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January 2021
Northern Beaches Region
Newsletter
A Happy New Year to all our members! At the time of going to press the Northern Beaches is in lockdown, the Southern zone until 2 January and the Northern zone until 9 January. As we farewell 2020 we can’t be sure what 2021 will bring but at this stage we
are quietly optimistic that we will be able to start our courses as soon as the Semester 1 Course Book is available. The Course Book is currently being printed and it’s planned you will receive your copy on or about 18 January. Reminder: All members will receive a pdf version of the Course Book via email. If you requested
a printed copy (at an additional cost of $10), it will be mailed to you directly from the printers.
With the current Northern Beaches situation we don’t know how affected our courses will (or will not) be. If any changes need to be made they will be noted on our website and in our next newsletter. The lockdown has
impacted some of our January events - please check below for the up to date position.
This newsletter is therefore written in the hope that life will be back to ‘COVID normal’ by the time the Course Book is in your hands. The website will be kept up to date with the current COVID Government/Council
regulations that need to be followed, so please be sure to check this link.
Please help by keeping everyone informed. We have nearly 100 members in our region who don’t have access to the internet. Please check with your contacts and be responsible for passing on the up to date news.
Regrettably the ferry boat trips planned for
Friday 8 January (Church Point) and Monday 11 January (Patonga) have
been CANCELLED
Celebrate the New Year at
U3A’s Sausage Sizzle
Thursday 28 January, 12noon to 3pm
Food and soft drinks provided free but
BYO tea, coffee, alcohol and chair
Stony Range Botanic Garden
Venue is between Officeworks and Delmar
Parade, Pittwater Road, Dee Why
Booking essential by
Saturday 23 January, by email to
David Tuckerman,
or mobile 0402 156 019
(no sms or text messages, please)
All existing bookings will stand - please
advise David if you wish to cancel.
If you did not book, but now wish to book to
attend on 28 January, please contact David,
details above.
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATE
Picnic at Jamieson Park
Friday 22 January
12noon to 3pm
Come and enjoy the views
of Narrabeen Lagoon and
catch up with old friends.
BYO food, drink and a
chair
Please RSVP to Rosemary
NO CHANGE
‘Monday at the
Movies’
Christmas Dinner
Due to the uncertainty of
COVID restrictions we won’t
be holding our usual
Showcase event this
semester.
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Out and About A new regular monthly feature from Kerrie Sanders
Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival, 5-7 March 2021
If you enjoy Jazz and Blues this should be a fun few days. If you don’t like the music there are plenty of
other things to do. Please contact me for further
details. Expressions of interest close on 19 January.
Canberra – Botticelli to Van Gogh Exhibition, 13-14 April 2021
A two day tour featuring the National Gallery Exhibition, Botticelli to Van Gogh masterpieces. Other highlights include the National Portrait Gallery, National
Arboretum and other attractions. Expressions of interest close on 15 February.
Both of these trips are coach tours and you can be picked up and dropped off at your door.
Bush Tucker Morning/Afternoon Tea
I am still taking expressions of interest for this activity in the New Year.
Please contact me at: [email protected]
U3A Northern Beaches Region
Correspondence: The Secretary, U3A NB, PO Box 318, Dee Why, 2099 - Email: U3A NB Region
Website: https://sydneyu3a.org/sydney-u3a/regions/northern-beaches/
Newsletter Editor & Producer - Brenda Fuller
Copy deadline for the February Newsletter : 24 January 2021
*** Advance Notice ***
Full details will be in the Semester 1 Course Book so
be ready to book when it lands in your mailbox - we are
unable to accept bookings prior to receipt of the book.
Thursday Talks at North Curl Curl 21 and 28 January, 10.00am Diana Pheils is leading this two session talk on how Elizabethan theatre rose to the demands of the audience - Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, the ‘University Wits’ and Shakespeare.
Tuesdays at the Tramshed 2 February, 11.00am Daniel Angus, Deputy Commissioner of the Mental Health Commission of NSW, will be talking about his work at CanTeen’s headquarters. Daniel is the Psychosocial Support Manager at CanTeen Australia’s National office in Sydney supporting the needs of young people who have been impacted by cancer. Daniel was due to speak at the 2020 AGM which unfortunately was cancelled due to COVID.
Topics of Interest at Newport 3 February, 1.30pm Dr Alix Thoeming is a lecturer and educational designer at the University of Sydney and will be talking about how the internet has and has not changed the way we teach at University. Alix has taught subjects including Archaeology in Film, Theoretical Archaeology and Writing for Wikipedia.
Annual General Meeting and Election of Officers Thursday 25 March, 11.00am Booking details are in the Course Book. A nomination form for committee roles can be downloaded and printed via this link, with signed and completed forms to be returned to the Secretary by Thursday 18 March.
Active Seniors Dance Classes (not advertised in the Course Book)
Re-opening at a new venue (Ted Blackwood Hall, Cnr of Jacksons and Boondah Roads, Warriewood) weekly from Friday 5 March.
Due to COVID requirements there will be two classes, 1.00pm and 2.00pm, and the classes will be conducted following strict COVID guidelines.
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL via Susan Ascher - [email protected] Contact: Leader, Barbara Martin, 0413 656 387.
Les Chandler, Chair of Settle District U3A in Yorkshire, UK, brings us a view from the other side of the world.
The BBC is reporting that it's very hot in Sydney at the moment but here in England it's cold, wet and grey. We’re always on the
lookout for something to make us smile at this time of year, especially with the coronavirus adding to the gloom. We are now in a period of Tier 4 lockdown, we have short days and no U3A face to face activities happening at present; therefore we have
turned to our TV screens for consolation.
The Crown on Netflix has provided some laughs but it was another tale about the Queen which caught my eye this week. A few years back Her Majesty visited Harlow New Town, just north of London, and the Mayor was deputed to accompany her on a
tour of the town. Returning to the Town
Hall the pair passed, in the entrance, a cabinet full of the Town Council’s gleaming civic regalia. “Do you ever get to wear the robe and chains?” asked the Queen. “Oh, yes” said the
Mayor. “On special occasions.” Oh dear!
I hope you had a better time this Christmas
than the Queen had on her trip to Harlow.
A small group of members gathered together on the
shores of Narrabeen Lagoon on a cool Christmas Day to
share delicious fare and renew friendships .... and a good time was had by all!
A big thank you to Bob and Deb Hunter for the loan of
their table and for the Christmas crackers .... and thanks to Ian Thompson for
taking this photo.
If you are aware of a member who is sick or in
hospital, please contact our Welfare
Officer - either by email to Gaye Pringle or on 0407 248 331