Probus News

Volume 3 Issue 4 January 2011________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

THE BULLETIN OF ASQUITH MIXED PROBUS CLUB________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Formed by the Rotary Club of Berowra on October 2nd, 2008Club No. 9003799 District 9680 Inc. No. 9890687

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

President: Barry Willick 9477 1823 bandj84@bigpond.net.auSecretary: Laurie Keaton 9457 7061 ljkeaton@bigpond.comExcursions: Barbara Williamson 0414 015 244 l.be.wil@bigpond.net.auBulletin: Vince Hughes 9456 0668 vincehughesv.com

All correspondence to: Asquith Mixed Probus Club Inc. P0 Box 3140 Asquith 2077________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The president and committee wish all members a very happy and safe year in 2011.The next meeting is Thursday January 6.

The minutes will be sent out just before the meeting.

Laurie Keaton Secretary

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

January Birthday Greetings

Flo Campton Meryl Caratzas Doug CarleyMargaret Cook Dennis Coyle Sunny DougalDave Ferguson Jennifer Mclnerney Gloria Potter Wendy Velthuyzen

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Notice of Meeting.

The Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 3 March 2011.Nominations for office on the Management Committee must be lodged with the Secretary on or before Thursday 3 February 2011. Nomination Forms are available from the Secretary.The revised constitution will be presented for ratification at this meeting.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON January 6 2011Registration at 10:15 for a 10:30 start

1________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

THE BULLETIN OF ASQUITH MIXED PROBUS CLUB

2011 Premier’s Seniors Week Gala Concerts.Members are advised of the dates for the 2011 concerts.

Concerts for IndividualsMonday 21 March 2001 at 10.30 am and 2.30 pm

All tickets are available from Tuesday 8 February 2011.Book at Ticketrnaster: www.ticketmaster.com.au or Ticketmaster office. Ph 1300855501Tickets are FREE.A Maximum of 4 Tickets per applicant.Wheelchair tickets can only be booked by phone. Press 2 then 9.

Concerts for Groups:Tuesday 22 March 2011 in December.The Club will make an applicationHopefully we will be advised before our meeting on February 2 2011Register Interest with Barbara at the January Meeting.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Upcoming Speakers

January 6. Gordon Mar will talk about “Yellow Shadows On A Foreign Land”

In the 1800’s Chinese began coming to the NSW and Victoria colonies. During the gold rush in the 1860’s they came in their thousands. Practically all of them were men who would spend years in a hostile country seeking their fortune. Some of those men established relationships with white Australian women even siring children by them. I look at these relationships, how they came about and the community’s attitude towards these unions and their progeny. The children from those unions faced different fates some quite tragic. It took many years for inter racial mixing to be accepted in the way we see today. Nowadays it raises no murmurs.

February 3. “Excuse me Elizabeth your house is on fire.”In November 1992 a fire broke out in Windsor Castle and destroyed 100 rooms and some 900 years of history. It took five years to reconstruct it. Why? Could it have been averted? What lessons did we learn? What else did they find? What were the repercussions of the 50 million pounds needed to reconstruct it? What does the fire at Windsor Castle have to do with Australian Built Heritage?

Dennis Overton is a Churchill Fellow and an ANZAC Fellow and with the aid of a slide presentation (including those from the royal collection) discusses restoration problems associated with Windsor Castle and other prominent buildings in England including Westminster Abbry during his working fellowship overseas. 2

THE BULLETIN OF ASQUITH MIXED PROBUS CLUB

Walks Group

A very convivial group of 24 attended the end of year get together at Tricia and Laurie’s residence in Mt Kuring-Gai. Most took the option to undertake one of two short walks.

Jan and Elsa try out the memorial seat Mary tries to convince Barry seconds are OK

The summer evening timetable appears below. We will start 2011 with the Dover Heights to Watsons Bay. I would also like to offer the organisational role to any member that wishes to nominate at the AGM in March. All members who wish to volunteer to organise a walk are invited to suggest a walk and provide details. Tricia and I will be away for the month of May. August will be the Mougamarra Nature Park Walk and October will be Sculptures by the Sea at the request of members. All other months are available for suggestion.Please note the address for the Australia Day Walk. It was incorrectly given recently.

Wed 26 Jan Australia Day Get together Barb and Lance Williamson’s14 Angophora P1 Pennant hills.

5.30 walk around precincts of Pennant Hills Park followed by BBQ Bring meat and Drinks. Contact Barb to volunteer salad or sweets.

Barb Williamson 94847578.

Thur February 24 Waverton to Milson Point1.5 hours some steps

4.46 ex Berowra Asquith 4.55Dep Hornsby 4.59 Waverton 5.33Bring supper (under Bridge)

Laurie 0409226121

3

THE BULLETIN OF ASQUITH MIXED PROBUS CLUB

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPSSpecial Interest Groups consist of members who have similar interests in an activity or hobby and get together, usually once per month, to enjoy their area of interest in an. informal social setting. One member of each group acts as coordinator to advise group members of the time and place of meetings. If you would like to join, or find out more about any group, please call the coordinator. If you would like to start another Special Interest Group, call President Barry on 9477 1823.

Walking Group Laurie Keaton 9457 7061Movie Group Janice Mallett 9482 5812Handcrafts Group Judy Lafrenais 9987 4090Concert/Theatre Parties Rhonda Wilson 9482 5727Photography Group Doug Carley 9987 4998

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4

From Your Welfare OfficerIf you know of any fellow members who are sick or hospitalised, please let me know so that we can assure them that we are thinking of them in their time of difficulties.Gordon Bartlett 0419 156 362____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Brain exercise—the SODUKUThe object is to insert the numbers in the boxes to satisfy only one condition: each row, column and 3x3 box must contain the digits 1 through 9 exactly once. What could be simpler?

Honorary Auditor

Your Committee thanks Sid Edwards of Abbey Practice for accepting an invitation to be our honorary auditor. Sid is also available to assist members with their accounting or taxation issues.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Berowra & DistrictCommunity Bank® Branch

Bendigo Bank.Serving the needs of the community

For further information call into Shop 9,1C Turner Road, Berowra Heights.

Or call9456 BANK (9456 2265)

Please support our sponsorswho support our Club.

.

THE BULLETIN OF ASQUITH MIXED PROBUS CLUB

Recipe of the Month

Our recipe this month is provided by our Coach Driver, Eddy as requested by those who enjoyed it so much on our Dubbo Tour.Please note the quantities are for 3 cakes as my wife always makes 3 at the same time.

1 kg mixed fruit1 litre chocolate milk250grms chopped apricots

Place above in large sauce pan and soak for 12 hours plus

Add 34 cups of Self Raising flourDivide into 3 loaf pansBake in 190 degree oven for approximately 45 min.

If any trouble with the above feel free to ring my wife Frankie on 9948 8241.All the best, regardsEddy________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Aussie DefinitionsLog On: Adding wood to make the Barbie hotterLog Oft Not adding any more wood to the BarbieMonitor: Keeping an eye on the Barbie

Download: Getting the firewood off the ute

Hard Drive: Driving home without any cold tinnieKeyboard: Where you hank the ute keysWindow: What you shut when the weather’s coldScreen: What you shut in the mozzie seasonByte: What mozzies doMegabyte: What Townsville mozzies doChip: A bar snackMicrochip: What left in the bag after you’ve eate, the chipsModem: What you did to the lawns

Laptop: Where the cat sleepsSoftware: Plastic knoves and forks you get at Red RoosterHardware: Stainless steel knoves andforks from KMartMouse: The small rodent that eats the grain in the shedMainframe: What holds the shed upWeb: What spiders makeWebsite: Usually in the shed or under the verandaSearch Engine: What you do when the ute won’t goCursor: What you say when the ute won ‘t goYahoo: What you say when the uSe does goUpgrade: A steep hillOnline: Where you hang the washing

5

THE BULLETIN OF ASQUITH MIXED PROBUS CLUB

The Last Riverboat Postman

What a perfect late November morning to join the Last Riverboat Postman as he made his deliveries to remote locations and settlements along the Hawkesbury River, topped off by a delicious meal of fish and chips on our return.

Enjoying the sunshine Jacarandas in full bloom Good food and good company________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Pot Luck DinnersAs our first year of Pot Luck Dinners comes to a close, the groupings will be rearranged which gives the opportunity to welcome new members to this activity.How does it work? Groups of 4 couples come together about four times per year for lunch or dinner usually in one of their homes. (Two singles can form a ‘couple’) The host provides a main course and by agreement, the other couples provide predinner nibbles, entrée and desert. This is a great way to get to know other members a little better in a casual social environment as you can see from the photos of recent meals.What it is not! It is not a celebrity chef challenge but an opportunity to enjoy each other’s company over a home cooked meal regardless of your cooking expertise.To join a group, just let any of the committee members know of your interest.

From PROBUS CENTRE

The annual Probus Rendezvous for 2011 will be held in the Barossa Valley, South Australia from October 4–19. Full details are in the Probus Magazine.Also note the availability of Travel Insurance through the Probus Centre and details of the National Photographic Competition.

6

OUTINGS FOR 2011

BOOKING PROCEDURE!Payment in full is needed at time of booking. If tour is cancelled a refund will be made or payment will be put towards another tour.

JANUARY 20 Macquarie Princess Lunch Cruise, Berowra WatersWe still have room for more on the boat. We will meet at the Berowra Waters Wharf at 11.15 .....If you want a lift from the club let Barbara or Sylvia know at the January meeting. Cost $32.

FEBRUARY 17 The Jewish Museum Cost 34.50We need another 10 people to come or the Tour will have to be cancelled.Bring your own lunch or buy lunch at a Manly Club after visiting another Art Gallery or Museum.Should be a great day “BUT” you need to pay at the January Meeting (today)

MARCH 17TH RATHMINES SEAPLANE BASE. COST $57.00This trip will travel to Rathmines to the State Heritage RAAF World War 11 Sea Plane Base. There you will have Scones, jam and cream for Morning Tea. After our tour is completed we will have a two course lunch before starting back home. Payment for this trip must be made by February Meeting.

HOLIDAYSJANUARY 28 to FEBRUARY 3 (2011) 7 Day River Murray & Kangaroo IslandBookings for this trip are now closed.

MAY 9 2011 6 Days 5 Nights Trip to JindabyneCost of this trip is $835.00 plus $40.00 per night pp Single Supplement. $100.00Deposit needed to secure your place on this trip. Deposit needed now.Please note, full payment to the club is due by April.

Theatre Group(See Barbara for all details).

23rd March Dr. Zhivago. 1.00 PMTickets are still available. “BUT YOU MUST PAY TODAY (January Meeting) COST $66.00

7TH SEPTEMBER MARY POPPINS 1.00 pm.Cost $60. We only have 20 tickets. 7