published early in the months of january, may & september...

ISSUE NO: 12

Published early in the months of January, May & September May - August 2014

Enquiries and correspondence:

The Secretary

PO Box 242

Torquay 3228

INSIDE

Club News 2

Knit & Natter 3

Theatre Group 3

Cinema Group 4

Social Outings 4

Joke, Wisdom 5

Resistance Training 6

Tennis, Badminton 6

Wanderers 6

Walking Groups, Jokes 7,8

What’s On Diary Pages 9,10

Committee Nomination Form 11

* Contributions Welcome*

Send to Secretary at postal address

Or/ email Editor: [email protected]

Deadline for next issue: August 15 2014

Members are reminded that Annual Subscription renewal of $25 is due and payable on July 1st.

ADVANCE NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ……… 2p.m.Thursday September 18, 2014

The 2014 AGM will be held at the Torquay Christian Fellowship, 25 Grossmans Road.

Members are urged to consider nominating for a position on the Committee.

All positions will be declared vacant. After many years, club stalwarts Graeme Perks and Peter Sweetten

are stepping down from the Committee and they will be sorely missed. Here is a chance for some others

of our 160 members to step up and help out, if we all do a bit then no-one is left with a big burden,

and it is fun! Nomination form is attached at the end of the Newsletter.

New Members

The Club would like to offer a warm welcome to the following people who have recently become members:

Valerie Buckle, Loy Burford, Michael Carey, Joy Coco, Marilyn Gaff, Nick Georgiou,

Margaret and Richard Dahlenburg, Paul Hanson, Jill and Peter Harrup, June Macrae, Anne McCure,

June Millar, Carmel and Bill Molloy, Frank Pluim, Jan Roberts, Carol Smallwood, David Steele, Frances Wardle.

We hope you enjoy your time with us.

Happy Wanderers at Port Fairy

November 2013

*KEEP THIS DATE FREE: CHRISTMAS LUNCH AT BEACH HOTEL JAN JUC THURSDAY DECEMBER 4TH $25*

— More details to follow in next newsletter

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OFFICE BEARERS - 2013/14

President : Donna Symes 0428 816 284

Vice President : Bill Binks 5261 4142

Secretary: Graeme Perks 5261 2155

Minutes Secretary: Pam Perks 5261 2155

Treasurer/Membership: Peter Sweetten 5261 9693 / 0407 619 697

Webmaster: Ian Champion 5261 5747 ([email protected])

Publicity/Newsletter: Sue Robinson 5264 7462

Activities Coordinator: Heather Moore 0419 398 824

General Officers: Marie Reeves, Margaret Bufton, Laurel Adams,

Marjorie McKenzie, Maxine Checinski, Robert Setterfield

This issue printed courtesy of Andrew Katos MP

MLA for South Barwon

Club Clothing

Contact Berna Dickenson on 5261 9252 for any of the following

that incorporate the embroidered club name:

*Caps - in black or white

*Short sleeve polo shirt - in white, royal blue or jade

*Polar fleece vest or zippered jacket - in navy, royal blue, black, red or bottle green

CLUB INFORMATION

Annual Subscription payable July 1st $25 . Joining Fee $5.

Visit us on the Web : torquay.vic.au/life-activities-club-surfcoast

Please send your photos, stories and jokes to The Editor for our next Newsletter

NOW AVAILABLE ...…..THE ENTERTAINMENT BOOK FOR 2014-15……….ONLY $55

This year the books are available either in the traditional HARD COPY book with coupons, or

in the new DIGITAL form for the same price that operates via an Apple or Android device.

You receive hundreds of dollars in discounts and your Club also benefits from the sale, receiving

$10 for each book sold.

SUPPORT YOUR CLUB AND SAVE MONEY AT THE SAME TIME.

Books are available from Peter Sweetten 5261 9693 / 0407 619 697

**CONVENORS PLEASE NOTE :

At our last Committee meeting, it was suggested that it would be a good idea for Convenors

to have Emergency contacts available for those members in their group.

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Word has it that this group has lots of Natter with just a pinch of Knit, and some outings

organised by Maureen - so if you like the idea of a friendly morning please join us!

We meet at the home of Maureen Holmes, 24 Island Drive, Torquay on the

1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 9.30 to 12 noon.

Upcoming dates: May 7th and 21st, June 4th and 18th,

July 2nd and 16th, August 6th and 20th

New members are always welcome Convenor: Maureen 5261 2883

KNIT and NATTER

Our newest group has seen two events so far this year –an evening of music at Minya Winery

and a play at GPAC ‘The Kitchen Sink’.

On May 9th we have eleven people going to see ‘Annie’ performed by The Geelong Lyric

Theatre Society at GPAC.

Upcoming events are:

Friday 23rd May :- ‘Twelve Angry Jurors’ a play by Torquay Theatre Troupe, Price St. Torquay.

-At the time of writing, we have 29 people attending with dinner beforehand at Front Beach Café.

Friday 18th July, 8pm :- ‘Gaslight’ a play at Woodbin Theatre, Coronation St. Geelong West.

- Cost Adult $25,Conc $23. Let Cheryl know by 8th May if you wish to go.

Thursday 14th August, approx. 9am:- A visit to the National Gallery of Victoria to see The Italian

Masterpieces of Spain’s Royal Court Museo del Prado. This will be combined with the Thursday

Walking group, we will catch a train to Melbourne together.

Saturday 30th August 8pm :- ‘The Importance of Being Ernest’ by Oscar Wilde, with Nancy Hayes, at

GPAC Playhouse, Geelong.

- Cost Adult $69, Seniors $64, Aged Pension $59.

- Let Cheryl know ASAP if you want to go as this play will sell out!

Thursday 27th November 8pm :- Anh Do– The Happiest Refugee Live!!! GPAC Playhouse Geelong

- Cost Adult $54.90, Seniors (Conc) $49.90

- This is Anh Do doing stand-up comedy with real-life stories, photos and film-pieces retelling his

amazing story.

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If you wish to go to any of these events, please contact me.

Also, if you are not already on this emailing list and would like to be, let me know.

Look forward to hearing from you!!

CHERYL ANNETTS 0425 797 038 [email protected]

THEATRE GROUP

Confucius did not say:

‘Man who leaps off cliff jumps to conclusion’…………….’Man who wants pretty nurse must be patient’

‘War does not determine who is right, it determines who is left’

‘Man who drives like hell is bound to get there’…………’Man who stands on toilet is high on pot’

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CINEMA CLUB

Cinema Club happens every second Wednesday of the month at:

Reading Cinemas Waurn Ponds.

We meet for lunch at Bella’s Waurn Ponds approx. one hour before the movie,

around 12-12:30 pm; often we also have coffee at Panache afterwards.

We welcome any newcomers but please be aware of parking restrictions to avoid fines.

The next dates for this year are:

~ May 14, June 11, July nil (school holidays), August 13 ~

Anyone wanting to receive emails of the selected Movie needs to be on my list, as notices do

not go to all LAC members. I will phone any non-emailers. - ROSSLYNE

CONTACT Rosslyne Leary phone 5222 4321 / 0403 781 270

email [email protected]


On April 3rd another successful fundraising event was held, this time a barbecue lunch kindly

hosted by Annette and Lidio Ricci. All who attended had a very pleasant time in a beautiful

garden setting with delightful weather; even the tennis court got some use (no comment on

the standard of play though!)

Further funds have been raised by several teams who delivered phone books around town.

Many thanks to all concerned for their efforts.

All money raised goes to our Relay for Life effort which culminates in the annual

Cancer Council Relay event on the weekend of November 8th/9th 2014.

RELAY FOR LIFE UPDATE

Come along and join a lively and friendly group for a meal and chat.

Next Outings for 2014:-

Saturday May 24- Dinner 6 pm ‘400 Degrees’ 17 Pakington St. Geelong West

Saturday June 21- Dinner 6 pm ‘The Barking Dog Hotel’ 126 Pakington St. Geelong West

Friday July 18- Lunch 12 noon ‘Uber Mama’ 113 Great Ocean Rd. Anglesea

Friday Aug. 22- Lunch 12 noon ’Front Beach Café’ 16 The Esplanade Torquay

All are of course very welcome to attend!

Convenor: Heather Moore on 0419 398 824

SOCIAL OUTINGS

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An Obituary printed in the London Times.....

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many

years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic

red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;

- Why the early bird gets the worm;

- Life isn't always fair;

- And maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable

strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Re-

ports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school

for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his con-

dition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to

do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin

to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment

than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the

burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realise that a steaming cup of coffee was

hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death,

- by his parents, Truth and Trust,

- by his wife, Discretion,

- by his daughter, Responsibility,

- and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 5 stepbrothers:

- I Know My Rights

- I Want It Now

- Someone Else Is To Blame

- I'm A Victim

- Pay me for Doing Nothing

Not many attended his funeral because so few realised he was gone.


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Resistance Training

Our caravan and campers group travel twice yearly to interesting Victorian

destinations, staying in caravans or cabins in caravan parks.

Following on from a most enjoyable and successful trip by 35 members to

Inverloch, the next Wanderers trip is to Cobram, details as follows:

When: Sunday November 16 through Friday November 21

Where: RACV Resort

Campbell Road, Cobram

Bookings: Contact the Park direct: :

Phone : 5872 2467

email : [email protected]

-please notify the convenors when you have booked.

Queries to: Convenors Annette & Lidio

Phone : 52612323

email : [email protected]

All are very welcome to join the happy group so do come along, you are guaranteed of a fun

time.

There are planned activities but you are free to do as little or as much as you like.

THE WANDERERS

The tennis group meet every

Wednesday morning at the Tor-

quay Tennis Club (next to the Foot-

ball Club grounds) Surf Coast

Highway.

Commences at 10.00am and only

$2.00 per session.

Contact: Janet Bateman

on 5261 5329

Tennis

Want to play Badminton??

Games can be played every

Wednesday from 10.30 –12pm

at Surf World at a cost of only

$6.00.

Just turn up if you are interested.

Racquets are available if you

don’t have your own equipment.

Contact Peter on 5261 9693 or

0407 619 697 for information.

RESISTANCE TRAINING:- 1 hour

OUR TRAINING SESSIONS ARE HELD AT THE FOOTBALL CLUB

NEAR THE ROUNDABOUT TORQUAY

(Rooms with a great view)

MONDAYS : 0830 - 0930 & 0930– 1030 with Maurie

(morning tea with 0930 Session )

WEDNESDAYS: 0900 –1000 & 1000– 1100 with Maurie

FRIDAYS: 0900 –1000 & 1000 –1100

PROGRAM

10 minutes Warm Up

15 minutes Group Work

20 minutes Own Program (many different machines to use)

15 minutes Stretches

FEE STRUCTURE

$5 /session

$8 / week (up to 3 Sessions)

$30 / month

$80/ 3 months

Note. Members are entitled to attend a maximum of 3 sessions

per week.

Convenor: Maurie Dean on 5263 2809

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NOTE: NEW STARTING TIME . (This will be for Terms 2, 3 and 4)

Meet Tuesdays @ 12:30 in school term, Taylor Park Rotunda, Torquay (adj. Bowling Club).

Bring a mug and $1 for afternoon tea. Carpool to destination, $4.00 per passenger.

Walks normally take approx. 1.5 hours. NEW MEMBERS MOST WELCOME!

Come prepared: hat, comfortable walking shoes, drink, sunscreen and appropriate clothing.

Contact: Ken 5261 7247 Noreen 5261 4338

Tuesday Walking Group

May 6 Queens Park to Buckley Falls Geelong Queens Park Golf Club

May 13 Distillery Creek Picnic Ground Bambra Rd, via Aireys Inlet

May 20 Moorabool Bridge to Breakwater Off Barwon Heads Rd., Belmont Common

May 27 Moggs Creek Picnic Ground Old Coach Rd. via Aireys Inlet

June 3 Bob Pettit Reserve Circuit Sunset Strip, Jan Juc

June 10 Allenvale to St.George River mouth Otway St., Allenvale Rd., via Lorne

June 17 Barwon Heads River Car park and rotunda adjacent bridge

June 24 End of Term 2 barbeque, Torquay Surf Beach Rd. off Bell Street

(July 1 and 8 NO WALK due to school holidays)

July 15 Iron Bark Basin Point Addis Rd. off Great Ocean Road

July 22 Aireys Inlet clifftop Off Great Ocean Road

July 29 Drysdale Lakes Reserve Off Newcombe St., Drysdale

August 5 Hovells Creek, Limeburners Bay Shell Pde., Corio

August 12 Point Richards point to Portarlington Point Richards Rd., Portarlington

August 19 Torquay SLSC via Danawa Gardens Surf Beach Rd. off Bell Street

and Spring Creek

August 26 Queenscliff Bluff Rotunda, Gellibrand Street

Grandma and Grandpa were visiting their ids overnight. When Grandpa found a bottle of

Viagra in his son’s medicine cabinet, he asked about using one of the pills. The son said,

’I don’t think you should take one Dad, they’re very strong and very expensive’. ‘How much?’

asked Grandpa. ‘$10 a pill’ answered the son. ‘I don’t care’ said Pa, ‘I’d still like to

try one and before we leave in the morning I’ll put the money under the pillow’.

Later the next morning the son found $110 under the pillow. He called Grandpa and said ‘I told

you each pill was $10 not $110’. ‘I know’ said Grandpa, ‘the hundred is from Grandma!’

* “Doctor, I can’t stop singing ‘The Green Green Grass of Home”.

“That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome”

“Is it common?”

“Well, It’s Not Unusual”

* Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak

were getting a bit cold, so they lit a

fire in the craft. It sank, proving once

again that you can’t have your Kayak

and eat it too!

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Thursday Walking Group

NOTE NEW STARTING TIME for the colder months

Meet Thursdays @ 9:00 am The Esplanade, Fisherman’s Beach

Contact: Marg Bufton 0437 694 278

Ann Georgiou 0409 162 102

May 1 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ The Pear Tree

May 8 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ Front Beach Cafe

May 15 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ Kobo’s

May 22 Walk Melbourne and discover city buildings with Daryl.

Train to Melbourne, Lunch at Parliament House

May 29 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ Moby’s

June 5 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ Coffee Club

June 12 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ RACV

June 19 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ The Wyndham

June 26 Walk Aireys Inlet Lighthouse Coffee @ The Willows Tea Rooms

July 3 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ Torquay Bowling Club

July 10 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ Kobo’s

July 17 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ Moby’s

July 24 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ Pear Tree

July 31 Barwon River walk, Geelong Coffee @ Barwon Edge Boathouse

August 7 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ Front Beach Cafe

August 14 National Gallery of Victoria to see Italian Masterpieces from Spain’s Royal

Court Museo del Prado. Train to Melbourne.

August 21 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ The Wyndham

August 28 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ Coffee Club

September 4 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ RACV

September 11 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ Torquay Bowling Club

September 18 Local Beach Walk Coffee @ Kobo’s

September 25 Carpool to Barwon Heads Coffee @ The Jetty

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Tennis - Wednesdays 10am, Torquay Tennis Club Badminton - Wednesdays 10.30-12, Surf World

Resistance Training -Mon, Wed, Fri Torquay Football Club

WHAT’S ON ……….MAY - JUNE 2014

MAY Time Activity Where

1 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach walk-> Pear Tree Cafe

6 12:30 Tuesday Walk Queens Park->Buckley Falls

7 9:30 Knit & Natter @ Maureen Holmes

8 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach Walk->Front Beach Cafe

9 Theatre Group Annie/ GPAC

13 12:30 Tuesday Walk Distillery Creek Picnic Ground

14 12:15app Cinema Group Waurn Ponds

15 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach walk-> Kobo’s

20 12:30 Tuesday Walk Moorabool Bridge-> Breakwater


22 9:00 Thursday Walk Melbourne city walk

23 Theatre Group Twelve Angry Jurors/Torq. Theatre Troupe

24 6pm Social Outings 400 Degrees, Geelong West

27 12:30 Tuesday Walk Moggs Creek Picnic Ground

29 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach walk-> Café Moby

JUNE

3 12:30 Tuesday Walk Bob Pettit Reserve


5 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach walk ->Coffee Club

5 2pm General Meeting Spring Creek Community House

10 12:30 Tuesday Walk Allenvale-> St.George River


12 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach Walk->RACV

17 12:30 Tuesday Walk Barwon Heads River


19 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach walk-> Wyndham

21 6pm Social Outings Barking Dog Hotel, Geelong West

24 12:30 Tuesday Walk BBQ Torquay Surf beach

26 9:00 Thursday Walk Airey’s Lighthouse->Willows Tea Rooms

**Refer to Group Reports for more detail**

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JULY Time Activity Where


3 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach walk->Torquay Bowling Club

9 No cinema (school hols)

10 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach Walk-> Kobo

15 12:30 Tuesday Walk Ironbark Basin, Point Addis


17 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach walk-> Café Moby

18 12 Noon Social Outings Uber Mama/ Anglesea

18 8pm Theatre Group Gaslight/Woodbine Theatre

22 12:30 Tuesday Walk Aireys Inlet clifftop

24 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach walk->Pear Tree Cafe

29 12:30 Tuesday Walk Drysdale Lakes Reserve

31 9:00 Thursday Walk Barwon River->Barwon Edge Boathouse

AUG.

5 12:30 Tuesday Walk Hovells Creek, Limeburners Bay


7 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach Walk->Front Beach Cafe

12 12:30 Tuesday Walk Pt. Richards->Portarlington


14 9:00 Thursday Walk NGV, Melbourne

14 9:00 Theatre Group NGV, Melbourne

19 12:30 Tuesday Walk Torquay SLSC, Danawa gardens


21 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach walk-> Wyndham

22 12 Noon Social Outings Front Beach Café, Torquay

26 12:30 Tuesday Walk Queenscliff Bluff

28 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach walk-> Coffee Club

30 8pm Theatre Group Importance of Being Ernest/GPAC

Upcoming September dates

4 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach walk->RACV

11 9:00 Thursday Walk Beach walk-> Torquay Bowling Club

18 2pm Annual General Meeting Torquay Christian Fellowship

WHAT’S ON ……….JULY - AUGUST 2014

Tennis - Wednesdays 10am , Torquay Tennis Club Badminton - Wednesdays 10.30-12, Surf World

Resistance Training -Mon, Wed, Fri Torquay Football Club

**Refer to Group Reports for more detail**

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