Rotary Club of Brisbane High-Rise
R.I. No. 29520
rotarybrisbanehighrise.com
HOT AIR
District 9600
Serving the Heart of Brisbane
22 January 2015
LINDSAY’S LINES
A number of photos have been regularly flowing in from Tanzania of the touring group's visit of the new buildings at
Mamba Primary School funded by our club and then on to another project our club supports, the School of St Jude,
an amazing success story of an Aussie girl from country NSW. Pictures of the smiling faces of the children say a 1,000
words and all of them fantastic! The improvement in education in Somaliland, especially for maternal health and girls
in general, will also be showcased during the visit to Edna Ismail's hospital next week. A small selection of the MANY
photos are printed in this and recent editions of Hot Air in Tales from Africa.
As I looked through these photos over the weekend, I was actually at Binna Burra for a couple of nights. With the
last photo sent through one of the group about to head off on an African safari, I gazed down on to the natural
wonders surrounding Binna Burra and reflected on the world class natural wonders we in SE Qld, let alone Australia,
have on our own door steps.
With Australia Day this weekend, amongst the barbies, backyard cricket games and catching up with mates, there
will be several "new Australians" sworn in at numerous Citizenship ceremonies around the country. It is a reminder
of the marvellous country we are privileged to live in and the wonderful people that, following the words of Peter
Allen, call Australia home. Happy "Straya" Day!
ROSTER
22-Jan
29-Jan
5-Feb
12-Feb
19-Feb
Chair
Susan
Bill P
Yvonne
Steve S
Jane
Bill P
Yvonne
Steve S
Jane
Angela
Yvonne
Steve S
Jane
Angela
Craig
Steve S
Jane
Angela
Craig
Chris
Jane
Angela
Craig
Chris
Wen
John
Rob
Greg
Wendy
Kit
Set Up
Close Down
Sergeant
INTERNATIONAL TOAST
This week we toast the Rotary Club of Dunedin in District 9880. They meet on Thursday for lunch. If you pop over
the ditch you may also run into the sea lion who recently visited a public swimming pool for a quick dip.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Date
Name
Michael Pini
22 January
Sylvia Gregory
29 January
Sasha Paterson
5 February
Paul & Gabrielle Quilliam
12 February
ATTENDANCE
MEMBERS:25
VISITING ROTARIANS:1
GUESTS:9
PERCENTAGE OF MEMBERS
ATTENDED: 40%
Topic
Employment for Disabled
Ovarian Cancer
My Year Abroad
Hummingbird House
APOLOGIES / GUESTS and MAKEUPS
Direct Debit
ROTARY GRACE
NOTIFY OUR CLUB BY 1700 TUESDAY PRIOR
TO THAT WEEK’S MEETING AT:
PREPAY FOR OUR MEETINGS,
EVENTS, SUBSCRIPTIONS AT:
[email protected]
BSB 084 -034
[email protected]
Account Number
559347857
O Lord and giver of all
good,
we thank you for our
daily food. May Rotary
friends and Rotary ways
help us to serve you all
our days.
DIARY DATES
Date
Event
Details
Sat 28 Feb
Rotary Million Dollar
Dinner
See below for more details
Sun 1 March
7:30am
Clean Up Australia Day
Followed by brunch in New Farm.
See John L for more details.
6-8 March
Rotary Youth Program of
Enrichment (RYPEN)
New Farm Park.
rypen5.wix.com/rypend9600
14-17 year olds
See next page for more details
22 March
2-5pm
Opera in the gardens
Sat 28 March
Rotary Peace Fellows
Seminar
Tues 21 April
An evening at the
Maritime Museum
In place of our regular meeting
there will be a special function at
the Queensland Maritime Museum
at South Brisbane to present the
replica bell to the Museum.
1-3 May
District 9600 Rotary
Conference
www.rotarydistrict9600conference
2015.info
Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens
District 9630 are actively promoting the very first ROTARY MILLION DOLLAR DINNER to be held in Australia Our goal
is to raise in excess of $1,000,000 for The Rotary Foundation.
The Pullman Brisbane King George Square
on Saturday the 28th of February 2015.
Dinner will be $125 per person – OR $1100 for a table of ten. There are already have a number of tables booked and
ALL DONORS will receive an invitation to the dinner gratis.
http://rotarymilliondollardinner.org or www.facebook.com/rotarymilliondollardinner
This is a joint venture of Districts 9600 and 9630.
A very special thank you to volunteers whop helped at the Salvos Christmas dinner.
I think Joseph and Mary were very happy but baby Jesus just wanted out of the photo.
Rumour has it the Polo Club
experienced a small fire which
impacted the air conditioning last
week (hence the warm conditions.
I put it to a vote that if it’s broken
this week we all get ice creams!
Our warriors
Making splints for a student with Cerebral Palsy
I see your pub with no beer and
raise you a pub with a dirt floor!
Sharing the love with Soccer balls
Welcome from the school children
Please can we keep them?
Rotary team en route to Mt Kilamanjaro
and Mamba school
For those of you who missed last weeks meeting you
will not realise that we were inundated with exchange
students – Past, Present and Future.
You also missed a very special
sergeants session where ‘Barb’ got
all dressed up for us
…and our impromptu speaker – Brian from
Wyoming.
…and you also missed that in most
editions of hot air there has been a
secret Lindsay picture hiding amongst the
photos.
Eddies Epilogue
I went for my first visit to daycare last
week and had a blast.
I might have even made a new friend!
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