reporter: Bob Davison Porsche Club Day BBQ Sunday 20 th October Tom is running the Porsche day and volunteers are scheduled from 6am, thank you. Have a great day! G day Everyone, The Adventures of Peter and Julie Cleary Took a while to get this off as the WiFi connections are a bit iffy to say the least, form Port Augusta to Alice Springs, where I sent this. The trip is going well with no major unexpected events. The big must see areas so far must be Wilpena Pound and the rock both stunning in their own way. We spent time in the Barossa a few wine tastings and lunch at Maggie Beers farm shop, dinner at an award winning pizza shop in Anguston. Picked up a 5 litre plastic flagon of tawny port (thanks Mike) at a vineyard, which is very plesant after dinner. Next stop was Wilpena, fantastic aussie bush, kangeroos and emus walking through the annex, beautiful river red gums, stunning rock cliffs and 4wd tracks to die for, through the Brackner and Bunyroo gorges. Volume 27 Issue 15 Page 3 of 13 Monday 21 October 2013
Driving in the river bed and some remaining large puddles and big smooth river gibbers. We took a flight over the whole area which put the whole geological formation into perspective, like a saucer with only one outlet for the river which floods, whenever they get heavy rain. All nice and green now as they have had recent rain. We did 20kms of walks in the 4 days we were there exploring the cliffs and lookouts. Moved on to Woomera for an overnight stop then to Cobber Pedy, for 3 days. Julie managed to find some Opals she liked (surprise, surprise) and one of the locals found 8 bottles of our red wine they liked out of the car, but not the white wine of beer, the cops said it was because the red has higher alcohol content. We did all the sights including the breakaways, dog fence and the location where Mad max was filmed. We had a dust storm while here and now everything is red even the pc keyboard which was in its carry bag in the car, it got everywhere. Moved off to Erldunda, at the intersection of the Stuart and Lasseter Hwys, spent the night on a grassy couch site, bore water is plentiful, next day off to Ayers Rock (Uluru). Uluru very dry, dusty, and hot but got a good site away from the westerly sun and the fridges are working well in 40 degrees. Van going well I ve learnt that its optimum speed is 90-95kph giving around 17litres/100kms. We ve been busy visiting all the locals, the rock is still as steep as I remember, we walked half way round but didn t climb. The Olgas (Kata Tjuta) are in many ways more impressive, taller, wider and broken up creating a much more interesting walking opportunity revealing hidden valleys and water holes. They are made of conglomerant rock with many of the grains the size of footballs. Kings Canyon about 300kms from Uluru, spectacular 270 m sheer walls of yellow sandstone as distinct from the mostly red around it, climbed 500 steps up to get to the top of the escarpment then generally undulating 6km walk (the rim walk) beehive type domes like the bungles without the white bands. A hidden lush Garden of Eden hidden in a steep Gorge which has had wooden steps constructed so us tourists could gain access, large waterholes, cycads, ghost gums. Julie went beserk with the camera. We were on to Alice Springs where we intended to stay for 4 days but we extended to 8 days as there was so much to see all the red gorges, gaps, chasms, and water holes, after a while they start to look the same, still spectacular, hot (45dec C), red, windy and dusty, like no other place we ve seen, just fantastic. Leaving Alice tomorrow for Tennant Ck then Isa and home through Winton and Longreach should make it by the end of October. A few pics attached. In order, Finke River, Simpsons Gap, Wilpena Pound, Uluru small bit, Breakaways, Julie and Joey, Coober Pedy Town, Olgas better than Uluru in our opinion, Our van and car, Kings Canyon.( Finally managed to reduce them to a manageable size) Love Julie and Peter Volume 27 Issue 15 Page 4 of 13 Monday 21 October 2013
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Bethany s October Report It will be on the website shortly she continues to have a great year in Denmark. Volume 27 Issue 15 Page 6 of 13 Monday 21 October 2013
ROTARY CLUB OF WEST PENNANT HILLS & CHERRYBROOK Dear Barry & the wonderful sausage sizzle team from the Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills & Cherrybrook. I have attached a photo from the community sausage sizzle you coordinated on Monday 7th October 2013 as a small memento of your day. We hope that you and your team enjoyed the community work and had fun as you raised money to benefit your plans for the coming months. It was our pleasure to have been able to assist you and we look forward to seeing you at Bunnings, Dural again soon. If there is anything else with which we can be of assistance, please don t hesitate to contact me at the store on 9653-7500. Yours sincerely, Josh Hyde, Complex Manager Volume 27 Issue 15 Page 7 of 13 Monday 21 October 2013
District 9685 Conference is 23 February 2014 Volume 27 Issue 15 Page 8 of 13 Monday 21 October 2013
Brooklyn Community Theatre Show of the Year Saturday 9 November 2013 Gates open and great food from 6pm, Curtains up at 8.30pm The performance will end at approximately 10.30pm Brooklyn Community Theatre presents the madcap, screwball comedy... By Ken Ludwig, brought to you by arrangement with OriginTM Theatrical, on behalf of Samuel French, Ltd. A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, this madcap, screwball comedy is guaranteed to leave audiences teary-eyed with laughter. Join the Brooklyn community in picturesque Rest Park, overlooking the beautiful Hawkesbury River, for another magical evening of family entertainment under the stars. Volume 27 Issue 15 Page 9 of 13 Monday 21 October 2013
Birthdays and Anniversaries Anniversaries Larry & Miriam Jacka 27 th October Birthdays Annette McEwen 21 st October Ian Roberts 25 th October Jim Simpson 25 th October Food for Thought People who urge you to be realistic generally want you to accept their version of reality. Anon. *QUESTIONS THAT HAUNT ME!* Humour How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity? Why does a round pizza come in a square box? What disease did cured ham actually have? How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up like every two hours? Volume 27 Issue 15 Page 10 of 13 Monday 21 October 2013
Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?* Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway. Why is 'bra' singular and 'panties' plural? Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat? If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him? Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs! If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from? Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune? Why did you just try singing the two songs above? Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window? Why, Why, Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead? Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they know there is not enough money? Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection? Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard? Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him? Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets? If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes? Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white? Volume 27 Issue 15 Page 11 of 13 Monday 21 October 2013
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? Why do people keep running over a thread a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance? Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?** How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures? Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over? ** In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat? How come you never hear father-in-law jokes? And my FAVORITE... The statistics on sanity is that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Thinkof your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.* Provided by Helen Ballinger Oct-13 Club Programe 2013-2014 Updated 16/09/2013 by RWH Vocational Service Month RED YES = PARTNERS on a meeting night. Tentative date hold only Porsche Car Club at the Amory Homebush. BBQ and Coffee. Commitment Sun 20 Yes TBA to be confirmed. Date confirmed from the Porsche Club's website calendar. Rosemary Mon 21 Business Network Meeting. Clarke Sat 26 Chinese Lantern Festival. Yes Douglas Lam Mon 28 Vocational Night - Chris Lew Sports Photography Colin Sharpe Nov-13 Rotary Foundation Month Mon 4 Melbourne Cup meeting. Yes Jim Simpson Tues 5 Club Board Meeting 7.15 for 7.30 Clive Denmark Sat 9 Theatre in the Park; Brooklyn A fabulous night. www.theatreinthepark.com.au Yes Social Comm. Mon 11 Meeting deferred to Thursday Thurs 14 Catering College Dinner Yes Social Comm. Mon 18 Nick Farr-Jones Mon 25 Youth Night = Tree of Joy recipient or representative. Yes Dec-13 Rotary Fellowship Month Rosemary Clarke Rosemary Clarke Sun 1 Christmas luncheon - Castle Hill Country Club Date and venue TBC. Yes Social Comm. Mon 2 Annual General Meeting hols Volume 27 Issue 15 Page 12 of 13 Monday 21 October 2013
Tues 3 Club Board Meeting 7.15 for 7.30 at the Lambert's. Clive Denmark Mon 9 Rotary Foundation - Larry Jacka or? Larry Jacka Thu 13 Tree of Joy- Santa's Workshop at the Turnbull's 7.30pm Yes Douglas Lam Mon 16 Christmas Meeting (Kris Kringle - gifts). Yes Mon 24 No Meeting Sun 30 BBQ Bunnings Dural Yes Barry Lambert Mon 31 No Meeting Jan-14 Rotary Awareness Month Mon 6 No Meeting Mon 13 Club Assembly Clive Denmark Mon 20 Looking for speaker Yes Fri 22 Exchange Student Beth returns to Australia from Denmark. TBC Bob Davison Mon 27 Australia Day Holiday Directors 2013-14 Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook President Clive Denmark 0400 425 210 Past President Bob Davison 0413 008 574 Secretary Barry Lambert 0412 465 819 Acting Secretary Keith Ball 0478 599 155 Treasurer Ian Roberts 0401 898 989 Membership Rosemary Clarke 0439 819 965 Club Services Director Rob Hamer 0400 335 091 Youth Services Director Bob Davison 0413 008 574 Community Services Director Douglas Lam 0419 421 659 International Director, Foundation and PR PDG Larry Jacka 0418 690 898 Vocational Director Colin Sharpe 0408 810 463 Fundraiser Director Jim Simpson 0439 465 725 Club Welfare Officer (non-executive) Stan Basely 9634 1084 Social Committee Leader Colin Wright 0409 393 027 Volume 27 Issue 15 Page 13 of 13 Monday 21 October 2013