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R O T A R Y C L U B O F B E A U M A R I S W E E K L Y B U L L E T I N
Number 19, 3 November
2014

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20142015
Serving the Community since 1985
Presidents Report

A great sign of a vibrant club is when we cancel a
planned event, and announce very short notice,
that we would have, casual drinks and dinner at the
RSL and have 32 attend. Thank you John Beaty
for arranging the night. Those who attended had
great evening and, as usual, a very good meal.

We have a very busy lead up to Christmas with the
following events

Nov 6: District Governor Tony Monley, Partners
night & Spring Carnival Theme.
Nov 11: Hampton Rotary Cluster Meeting: AE2
Submarine at Gallipoli.
Nov 12: Board Meeting.
Nov 13: Sallie Geary at our VCG meeting.
Nov 13: Cluster Event: Primary School Speaking
Contest.
Nov 14: Quarterly Presidents Meeting.
Nov 19-23: Masters Golf Parking.
Nov 23: Beaumaris Concourse Festival.
Nov 27: Beaumaris Theatre Night: 39 Steps.
Dec 4: Yarra Yarra Evening: Janud Imam:
Muslim Association of Vic.
Dec 8: District 9810 Annual Foundation Dinner.
Dec 10

Board meeting.
Dec 18

Christmas Dinner at Beaumaris Motor
Yacht Squadron.

Add to this list, our other activities such as Sabu
Visit, Christmas toys, Golf days etc. We are certain-
ly going to be busy.

Remember to invite partners, don your finest hat
and hear Tony Monley enlighten us on District 9810
for Thursday. James will chair the night.

Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday.

Ken


Contents

1 Presidents Report
2 Notices
3 / 4 This Weeks Filler
5 Concourse Christmas Carnival
6 District Conference Details
7 Noble Park Rotary Charity Golf
8 Armistice Day Rotary Event
9 BRAGG Golf Day
10 Club Structure / Picture of Week
Unless stated otherwise venue is Victoria Golf Club
6.30 for 7.00


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Hocking Stuart Sandringham
62-64 Station Street
Telephone: 03 9521 9800
Note; As part of our arrangement with Hocking Stuart discounts
on agents fees are available to RCOB members.
Rotary Club of Noble Park Charity
Golf Day

Thursday 13 November 2014

See details on Page 7

On the Occasion of the Armistice Day,
11 November
D-9810 BAYSIDE CLUSTER ROTARY
CLUBS
Tim Smith, Executive Director,
HERITAGE VICTORIA

Talking on:
"AE2- The Australian Submarine
at Gallipoli"

See details on Page 8
See full details on Page 5
See full details of booking, accommodation
and golf on Page 6.
BRAGG WEEKEND
ADVANCED NOTICE

SEE PAGE 9


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An Outsiders View of Australia
Courtesy of PP Robert McArthur

An admiring few words about the Australian
lifestyle from a visiting American. I wonder how
long it will remain true.

More often than you might expect, Australian
friends patiently listening to me enthuse about
their country have said,''We need outsiders like
you to remind us what we have.'' So here it is -
a small presumptuous list of what one foreigner
admires in Oz.

1. Health care.
I know the controversies, but basic nation-
al health care is a gift. In America , medi-
cal expenses are a leading cause of bank-
ruptcy. The drug companies dominate
politics and advertising. Obama is be-
ing crucified for taking halting baby steps
towards sanity. You can't turn on the telly
without hours of drug advertisements -
something I have never yet seen
here. And your emphasis on prevention -
making cigarettes less accessible, for one
- is a model.
2. Food.
Yes, we have great food in America too, espe-
cially in the big cities. But your bread is less
sweet, your lamb is cheaper, and your super-
market vegetables and fruits are fresher than
ours. Too often in my country America , an ap-
ple is a ball of pulp as big as your face. The
dainty Pink Lady apples of Oz are the juiciest
I've had. And don't get me started on coffee. In
American small towns it tastes like water fla-
voured with burnt dirt, but the smallest shop in
the smallest town in Oz can make a first-rate
latte. I love your ubiquitous bakeries, and your
hot-cross buns. Shall I go on?

3. Language.
How do you do it? The rhyming slang and Abo-
riginal place names are like magic spells.
Words that seem vaguely English yet also re-
semble an argot from another planet. I love the
way institutional names get turned into diminu-
tives - Vinnie's and Salvos - and absolutely
nothing's sacred. Everything is an opportunity
for word games and everyone has a nickname.
Lingo makes the world go round. It's the spon-
taneous wit of the people that tickles me most.
Late one night at a barbie my new mate Suds
remarked: ''Nothing's the same since 24-7.''
Amen to that.

4. Free-to-air TV.
In Oz, you buy a TV, plug it in and watch
some of the best programming I've ever seen -
uncensored. In America , you can't get diddly-
squat without paying a cable or satellite compa-
ny heavy fees. In Oz a few channels make it
hard to choose. In America , you've got 400
channels and nothing to watch.

5. Small shops.
Outside the big cities in America corpora-
tions have nearly erased them. Identical malls
with identical restaurants serving inferior
food. Except for geography, it's hard to tell one
American town from another. The ''take-away''
culture here in Australia is wonderful. The hu-
man encounters are real - people love to stir,
and stories get told. The curries here are to die
for. And you don't
have to tip!

6. Free camping.
We used to have this too, and I guess it's still
free when you backpack miles away from the
roads. But I love the fact that in Oz everyone
owns the shoreline and in many places you can
pull up a camper van and stare at the sea for
weeks. I love the ''primitive'' and independent
camp-grounds, the life out-of-doors. The few
idiots who leave their stubbies and rubbish be-
hind in these pristine places ought to be trans-
ported in chains to the penal colonies.

7. Religion.
In America , it's everywhere - especially where


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it's not supposed to be, like politics. I imagine
you have your Pharisees too, making a big
public show of devotion, but I have yet to meet
one here.

8. Roads.
Peak hour aside, I've found travel on your
roads pure heaven. My country's ''Freeways''
are crowded, crumbling, insanely knotted with
looping overpasses - it's like racing homicidal
maniacs on fraying spaghetti! I've driven the
Hume Highway without stress, and I love the
Princes Highway when it's two lanes. Ninety
minutes south of Bateman's Bay I was sorry to
see one billboard for a McDonald's. It's blocking
a lovely paddock view. Someone should re-
move the MacDonald's Billboard.

9. Real multiculturalism.
I know there are tensions, just like anywhere
else, but I love the distinctiveness of your com-
munities and the way you publicly acknowledge
the Aboriginal past. Recently, too, I spent quali-
ty time with the Melbourne Greeks, and was
gratified both by their devotion to their own
great language and culture and their openness
to an Afghan lunch.

10. Fewer guns.
You had Port Arthur in 1996 and got real in re-
sponse. America replicates such massacres
several times a year and nothing chang-
es. Why? Our religion of individual rights
makes the good of the community an impossi-
ble dream. Instead of mateship we have ''It's
mine and nobody else's''. We talk a great
game about freedom, but too often live in fear.

There's more to say - your kaleidoscopic birds,
your perfumed bush in springtime, your vast
beaches. These are just a few of the bless-
ings that make Australia a rarity. Of course, it's
not paradise - nowhere is - but I love it here. No
need to wave flags like the Americans, and add
to the world's windiness.
Just value in Australia what you have here and
don't give it away.

David Mason is a Writer, a Professor, and a
Poet Laureate of Colorado




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Turtle Power
Photograph by Montse
Grillo
On the coast of Tene-
rife in the Canary Is-
lands, we have quite
the selection of affec-
tionate green turtles,
This turtle was coming
[down] from the sur-
face. The sun behind it
and the sun rays sur-
rounding it gave it a
special majesty.
CLUB STRUCTURE 2014 - 2015 UPDATED 28/07/2014
BOARD CLUB SERVICE
President Ken Mirams Director Trish Smyth
PE, VP Trish Smyth Auditor Tony Phillips
Secretary Roy Seager Program Richard Jones
Treasurer James Glenwright Meeting Attendance Trish Smyth
Foundation Mike Hede Communications David Lea
Branding & PR Malcolm Sawle Fellowship Megan Glenwright
International John Beaty Photographers John Beaty, Greg Every
New Generations Rob Fenton Almoner Geoff Stringer
Community Chris D'Arcy Chair /Host /Cashiers /AV Roster
Fundraising Adrian Culshaw Youth Protection Officer Malcolm Parks
On to Conference Robert McArthur^*
TEAM MEMBERS
International Community New Generations Fundraising
Fred Hofmann Geoff Abbott David Rushworth Harry Wolfe
John Sime Kerrie Geard Mary Sealy Heather Chisholm
David Langworthy Richard Shermon Tony McKenna * Roger Frewen
Geoff Stockdale Susan De Bolfo LOA Geoff Stringer
Ross Phillips Tony Phillips David Greenall David Hone
Malcolm Parks David Greenall Chris Martin Judi Hall
John Manks Royal Melbourne Golf Charmaine Jansz
Branding & PR Jim O'Brien Antony Nixon
Concourse Festival Peter Flude^ Harry Wolfe Peter Flude
Kerrie Geard Martin Fothergill David Hone# Mike Hede
Masters Golf Parking David Lea MUNA / NYSF
James Glenwright Heather Chisolm
^ Farmers Market # Indigenous Project * District