THE PROBUS CLUB OF NORTH SYDNEY  Newsletter 396 18 November, 2025  

PRESIDENT’S REPORT - Barbara B

Year’s end for 2025 is rapidly approaching,  with our thoughts turning to planning for  Christmas. Our club Christmas lunch will  be held on Tuesday 9th December, at  Northbridge Golf Club, and it promises to  be a great day - canapés followed by a  traditional Christmas dinner, with a  Christmas quiz, Christmas carols and  great company.  

Tickets are $80, and payment to the  Probus bank account is required by Friday  28th November at the very latest. 

This month’s outing was a Melbourne Cup  lunch at Cammeray Golf Clubhouse  organised by Patrick; and Lindsay led our  walk on 11 November from Brontë to  Bondi, followed by lunch at Bondi  Icebergs. And our newsletter is ably  compiled by Judy.  

If any one reading this would be  interested in assisting with planning  and leading walks or working on the  newsletter, we would love to hear from  you. Plenty of training/guidance will be  available. 

I look forward to seeing you all at our  meeting next Tuesday. 

  

 VALE Peter B

OBITUARY - from Lyn Molloy  

It was very sad to hear that Peter B  had passed away suddenly during the  month. Our condolences to his wife  Noreen. 

Peter and Noreen joined the club in April  2019. For many years Peter and Noreen  organised a variety of outings for members  - all of which were well supported. 

It seemed to me that they were always  there. Supporting the Club in any way they  could. For me most recently at the North  Sydney produce market recruitment drive. Rest in Peace Peter. You will be missed. 

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AT OUR  MEETING ON 18 NOVEMBER WE ARE  VOTING ON THE SPECIAL  

RESOLUTION DETAILED IN THE  Secretary’s memo and 6 attachments sent  to all members on 26 October. 

  

MEMBERSHIP - Lyn M

Currently 53. 

WELFARE - Jackie M

Remember to call Jackie (0412 836 997) if  you know of any members needing  welfare support. 

BIRTHDAYS 

November: 1 Lyn M, 11 Don P and  Mary W, 17 Ken C, 14 Robin  S, 15 Marie A, 21 Mary Ann  I. 

December: 14 Lindsay K, 19 Bill  C, 27 Peter W, 31 Deon C. 

SPEAKERS - Patrick W

Our Speaker this month will be Simone  Carson, Manager of Arts at the Willoughby  Council. She will be accompanied by a  string quartet from the Willoughby  Orchestra, who will play for us. 

December will be our Christmas Lunch,  and the next Speaker will be on 20  January. 

MOVIES - Peter W

Unfortunately my original movie choice for  Tuesday 25 November, Train Dreams, will  no longer be shown at The Orpheum. So  instead I am recommending an  

interesting alternative called Two  Prosecutors, also on 25 November, at a  time to be advised. 

This film focuses on a young prosecutor  who sets out to challenge a system during  Stalin’s Great Terror in 1937 after  discovering a letter from a prisoner that is  a desperate plea for help. The film is  subtitled and has some excellent reviews. 

On Jocelyn’s recommendation my wife and  I went to see Inter Alia at the Orpheum. No  it isn’t a sci-fi production but a play that  has been filmed for the big screen by the  National Theatre in the UK. 

It stars Rosamund Pike as a Crown Court  judge at the top of her career but also  handling the problems of motherhood. She  is on stage the whole time together with a  small cast but she is amazing. I can  endorse Jocelyn’s recommendation if you  are interested in something a bit different!!!  

MELBOURNE CUP LUNCH - Patrick  W

On a lovely warm spring day, 10  members enjoyed an excellent lunch at  the Cammeray Golf Club. The joie de  vivre flowed, as did the odd drop of  wine, and some of the sweepstake  flutters paid off. 

OUTINGS - Jocelyn M

November Outing: 

Our November Outing was a Melbourne  Cup lunch at Cammeray Golf Glub. Nine  members and one visitor enjoyed a  sumptuous lunch and some members  were successful sweep winners. A good  time was had by all. 

3 February 2026. We are looking at a  guided tour of the old GPO Building in  Martin Place. The tour is limited to 15 people at a cost of $20.00 per head. As  our meeting on 18 November 2025 is our  last one before this Outing it would be  appreciated if members would give some  thought to this proposal so that we can  decide before Xmas whether this Outing is  feasible.  

Your Outings Committee will be meeting  on 18 November to discuss the 2026  Outings programme. We will be  considering using “On Course” travel for  some day trips as well as the Community  Bus. While “On Course” may cost a little  more it should give us more options for  out-of-town planning and would certainly  make the job of the Outings Committee  less onerous. Your thoughts on this would  be appreciated. 

We are also in the early stages of planning  a 9 day trip to New Caledonia in  September/October 2026 with the  Waverton Probus Club and will be looking  for expressions of interest at the  

November meeting. 

WALKS - Lindsay K 

LAST WALK 

Nine of us participated in our walk from  Bronte to Bondi Beach. Myself & Penny,  Louise, Jackie, Robin S., Joan B, Deon,  Ivan, Peter W. It was a sunny day and not  too hot. We had our coffees at a cafe near  the Bronte Beach bus terminus. 

At Bronte Beach we witnessed the  struggle of a spider wasp and its prey, a  medium sized huntsman spider. Pretty  soon a large crowd gathered around  wondering what we were looking at. We  

continued  

past  

Tamarama  

Beach. It was  

a spectacular  

day. We had  

lunch at the  

Bondi  

Icebergs. 

Peggy B and  

Bill C. joined  

us for lunch. 

NEXT WALK 

The next walk will be on the Tuesday 2  December. Please note the date as it is  the 1st Tuesday of the month because of  the Christmas Party being held on the 2nd  Tuesday. We will be catching the 10am  ferry from Wharf 4 Circular Quay to  Mosman Bay. We will have coffee at  Cafe Monstera at Mosman Bay Wharf. After coffee we will walk to Cremorne  Wharf. It is an easy medium walk with a  bit of a slope and stairs at the beginning. It  is a level walk after that. There are stairs  at the end that take us down to the bus  stop. From Cremorne we need to catch  the 225 bus, at 12.13pm, so we can get  to Minsky's at Cremorne by 12.30 for  lunch. Penny will be leading this walk as  I have a specialist's medical appointment  that morning. I will be joining you for  lunch. There will be no walk in January.  

10 February we have our annual lunch  at the Little Snail in Pyrmont. 

CLUSTER MUSTER - Mary Ann Irvin Waverton Club are organising a tour to  Griffith and surrounds for 5 days and 4  nights from 3rd to 7th May 2026. The tour cost is $2148 per person twin  share (single supplement is $380) Mary Ann will bring a couple of fliers to the  meeting for anybody who is interested. 

A REQUEST - from Douglas I Has anyone a spare set of computer  speakers that could be used at  

presentations? Putting the microphone up  to the laptop is ineffective. 

I'll show a couple of slides of other Club's  websites to demonstrate how we can  adapt the Probus South Pacific template.  I’m asking for feedback. 

‘MAGIC NUMBER’ REMINDER  

For anyone who needs a reminder on how  to obtain the Transport Code, please  speak to Lyn, who will give you a refresher  and a printed handout. Having the ‘magic  number’ makes the trip cheaper for  everyone. 

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PREFERRED METHOD OF PAYMENT  FOR ALL PROBUS ACTIVITIES Probus bank account: 

BSB 032-099 

Acc number

Information in Description: name of the  activity and your name. 

Probus Tuesday monthly schedule  

1st Tuesday outing 

2nd Tuesday walk 

3rd Tuesday committee meeting 9.15am followed by general meeting 10.15 am

4th Tuesday movie 

5th Tuesday picnic/lunch/other activity

DATES FOR THE DIARY:  NOVEMBER, DECEMBER,  JANUARY, FEBRUARY 

Tuesday 18 November, 9.15am  Committee meeting, Northbridge  Golf Club 

Tuesday 18 November, 10.15am  Probus general meeting,  

Northbridge Golf Club 

Tuesday 25 November, film,Two  Prosecutors, Cremorne Orpheum,  Details TBC. See p 2 

Tuesday 2 December, walk Mosman  Bay to Cremorne, Details p 3 

Tuesday 9 December, 12 noon - 3  pm., Christmas lunch, Northbridge  Golf Club. 

Tuesday 20 January, 9.15 Probus  Committee, 10.15 am Probus  general meeting, Northbridge Golf  Club 

Tuesday 10 February lunch at Little  Snail Pyrmont 

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 THE PROBUS CLUB OF NORTH SYDNEY  Newsletter 395 21 October, 2025

PRESIDENT’S REPORT - Barbara B

Probus Month is almost over. In October  every year Probus clubs throughout  Australia and New Zealand celebrate and  promote “fun and friendship in retirement”  enjoyed by Probus members. The month  started with our club’s participation in a  Probus Open Day at Mosman Art Gallery,  organised by Probus Cluster 9, of which  North Sydney Probus is a member. Thanks  to Mary Ann I, our Cluster  

representative, who worked tirelessly to  co-ordinate our contribution, to Patrick  W who very ably agreed to be the North  Sydney speaker, to Bill B for designing  and printing our promotional posters, and  Douglas who created a very slick slide  show to support the other promotional  material. The day was a great success,  and Lyn M has been assiduously  following up all the people who expressed  an interest in North Sydney Probus. 

Of course we have had our usual range of  outings and walks since our last meeting -  attending Downton Abbey the movie,  organised by Peter W, the picnic  organised by Douglas and Mary Ann in  conjunction with Waverton Probus, a tour  of the State Theatre organised by Jocelyn,  attending a performance of Gilbert and  Sullivan’s The Sorcerer, organised by  Robin, and the walk at Sydney Olympic  Park, organised by Lindsay. These  activities take considerable planning to co ordinate and plan, and our thanks go to all  

the members who are involved in the  planning and leading of these activities. 

The focus on attracting new members is  very important - to maintain financial  viability, whilst keeping membership fees  affordable, we need to maintain member  numbers. We don’t necessarily want to  become a very big club, but we do need to  maintain our current size. Please share  your Probus experience with your friends,  and invite them to attend as guests - this is  one of the best ways of attracting new  members. They will always be welcome to  our group. 

I look forward to seeing everyone at our  next meeting. 

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MEMBERSHIP - Lyn M

Currently we have 55 Members.We are  looking forward to some guests at the next  meeting who may be interested in joining  our Club. Please look out for them and  make them welcome. 

WELFARE - Jackie M

Remember to call Jackie (0412 836 997) if  you know of any members needing  welfare support. 

BIRTHDAYS 

Eleanor S 26 October, Bill By 27  October, Joan Be 29 October. 

 SPEAKERS - Patrick W 

• Our Speaker this month will be Dr  Kathryn Goozee and her subject is  Dementia and Alzheimers. 

• In November we will be welcoming  Simone Carson, who will be  

accompanied by a string quartet from the  Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. After  Simone’s brief talk, the quartet will  entertain us. 

MOVIES - Peter W

This month’s film on Tuesday 28 October,  at a time to be advised, is The  

Travellers with Bryan Brown and directed  by Bruce Beresford. 

A charismatic, successful stage designer  returns to Australia for a quick visit to see  his dying mother. However, family  responsibilities, a difficult relationship with  his father and a number of other issues  make his return to Europe and the opera  he has committed to design, increasingly  problematic. 

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MELBOURNE CUP LUNCH - Patrick  W

Our club has booked a table of 10 for a  Melbourne Cup lunch at the Cammeray Golf  Club on Tuesday 4 November. As of 16  October, 9 have booked and paid, and  there’s room for one more if anyone else is  interested. The 3 course lunch costs $110  per head, with prizes for best dressed table  and best dressed individual, and sweeps  will be organised on the day. 

Please email Patrick  

patrick_h_wale@yahoo.co.uk 

if you’d like to attend. 

WALKS - Lindsay K

LAST WALK 

16 of us turned up for the walk around  Sydney Olympic Park to Newington  Armory, on a warm sunny day. We had  our coffee at the cafe near the Sydney  Olympic Park Ferry Wharf, then walked to  Newington Armory and back to the Wharf.  We caught the ferry to Meadowbank to  have lunch at the Fork and Spoon, where  we were joined by Anne and Don. The  walkers were: Bill B, Peter & Noreen, Mary  Anne, Carol-anne, Ivan, Peter W, Robin S,  Jackie, Joan, Deon, Louise, Mary & John,  and Penny and I. 

NEXT WALK  

On 11 November we will do our regular  walk from Bronte to Bondi. It is a bit less  than 3 kilometres of varying grades, a few  stairs. Lunch at the Bondi Icebergs. I  haven't worked out times yet. So watch  this space. 

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PROBUS OPEN DAY - Report from Mary Ann I

Our club featured a table at the recent  Probus Open day held 1 October by our  Cluster Clubs at the Mosman Art Gallery.  More than 100 prospective members  attended the event and 6 clubs had tables  to encourage people to join. The morning  was voted to have been an  

outstanding success. 

19 people expressed an interest in joining  our club and Lyn has contacted them all  with more details about what we do and  invited them to our October meeting. 

Thank you to Barbara for designing and  creating our stunning tablecloth, Bill for  designing the posters, Douglas for the  slide presentation and Patrick for  presenting on behalf of the club. 

We are hoping that several of those people  who expressed an interest will attend our  meeting on 21st October. Please keep an  eye out for them, assist Robin with  welcoming them, and ensure that they are  included in morning tea and lunch tables. 

‘MAGIC NUMBER’ REMINDER  

For anyone who needs a reminder on how  to obtain the Transport Code, please  speak to Lyn, who will give you a refresher  and a printed handout. Having the ‘magic  number’ makes the trip cheaper for  everyone. 

What a fabulous outing to the  

State Theatre, in all the glory of  

1929, a mixture of original and  

restoration, talks of the stars and  

of avoiding the developers. How  

we ooh’d and aah’d! Thanks to  

Jocelyn for arranging such a  

splendid visit. 

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PREFERRED METHOD OF PAYMENT  FOR ALL PROBUS ACTIVITIES Probus bank account: 

BSB 032-099 

Acc number

Information in Description: name of the  activity and your name. 

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Happy picnic people at  the combined Probus  picnic at Tunks park  

Probus Tuesday monthly schedule  

1st Tuesday outing 

2nd Tuesday walk 

3rd Tuesday committee meeting 9.15am followed by general meeting 10.15 am 4th Tuesday movie 

5th Tuesday picnic/lunch/other activity 

DATES FOR THE DIARY:  OCTOBER, NOVEMBER,  DECEMBER 

Tuesday 21 October, 9.15am  Committee meeting, Northbridge  Golf Club 

Tuesday 21 October, 10.15am  Probus general meeting,  

Northbridge Golf Club 

Tuesday 28 October, film, The  Travellers, Cremorne Orpheum,  TBA, See p 2 

Tuesday 4 November, Melbourne  Cup lunch, Cammerary Golf Club,  See p 2 

Tuesday 11 November, walk Bondi  to Bronte am, See p 3 

Tuesday 18 November, 9.15 Probus  Committee, 10.15 am Probus  general meeting, Northbridge Golf  Club. 

Tuesday 9 December, 12 noon - 3  pm., Christmas lunch, Northbridge  Golf Club. Payment date has now  passed.