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Serving the Community since 1985

Presidents Report A great sign of a vibrant club is when we cancel a planned event, and announce very short notice, that we would have, casual drinks and dinner at the RSL and have 32 attend. Thank you John Beaty for arranging the night. Those who attended had great evening and, as usual, a very good meal. We have a very busy lead up to Christmas with the following events Nov 6: District Governor Tony Monley, Partners night & Spring Carnival Theme. Nov 11: Hampton Rotary Cluster Meeting: AE2 Submarine at Gallipoli. Nov 12: Board Meeting. Nov 13: Sallie Geary at our VCG meeting. Nov 13: Cluster Event: Primary School Speaking Contest. Nov 14: Quarterly Presidents Meeting. Nov 19-23: Masters Golf Parking. Nov 23: Beaumaris Concourse Festival. Nov 27: Beaumaris Theatre Night: “39 Steps”. Dec 4: Yarra Yarra Evening: Janud Imam: Muslim Association of Vic. Dec 8: District 9810 Annual Foundation Dinner. Dec 10

Board meeting.

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Christmas Dinner at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron. Add to this list, our other activities such as Sabu Visit, Christmas toys, Golf days etc. We are certain-ly going to be busy. Remember to invite partners, don your finest hat and hear Tony Monley enlighten us on District 9810 for Thursday. James will chair the night. Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday.

Ken

Contents

1 Presidents Report 2 Notices 3 / 4 This Week’s Filler 5 Concourse Christmas Carnival 6 District Conference Details 7 Noble Park Rotary Charity Golf 8 Armistice Day Rotary Event 9 BRAGG Golf Day 10 Club Structure / Picture of Week

Unless stated otherwise venue is Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00

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Rotary Club of Noble Park Charity Golf Day

Thursday 13 November 2014

See details on Page 7

On the Occasion of the Armistice Day,

11 November

D-9810 BAYSIDE CLUSTER ROTARY CLUBS

Tim Smith, Executive Director,

HERITAGE VICTORIA

Talking on:

"AE2- The Australian Submarine

at Gallipoli"

See details on Page 8

See full details on Page 5 See full details of booking, accommodation

and golf on Page 6.

BRAGG WEEKEND— ADVANCED NOTICE

SEE PAGE 9

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An Outsider’s View of Australia Courtesy of PP Robert McArthur

An admiring few words about the Australian

lifestyle from a visiting American. I wonder how

long it will remain true.

More often than you might expect, Australian

friends patiently listening to me enthuse about

their country have said,''We need outsiders like

you to remind us what we have.'' So here it is -

a small presumptuous list of what one foreigner

admires in Oz.

1. Health care.

I know the controversies, but basic nation-

al health care is a gift. In America , medi-

cal expenses are a leading cause of bank-

ruptcy. The drug companies dominate

politics and advertising. Obama is be-

ing crucified for taking halting baby steps

towards sanity. You can't turn on the telly

without hours of drug advertisements -

something I have never yet seen

here. And your emphasis on prevention -

making cigarettes less accessible, for one

- is a model.

2. Food.

Yes, we have great food in America too, espe-

cially in the big cities. But your bread is less

sweet, your lamb is cheaper, and your super-

market vegetables and fruits are fresher than

ours. Too often in my country America , an ap-

ple is a ball of pulp as big as your face. The

dainty Pink Lady apples of Oz are the juiciest

I've had. And don't get me started on coffee. In

American small towns it tastes like water fla-

voured with burnt dirt, but the smallest shop in

the smallest town in Oz can make a first-rate

latte. I love your ubiquitous bakeries, and your

hot-cross buns. Shall I go on?

3. Language.

How do you do it? The rhyming slang and Abo-

riginal place names are like magic spells.

Words that seem vaguely English yet also re-

semble an argot from another planet. I love the

way institutional names get turned into diminu-

tives - Vinnie's and Salvos - and absolutely

nothing's sacred. Everything is an opportunity

for word games and everyone has a nickname.

Lingo makes the world go round. It's the spon-

taneous wit of the people that tickles me most.

Late one night at a barbie my new mate Suds

remarked: ''Nothing's the same since 24-7.''

Amen to that.

4. Free-to-air TV.

In Oz, you buy a TV, plug it in and watch

some of the best programming I've ever seen -

uncensored. In America , you can't get diddly-

squat without paying a cable or satellite compa-

ny heavy fees. In Oz a few channels make it

hard to choose. In America , you've got 400

channels and nothing to watch.

5. Small shops.

Outside the big cities in America corpora-

tions have nearly erased them. Identical malls

with identical restaurants serving inferior

food. Except for geography, it's hard to tell one

American town from another. The ''take-away''

culture here in Australia is wonderful. The hu-

man encounters are real - people love to stir,

and stories get told. The curries here are to die

for. And you don't

have to tip!

6. Free camping.

We used to have this too, and I guess it's still

free when you backpack miles away from the

roads. But I love the fact that in Oz everyone

owns the shoreline and in many places you can

pull up a camper van and stare at the sea for

weeks. I love the ''primitive'' and independent

camp-grounds, the life out-of-doors. The few

idiots who leave their stubbies and rubbish be-

hind in these pristine places ought to be trans-

ported in chains to the penal colonies.

7. Religion.

In America , it's everywhere - especially where

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it's not supposed to be, like politics. I imagine

you have your Pharisees too, making a big

public show of devotion, but I have yet to meet

one here.

8. Roads.

Peak hour aside, I've found travel on your

roads pure heaven. My country's ''Freeways''

are crowded, crumbling, insanely knotted with

looping overpasses - it's like racing homicidal

maniacs on fraying spaghetti! I've driven the

Hume Highway without stress, and I love the

Princes Highway when it's two lanes. Ninety

minutes south of Bateman's Bay I was sorry to

see one billboard for a McDonald's. It's blocking

a lovely paddock view. Someone should re-

move the MacDonald's Billboard.

9. Real multiculturalism.

I know there are tensions, just like anywhere

else, but I love the distinctiveness of your com-

munities and the way you publicly acknowledge

the Aboriginal past. Recently, too, I spent quali-

ty time with the Melbourne Greeks, and was

gratified both by their devotion to their own

great language and culture and their openness

to an Afghan lunch.

10. Fewer guns.

You had Port Arthur in 1996 and got real in re-

sponse. America replicates such massacres

several times a year and nothing chang-

es. Why? Our religion of individual rights

makes the good of the community an impossi-

ble dream. Instead of mateship we have ''It's

mine and nobody else's''. We talk a great

game about freedom, but too often live in fear.

There's more to say - your kaleidoscopic birds,

your perfumed bush in springtime, your vast

beaches. These are just a few of the bless-

ings that make Australia a rarity. Of course, it's

not paradise - nowhere is - but I love it here. No

need to wave flags like the Americans, and add

to the world's windiness.

Just value in Australia what you have here and

don't give it away.

David Mason is a Writer, a Professor, and a

Poet Laureate of Colorado

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Turtle Power

Photograph by Montse Grillo

“On the coast of Tene-rife in the Canary Is-lands, we have quite the selection of affec-tionate green turtles,” “This turtle was coming [down] from the sur-face. The sun behind it and the sun rays sur-rounding it gave it a special majesty.”

CLUB STRUCTURE 2014 - 2015 UPDATED 28/07/2014

BOARD CLUB SERVICE

President Ken Mirams Director Trish Smyth

PE, VP Trish Smyth Auditor Tony Phillips

Secretary Roy Seager Program Richard Jones

Treasurer James Glenwright Meeting Attendance Trish Smyth

Foundation Mike Hede Communications David Lea

Branding & PR Malcolm Sawle Fellowship Megan Glenwright

International John Beaty Photographers John Beaty, Greg Every

New Generations Rob Fenton Almoner Geoff Stringer

Community Chris D'Arcy Chair /Host /Cashiers /AV Roster

Fundraising Adrian Culshaw Youth Protection Officer Malcolm Parks

On to Conference Robert McArthur^*

TEAM MEMBERS

International Community New Generations Fundraising

Fred Hofmann Geoff Abbott David Rushworth Harry Wolfe

John Sime Kerrie Geard Mary Sealy Heather Chisholm

David Langworthy Richard Shermon Tony McKenna * Roger Frewen

Geoff Stockdale Susan De Bolfo LOA Geoff Stringer

Ross Phillips Tony Phillips David Greenall David Hone

Malcolm Parks David Greenall Chris Martin Judi Hall

John Manks Royal Melbourne Golf Charmaine Jansz

Branding & PR Jim O'Brien Antony Nixon

Concourse Festival Peter Flude^ Harry Wolfe Peter Flude

Kerrie Geard Martin Fothergill David Hone# Mike Hede

Masters Golf Parking David Lea MUNA / NYSF

James Glenwright Heather Chisolm

^ Farmers Market # Indigenous Project * District