Please note that our regular meeting venue is not available for use for the time being as it is awaiting repairs to the floor after flooding. For at least the next 4 weeks we will instead be meeting at the University Club Business Lounge at UWA, which is to the…
Our meeting on 22nd March 2023 was an onsite Vocational Visit from Sam the Coffee Man, which worked out perfectly as our meeting room ended up not being available to be used. Sam Bridle, a friend of President Fiona Tremlett, brought his coffee van along, and educated everyone thoroughly on…
After multiple reschedules throughout the year, we received a visit from District Governor Ineke Oliver at our meeting on Wed 15th March. DG Ineke spoke about various of aspects of Rotary, both within our current District this year and our new District from July 1st when the two districts in Western Australia combine…
To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8th March 2023, Rotary International streamed the video below featuring past winners of the Sylvia Whitlock Leadership award – including our own Charter President, Di Collins – and announced this year’s winner of the award: Chin Mei Lu of the Rotary Club of Taipei…
The speaker at last week’s meeting was our member Professor Greg Acciaioli, whose field is Anthropology and Sociology. Greg is involved with the new Colombo Plan, which aims to lift knowledge of the Indo Pacific in Australia by supporting Australian undergraduates to study and undertake internships in the region. Greg is…
With no speaker planned for the evening of 15th February 2023, we decided to enjoy a social evening out at the Tee Box Cafe instead of our regular meeting.
The speaker at our meeting on Wednesday 8th February 2023 was Kelsey Sewell, who spoke about her experiences at the recent Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) camp. She went in knowing little about what to expect, and despite initial skepticism, was pleasantly surprised by the experience. Kelsey is pictured with Rotarian Stephanie…
Club members Sheila Cheng and LAU Eng Seng, along with their three adult children, travelled to Perth from Singapore to spend Chinese New Year with their family. They have been satellite members of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay for over a year, carrying out a number of excellent projects…
Our first guest speakers for 2023, at our meeting on January 18th, were Alex Armanios and Vaish Radhakrishnan. They spoke about our Rotary Australia World Community Service Project, the Institute for Indian Mother and Child (IIMC). This is an incredible project initiated and run by Dr. Sujit Brahmochary who worked with Mother Teresa.…
Our Club Birthday / Christmas Function on 17th December 2022 will be our last event before we break for the festive season. We will not be holding meetings for the next 3 weeks during the festive season. As has been our tradition in recent years, our first “meeting” back after…