PROBUS WARRAWEE
Club No. 50510 - Inc. No. Y0222415
SINCE 1983
3 June 2026
MEMBERSHIP: May 2026 = 86
For full details of Coming Events, click on Warrawee Wrap
NEXT GENERAL MEETING:
Friday: 26th June 2026
10am, at THE WARRAWEE CLUB
For details of the speaker and topic at our next meeting, refer to the Home Page.
COMING EVENTS
CINEMA & DINING
• Contact and Enquiries: Doug Chee
• Phone: 0415 083 613
• Email: dypc@hotmail.com
The next Cinema and Dining will be on Tuesday 26th May.
The movie is “A Private Life”, a French production with English subtitles shown in the lower hall of the Roseville Cinema. The 103 minute drama screens at 6.30pm unless otherwise advised by my email. I will book a table for a 5.00pm dinner at the nearby “Shonan” Japanese Restaurant.
Directed by: Rebecca Zlotowski
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Daniel Auteuil, Luàna Bajrami, Virginie Efira, Vincent Lacoste, Sophie Letourneur, Jodie Foster
A French crime mystery with sly comic undertones, following renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster) as she probes the suspicious death of one of her patients in Paris, she is deeply troubled. Convinced that it was murder, she decides to investigate...
Suicide references, violence, coarse language, nudity and sex scenes.
Registration- email me by close of business on Sunday 24 May 2026.
COFFEE GROUP
Contact: Paul Cook 0414891620
Next - Thursday 11th June 2026
Hornsby PCYC Cafe
1 Park Lane Waitara
at 10.00am
PHOTOGRAPHY
Contact :
Alan McDermid 0409 285 859
Meets third Thursday of each month.
June Field Day – Monday 22 June at 10:00 am
Our creative skills will be next challenged at our June field day. Location to be chosen soon.
FINANCE GROUP
Contact: Rory Gray 0427 660 135
1st Friday bi-monthly,
Next meeting Friday 3rd July 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
ARCHIBALD PRIZE TOUR
Tuesday 9th June 2026
The Outing: A one-hour private guided tour of the exhibition of entries in the
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2026.
Our tour starts in the Naala Nura (old) building at 11:30. See May WRAP for full details of meeting point, suggested travel arrangements and payment.
Note that payment is required by Friday 29 May.
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 12 Midday
at the Hornsby RSL
Full details are in the June 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 @ 12:30pm at Club Willoughby, centrally located in North Willoughby.
Enjoy a 2 course meal plus coffee/tea at the attractively refurbished club, conveniently located for majority of our members (petrol shortage no excuse) in a naturally sunlit (weather permitting) area reserved for our members and guests.
Full details are in the May WRAP
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Enquiries: Bill Killinger 0407 551 600 Email: bkillinger@optusnet.com.au
CULTURAL EVENTS
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 May 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 4th June.
I think many of us have taken this walk in the past but as an oldie, yet a goldie, it needs to be repeated from time to time. I am referring to one of Sydney’s classic world class walks from Coogee to Bondi. According to my AI search, which, of course, cannot be doubted, the walk is about 6 kms long and should take us between 1.5 to 3 hrs. Given our recent walking speeds, I expect the walk to take us about 2.5 to 3 hrs. The experts have rated the walk as Grade 2 and therefore suitable for most fitness levels. The grading takes into account the staircases along the route. None of them are particularly onerous.
See full details in the May WRAP, and 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 12th June at the ROYAL OAK HOTEL Double Bay , 28 Bay St. Double Bay at 11:30am for a pre-lunch drink.
I will be on the ferry leaving Circular Quay at 10.57am arriving Double Bay at 11.13am for a short walk to the hotel
OR you can train to Edgecliff Station and walk 10 minutes
OR drive, although parking can be expensive and heavily policed.
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 1st June at 2:00pm
Yes, grab a drink, click, and enjoy 90 mins of the best music – no obligation ever to present. This session will be chaired by Ralph, and presenters on this occasion will be
David Price and Ralph Mackie
No need to give notice – just ZOOM in on the day, using the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89289939497?pwd=zaCWeszCryvbAOuQu29UqYP6lcHhDu.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