Meeting 15th Mar – DG Visit

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…

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2023 Sylvia Whitlock Award

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…

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Meeting 8th Mar: New Colombo Plan

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…

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Meeting 8th Feb: RYLA

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…

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Welcome Sheila and Lau

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…

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