Welcome all Members and Guests to the Probus Club of North Sydney.
Everyone, who went on the outing enjoyed the trip to Wollongong last month. The weather was good and at Stanwell Park we saw Hang Gliders taking off from the cliff top and landing in front of us on the beach. The Hang Glider operators jump off with an ‘adventurous’ participant in tandem and it takes 20 to 30 minutes to complete the jump. One of the operators told me he had jumped in tandem with a lady aged 91 years a couple of weeks ago so this is something we can all aspire to do!!!! We also travelled over the Sea Cliff Bridge and a large number of our group enjoyed our walk over the bridge.
Last month’s speaker, Wendy Miles, gave a very in depth talk on her father ( Sir Hudson Fysh) and the history of QANTAS which was accompanied with many black and white photographs.
Our first walk of the year to Lisgar Gardens at Hornsby was well attended (it may have had something to do with the knowledge we would be partaking of scones and tea at the CWA to begin with). The trees in the gardens are great and we also saw bush turkeys, kookaburras and yellow breasted robins.
Membership fee of $30.00 for the 2011 year is now due, please see the Treasurer.
We will be electing a new President and Committee for the 2011 at our AGM today. I wish the new Committee an interesting and successful year.
Quiz answers to Ian before 11 am please.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT for the Probus Club of North Sydney
The current membership is 52 in all made up by 30 woman and 22 men.
Program of Activities for the Probus Club of North Sydney
March 15 Monthly meeting and art exhibition 10.00am
Our speaker from our club, chosen by the president, is BobMinneart, our tallest member! He will speak on his experiences in Papua New Guinea.
March 20 Tour of Albury and acrosst he border to Victoria
Albury and Beyond, the train leaves Central Railway Station at 0742hrs. We will meet under the information board at 0715hrs. We will be staying at the Hume Country Inn, Telephone number 02 6025 8233.
April 12 Probus Walkers - South Head Heritage Trail, Watsons Bay
We will walk up to the Gap and then proceed past HMAS Watson and continue along South Head Heritage Trail which will take us to the Hornby Light Station where great views of the harbour can be seen. On our return we pass Lady Beach and cross Camp Cove Beach to Watsons Bay Hotel for refreshments. Walk classed as medium with steps - meet at Circular Quay wharf 4 at 0950hrs to catch 1005hrs ferry to Watsons Bay.
April 19 Monthly Meeting 1000hrs
Christine Hosking will speak about aboriginal art and bring some original paintings to show us.
April 26 No Outing - Easter Public Holiday - Substituted public holiday for Easter Monday which is Anzac Day.
May 17 Monthly Meeting 1000hrs
Robin Miller from Centrelink will outline all the facilities tht the organisation offers, particularly to oldies!
June 21 Monthly Meeting 10 a.m.
Joe Bollen, the Flag Manager for the Sydney 2000 Olympics will speak on .. “Flags of the world”.
June 28 Hawkesbury Valley Painting Sites.
I had arranged for a trip “In the Footsteps of the Masters” This was to be a tour of … the Hawkesbury Valley painting sites of famous Painters: Arthur Streeton, . .. … Julian Ashton to name just a couple. I have arranged this now for June 28th Get in … early for this trip I think it will be very popular. Cost $25
July 19 Monthly Meeting 10 a.m.
Barbara Westerway will speak on “The Candidate’s Wife” regarding her … … husband’s attempt to win a place in the NSW parliament.
Aug 21 Monthly Meeting 10 a.m.
A lawyer (yet to be named) will speak on family law, wills, power of attorneys etc OLDIES.
Sept 18 Monthly Meeting 10 a.m.
Members will be invited to bring along antiques for comment valuation by John Williams who is an antique dealer and auctioneer.
Art Ehibits 15 March 2011
Who we are
Like all Probus Clubs, The Probus Club of North Sydney provides an opportunity for retired and semi-retired people to keep active mentally and physically as well as enjoying social interaction with fellow Probians. We are a club of some fifty men and women and welcome enquiries from those interested in joining us.
When and where we meet
We meet at 10 am on the third Tuesday of each month in the North Sydney Leagues Club, which provides plenty of free parking. Many of us choose to socialize after the meeting by having lunch together at the Club.
Outings - Come and join us
The club organizes an outing on the fourth Tuesday each month. These outings are planned as day activities and frequently we use the North Sydney Community bus. Occasionally a day train trip is arranged. Trips in recent times have included visits to the Queen's coach being built at Manly, the Powerhouse Museum reserve exhibits at Castle Hill, whale watching at Cape Solander and historic Camden.
Guest Speaker
At each monthly meeting we have a guest speaker. This is a popular part of club activities as speakers are chosen to speak on a variety of subjects and members usually find them interesting, entertaining and informative. One of our Committee members is responsible for organizing this activity and welcomes suggestions from members.
A brief history of our Club
The history of the Probus Club of North Sydney has an amusing beginning. Rotarian, Ted S, was commissioned by his club to establish a mens' Probus Club in the district. Ted thought this would be a simple pleasant task and placed an advertisement in local newspapers inviting interested men to contact him. He received a phone call from a woman introducing herself as Janet H-F querying why only men were invited to attend and announcing that she would like to come to the meeting. Ted could find no reason to deny her and the meeting duly took place with Janet in attendance. Apparently Janet was very persuasive and Ted accepted her arguments and could see no reason why both men and women could not belong to the same club. He resolved to take back to his Rotary club the recommendation that a mixed club be formed. His next job was to persuade his Rotarians to agree to the recommendation which they duly did. So, seven years after the first Probus club in Australia was formed at Hunters Hill the first mixed club came into existence at North Sydney. Our club celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008 and was delighted to have both Ted and Janet as guests.
Contact Us
If you would like to make enquiries please contact our Membership Secretary
E-mail - membership@northsydneyprobus.org
E-mail - membership@northsydneyprobus.org
If you are interested in Probus we welcome you as a visitor to our friendly club. We encourage visitors to join us on a couple of occasions to share our activities and to see what we are about before deciding whether to join
