PROBUS WARRAWEE
Club No. 50510 - Inc. No. Y0222415
SINCE 1983
26 April 2026
MEMBERSHIP: April 2026 = 88
For full details of Coming Events, click on Warrawee Wrap
NEXT GENERAL MEETING:
Friday: 22nd May 2026
10am, at THE WARRAWEE CLUB
For details of the speaker and topic at our next meeting, refer to the Home Page.
CINEMA & DINING
• Contact and Enquiries: Doug Chee
• Phone: 0415 083 613
• Email: dypc@hotmail.com
The next Cinema and Dining will be on Tuesday 28th April.
The movie at the Roseville Cinema on Tuesday 28 April 2026 is Jean Valjean in Cinema 2, from 7.15pm to 9.00pm. It’s a French film with English Subtitles.
Dinner will be at 5.30pm in the nearby Shonan Japanese Restaurant.
Directed by Eric Besnard
Starring Isabelle Carré, Bernard Campan, Grégory Gadebois, Alexandra Lamy
The film is a poignant new adaptation of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece “Les Miserables”, charting the origin story of Jean Valjean, the beloved tale’s iconic protagonist.
A gripping exploration of justice, grace and moral redemption, Besnard’s reflective and intimate drama - and Gadebois’ towering central performance - bring great depth to Hugo’s hero, a spurned man transformed by kindness and compassion
COFFEE GROUP
Contact: Paul Cook 0414891620
Next - Thursday 14th May 2026
Hornsby PCYC Cafe
1 Park Lane Waitara
at 10.00am
PHOTOGRAPHY
Contact :
Alan McDermid 0409 285 859
Meets third Thursday of each month.
Photo Review Meeting Monday 21st May at 10am.
The photos captured at the Hornsby Park field day on 16 April will be reviewed at this meeting at my home in Lindfield plus the “Through a Window” challenge photos and any other photos members wish to share.
What is the “Through a Window” Challenge?
The fourth challenge set for the Group was to take a photo of anything, anyone, anywhere, through any window and the photo must include the window.
FINANCE GROUP
Contact: Rory Gray 0427 660 135
1st Friday bi-monthly,
Next meeting Friday 1st May 2026
VENUE - The Warrawee Club
at 10am.
COMPUTER GROUP
With Wahroonga Probus Group.
3rd Tuesday of each month.
Next meeting Tuesday 19th May 2026
Contact Paul Wood Wahroonga Probus
OR John Derrett at john@derrett.net.au
OUTINGS
• Contact and Enquiries: Keith Walker
• Phone: 0419 429 322
• Email: walker.keith.ian@gmail.com
TOUR OF GPO BUILDING MARTIN PLACE
(Fullerton Hotel)
Tuesday 12th May 2026
The Fullerton Hotel Sydney is a five-star luxury hotel in the city’s financial and fashion district, set in the historic former General Post Office building.
The Sydney GPO was constructed in two stages, beginning in 1866 and designed under the guidance of colonial architect James Barnet. It was regarded as a building that would come to symbolise Sydney in the same way the Houses of Parliament in Westminster represent London and the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
Our 90-minute tour starts in the hotel lobby at 12:00. See April WRAP for full details.
WINE and CHEESE GROUP
Contact: Roger Goozee 0405505339
Next - 2:30pm Tuesday 23rd June 2026, at Bill and Linda's place at Millers Point. Please let Roger know if you intend to attend.
ADVENTURE GROUP
Our next adventure activity for 2026 will be
Tenpin Bowling
Wednesday 24th June 10:30 am
at the Hornsby RSL
Full details are in the April WRAP.
• 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
LUNCHEONS
Contact: John Crouch - 0403 599 078
Our next luncheon is on Thursday 25 June 2026 @ 12:00 Noon
In light of the looming fuel crisis, hopefully addressed by then or sooner, the next luncheon will be held at Club Willoughby, centrally located in North Willoughby.
Further details will follow in the May WRAP
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CULTURAL EVENTS
Enquiries: Bill Killinger 0407 551 600 Email: bkillinger@optusnet.com.au
A Pymble Players presentation. This play has mystery, murder and mayhem - especially the mayhem!! You will get a big laugh!
Sunday 9 August at 4.00pm
Zenith Theatre & Convention Centre
Cnr McIntosh St & Railway St, Chatswood
See the April WRAP for booking and payment details and information about after-show dining.
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TOURS
• Contact & enquiries: John Laird 0402 476 101
• Email: jlaird@conicklaird.com.au
Staying at:- BRIARS COUNTRY LODGE and INN, 653 Moss Vale Road, Bowral
• Briars Country Lodge provides 4 star accommodation with the historic sister venue Briars Inn next door known for its pub meals and relaxed atmosphere.
• Self drive - 1 hour 45 minutes from Warrawee - train (4 hours plus).
Car share can be arranged.
• Picturesque scenery.
Activities: Subject to the interests of those participating, an itinerary will be arranged including visit to the highly regarded Centennial Vineyards (proposed lunch/tasting Wednesday 17th June), and the National Trust owned Retford Park (of Samuel Hordern and James Fairfax renown), Bowral Village, Bradman Museum, golf, walks, gardens.
More details, costs etc. in the April WRAP, but note that this activity is now filled. Let John know if you have interest and he will make enquiries.
June Tour - Probus Warrawee Winter Escape
This is a self-drive to the Southern Highlands for two nights.
Arrive Tuesday 16th June 2026; Depart Thursday 18th June
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.
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WALK and EXPLORE
Contact: James Loxton 0412 559 395
Our next walk will be held on Thursday 7th May.
Greg Starr has plotted a walk around Woolwich. The walk will start at Valentia St wharf at the end of Hunters Hill. We will then walk up The Point Rd towards the pub. We can then explore Goat Paddock before walking down to the drydock, the home of the maxi yachts. From there we walk around Clark’s Pt Reserve towards and through Kelly’s Bush and then to the pub for lunch.
Greg measured the walk at about 4kms and rated the walk as Grade 2 due to some climbing from the Harbour to the top of The Point Rd.
The walk will commence at 10.10am from Valentia St wharf. You can either drive there and park in the surrounding streets or catch the ferry from Circular Quay at 9.45. If you want to meet for coffee before catching the ferry, I suggest we meet in the usual place in front of Customs House at 9.15.
Please let James know if you intend to join the walk.
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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
Our next Fish n’ Chips gathering will be Friday 8th May and this will be back at Drummoyne Sailing Club, 2 St Georges Cres, Drummoyne at 11:30am for 12:00 noon.
This is a casual gent’s get together.
Regular attendees will be contacted a few days prior, but otherwise let me know if you would like to receive updates.
John
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FITNESS BY ZOOM
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.
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
• Meets by Zoom first Monday of each month
• Contact and enquiries: Bill Killinger
• Mobile: 0407 551 600
• Email: bkillinger@optusnet.com.au
In conjunction with Ian Falconer and Geoff Fitzhardinge
The next Zoom Music meeting is on Monday 4th May at 2:00pm
Yes, grab a drink, click, and enjoy 90 mins of the best music – no obligation ever to present. Presenters on this occasion will be
Peter Barber and Ralph Mackie
No need to give notice – just ZOOM in on the day, using the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81674893123?pwd=qqdZSczKHpf450iDC2dE4cqFSbW3aT.1
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 15th June @ 10.00 am
Killara Golf Club – Lower Bar
Here are the currently nominated books:
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The Nature of Ice– Robyn Mundy - Fiction – Thanks to Bill Killinger
Weaving in a vivid recreation of Douglas Mawson's ill-fated 1911-1914 Antarctic expedition into the contemporary story of a woman coming to terms with the end of her marriage, The Nature of Ice is a poetic, multi-stranded novel of present and past, hope and tragedy, love and loss.
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Scarlet Papers – Matthew Richardson– Fiction - Thanks to Greg Starr
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A spy thriller, it’s sprinkled with well-known espionage figures and events ranging from Kim Philby and Vasili Mitrokhin, a KGB archivist who came in from the cold, to Sergei Skripal and the Salisbury poisonings. It weaves descriptions of tradecraft – secret meetings, letterbox drops and bugging – amid the intricate and deadly workings of the secret services.
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The Guns of August– Barbara Tuchman – Nonfiction - Thanks to Geoff Brew
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The book is centered on the first month of WW1. It provides a narrative of the earliest stages of the War, from the decisions to go to war up until the start of the Franco-British offensive that stopped the German advance into France. Barbara Tuchman's universally acclaimed, Pulitzer prize-winning account of how the first thirty days of battle determined the course of the First World War is to this day revered as the classic account of the conflict's opening.
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No Highway– Neville Shute – Classic - Thanks to Ian Falconer
A scientist has been claiming that certain parts of a new aircraft called a Reindeer will develop metal fatigue sooner than officially estimated, but nobody takes him seriously. While flying to the site of an air crash that killed a Soviet ambassador, he discovers that his own plane is a Reindeer which has already flown twice its permitted number of hours. He uses his technical knowledge to sabotage it as soon as it lands, putting his credibility further in doubt.
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