PROBUS WARRAWEE
Club No. 50510 - Inc. No. Y0222415
SINCE 1983
Updated: 9 July 2025
MEMBERSHIP: June 2025 = 89
For full details of Coming Events, click on Warrawee Wrap
NEXT GENERAL MEETING:
Friday: 25th July 2025.
10am. at THE WARRAWEE CLUB
The July 2025 Guest Speaker will be a Police Officer from PolAir - the NSW Police Force Aviation Command, based at Bankstown Airport. The officer's name will be advised subject to operational needs. The talk is titled, “POLAIR WORK & INSIGHTS”.
PolAir provides aerial support to police across New South Wales.
Its strategy is to serve from above, statewide, as a force multiplier, adding value at any incident that impacts on officer or public safety. Its duties include:
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Search and rescue (including missing children, the elderly and lost bushwalkers)
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Patrol support (searching for offenders)
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High visibility operations for special events (e.g. New Year's Eve, Mardi Gras, City to surf, Vivid, etc.)
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Reconnaissance tasks
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Counter terrorism operations
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Transport of dignitaries and specialised police
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Displays / demonstrations and charity events
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Maintenance and servicing of police aircraft.
The command utilises state of the art specialised technology such as rescue winches, Forward Looking Infra Red (FLIR), high definition video camera system, PA system, beam searchlights, downlinking of live video, digital radio systems and Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) navigation systems.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Contact :
Alan McDermid 0409 285 859
Third Thursday of each month
The next meeting will be at 10am on Thursday 11th July, at Alan and Carol McDermid's home in Lindfield.
The masterpieces captured in our June walk around the Maritime Museum will be reviewed
COMPUTER GROUP
With Wahroonga Probus Group.
3rd Tuesday of each month.
Next meeting Tuesday 15th July 2025
Contact Paul Wood Wahroonga Probus
OR John Derrett at john@derrett.net.au
WINE and CHEESE GROUP
Contact: Roger Goozee 0405505339
Next - 2:30pm Tuesday 19th August 2025
Meeting at Alan and Carol McDermid's home in Lindfield.
ADVENTURE GROUP
ARCHERY
Bring out your latent Robin Hood by joining us to practice your archery skills at Olympic Park, to be followed by lunch at a nearby cafe.
Venue - Archery Centre, Bennelong Parkway, Sydney Olympic Park
When - 20th August
Duration – 1.5 hours
• 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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WALK and EXPLORE
Contact: James Loxton 0412 559 395
Next walk is Thursday 3rd July 2025.
We will meet at Barangaroo at 9.45am for coffee before boarding the ferry at 10.16 for Balmain East. We will then wander through Balmain, Birchgrove and Rozelle before crossing Iron Cove Bridge, ending at Birkenhead Point. We will take in Ballast Point and, if time permits, we will walk alone Louisa Road to Birchgrove Point.
LUNCHEONS
Contact: John Crouch - 0403 599 078
The next Luncheon is on
Thursday 28th August 2025,
at the North Ryde Golf Club
Twin Road, North Ryde NSW (off Lane Cove Road).
Full details in the June WRAP.
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FISHING GROUP
• Meet second Friday of each month
• Contact & Enquiries: John Laird Ph 0402 476 101
• Email: jlaird@conicklaird.com.au
Captain John is back on deck, and Fishing will start again on Friday 11th July @ 10:00am at Dunlop Reserve in Drummoyne (next to Drummoyne Sailing Club), followed by lunch at the Sailing club.
Fishers and lunchers are all welcome, particularly new members – please let me know if you intend coming along so that we can keep an eye out for you.
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MUSIC GROUP
Zoom Music is taking a holiday in July but is back at 2pm on Monday 4th August
Yes, just stay in the comfort of your home, look and listen!
Presenters will be PETER BARBER, DOUG CHEE and DAVID PRICE.
Yes! David Price is an ex-member now in Port Macquarie but he likes Probus Music so much he cannot let go!!
Let’s see what their respective choices of music are.
Presentations last 40 mins each
To join the Zoom Meeting, use this link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83248367597?pwd=LOl7Loy7fWcTnA7ZsBFAIeuin3XYyS.1
No need to give notice – just Zoom in on the day.
Contact and enquiries: Bill Killinger, 0407 551 600,
BOOK CLUB
• Meets bi-monthly on the 3rd Monday of selected months
• Enquiries: Mark Tunstall 0429 334 340
• Email: home@tunstall.com.au
The next Book Club meeting is
Monday 18th August @ 10.00 am
Killara Golf Club – Lower Bar
Here are the currently nominated books:
The Zookeeper’s War – Steven Conte - Fiction –– Thanks to Merton Miles
The Zookeeper's War is a powerful novel of a marriage, and of a city collapsing. It confronts not only the brutality of war but the possibility of heroism - and delivers an ending that is both shocking and deeply moving.
The Valley- Chris Hammer – Fiction– Thanks to Ian Falconer
The Valley features a page-turning plot, intriguing characters, and an evocative sense of place-where nothing is ever quite what it seems. Chris Hammer, the acclaimed author of the international bestsellers Scrublands, Treasure & Dirt, The Tilt and The Seven, presents another immersive and emotionally rewarding thriller.
Four Points of the Compass- Jerry Brotton – Non-fiction - Thanks to James Loxton
Four Points of the Compass takes the reader on a journey of directional discovery. Jerry Brotton reveals why Hebrew culture privileges east; why Renaissance Europeans began drawing north at the top of their maps; why early Islam revered the south; why the Aztecs used five colour-coded cardinal directions; and why no societies, primitive or modern, have ever orientated themselves westwards.
Unreliable Memoirs – Clive James – Classic – Thanks to Geoff Fitzhardinge
In the first instalment of James's memoirs we follow the young Clive on his journey from boyhood to the cusp of manhood, when his days of wearing short trousers are finally behind him. Battling with school, girls, various relatives and an overwhelming desire to be a superhero, Clive's adventures growing up in the suburbs of post-war Sydney are hair-raising, uproarious and almost too good to be true
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
Here at The Warrawee Club
Wed 17th September
Includes a 2-course meal & presentation by Greg North
Arrive 12 noon for 12.30pm seating
If you are interested and haven't already registered, email Bill Killinger at bkillinger@optusnet.com.au to find out if seats are available,
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TOURS
Contact: John Laird - 0402 476 101
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CHRISTMAS IN JULY experience Wednesday 30th July 2025 at LITHGOW WORKIES CLUB and MOTEL, 3/7 Tank St, Lithgow.
This event has now closed with 30 members and partners participating.
BUT….. If you would still like to attend, let me know and I will investigate availability.
John
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.