PROBUS CLUB OF WAHROONGA EAST (Inc.)

NEWSLETTER 26 June 2017 Editor Geoff Morris 9449 9872 Vol.26 No. 6

http://www.probusclubwahroongaeast.org.au/

Our Club newsletter is published for the pleasure and information of our members only

FROM THE SECRETARY (Michael Dunn 9481 0042 michaeldunn7@bigpond.com )

Good morning everyone.

First it was the Scottish Assembly holding a referendum for Independence, then the British Government did the same which

decided Brexit, but now--- the big one, Wahroonga East decides - will it be Bowral or the Blue Mountains in 2018?

Seriously after a number of members wondered if a change of location would be a good idea, following the 2016 spring trip to

Bowral, the Committee thought asking for everyone's view would be appropriate. David Barling and Ian Cameron have done

the research, which was circulated on 9 June. There was also a voting slip, please take a copy and bring it to the Meeting and

vote, following which we will do a count and start work on the 2018 visit, in accordance with the result. Later this year we are

going to Bowral of course.

Since our last meeting we have had some fabulous activities.

The Investment Group has researched, the Walkers have promenaded, Fine Wine and Diners have scoffed, the Theatre Goers

cheered and the Golfers hooked and sliced their way around the course! All terrific events, many thanks to our Convenors and

to everyone who joined in.

Planning is well underway for our 25th Anniversary Lunch at Monash Country Club on 21st July - Geoff Morris has done a

fabulous job in putting together a collage of photographs, which will remind us of many good times over the years.

Warwick Davis will step up to talk to us during today's meeting. Thank you Warwick.

And finally today our resident film maker, Len Hyde, will show us a movie he has made of his visit to Vivid. We will show it

just before morning tea, a nice way to end the formal proceedings of the morning. Many thanks Len.

I will place a flyer produced by Probus South Pacific on the Registration Desk on Monday, which outlines The

Probus Community and has a summary of the Probus Travel Insurance options available to members.

This may be a convenient ready reference for members.

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK

Peter Smith 0409 284 245 reachfar53@bigpond.com

VICE PRESIDENT ( David Harricks 9488 7407 djharricks@bigpond.com )

Activities

I recently obtained an interesting list of activities undertaken by other Probus Clubs. Some activities which

caught my eye were groups involved in book exchange, computing, gardening, genealogy, wine tasting and

photography.

Whilst our Club is probably in the top quartile in terms of activities, we can always be on the lookout for new ones. To this

end I would be very happy to talk to any member who feels motivated to start a new activity including the ones mentioned

above!

New Members

As always the Membership Committee encourages all members to actively seek potential new members. Please don’t hesitate

to contact Peter Brand, Mike Dunn or myself.

NEXT MEETING: Monday 24 July 2017

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EVENTS CALENDAR

Activity Day Date Time Event

Probus meeting Mon 26-Jun 9 45 am June Probus meeting.

Guest Speakers Mon 26-Jun 11 00 am Scott Appleton: "Osteoporosis Management"

Finance Mon 26-Jun 1 00 pm Brains Trust

Outings Thu 29-Jun 8 30 am Exploring Ku-ring-Gai Mystery Tour (1 of 2). Both tours are fully booked. Wait-

list established.

Outings Mon 03-Jul 8 30 am Exploring Ku-ring-Gai Mystery Tour (2 of 2). Both tours are fully booked. Wait-

list established.

Bowls Mon 03-Jul 12 30 pm 1st round of Probus Shield

Bowls Fri 14-Jul Pymble Probus Invitation at St Ives Bowling Club pm.

Golf Fri 14-Jul 9 00 am North Ryde

Walking group Mon 17-Jul North Harbour Reserve to Manly and return. Full details in the June Newsletter

Special Events Fri 21-Jul 11 45 am 25th Anniversary Lunch. Monash Country Club. $65 pp. PAYMENT NOW

DUE PLEASE

Theatre Sat 22-Jul 6 00 pm Willoughby Theatre Co. "The Magic Of The Musicals"

Probus meeting Mon 24-Jul 9 45 am July Probus meeting.

Guest Speakers Mon 24-Jul 11 00 am Andrew Tink: "Australia 1901-2001: a Narrative History"

Tours Thu 27 July until 4 August Blue Lagoon Fiji cruise = Bookings closed

Theatre Sat 29-Jul 8 00 pm Pymble Players "An Inspector Calls"

Bowls Mon 07-Aug 12 30 pm 2nd round of Probus Shield

Outings Thu 17-Aug 8.30am Jewish Synagogue and Museum (plus lunch) $80pp

Golf Fri 25-Aug Chatswood

Probus meeting Mon 28-Aug 9 45 am August Probus meeting.

Guest Speakers Mon 28-Aug 11 00 am Dave Mudge: "Debt Collection Funny Stories"

Bowls Mon 04-Sep 12 30 pm 3rd round of Probus Shield

Theatre Wed 13-Sep 11 00 am Ensemble Theatre. "Lip Service". Pickup 10 00 am Bannockburn Oval. Payment

now due $80 per ticket

Special Events Fri 15-Sep Noon Prawn Lunch Wildflower Gardens

Probus meeting Mon 25-Sep 9 45 am September Probus meeting.

Guest Speakers Mon 25-Sep 11 00 am David Marr. Subject to be advised.

Bowral Sun 8 to 11 October Peppers Craigieburn Bowral. Full payment requested at the June meeting

please.

Golf Tue 10-Oct Bowral or Moss Vale

Theatre Wed 13-Dec 1 00 pm "The Wharf Review". Pickup 10 00 am Bannockburn Oval.

Guest Speakers Mon 23-Oct 11 00 am Gordon Marr: "Chinese Gold Mining Immigrants"

Special Events Tue 30-Jan 4 30 pm Bobbin Head BBQ / Picnic (the day after Australia Day is a Saturday)

Theatre Sat 21-Oct 7 30 pm Willoughby Theatre Co. "Chicago"

Theatre Sat 14-Oct 8 00 pm Pymble Players "Calendar Girls"

Probus meeting Mon 23-Oct 9 45 am October Probus meeting.

Probus meeting Mon 27-Nov 9 45 am November Probus meeting.

Special Events Mon 11-Dec Noon Christmas Lunch Pymble Golf Club

Outings Mon 13-Nov or 15-Nov Proposed outing to Mamre Homestead and Penrith Fire Museum

Golf Fri 24-Nov Mona Vale

Tours Wed 07-Mar Perth and SW Australia 12 day train/fly trip. 25 people needed.

BRIDGE ( Ian Davidson 9418 1962 gretian@tpg.com.au )

ADMINISTRATION (David Russell 9449 8876 djrussell2074@gmail.com )

GOLF ( Warwick Finney (91441938 warwick.finney@bigpond.com

Doug Ferdinands 9484 5126 0407 922 092 dferd@tpg.com.au )

Our recent game was played at Mona Vale on Friday, 16 June.

The course was very heavy due to recent rains resulting in no carts being allowed on the course which restricted our numbers

to a small degree. Also many of our usual attendees were overseas or otherwise unavailable to play which resulted in our

numbers being reduced to 10 players.

Scores were generally very good with Dick Stone and Doug Ferdinands being joint winners on 37 points. They were followed

by Rob Giacometti and John Spurrett both with 33 points. Someone had to come last so I made that my achievement of the

day.

Photos were taken as usual by Howard Gardner and these appear on the website.

Our next game is at North Ryde on 14 July.

Still proceeding well. It is good to hear the newer members of the group comment on how much they have

enjoyed the friendship & social side of their games, as well as the actual cards. This is something the longer

standing participants have long known.

For those of you who are regular followers of the website, you will see that we haven’t had an update for the

last week or so.

The reason is that we have experienced a bit of a “technical glitch” which is preventing us from sending

updates to our website. You can be assured we haven’t lost anything and all our data is safe and sound.

It does remind me though that it would be wise to find a second person to help look after the site and it would be great if

anyone, especially someone with some website experience, could volunteer to help me out from time to time.

WEBSITE ( Wes Dayton 9988 3898 wes@hsrca.org.au )

Birthday Boys: For June,2017 the Birthday Boys ( all 17 of them) are : Hugh Anderson, John Bunting, Fred

Bowman, Jim Buys, Ross Catterall, Brian Caldersmith, Ian Cameron, John Cameron, Ian Davidson, John R

Douglas, Colin Goodchild, Ian Lucas, Andrew Marr, Ian Maze, David Mitchell, David Rigby and Howard

Vains

Career Talk: Warwick Davis will present his Career Talk at the June Meeting

Tables and Chairs: For June, assistance is requested from Kingsley Perry, Bob Potter, Dr. Michael Sevier, Chris Wood

Lunch: Our lunch this month is Quiche or Cold Turkey served with a fresh bread roll and butter, accompanied by pasta salad.

Emergency Response Training: On 30 May, four of our members ( Graham Barclay, David Harricks , Andrew Marr and

myself) attended Emergency Response training at Turramurra Bowling Club and learned about what we should do at a meet-

ing if an emergency, fire, bomb threat, severe storm etc should arise.

So should an Emergency occur during our time at the club then any of our wardens present at the meeting will take control and

direct you to the nearest safe exit. Please respond in a calm but responsive way and evacuate the club to a safe point either

adjacent to the flag pole or where otherwise directed.

BOWLS (Chris Wood 9449 1663 chris@wood.id.au

Bernie Cookson 9449 7499 bernmaur@bigpond.net.au

Calling all bowlers. We need three more players for the Pymble Probus invitation game on Friday 14 July;

afternoon game at St Ives Bowling Club.

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Earlier this month there were thirty five of us at Lotus Inn, Wahroonga enjoying a fine Chinese

banquet. The food was great (everyone praised the prawn dish), the service was attentive and the

carpeted floor allowed a quieter meal than usual.

So where to next? Don’t worry it will be another beauty!

F INE WINE and DINE ( Roy Lawrence 9489 5263 rmlaw@bigpond.net.au )

( Terry Gillett 9488 9338 terry@giltej.com )

Mystery Tours: Exploring Ku-ring-gai. Thursday 29 June and Monday 3 July 2017.

8 30 am Bert Oldfield Park, Rosebery Avenue, Killara. $50 per person Following on from a fascinating talk on early Ku-ring-gai in July 2016 by Jo Harris of the Ku-ring-gai Historical Society

(KHS ), we have booked two tours organised by the Society. The tours take us to historic places, homes of notables and other

points of great interest in the suburbs of Ku-ring-gai. Some of these will be unknown to those who have lived in Ku-ring-gai

for many years.

Each tour can only take a maximum of 16 people so we have booked two tours on Thursday 29 June 2017 and Monday 3 July

2017. Both tours will start at 8.30 am from the Bert Oldfield Park (formerly Killara Park), Rosebery Avenue, Killara returning

about 4 pm.

A lunch of two courses with a glass of wine at a mystery location is included in the cost per person of $50.

Both Tours are fully booked and everyone has paid and submitted the forms requested in David’s email dated 1 May 2017. As

KHS has now been paid, there will be NO REFUNDS unless replacements can be found.

Those booked on 29 June 2017 tour are all couples namely Marr, Armstrong, Harricks, Maze, Wood, Cowdroy, Smith and

Sanders.

Those booked on 3 July 2017 tour are again all couples namely Barclay, Blackwell, Maclean, Fellew, Ferdinands, Booth,

Finney and Rigby.

Sydney Jewish Synagogue and Museum. Thursday 17 August 2017 Please note the new date for this event, as shown above and in the Events Calendar. The museum is very popular and we

have been moved to this date to allow museum staff to better manage patron numbers. The cost of the day is expected to be

$80 per head and we need at least 30 people to attend to make the booking viable.

Our coach will depart Bannockburn Oval at 8 45 am on Thursday 17 August and proceed to Centennial Park for morning tea.

The coach will then deliver us to the synagogue for our inspection which will start at 10 30 am. Lunch will follow at midday at

The Marigold Restaurant – this lunch venue yet to be confirmed. As the museum tour doesn’t commence until 2 00 pm, if

lunch finishes early we may be provided with a short sightseeing tour in the coach around parts of the Eastern Suburbs. The

coach will return to Bannockburn Oval by approximately 5 00 pm. At the June meeting, I will be calling for indications of

numbers of Probus members and partners wishing to attend.

Mamre Homestead & Penrith Fire Museum. Monday 13 or Wednesday 15 November 2017 Restoration activities are still not complete on the Mamre Homestead although we are advised that this work should be

finished by September/October. As a result, we are waiting to have confirmed that our planned November outing to Mamre

House can proceed. If restoration work prevents a November visit, an outing to an alternative venue will be arranged, details

of which will be publicised as soon as possible.

OUTINGS ( Graham Barclay 9449 5756 grahambarclay@bigpond.com

Bob Grant 9489 2804 raigrant@bigpond.net.au )

We will have our usual brains trust this month.

Next month we will have a guest speaker; an expert who specialises in investments for the retired.

Just up our street!

INVESTMENTS (John Linstead 9449 9645 linstead@ozemail.com.au )

Howard Vains 9953 1087 vains2@bigpond.com )

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TOURS ( Ian Maze 9440-1235 mazes@bigpond.com )

PERTH AND SOUTH WEST AUSTRALIA. 12 DAYS 7 MARCH – 18 MARCH, 2018 Join us on a 12 day train/fly trip to Perth & the south west next March. We need 25 people.

Travel on the Indian Pacific Gold Service with off train excursions in Broken Hill, Adelaide and Barossa Valley, plus an

outback lamb roast dinner under the stars on the Nullarbor.

Enjoy Perth’s Kings Park Gardens, a Swan River cruise and explore the south west, including York, Corrigin dog cemetery,

museum, Wave Rock at Hyden and Albany Anzac Centre, Royal Fortress Military Museum plus the Valley of the Giants Tree

Top Walk and Pemberton.

Then on to Margaret River, river mouth at Prevelly, Cape Leeuwin lighthouse, wine at Leeuwin Estate, 2km long Busselton

wharf plus Mandurah canal lunch cruise then Perth.

This trip has been specially produced by Trade Travel and is not in their catalogue.

Tour dates are Wednesday 7 March to Sunday 18 March, 2018. The tour cost is $5,188.00 per person, and the single

supplement is $580.00. A detailed itinerary is attached to this newsletter for your reference and review.

GUEST SPEAKERS (Nick Hullah 9449 6327 nphullah@yahoo.com.au )

THEATRE ( Peter Cowdroy (pcowdroy@bigpond.net.au 9144 6496 0407 435 377

Dennis Hartland dennis@jetmaster.com.au 9983 0403 0418 761 668 )

This month’s guest speaker: Scott Appleton “Osteoarthritis Management”

For over 60 years Mt Wilga, located in Hornsby in Sydney’s northern suburbs, has been providing specialist

rehabilitation care for people living in our community and beyond. As a qualified Exercise Physiologist Scott

Appleton has worked at Mt Wilga for over ten years during which time he has treated a range of neurological and orthopaedic

conditions. More recently he has developed a particular interest in the management of osteoarthritis.

The presentation will look at the current impact of osteoarthritis on Australians and discuss the latest research into best

practice management. Consideration will be given to conservative management along with when an individual should consider

the need to proceed with surgery. A practical case study will be presented with time available for questions.

Zzzzzzzzzzz—All quiet for Theatre outings in June – too cold - too dark – cuddle up time instead -

but not for long as we head into the second half of this year’s theatre events.

22 July brings us “The Magic of the Musicals” by the Willoughby Theatre Company at The Concourse, Chatswood (6.00 pm

start) and 29 July brings us “An Inspector Calls” at the Pymble Players (8.00 pm start).

Speaking of WTC, I now have tickets available for two lots of adjoining seats for the WTC final Musical for the year

“Chicago” on Saturday 21 October (7.30 pm start). Please let me know if you are interested.

We also have tickets available for “Lip Service”, at the Ensemble Theatre on Wednesday 13 September, starring Amanda

Muggleton as Helena. This play is about Helena Rubenstein and her fight for equality in the cutthroat cosmetic industry

during her time. It is a comedy, with some feministic overtones. This is a Matinee show commencing at 11.00 am and

finishing at 1.00 pm. After the show, we move next door to the Flying Squadron for a light meal (at our own cost) before the

bus arrives to return us to Bannockburn Oval. Cost is $80.00 per ticket which includes transport to and from the Oval –

PAYMENTS NOW DUE PLEASE

Don’t forget to check the website for Probus Theatre updates.

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25th Anniversary Lunch at Monash Country Club Friday 21 July. 1145 am to 4 00pm. $65 pp

This popular function has special significance this year as it will be the main celebration of our significant anniversary.

Bookings are filling fast and please remember to advise us of any special dietary requirements. PAYMENT NOW DUE

PLEASE.

The menu selected is:

Canapés

Goat’s cheese and caramelised onion tart

Prawn, avocado and chive tarts

Tuscan spiced meatballs

Mini salmon potato cakes

Main Course (served alternately)

Char grilled beef eye fillet with baby scampi, asparagus, carrot puree and red wine jus.

Crispy skinned Atlantic salmon with potato gratin, green beans and lime beurre blanc.

Dessert

Trio of rhubarb brulee, caramelised slice and sorbet spoon.

Drinks

Your choice of soft drinks, beer and Willowglen Sparkling Chardonnay, Semillon Sauvignon Blanc and Shiraz Cabernet.

Coffee and tea at self service stations.

SPECIAL EVENTS (Barry Pulsford 9144 4373 0415 714 869 barry.pulsford@bigpond.com Kingsley Perry 9489 5508 0422 169 860 kingperry@optusnet.com.au )

BOWRAL Sunday 8 October to Wednesday 11 October 2017

We are looking forward to our time together at Craigieburn Bowral in October, with details as provided in earlier newsletters.

Please confirm your Tuesday golf, bowls or walking attendance with your regular activity convenor. The shopping activity is

also available on Tuesday. Other activities may also be of interest, including open gardens, galleries, bookshops and

wineries. Would you let me know if these appeal to you so we can then put you in touch with each other, if desired.

The annual Robertson Open Gardens weekend falls this year on Saturday and Sunday 7/8 October, so you may wish to include

a visit there on your way to Craigieburn. More details are at: http://robertsonopengardens.weebly.com/

We request full payment at either the June or July meeting. The full costs including deposit are as follows, with last year

shown in brackets. Please confirm which days you will attend, if you have not already done so.

Cancellation Details: Please note that our Peppers contract states that for cancellations within 14 days prior to arrival, the

full cost of the event will be forfeited. For cancellations within 30 to 14 days prior, one night's accommodation is payable.

Between now and 30 days prior, the contract allows for a limited number of cancellations without penalty. Above that limited

number, one night's accommodation is payable.

Thank you to the 66 people who have paid their deposit. We still have room for more, so if you wish to join us, please pay at

the June meeting to secure your place.

For the 2018 Retreat, please complete the voting slip previously circulated, to express your preferences so we can plan

accordingly.

3 nights - Sun to Tues 2 nights - Mon & Tues

Couple $1070 (969) $670 (636)

Single $760 (669) $485 (441)

BOWRAL (David Barling 9144 4566 0401 144 140 david.barling70 @hotmail.com

Ian Cameron 9449 3991 0411 240 513 icameron7@bigpond.com )

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WALKING GROUP (Mike Pailthorpe (9882 2539 0407 437 062 mikeadel@bigpond.net.au

Ron Eisenhammer 9451 6733 0418 285 228 reisenhammer4@bigpond.com )

North Harbour Reserve to Manly Beach Walk – Monday 17 July 2017

We will meet at 10:00am at North Harbour Reserve, Condamine Street, Balgowlah. There is ample unrestricted street parking.

Our walk will take us along the Spit Bridge to Manly walking path, taking in magnificent views of Middle Harbour, North and

South Head, Fairlight Beach, Manly Terminal, etc. Upon reaching Manly, we will proceed down The Corso to Manly Beach.

Apart from a few steps at the beginning and end of the walk, we will walk along a well-made, undulating pathway. We will

take our morning tea break at Manly Beach.

Please bring refreshments for the stop; or you may choose to take coffee in one of the many cafes along South Steyne. My

personal choice is the Blue Water Café. After morning tea we will return to North Harbour Reserve by the way we came. We

should arrive there around 12:00 noon.

Please let Mike Pailthorpe know by 5:00pm Friday 14 July if you will be joining us.

(H) 9882 2539 (M) 0407 437 062 (E) mikeadel@bigpond.net.au

Last month’s guest speakers: “The NorthConnex Tunnel”

Well this week we had not one but

three speakers from the consortium

which is building the NorthConnex

tunnel and associated road works.

Hamish Vermeulen (Engineer),

Cassandra O'Connor (Media and

Community Adviser) and Anne

Learmouth ( Communications and

Stakeholder Engagement

Management) did a splendid job in

explaining to us the details of the

tunnelling, air extraction, associated

infrastructure and community liaison

amongst many other things.

As they explained, the Northconnex

project is a $3 billion underground

motorway connection between the M1

Pacific Motorway at Wahroonga and

the Hills M2 Motorway at West

Pennant Hills. The project involves

building 9 kilometre long tunnels which roughly follow the alignment of Pennant Hills Road and will be open to traffic in late

2019. It is one of the longest and deepest (90-100 metres at its deepest) tunnels in Australia

Hamish had lots of fascinating slides and a couple of videos showing what goes on underground, the enormous complexity of

the project, the extremely fine tolerances to which they must adhere, the comprehensive safety and emergency management

processes and the huge machinery they employ to drill and fortify the tunnels. I am sure the engineers amongst us understood

the technical stuff with which we were regaled but to the mere laymen it was perhaps a tad more difficult to properly

comprehend.

Whenever the questions veered off the engineering issues Cassandra jumped to the rescue with information about air stacks,

tolling etc. Anne then rounded off the presentation with a quick overview of the role of the community team and some of the

local initiatives.

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Golf at Mona Vale 16 June

7 6

5

4 3

2 1

1. Before hitoff

2 The only birdies were of the white variety.

3 Warwick Finney hits off on the18th

4 Doug Ferdinands in action.

5 John Spurrett hits off on the 18th.

6 Our leader presents to joint winner Doug

Ferdinands.

7 Fellowship time.