PROBUS WARRAWEE
Club No. 50510 - Inc. No. Y0222415
SINCE 1983
Updated: 28 January 2025
MEMBERSHIP: December 2024 = 90
Coming Events
For full details click on Warrawee Wrap
NEXT GENERAL MEETING:
Friday: 28th FEBRUARY 2025
10am. at THE WARRAWEE CLUB
Our guest speaker for February will be Susan Butler.
Susan was the Editor of the Macquarie Dictionary, Australia’s national dictionary, from its first edition in 1981 until its seventh in 2017 and her retirement in 2018. As Editor, Susan was largely responsible for the selection and writing of new words. Since her retirement, the dictionary has now reached its ninth edition, with a revised and updated range of dictionaries in print, online and in digital and app forms.
Susan’s talk is titled, “AUSTRALIAN SLANG”.
ZOOM FITNESS
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
FINANCE GROUP
Contact: Alan McDermid 0409 285 859
1st Friday bi-monthly
Next meeting Friday 7 February 2025
VENUE - The Warrawee Club
at 10am.
OUTINGS
HAWKESBURY RIVER HISTORY TOUR
11th February 2025
A 3-hour historian-guided ferry tour from Brooklyn, returning for an optional lunch at the Angler's Rest Hotel.
Full details in the WRAP, or contact
Geoff Brew 0412 301 123 or
Keith Walker 0419 429 322
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CINEMA and DINING
ROSEVILLE CINEMA
Contact Doug Chee: 0415 083 613
The first Tuesday and Wednesday evenings following the GM.
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Next event: 28th and 29th January 2025
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Our film, Conclave, is a thriller set in the secretive Vatican meeting of Catholic cardinals who gather in Rome to pick a new Pope.
7:30pm (both nights), optional 6:30pm dinner at the Skybar Thai restaurant​. Full details in the WRAP, but note the times have been changed since the WRAP was published.
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COFFEE GROUP
Contact: Paul Cook 0414891620
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Next - Thursday 13th February 2025
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Hornsby PCYC Cafe
1 Park Lane Waitara
at 10.00am
WINE and CHEESE GROUP
Contact: Roger Goozee 0405505339
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Next - Tuesday 18th February 2025
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Meeting 2:30pm at Roger's home in North Turramurra
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ADVENTURE GROUP
Contact Rory Gray: 0427 660 135
or Richard White 0424 603 499
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Our next adventure will be kayaking, date to be set in March. Details will bein February WRAP
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Contact (acting):
Bruce Hughes 0423 424 125
Third Thursday of each month
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The next meeting will be on Thursday 20th February, a photo walk around Barangaroo. Bruce will circulate details in the February Photography Newsletter
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COMPUTER GROUP
With Wahroonga Probus Group.
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3rd Tuesday of each month.
Next meeting Tuesday 18th February 2025
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Contact Paul Wood Wahroonga Probus
OR John Derrett at john@derrett.net.au
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MUSIC GROUP
FISHING GROUP
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Contact: John Laird 0402476101
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Next - Friday 14th March 2025
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Details in January/February WRAP
Contact: Howard Ferrer
Next - 2:00pm on Monday
3rd February 2025 by ZOOM.
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BOOK CLUB
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• Enquiries: Bill Killinger 0407 551 600
• Email: bkillinger@optusnet.com.au
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The next Book Club meeting is on Mon 24th February @ 10.00 am
Killara Golf Club – Lower Bar
Here are the currently nominated books:
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Operation Biting – Max Hastings - Nonfiction –– Thanks to John Marshall
The most thrilling of the British commando raids of World War II
The Kingpin and the Crooked Cop – Neil Mercer – Nonfiction – Thanks to Malcolm Agnew
Our most corrupt policeman and most notorious gangster
A Shorter History of Australia – Geoffrey Blainey - Nonfiction - Thanks to Bill K
A broad, concise and inclusive vision of Australia and Australians
All The World’s A Stage – Boris Akunin – Fiction – Thanks to John S White
The toast of Moscow society, a beautiful actress in an infamous theatre troupe.
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We meet, talk, drink beer/wine/coffee - have fun! Then a quick lunch.
WALK and EXPLORE
Contact: Geoff Donald 0419 561 031
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Next walk is Thursday 6th February 2025
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This walk will be on the southern side of the harbour foreshores, starting at 10am at the Rhodes Railway Station and finishing at the Cabarita Wharf, about 5km.
Lunch can be at the Sydney Rowing Club.
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Image shows Rivendell (Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital)​​​​
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LUNCHEONS
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Contact: Alan McDermid - 0409 285 859
John Crouch - 0403 599 078
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Our first lunch for this year will be on
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Thursday 27 February at 12:30pm
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Teddy Larkin's Seafood and Steakhouse.
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Teddy Larkin's is situated in the Harbord Diggers Club at Freshwater. For directions and other details, see the January WRAP.
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CULTURAL EVENTS
Cultural Events for 2025 yet to be determined.
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Enquiries: Bill Killinger 0407 551 600 Email: bkillinger@optusnet.com.au
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TOURS
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Contact: Bob Cooper - 0418 449 013
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Proposed tour in 2025
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NEW ZEALAND’S NORTH ISLAND – 25 OCTOBER TO 7 NOVEMBER 2025 (note dates have changed)
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A 14-day tour around the North Island,including Auckland, the Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Matakana, Rotorua, Taupo, with a final one night stop at Cambridge.
For details see January WRAP
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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.