President’s Report

It’s summer at last after a seemingly endless winter in lockdown. Now we can get together and enjoy our pre-Christmas celebrations. All our Activity Groups will be taking a break over Christmas so please check our website www.lifesurfcoast.org.au for the dates of ceasing and recommencing each activity, or contact your Convenor. Our Christmas Picnic at Bellbrae Reserve on Thursday, 3rd December at noon should be a lot of fun. We encourage you to wear a crazy Christmas hat or T-shirt and those zany earrings that you bring out each year, to share some Christmas cheer. Bernie Convery and his fellow Wanderers are off to Phillip Island to enjoy another beautiful part of Victoria and a fun-filled itinerary. Safe travels everyone!! Keep an eye on our website for more upcoming events as our COVID restrictions ease. Please welcome our new members: Louise Tippett, Geraint Breese, Jan Taylor, Bruce Marriage, Leanne Holmes and Shani and Rod Hill. We know that they will make many new friends and enjoy many good times with us. This is the last Newsletter to be edited by June Marks. June’s creativity and skill has produced a comprehensive and attractive newsletter and I congratulate and thank her for a job well done. Many thanks to all who contributed photos for the ‘COVID-19 Inspirations’ feature in this edition. It is wonderful to see what a talented and creative group we are. I wish you all a wonderful summer and a very joyous and peaceful Christmas and look forward to a much more active 2021.

Cheryl

Main event Christmas Picnic

From noon, Tue 3 Dec

Resistance training

Scrabble

Monday

Local Walk

Taylor Park Walking

Tuesday

Resistance Training

Tennis

Morning Chat

Cinema

Scrabble

Wednesday

Walking

Out and Abouters

Thursday

Resistance Training

Dine Out Tasting

Friday

Walking

Saturday

The Wanderers

Sunday

SurfCoast

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Cinema

Rosslyne Leary learyrg@gmail.com 0403 781 270

Well the year has gone by – but we can't say uneventfully (but probably thankfully) with us scoring only one Movie for 2020. Many members have tried keeping in touch by phone or Cafe coffee dates, which has been really appreciated. A Catch-up picnic lunch at Taylor Park was organised to try to provide some extra Escapism for those craving it. We look forward to the New Year containing Movies and Lunch. Enjoy a different Festive Season 2020 as we head together for a Special 2021 with our Group. Many thanks to those who have kept in touch over the year, continue to - Stay Safe, Keep Happy and Healthy! Happy Christmas and thanks to all.

Dine Out

Heather Moore 0419 398 824 moggyemmajane@ gmail.com

The next Dine Out will be in February: Friday 19 February 2021 at 12 noon. There will be no Dine Out in January due to all the holiday makers. Heather will be in touch with details of the venue. Contact her if you’d like to be on the list.

Resistance Training Paul 0439 044 006 paulandali41@ gmail.com Bernie: 0468 314 452 converyb@gmail.com

Due to the continuing COVID-19 restrictions, the time when we can resume Resistance Training sessions is unknown. However we are looking into changing to a larger venue, possibly the new Surf Coast Sports & Recreation Centre due to be completed in January 2021. The cost and availability of this venue are still unknown but we are continuing discussions with the manager. We hope you are keeping fit and well and we look forward to the day when we can get together again.

Saturday Walking

Julie 0438 735 302 rgjdstevens@gmail.com

We continue to meet in Taylor Park near the corner of Zeally Bay Rd and Walker St. Once the Bowls Club bistro reopens we will move to there. Please keep an eye on your emails for this change. If you would like to be added to or removed from the list message Julie on 0438 735 302. Last walk for 2020 is 12 December. First walk for 2021 is 23 January

Scrabble Monday Laurel Wieland laurelandian@gmail.com 0419531611

Wednesday Julie Torney torneyfamily6@ bigpond.com 0408 391 219

Monday Scrabble is still in abeyance and Laurel will be in touch as soon as it’s organised.

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Wednesday Scrabble in Taylor Park at 1.30pm. Meet in the park, but it is day to day, depending on conditions! Contact Julie for details of the next meeting.

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Tasting Terry Roseburgh roseburghht@gmail.com

We’ve managed to catch up for lunch and a coffee during the easing of restrictions. Looking forward to our Christmas cocktails! Contact Terry if you are interested in joining to form another group of 4 to 10 members.

Tennis

Daryl Mcilvena 0409 886 255

After staggering through 2020 our final tennis day will be Wednesday 16 December. We will recommence play on Wednesday 13 January 2021 @ 10.00am. LAC members playing must remain financial for Insurance purposes. A Christmas lunch for our group has been booked for 12.30pm on Friday 18 December 2020 at a venue agreed between the players and will be conveyed by our email system to LAC members and SMS to tennis club members shortly. Noteworthy at this time is that after 15 years of LACSC tennis, a formal agreement between LACSC and SCTC has been put in place and about to be signed off by both parties.

The Out and Abouters

Anne Georgiou annie.g1@bigpond.com

Happy Christmas – there will be a reunion next year! Anne will be in touch early in 2021 for the next Out and About excursion. Stay well!

The Wanderers

Bernie Convery converyb@gmail.com 0468 314 452

36 Wanderers are currently booked in to the Big 4 Caravan Park Phillip Island from the 6th December -11th December 2020. Naturally we will see the Penguins plus go cart around the Phillip Island racetrack, The Koala Sanctuary and the Nobbies centre plus lots of lovely walks are on our agenda and plenty of fun times. We are also planning to visit Yarrawonga / Mulwala from 18 to 23 April next year. All LAC members are welcome to join us.

Thursday Walking

Shelley Bateup: shelley bateup@hotmail.com Annelies Gerritsen: agerritsen47@ icloud.com Greg Dever: gregory. dever52@gmail.com

The Thursday Walking Group will commence at 8.30 am for the summer period, as from 3 December. Our final walk for the year will be on 10 December and our first for 2021 will be 28 January. On behalf of Annelies and Greg, Shelley would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year!

Tuesday Morning Walking

Les Croft 0438 083 903 glcnpatsy@gmail.com Peter McMahon 0411 112047

Meet up with this enthusiastic, local walking group at Point Danger, near the flagpoles.

Contact Les for details of the latest arrangements.

Tuesday Taylor Park Walkers Kim Du Bourg kimdubourg1@ gmail.com Dorothy Anderson dorothyjanderson @hotmail.com

Another year over and what a year! Good to get back walking and catching up with the group. We have been doing local walks from Taylor Park because of passenger/car restrictions. Having our Christmas break up at the RSL Belmont which everyone is looking forward to - so nice to eat out! Every one - have a lovely Christmas and let’s hope next year will be better than this one! Contact Kim for details of the next walk.

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Life Activities Surf Coast

Christmas Picnic

Thursday, 3 December

Bellbrae Reserve*

From noon

(no alcohol permitted on the reserve)

*Turn into School Road from the Great Ocean Road, drive 50 meters and then turn a hard right into the reserve.

Your skills needed!

If you enjoy interacting with a great bunch of people and helping them communicate their activities, apply for the special role of LAC Surf Coast Newsletter Editor. No special software needed, just a computer and your imagination.

Contact Cheryl at president@lifesurfcoast.org.au

Life Activities Club Surf Coast Inc. Committee

Cheryl Annetts President (0425 797 038) president@lifesurfcoast.org.au Annelies Gerritsen Vice President Fiona Coyne Secretary secretary@lifesurfcoast.org.au Robyn Soulsby Treasurer treasurer@lifesurfcoast.org.au Joan Steele Membership Secretary membership@lifesurfcoast.org.au Graeme Perks LACVI Representative

Liz Fowler Michelle Jones Paul Shultz Laurel Wieland

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Enquiries, correspondence to: The Secretary, LACSC, PO Box 242, Torquay 3228 Email the President at president@lifesurfcoast.org.au www.lifesurfcoast.org.au

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