PROBUS WARRAWEE
Club No. 50510 - Inc. No. Y0222415
SINCE 1983
Updated: 29th October 2025
MEMBERSHIP: September 2025 = 88
For full details of Coming Events, click on Warrawee Wrap
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NEXT GENERAL MEETING:
Friday: 24th October 2025
​10am, at THE WARRAWEE CLUB ​
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For details of the speaker and topic at our next meeting, refer to the Home Page.
CINEMA & DINING
Our movie for September is “The Traveller” at the Roseville Cinema on Tuesday 28 October. Session time is 6.45pm in Cinema 1, the movie is 97 minutes long. For a change, dinner beforehand is suggested at the nearby "Shonan" Japanese restaurant at 5.00pm.
The Travellers is a poignant, funny and heartwarming family story from acclaimed filmmaker Bruce Beresford.
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Starring - Nicholas Hammond, Luke Bracey, Susie Porter, Celia Massingham, Alison McGirr, and Bryan Brown.
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Stephen Seary, a charismatic and successful stage designer, returns to his small hometown in Australia to say goodbye to his dying mother. What was to be a quick trip descends into chaos, drama, and at times downright funny moments as Stephen navigates family responsibilities, a difficult relationship with his father, old friends & past lovers, all while trying to return to Europe for a major opera contract.
COFFEE GROUP
Contact: Paul Cook 0414891620
Next - Thursday 13th November 2025
Hornsby PCYC Cafe
1 Park Lane Waitara
at 10.00am
FINANCE GROUP
Contact: Rory Gray 0427 660 135
1st Friday bi-monthly,
Next meeting Friday 7th November 2025
VENUE - The Warrawee Club
at 10am.
COMPUTER GROUP
With Wahroonga Probus Group.
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3rd Tuesday of each month.
Next meeting Tuesday 18th November 2025
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Contact Paul Wood Wahroonga Probus
OR John Derrett at john@derrett.net.au
PHOTOGRAPHY
Contact :
Alan McDermid 0409 285 859
Normally third Thursday of each month, but our next meeting will be on Monday 1st Dec 2025 (to be confirmed) 10:00am at Alan's home in Lindfield, reviewing the photos captured at the October outing to the St Ives Showground, plus any other photos members wish to share.​​​​
OUTINGS
• Contact and Enquiries: Geoff Brew / Keith Walker
• Phone: 0412 301 123 / 0419 429 322
• Email: geoff.brew@icloud.com
• walker.keith.ian@gmail.com
Our next Outing is a guided tour of ​
MACQUARIE LIGHTHOUSE
Friday 14th November
The Outing: Is a 45 minute guided tour of the Lighthouse, starting at 11.15 am sharp.
Located along the scenic Federation Cliff Walk at Vaucluse, this is Australia's first lighthouse. Completed in 1818, it was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway. Owing to crumbling foundations, it was reconstructed in the 1880s.The new tower was designed by the state's Colonial Architect, James Barnet, to closely resemble the original. Standing at 26 metres tall and flanked by the Head Keeper's residence and Assistant’s quarters, the buildings will be explored as part of the Harbour Trust's Tour. Ascend to the lighthouse balcony for sweeping views of the Harbour etc.
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See the October WRAP for full details of the day, including ferry transport. Bookings are required by 1st November.
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WINE and CHEESE GROUP
Contact: Roger Goozee 0405505339
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Next - 2:00pm Tuesday 4th November 2025 (Melbourne Cup Day)
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at Roger Goozee's home in North Turramurra.
ADVENTURE GROUP
Our last adventure activity for the year was a successful KAYAKING morning on the beautiful Woronora River on Wednesday 22nd October, followed by lunch at the Boatshed.
Planning for Adventure activities for 2026 has already started. Ian and Richard would be glad to have your suggestions for possible activities.
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• Contact & Enquiries:
o Ian Falconer M: 0407 462 171
o Richard White M: 0424 603 499
• Email: ian.falconer@sydney.edu.au
whitard@ozemail.com.au​​​​​​
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LUNCHEONS​
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Contact: John Crouch - 0403 599 078
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The next Luncheon is on
Thursday 23rd October 2025
at Lees Fortuna Court Chinese Restaurant in Crows Nest. Enjoy a variety of delicacies in a Chinese Banquet to suit all tastes.
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Lunches in 2026 will be on 26th March, 25th June, 27th August and 22nd October.
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WALK and EXPLORE
Contact: James Loxton 0412 559 395
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We are heading back to the coast. Our next walk will be held on Thursday 6th November, 2025. We will walk from Palm Beach up to Barrenjoey Headland and back.
​​​More details in the October WRAP.
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FISH ‘N CHIPS
• Meet second Friday of each month
• Contact & Enquiries: John Laird Ph 0402 476 101
• Email: jlaird@conicklaird.com.au
The next FISH ’n CHIPS will be Friday 14th November where we will be coordinating with the OUTINGS activity also on 14th November, visiting Macquarie Lighthouse and then lunching at Watsons Bay.
So check the Outings article above for details.
FITNESS BY ZOOM
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Members of our Club are invited to participate in an excellent exercise class run by Mike Adams from the North Shore Gym in Pymble. This includes a weekly Zoom class - that's right, you follow the 1-hour class in your own home, 7am each Wednesday.
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More details are in the WRAP; if you are interested, talk to
John Laird 0402 476 101
or Paul Gill 0418 363 585
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MUSIC GROUP
The next Zoom Music is on Monday 3rd November!
Yes, 2 pm on Monday 3 November – by Zoom.
Regular music members please note this is a changed date!
Yes, stay in your own home and just look and listen – it is always very enjoyable and interesting. Presenters will be advised later but will include Peter Barber and Bill Killinger.
Geoff Fitzhardinge arranges and hosts this scheduled ZOOM meeting. Details will be advised in the October WRAP.
No need to give notice – just ZOOM in on the day
BOOK CLUB
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• Meets bi-monthly on the 3rd Monday of selected months
• Enquiries: Mark Tunstall 0429 334 340
• Email: home@tunstall.com.au
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The next Book Club meeting is
Monday 16th February @ 10.00 am
Killara Golf Club – Lower Bar
Here are the currently nominated books:
• Cloudstreet– Tim Winton - Fiction – Thanks to Bill Killinger
Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and recognised as one of the greatest works of Australian literature, Cloudstreet is Tim Winton's sprawling, comic epic about luck and love, fortitude and forgiveness, and the magic of the everyday.
• Legacy – Chris Hammer– Fiction - Thanks to Doug Gordon
Martin Scarsden flees an assassination attempt but lands in even more trouble with a deadly family feud leaving him at death's door in Chris Hammer's next blockbuster crime novel.
• Gangland Australia – James Morton & Susanna Lobez – Nonfiction - Thanks to Malcolm Agnew
Gangland Australia surveys our criminal landscape from the early 1800s to the recent underworld killings in Melbourne. It details the exploits of an unforgettable cast of villains, crooks and mobsters who have made up the criminal and gangland scene in Australia for over two centuries.
• The Code of the Woosters – P G Wodehouse – Classic - Thanks to Geoff Fitzhardinge
Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves.
We meet, talk, drink beer/wine/coffee - have fun! Then a quick lunch.
Ian Falconer runs Nick’s Book Exchange at the monthly General Meeting. Bring your old books please
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CULTURAL EVENTS
​ Enquiries: Bill Killinger 0407 551 600 Email: bkillinger@optusnet.com.au
The Messiah
Handel's Christmas Oratorio
Willoughby Symphonic Choir
Willoughby Symphonic Orchestra
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Sunday 9th November 2025 @ 2:00pm
Chatswood Concourse Concert Hall
Full details in October WRAP.
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We are planning this tour for 2026 to be led by Greg Ferguson, Kiwi tour organizer with an unrivalled expertise in providing memories of a lifetime. (He led a highly successful Probus Warrawee tour of NZ South Island in 2019.)
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More detailed information in the October WRAP.
TOURS
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PROPOSED LONG TOUR 12 to 27 OCTOBER 2026
NZ NORTH ISLAND AND THE COOK ISLANDS
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NICK's BOOK EXCHANGE
Contact: Ian Falconer: 0407 462170
Have you read a good book you think your fellow members, or their partners, might enjoy we suggest you pass it on at the General Meeting.
If you are looking for a specific author or book, please contact the "Warrawee Wrap" editor. He will publish the request in the next Warrawee Wrap.