August 2013 Issue 553 - Rotary Down Under

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down under.
04
President’s Message
Turning potential into reality
06
News Bulletin
What we’ve been up to
14
RI Convention
Party time in Portugal
22
International Pillowfight Day
A good thumping for ROMAC
32
A Night to Remember
The Rotary Club of Crawley, WA,
raises $400,000 in one night
33
This Rotary World
Rotary projects and initiatives
to feel good about
life & leisure.
46
Diary Dates
What’s happening in your State
48
Healthy Habits
Keeping your body bugs happy
51
Book Club
Win copies of Someday Well Tell
Each Other Everything
traveller.
54
New Delhi
The microcosm of India
24
RYLA in Timor-Leste
Rotary aids leaders of tomorrow
42
Australian Garden Show
Libby Write chats with Australian
Garden Show sustainability curator
Indira Naidoo
44
Tolkien classic returns
The Lord of The Rings: The Two
Towers in concert with the
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
58
Fairy Chimney
Bringing legends to life in shared
Gallipoli history

MESSAGES FROM HQ
Ron D. Burton
President
Rotary International
Every Rotarian has
something to give
Our goal in 2013-14 is to Engage Rotary, Change Lives.
All of us know that Rotary has incredible potential to
do good work. It’s time to recognise how much more
we could be doing and start working on new ways to
turn that potential into reality. We’re going to do this
by engaging Rotarians – by getting them involved, by
getting them inspired and by making sure all Rotarians
know just what a gift they have in Rotary.
We’re going to make sure that the work we do in Rotary
is solid, effective and sustainable. And we’re going to make
sure that Rotary itself will last – by committing to our goal
of 1.3 million Rotarians in our clubs by the year 2015.
That goal is a little different from membership goals
we’ve had in the past. The goal isn’t just bringing in new
members. The goal is growing Rotary. The goal is making
Rotary bigger, not just with more members, but with
more involved, engaged, motivated members who will be
the ones to lead us into our future.
Each of us has our own reason for joining Rotary – but I
believe we all want to make a difference. We all want to be
doing something meaningful. That is absolutely essential
for us to remember when we talk about membership.
We’re not asking just anyone to join Rotary. We’re
looking to attract busy, successful, motivated people who
care. We’re asking them to take their valuable time and
give it to Rotary. So if they say yes, and they come and
join our club, then we’d better be showing them that their
time in Rotary is well spent.
We have to make sure that every Rotarian, in every club,
has a meaningful job – one that makes a real difference to
the club and the community. Because when you’re doing
something meaningful in Rotary, Rotary is meaningful to you.
In Rotary, we all have something to give. At every stage
of our lives and our careers, Rotary has something for all
of us – a way to let us do more, be more and give more.
Rotary gives our lives more meaning, more purpose
and greater satisfaction. And the more we give through
Rotary, the more Rotary gives back to us in return.
Ron D. Burton
President, Rotary International •
Dong Kurn Lee
Chairman,
The Rotary Foundation
In Korea, we have a proverb: “After hardships comes
happiness”. Work hard in the face of adversity.
Polio eradication is long, hard work, but when we
have finished this job, we will have achieved something
wonderful – and lasting.
Since PolioPlus was launched, we have immunised over
two billion children and have seen a 99 per cent decrease
in polio cases. These past few years, we have made
enormous progress.
But this last effort – the home stretch – is the hardest.
It costs approximately $US1 billion every year to maintain
our fight against polio. Even once we see no new cases of
polio, we are committed to supporting eradication until
the world is certified polio-free – a full three years after
the last case is recorded. We’re getting closer, but we are
not there yet.
Polio’s endgame
Until that historic moment, we must continue the
fight with everything we have. We have to keep up
the momentum, keep up the energy, and keep up the
awareness. Every Rotarian needs to understand what
polio is and why we are committed to its eradication. The
answer is simple: If we were to stop our fight against polio
now, we would lose everything we have worked for over
so many years. Very soon, we would see a resurgence of
polio to the levels some of us remember from 30 years
ago, when more than 1000 children were paralysed every
day. Polio would again be epidemic – and we would have
lost the opportunity of a lifetime.
This is something we cannot and will not consider. We
are in it until the end – and the end is truly This Close.
Polio is a global health emergency not because the end is
so distant – but because it is in sight. •
4 Issue 553. August 2013

EDITORIAL
Mark Wallace
Just between us
Just got back from the 2013 Rotary International
Convention in Lisbon.
Okay, so we took the scenic route home via a few other
countries in the nearby vicinity, but that’s the opportunity
that RI conventions provide to those of us who participate
from the other side of the world.
It was only my second convention, and at the risk of
sounding too much like my predecessor, Bob Aitken, it
was the better of the two.
Lisbon’s organisers provided a warm insight into
Portuguese culture in particular and European culture
generally, while at the same time providing Rotarians from
all over the world the necessary updates on important
matters such as the progress in the fight against polio,
the Future Vision and RI Strategic plans, the state of
Rotary Leadership, and enough ideas for club and District
projects to put a major dent in the various forms of
available matching grants programs.
Which is, I gather, the whole point of Rotary International
conventions.
Get ready,
Down Under!
Popular operatic pop vocal group
Il Divo put on a spectacular
performance at the opening ceremony
of the 2013 RI Convention in Lisbon.
“To watch the thousands of
Rotarians pouring in and out of a
15,000-seat arena is to witness a
veritable United Nations of people
under a common cause celebrating
all that is good about humanity.”
Not everyone gets the chance to attend an RI
convention. Times are tough and it can be a difficult
exercise for someone on a tight budget, so it would be
unfair to say that every Rotarian should put attendance
at at least one on their personal bucket list, but it is
fair to say that until you have attended one, it is almost
impossible to get a real feel for the size and scope of the
worldwide organisation to which we belong.
To watch the thousands of Rotarians pouring in and
out of a 15,000-seat arena (as they did here, organisers
had to conduct two opening ceremonies to ensure all
attendees could participate) is to witness a veritable
United Nations of people under a common cause
celebrating all that is good about humanity – it was
indeed “Humanity in Motion”.
African men and women in national costume, women
from the sub-continent in saris, South Americans in
sombreros and the like – not to mention those of us from
Down Under in those somewhat distinctive gold or black
polo shirts (say what you like about our fashion sense,
there was no mistaking where we were from)!
All of which sets the scene for Sydney in 2014.
If the interest shown at the Sydney Convention booth is
anything to go by, there will indeed be a lot of Rotarians
from all over the world in the Harbour City in June next
year to support RI President Ron Burton who has been
at the centre of plans for the event since his nomination
early last year.
Sydney Host Organising Committee members are
working hard to put on a great show, but more importantly,
are dedicating much of their efforts to ensuring that
Rotarians from throughout Australia, New Zealand and
the South-West Pacific region can benefit from it by way
of extended tourism and home hosting.
Once our international guests twig to the fact that
they probably won’t be able to visit Sydney, Uluru, the
Great Barrier Reef and the Kimberly in a day, they may
well look to extending their stays to take advantage of
the friendships they develop with locals at the convention
in Sydney.
It’s up to all of us, now, to be ready for them! •
www.rotarydownunder.org 5

NEWS BULLETIN
Hit the road to help out
Travelling in a convoy of RV
enthusiasts is one of the most
exhilarating experiences to be
had on the road. When you travel
with a wide variety of people, you
often find yourself stepping away
from the norm and embracing
new adventures. The camaraderie
and fellowship you experience is
how friendships and everlasting
memories are created.
So what if you could travel
across Australia in your campervan,
caravan, motorhome, camper trailer
or vehicle-mounted tent with fellow
Rotarians; your family or friends –
and friends you just haven’t met yet,
but for a good cause
Over the past few months,
Queensland based Rotary e-Club of
NextGen has been developing the
‘Ause-Safare’ Community Service
Program. This project was developed
as the e-club Board recognised
normal fundraising for an internetbased
club with membership across
the continent and overseas, instead
of local membership, would not
be achievable.
There are two distinct arms of
the program, including Service
Safare and the Recreational Safare,
each supported by an advisory
committee made up of Rotarian
representatives in education,
insurance, radio communications,
tourism and legal affairs.
The Service Safare arm was
inspired by the Australian Rotary
club members who travel overseas
to support communities at personal
expense. Instead of heading offshore
to do service work, this program
offers Rotarians the opportunity to
travel to locations in need, initially
in remote Queensland and the
Northern Territory, to support a
farm, community or settlement.
Funds raised from the
Recreational Safare will help
support the Service Safare program
and e-club community/member
projects. The Recreational Safare is
an RV convoy, undertaken yearly
to different areas of Australia at
minimal cost and a lot of fun.
The e-club is inviting Rotarians,
their families and friends from
around Australia and overseas to
join them in 2014 on a month-long
Recreational Safare to Australia’s
remote Red Centre, which will
include supporting the three Alice
Springs Rotary Club’s Henley-On-
Todd Regatta. The trip has various
tours included and will stop at Uluru
and various working stations. Local
Rotary clubs are also providing
meals and fellowship in towns along
the route and for the golfers four
18-hole courses are organised along
the route at a staggering low price.
Rotarians are also invited to
participate in the Service Safare as
destinations become established.
Well-respected Rotarian Ian Yarker is
heavily involved in the service side
of the venture.
“Over the next year, we will be
initiating talks with the Salvation
Army, SES, CWA, School of the Air,
Royal Flying Doctors, VKS737 and
Rural Nurses (CRANAplus) and
other organisations to work towards
supporting the needs of children,
youth, farmers, indigenous and local
communities in remoter areas of the
country,” Ian said.
“All Rotarians who have a
caravan, motorhome, tent, swag
or camper trailer wishing to talk
to us about joining our Service
Safare can contact Chris Lloyd on
0412 614 260 or email secretary@
rotaryeclubnextgen.org.”
For constant updates and
Newsletters on both the Service
Safare and Recreational Safare visit
www.rotaryeclubnextgen.org
6 Issue 553. August 2013

NEWS BULLETIN
A few firsts for the first e-club
in Australia
The extra special changeover for the
Rotary e-Club of Greater Sydney,
NSW, left members, guests and
friends in no doubt about their
revolutionary, evolutionary role in
Rotary this year.
At the Boronia Grove
function centre it was a night of
technological triumph. The club’s
changeover event was streamed
live over the internet from an iPad
with live real-time promotion and
updates on the club’s dedicated
Ustream, Facebook, Twitter and
YouTube accounts. There was an
average of 75 viewers online at
any one time across the course of
whole evening. Members also took
advantage to Skype members
not physically in attendance as
another way to engage with them
over cyberspace.
There was also a live hook-up with
Elsie Taloafiri, from the Rotary Club
of Honiara, Solomon Islands, who
took the opportunity to thank the
e-club for its financial support of the
Solomon’s Tsunami Appeal.
President Tony Castley spoke on
the success of the club’s first year
and then wished a happy birthday
to incoming President Evan Burrell
and handed him the club’s chain of
office with an attached USB dongle!
Another Rotary first that night saw
Evan induct his mother, Alison, into
the club with a light-hearted remark
that he wasn’t “stacking the board”.
Evan laid out his goals for the year
ahead and encouraged members
to think about their contribution to
the global theme of Engage Rotary,
Change Lives.
Special guest Chris Jocelyne from
Rotary e-Club One was impressed
by how the club has embraced
E-club President nominee for 2014-15
Jackie Lauff displays the live hook-up
with Rotary Club of Honiara during the
e-club changeover.
change within Rotary and remarked
to the assembled guests there and
those watching from afar that, “The
only difference between a traditional
Rotary club and a Rotary e-club is
the technology”.
A recording of the changeover
can be viewed at www.ustream.tv/
channel/rotary-e-club-of-greatersydney
DK Lee to take whirlwind tour of Oz
Rotary Foundation Chairman and RI
Past President DK Lee and his wife,
Young, will be in Australia in August
when he stops off en route to a
Rotary Foundation Zone Institute
in Singapore.
On Saturday, August 17 he will
attend a multi-club dinner staged by
District 9790 Governor Philip Clancy
in Melbourne. The next day he will
be in Sydney for a dinner hosted by
District 9675 Governor Garry Browne.
On Monday, August 19 District
9685 Governor Graeme Davies
will play host to the Lees at a joint
club meeting at the Pennant Hills
Golf Club and a Rotary Foundation
dinner in Brisbane on Tuesday,
August 20 will serve as the final leg
of this whirlwind Australian tour.
This will be an excellent
opportunity for Rotarians in
Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane
to hear DK Lee speak about the
work of The Rotary Foundation
and to encourage Rotarians to
financially support their Foundation,
particularly through the Paul Harris
Society. The society was recently
adopted by the trustees of The
Rotary Foundation as an official
recognition program of The
Rotary Foundation.
www.rotarydownunder.org 7

NEWS BULLETIN
The Magic of Rotary
One of the magic acts of Rotary
is using leverage. Of levers,
Archimedes once said, “Give me
a place to stand and I shall move
the earth with it”. Is this not what
Rotary is trying to do Maybe not
physically trying to move the earth,
but certainly trying to move it to
change and make life better for all.
In finance, leverage (sometimes
referred to as gearing) is a general
term for any technique to multiply
gains and losses.
At the recent RI District 9670
Magic of Rotary Conference in Port
Macquarie, NSW, “leverage” was
used to increase donations to the
End Polio Now! campaign. End Polio
Now! pins were given out free of
charge to delegates who were then
asked to wear the pins and, if they
felt pride in the work Rotary is doing
to end polio, to make a donation.
A challenge was also set for the
clubs to achieve the highest percapita
giving to polio during the
duration of the conference. The club
with the highest per-capita giving
would then receive an End Polio
Now! pin for every club member.
So by levering the price of a few
End Polio Now! pins (just over $1500)
an amount of $8166 was raised or
pledged to the polio campaign, with
further pledges from clubs to make
a donation by the end of the year.
If we had just sold the pins we may
have raised only $500.
This theory has been proven in
District 9670 with the Immortal
Program. Again, with the
purchase of a few small pins for
approximately $1300 The Rotary
Foundation Permanent Fund is
better off to the tune of $22,800.
The pin is given in recognition
of a gift of $100 to the Permanent
Fund. Funds donated to the
Permanent Fund are immortal in
their work as they are never spent,
they will keep on working long
after the giver has ceased to be
a Rotarian.
The challenge to all clubs and
Districts is to see how they can
leverage the funds they have to gain
a larger benefit.
Primary Students
adopt the ‘Four
Way Test’
Susan Morisset, a Year Three Teacher
at Adelaide’s Westminster School,
SA, has adopted the principles of
the Rotary Four Way Test to help
give her eight-year-old students
the tools they need to deal with
conflict, as well as creating a more
harmonious and respectful
learning environment.
Susan explained the meanings of
the original Four Way Test criteria
to the children, then simplified the
wording to make it more “child
friendly”, resulting in the students
needing to remember just four
words: true, fair, friendly and helpful.
“The Four Way Test encourages
cooperative behaviours and
respect for others,” Susan says.
“It complements Westminster’s
resilience program beautifully.
The children are learning how
to be assertive
when dealing
with challenging
situations. At the
same time, they are
being encouraged
to think about and
take responsibility for their
own actions.
“The key is in its simplicity – it
helps the children identify what’s
expected of them as a member of
the school and wider community.
It also gives them the tools to work
more independently through
any issue”.
This local adaptation of Rotary’s
core philosophy is displayed on the
whiteboard in the classroom for all
to see every day.
“I now find the children using
the Four Way Test to problem solve
Students at Adelaide’s Westminster School
have adopted the Rotary Four Way Test
to create a more harmonious, respectful
learning environment.
among themselves,” Susan says.
“The beauty of the Four Way Test
is that it can be applied to any
situation. I have found it to be a
most valuable tool in support of the
school’s Behaviour Management
Program and Anti-bullying Policy”.
Susan was introduced to the
Four Way Test by her father, Brian
Morisset, a past President of the
Rotary Club of Adelaide South.
8 Issue 553. August 2013

EDITOR’S MAILBOX
Donation allows the disabled to sail
Every month I enjoy reading the
Rotary magazine and catching up
on the wonderful work of Rotary
clubs in Australia and abroad,
however, I found the above-titled
article in the June 2013 issue
of Rotary Down Under (page 8)
personally a tad offensive.
While the meaning behind the
article is wonderful and I have
heard about the SailAbility program
for many years and have friends
who access the program, being
a Rotarian and having several
disabilities, I do not label myself as
“disabled” or “handicapped”. While
the word disability already has
negative connotations, the word
“handicapped” is highly offensive
to many people who have
experienced disability.
My letter is for educational
purposes to enlighten readers of
this magazine that while I am quite
thick skinned when it comes to
references made to me about my
own disabilities, I am a person first
and I label myself as Louise, which
is my name. If I was writing such an
article I would be writing “people
with a passion for sailing and
experience a disability”.
The disability does not stop these
people from doing what they love;
attitude becomes the obstacle
for them.
On a brighter note,
congratulations to the Rotary clubs
involved for supporting such a great
program.
Louise Bugeja
Rotary Club of Hoppers Crossing, Vic
Alternatives abound
Dr Jaap Poll’s worthwhile suggestions
for alternatives to DGs’ visits (RDU,
June 2013) stimulated me to think,
“Why should we stop there”
At the District leadership level it
seems to me that a whole gamut of
rusted-on activities are worthwhile
exploring to see if there are more
effective ways for Rotary to add value
to Service Above Self.
• All Districts should have rolling
strategic plans of at least three
years ahead so that long-lasting
goals can be achieved. The DG
would no longer be the autocratic
short-term leader, but the
coordinator of the leadership team,
focusing on a longer-term vision.
• We have a District leadership
plan with AGs who are often not
used to best effect because they
feel obliged to follow some old
guideline of visiting all their clubs
four times a year. Why doesn’t
the DG delegate the AG to do the
official visit Why can’t the official
visit be just with the Board, not the
club as a whole Why does the AG
need to waste time and resources
visiting well-functioning clubs when
it would be better to focus on the
clubs that need help
• Why do we insist on individual
District conferences with everfalling
attendances every year If
we had multi-District conferences,
or conferences every second or
third year, we could get better
attendances and afford better
speakers.
• Why are Australian Districts
insisting on conferences in 2013-
14 when we have a competing
International Convention in
Sydney in June
• There is no requirement for DG’s
to make an official visit in the
traditional way described by Jaap.
Would it be better if they rolled
up their sleeves and joined a club
on a local project Club members
would then really get to know
their DG in the best of networking
traditions.
• Multi-District PETS have started to
lift training quality in a number of
Districts, but District Assemblies
with steadily falling attendances
need a change of focus.
• While RI spends millions on DG
training, leadership training within
Districts is still patchy and in only
a few cases could it be described
as strategic.
I’m sure RDU readers could
suggest many more.
PDG Euan Miller
Rotary Club of Norwood, SA
Non-religious
does not mean
anti-religious
A feeling of disappointment prompts
me to join the discussions about
the use of Grace and the National
Anthem at Rotary meetings. I have
noted that a number of “new” Rotary
clubs obviously think it is progressive
to do away with such established
ideals. These enlightened folk
misunderstand the tolerant notions
of Rotary when they think nonreligious
means anti-religious. Being
non-religious means one is totally
tolerant of another person’s attitude
to religion or their non-acceptance
of religion. One accepts their right
to mention the feeling of gratitude
in some inoffensive words and does
not refuse them the right, as they
should allow one the right if one
chooses not to join in.
It is a disappointment when the
ideals of Rotary such as tolerance,
peace, service, acceptance of other
cultures, colours or creeds can be
disregarded so easily. Does Service
Above Self improve when Grace and
the National Anthem are removed
If not, “Get a life”.
Derek McGrath
Rotary Club of Bundaberg West, Qld
www.rotarydownunder.org 9

EDITOR’S MAILBOX
Rotary celebrates 50 years in Pittsworth
The Rotary Club of Pittsworth, Qld, will celebrate 50
years of Rotary in Pittsworth on November 2, 2013 with
a Back to Pittsworth Celebratory Dinner.
The Pittsworth Rotary Club invites past members of
the club to join them to celebrate at the Dinner, which
will be held at the Pittsworth Town Hall. It is hoped that
as many as possible Past District Governors of District
9630 will be able to attend to celebrate the occasion.
The cost for the night will be $55 per person.
The club is currently embarking on the task of
gathering a list and addresses of those people who have
been members of the club over the past 50 years to be
invited to celebrate this great achievement of Rotary in
the town.
The names of the Charter members are as follows: Les
Joppich, Howard Warfield, George Cain, Ken Cook, Stan
Knott, Bruce McEwan, Chas A Thomas, George Arnold,
Tom Aldridge, Eddy Joppich, Cliff Power, Max Faux, Lin
Murdoch, Neil McKenzie, Bob Craighead, Frank Ciantar,
Rev. Chas E Thomas and Bob Hill.
The club encourages the families of the Charter
members to also celebrate, as well as Rotarians across
the District who have been involved with the club over
the past 50 years.
The club is also looking for the addresses of the
following former members or families of:
Emanuel Anthony, John Blakney, Cec Butler, Jack Bond,
Neil Campbell, Jack Cooper, Ray Campbell, Tom Denham,
Len Edwards, Rob Farmer, Peter Ellery, Geoff Greene, Ian
Golding, Roy Hartwig, Arthur Holt, Frank Hughes, Jack
Jessen, Ron Jackson, Arthur Johnson, Ron Johnston, Col
Jackson, Doug Jones, Frank Keleher, Karl Kirsch, Dan
Kinsella, Lee Klein, Bernie Locke, Rod Learmonth, Dik
Morreau, John McKay, Tim Milne, Ray Mullins, Brian
McBride, Ron Newman, Don Neale, John Proudfoot,
John Roberts, Geoff Ryan, Clyde Spearritt, Tim Sullivan,
Bruce Simpson, Tony Schaeffer, Max Scholefield, Gordon
Tucker, Frank Underwood, Graham Will, Brian Waters,
John and Bernie Wilson.
So as many as possible of those out there can join
in the celebrations please contact: Rotary Club of
Pittsworth, PO Box 21, Pittsworth, Qld, 4356. Phone
2012-13 President Gary Garland on 07 4693 1127,
email gjgarland48@hotmail.com or 2013-14 President
Trevor Shields on 07 46931747, email
tjwelding@bigpond.com
ANNOUNCEMENT
Notice from the Board of Directors, Rotary Down Under Inc.
WEB HOSTING SERVICE
Over the past twelve months Rotary
Down Under has been working with a
Web Service Provider to develop a Web
Hosting Service platform that could be
used by all Rotary Clubs and Districts.
The main purpose was to provide
common Rotary branding and web
page image across Australia and
New Zealand.
Following in-depth consultations
with Rotary Clubs and Districts,
the development of the project
significantly broadened in scope,
from being a single website concept,
into providing a full internet/intranet
solution for all.
It was understood that a significant
amount of work would be required to
create and manage the websites. The
Board was always mindful of providing
a quality tested product, if future time
consuming administrative problems
were to be avoided. All Rotary Clubs
and Districts are independent entities
and separate service contracts would
be required with each of them.
It eventually became very clear to the
Board that a successful economical,
timely, and practical solution was
not currently available, despite the
goodwill and continual hard work of the
Rotary Down Under staff and the Web
Service Provider engaged to develop
the new platform. Hundreds of Clubs
and Districts already have successful
websites, and so the common Rotary
branding and web page image was not
going to be universally taken-up.
The Board apologises to those Clubs
and Districts inconvenienced by the
delay in reaching this decision.
To all who have expressed interest
in the Web Hosting Service advertised
in recent months, we sincerely thank
you for your support. Please
contact 02 9633 4888 or email
digitalenquiries@rotarydownunder.org
if you have any queries on this matter.
10 Issue 553. August 2013

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
Educating the
future leaders
of Tanzania
The School of St Jude recently celebrated its
10th anniversary by continuing to fight poverty
through education.
St Jude’s provides free, high-quality primary and
secondary education to over 1600 of the poorest,
brightest students from Arusha, Tanzania. Its success and
growth is not only a testament to the hardworking people
on the ground, but to the unyielding support provided by
individual Rotarians as well as Rotary clubs from around
the world. Within 10 years, St Jude’s has expanded to
three beautifully manicured campuses, two boarding
houses for over 1000 students and a fleet of over 20
buses. The students are thriving beyond anybody’s
wildest expectations. They continue to score tremendous
results on national exams, garner top place finishes at
sporting events, and impress teachers and community
members with their maturity, ambition and intellect.
Rotarians and partners from Australia and New Zealand
visit St Jude’s every year. Not only do they meet the
students, some of which they sponsor, they also immerse
themselves in Tanzanian culture.
Two of St Jude’s volunteer couples met and worked in
Fiji in the early 90s. Shean Gannon (now Acting School
Director) worked as the manager of Minson Construction
in Fiji for five years with his wife Carmel. There they met
Australian couple Mick and Barb Muller. They all reunited
as volunteers at St Jude’s. In 2012 they also had a visitor,
Grace, from Christchurch who lived in Fiji around this
same time. It was a memorable moment sitting at the
small pub “The Water Hole” when they connected the
dots and reminisced about their time in Fiji.
Since St Jude’s opened its gates in 2002, Rotary has
been there every step of the way. But the work isn’t done
yet. By 2015 the school will have a complete primary and
secondary school, educating around 2000 of the most
disadvantaged students. In order to maintain the high
quality of education that St Jude’s has come to represent,
support is as crucial as ever.
To learn about St Jude’s sponsorship program, make
a donation or plan a visit to the school, please visit
www.schoolofstjude.org or send an email to
info@schoolofstjude.co.tz •
The School of St Jude
students at play.
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ARE YOU READY FOR
ROTARY’s 105th ANNUAL
CONVENTION
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO ASSIST PLANNING AND CONDUCT OF THE SYDNEY CONVENTION
• Almost 40 organisations have already booked 100 booths in The Billabong (House of Friendship). Can your club or
favourite project benefit from such a booth Perhaps you have a contact for a possible major corporate sponsor
Contact Sponsor sub Chairman Harold Sharp (harold.gina@bigpond.com)
• Rotarians and partners will flock to Sydney from all parts of the Rotary world. What a splendid opportunity for innovative
Rotary clubs to plan special fellowship events – a day on Sydney Harbour, bushwalking in the Blue Mountains, or a
cultural tour of Sydney to name just a few!
Contact Events sub Chairman Greg Muldoon (greg@muldoon.net.au)
• Marshalling people for special events away from the Olympic Park venue is the responsibility of the Convention Host
Organising Committee. Hundreds of volunteers will be required to coordinate a multitude of events from arrivals at
Sydney airports to a gala concert at the Sydney Opera House, the dining/fireworks evening at Darling Harbour, along
with events at Olympic park. People with language skills will be vitally important. Go to the Convention web site –
www.rotary2014.com.au – and click on ‘volunteers’.
Contact Volunteers sub Committee chair Monica Saville (SavilleM@bigpond.net.au)
Reserve the dates now – June 1 to 4, 2014 – but be sure to arrive early to enjoy the
pre Convention ‘party’. Plan an extended stay to take in the delights of Sydney and NSW –
from beautiful Sydney Harbour, to the Blue Mountains or the delights of the
Hunter Valley wineries, there is so much to see and do …
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Clockwise from top left: Jamie Costello, with his
donation of a valuable opal pendant, just before it
was drawn at the On to Sydney Luncheon on the
final day of the Convention; RI General Secretary
John Hewko and his wife, Marga, with a couple from
France; Then RI President Elect Ron Burton and his
wife, Jetta, singing Aussie songs with members of the
Host Organising Committee; Past RI General Secretary
Ed Futa and Lisbon Convention ambassador PDG Don
Cox, of Victoria; The crowd of around 1800 listens to
Sydney Convention Committee Chair Mark Maloney at
the On to Sydney Luncheon.
304 days to go!
More than 1800 Rotarians from all over the world began the “Countdown
to Sydney” with a special On to Sydney luncheon at the 2013 Rotary
International Convention in Lisbon in June.
Current, past and future RI Presidents including Sakuji Tanake, Carlos
Rivera, Bill Boyd, Ray Klinginsmith, Ron Burton and Gary Huang were among
the throng who got the official Sydney Rotary International Convention ball
rolling.
As of August 1 there were 304 days until the opening ceremony at Sydney’s
Allphones Arena.
RI President Ron Burton has mustered a highly motivated team of
organisers in Sydney, led by Past RI Treasurer Barry Thompson, and in the
United States, led by RI Convention Chair Mark Maloney.
The On to Sydney Lunch was one of the highlights of the convention, with
literally thousands of enquiries being received at both the RI Convention
booth and the nearby Sydney Convention information booth staffed by
volunteers from all over Australia.
“The most relevant statistic is that we took 2575 pre-registrations for the
Sydney 2014 Convention,” said Host Organising Committee spokesperson
Bob Aitken. “That is more than have been taken for any convention outside
of the Chicago Centenary Convention in 2005.
“We shipped 3000 items in several lines of promotional material from
leaflets to pins and badges, most of which was gone after the first two
or three days. We gave away more than 10,000 lapel koalas – people just
lapped them up as a bit of fun, but it did leave us pretty certain that next
year’s convention is going to be very well attended.” •
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RI CONVENTION
Party Time in Portugal
A fundraising challenge worth up
to $US525 million was announced
by the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation in one of many
highlights of the Rotary International
Convention in Lisbon in June.
For the next five years, the
Foundation will double every dollar
raised by Rotary up to $US35 million
a year, CEO Jeff Raikes announced
during the final plenary session of
the Convention.
“If fully realised, the value of this
new partnership with Rotary is more
than $500 million. In this way, your
contributions to polio will work twice
as hard.”
The joint effort, called End Polio
Now – Make History Today, comes
during a critical phase for the Global
Polio Eradication Initiative. The
estimated cost of the initiative’s 2013-
18 Polio Eradication and Endgame
Strategic Plan is $5.5 billion.
Funding commitments announced
at the Global Vaccine Summit in
April total $4 billion. Unless the
$1.5 billion funding gap is met,
immunisation levels in polioaffected
countries will decrease.
And if polio is allowed to rebound,
within a decade more than 200,000
children worldwide could be
paralysed every year.
Mr Raikes’s announcement was
recorded and played to the convention
shortly after a speech by the World
Health Organisation’s Assistant
Director for Polio, Emergencies
and Country Collaboration, Dr
Bruce Aylward.
Dr Aylward reported that the final
push to eradicate polio still required
$US5.5 billion, and that of that,
$US700 million had been confirmed,
$US3.3 billion had been pledged, but
not yet collected, and $1.5 billion still
needed to be raised.
“It is one thing to see the finish
line – it is another to cross it,” Dr
Aylward said.
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RI CONVENTION
MEET OUR
NEW DISTRICT
GOVERNORS
Hank de Smit, D9455
Hank has been
involved with Rotary
since 1976 when he
joined the Rotary
Club of Port Hedland,
WA. Since then he
has been a member
of various Rotary clubs throughout
Western Australia, New South Wales and
Papua New Guinea. He has served as
President of the Rotary Club of Midland,
WA, upon his return from the Philippines,
as District Secretary for two years and
as Assistant Governor in District 9470
for two years. Born in the Netherlands,
Hank’s parents migrated to Australia in
1959 and he now claims to be a dinky-di,
true-blue Aussie! Hank and his wife Ruth
married in 1968 and have three children
and seven grandchildren.
Clockwise from top: Past RI President and chairman of the Rotary
Global Peace Forums Luis Vincente Giay presents outgoing RI
President Sakuji Tanaka with an award for his “visional idea and
achievements as a peacemaker” in staging three Rotary World
Peace Forums in Berlin, Hiroshima and Hawaii during his year in
office; The World Health Organisation’s Assistant Director-General
for Polio, Emergencies and Country Collaboration, Dr Bruce
Aylward, reports on the progress of the global polio eradication
campaign; Then RI President Elect Ron Burton.
Erwin Biemel, D9465
Erwin joined the
Rotary Club of
Willetton, WA, in
1998. He has served
in various roles
including Bulletin
Editor, International
Director, Vocational Director, Club Service
Director and President. Erwin served
as Treasurer of Foundation for District
9470 for three years and as District New
Generations Director for three years. He
was also director of RYLA and a member
of the RYLA- RYPEN committee. During
this period he formulated the District
Working with Children Policy. Erwin is
the principal architect of Erwin Biemel
and Associates and Managing Director
of Biemel’s Cabinet Hardware. Erwin and
wife Carol have three children.
“We now have the plan to
complete the program of PolioPlus,
and we have the backing of you,
Rotarians around the world, to get
the job done.”
Raikes and Aylward were just two
of many impressive speakers at
the Convention. Among them was
actress Archie Panjabi, a Rotary polio
eradication ambassador, who told of
how, as a 10-year-old living in India,
she had seen children crawling along
the streets propelled only by their
hands. The image troubled her for
years. When she was asked to join
Rotary’s This Close campaign in 2011,
she said she realised that the children
she’d seen were polio victims, and
that by working to eliminate polio,
she could help prevent others from
suffering in that way.
“I came to realise that we still have
work to do, and how important it is
for people like me – people like you –
to use our voices to raise awareness
of, and support for, the global effort
to eradicate polio,” Panjabi said. “As
a Rotary polio ambassador, I will
continue to do whatever I can to
spread the word.”
Vice chair of the International
PolioPlus Committee John Germ
asked Rotarians to reach out to their
non-Rotarian colleagues to raise
Barbara Wheatcroft, D9500
Barbara became
involved in Rotary
as a ‘guest’ for
many years. She
was inducted into
the Rotary Club of
Hindmarsh, SA, in
October 2004, where she held the office
of President for two years as well as
Treasurer. Barbara has also served as
Secretary of the District Group Study
Exchange committee, as Chair of the
committee in 2009-10 and as District
Secretary in 2010-11. In 2009, the Rotary
Club of Hindmarsh made the decision to
hand back the Charter and, along with
four other members, Barbara became a
member of the Rotary Club of Adelaide
Parks. She has four children and five
grandchildren.
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MEET OUR
NEW DISTRICT
GOVERNORS
RI CONVENTION
Wendy Gaborit, D9520
Wendy joined the
Rotary Club of
Mobilong, SA, in
2005 serving as
President in 2006-07.
She has served on
District as Chair
of RYLA 2007-11, as Coordinator for
Club Visioning and Assistant Governor.
Wendy is a career public servant,
holding positions on local government
committees and working on projects
that build community capacity. She has
worked in the areas of social planning,
community development, children’s
services and since 1992 has been with
Housing SA in a number of managerial
roles. Wendy and her husband John
share a melded family of five children
and three grandchildren.
Tony Goddard, D9550
Tony Goddard joined
the Rotary Club of
Ayr, Qld, in 1994. He
was club President
in 2000-01 and has
held a number of
directorial positions
within the club. Tony previously served
on the District 9550 Youth Exchange
Committee as Secretary and country
coordinator for South American countries
and South Africa. Tony and wife Marion
have been strong supporters of Rotary
Foundation programs, including YEP
and GSE. Tony recently served as District
Chair for the Future Vision VTT Program
where D9550 was one of 10 Pilot Districts
to have participated in the program
worldwide in 2011. Tony and Marion have
three children and three grandchildren.
Mark Lean, D9570
Mark joined Rotary
in Gladstone, Qld,
in 1987 and three
years later, after
transferring to
Mackay, joined
the Rotary Club of
North Mackay. Mark has held several
board positions both at club and District
level and led a GSE team to Wales and
Northern England in 2001. Mark is a
multiple Paul Harris Fellow recipient, with
a strong passion for all Rotary programs
and in particular RAWCS, having spent
time in the Solomon Islands on four
occasions. Mark and wife Karen have
been married for 37 years. They have
three children and three grandchildren
with two more expected in August and
September this year.
Clockwise from top: Then District Governor Elect
Graeme Davies, of the new District 9685, enjoys a
Portuguese tart during a break on the Rotary Down
Under RI Convention tour excursion to the town
of Sintra; Australian Ambassador to Portugal Ms
Anne Plunkett, who wowed the annual Down Under
Breakfast with a poignant, amusing and informative
presentation; Sydney Convention Host Organising
Committee representative PDG Bob Aitken greeted
many visitors to the Sydney Convention booth, but
few were as colourful as Mohid Mubarik, of the Rotary
Club of Lahore, Pakistan.
money for polio eradication. He
also introduced Sir Emeka Offor, a
Nigerian Rotarian, who announced
that he is making a new US$1 million
contribution to PolioPlus.
One of the major topics for
discussion at the Convention was
the launch of the Future Vision plan,
which took the form of an on-screen
rocket launched by Future Vision
Committee Chair Luis Giay.
“We are at an unprecedented
time in the history of our Rotary
Foundation. We are beginning our
greatest transformation,” Giay said.
“Through Future Vision, The Rotary
Foundation Trustees have sought
to strengthen clubs and Districts by
providing grants that can help them
be more proactive in addressing
priority world needs.”
“We celebrate our new Foundation,
with each of us contributing our
effort and commitment to ensure
the continued progress of Rotary and
all mankind.” •
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RI CONVENTION
MEET OUR
NEW DISTRICT
GOVERNORS
Trevor Taylor, D9600
Trevor joined the
Rotary Club of
Surfers Paradise, Qld,
in 1989 then joined
the Rotary Club of
Maleny in 1997,
where he served
as President-elect, before becoming
Charter President of the Rotary Club of
Glasshouse Mountains; a club he helped
form. He has served on all directorships,
including secretary and treasurer, and
served as President again in 2004-05.
Trevor served as club coordinator of a
group of Sunshine Coast clubs in the late
90s and then as Assistant Governor of a
similar group of clubs in 2000-01. Trevor
and his wife Robyn have been happily
married for 43 years.
Above: Rotary Down Under Convention
Tourists found many friendly locals on
their travels, as did Dot Reilly in Sintra.
We are assured this young man was
a thorough gentleman! Left: Then RI
President Nominee Gary C. Huang,
of Taiwan, at the annual Down Under
breakfast. Below: Tom and Ann Riley, of
the Rotary Club of Fargo-Moorhead AM,
in the US, with Sydney Host Organising
Committee member Elaine Lyttle.
Stephen Lazarakis, D9630
Stephen was born
in Perth, WA, and
moved to Brisbane,
Qld, with his family
in 1998. He joined
the Rotary Club of
Goodna, Qld, in
1998 then transferred to the Rotary
Club of Jindalee in 2000. Stephen has
served in many directorship positions
at club level and was club President in
2009-10. Stephen’s District involvement
commenced in 2011 as District Director
Public Relations, then as Assistant
Governor in 2011-12. He facilitated and
implemented three new clubs in 2011-12
and was District Chair of the Strategic/
Revitalisation Plan 2012-13. Stephen
and wife Lisa have two children and four
grandchildren.
Tony Heading, D9640
Tony, a teacher for
33 years, spent 15
years as Head of
Stanthorpe High
School‘s Agriculture
Department. He
played a critical role
in the establishment of the Queensland
College of Wine Tourism. A Rotarian
since 1995, Tony served in most positions
in the Rotary Club of Stanthorpe, Qld,
including President in 2004-05. He
was an Assistant Governor in 2008-09,
chaired the District Rotary Friendship
Exchange Committee in 2009-12 and in
2010 led a GSE team to North Carolina.
Tony and wife Dianne, also a Stanthorpe
Rotarian, are charter members of the
District Paul Harris Society. They have
two daughters and two grandchildren.
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An estimated 878 million people around the world — nearly
half of them employed — live on less than US$1.25 per day.
In India, Rotary Foundation alumna Hannah Warren is
helping impoverished women weavers gain access to
training, materials, and international markets — enabling
them to earn a living wage.
“There is no way I could be doing this [work] were it not for
my scholarship,” Warren says. “Rotary scholarships are not
a one-time donation; they are an investment in goodwill.”
Doing good
in the world
Your contributions to the Annual Fund help The Rotary
Foundation and its partners create sustainable solutions to
end the cycle of poverty.
Make your gift today at www.rotary.org/contribute.
See your gift in action
www.rotary.org
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CLUB PROJECTS
Sweet tunes for
Wellington’s waterfront
MEET OUR
NEW DISTRICT
GOVERNORS
Rob Anderson, 9650
Rob became a
Rotarian in 1999
when he was invited
to join the Rotary
Club of Katoomba,
NSW, by then
Treasurer Malcolm
Nicholson. He held numerous positions
in the club before work transferred
him to Coffs Harbour in 2002 where he
joined the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour,
NSW. There Rob has held the positions
of secretary and treasurer in addition
to club President in 2006-07. Rob was
Assistant Governor for two years (2010-
11 and 2011-12) and was the District
chair for ROMAC for two years before
that. Kerry is a member of the Inner
Wheel Club of Coffs Harbour. Rob and
wife Kerry have two sons.
It started out as a bit of an off the
wall idea last year: find a piano and
place it on Wellington’s waterfront so
that anyone who fancied knocking
out a tune could do so.
That fancy is now a reality thanks
to a kind donor, a helpful cafe
proprietor and some members of
the Rotary Club of Port Nicholson,
Wellington, NZ.
Wellington Waterfront Ltd, the
City Council owned company that
manages facilities in Wellington’s
inner harbour, asked the club to
find a piano and locate it on the
waterfront so passers-by could play
a tune or busk some time away.
Locating pianos like that is common
overseas and it was agreed that a
piano would add to the colour and
vibrancy of Wellington’s magnificent
waterfront, which attracts hundreds
of walkers, runners and lunchtime
amblers every day.
What seemed difficult at the outset
became a reality with a little thought
and imagination. The family of Eileen
Stratchan kindly donated a piano
Locals out to lunch on Wellington’s waterfront
entertain passers-by on the piano donated to the
Rotary Club of Port Nicholson, NZ.
because they liked the idea of having
a piano on the waterfront for all
to use.
Port Nicholson Rotarians put it on
a set of castor wheels. The Tuatua
Cafe on the waterfront agreed to
look after the piano, and on fine
days it’s wheeled out for anyone
to use – concertos to Chopsticks,
blues to bourees, Gershwin to
Rimsky-Korsakov.
The Wellington Community
Piano was officially opened in
November 2012 by Ray Ahipene-
Mercer, a local city councillor. Early
admirers included Prince Charles
and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
On an official waterfront walkabout
on the Prince’s 64th birthday, they
were treated to a royal rendition of
“Happy Birthday”.
The piano also got Rotary onto the
TV One Breakfast show. The project
cost very little and it was a win for
all involved. It highlights how some
creative thought goes a long way.
Rick Hughes
Rotary Club of Port Nicholson, NZ •
Brian Atkins, D9670
Brian joined the
Rotary Club of
Waratah, NSW, in
1974 and has since
served three terms
as President, as well
as Director, Secretary,
District Representative and Assistant
Governor in 2001-03. Brian was born
and educated in Newcastle where his
interests in manual arts, science and
music were fostered. Brian is Regional
Chair of the Newcastle Science and
Engineering Challenge Coordinating
Committee. Brian represents Rotary
on the National Council of the Science
and Engineering Challenge. Brian and
Madeleine married in 1970 and have
two daughters.
Garry Browne, D9675
From an early age
Garry’s focus has
been on community
service. He has a long
involvement with
The Rotary Club of
Sydney, NSW, both as
a Director and President. From 2008-10
he served as Chairman, Marketing & PR
for Rotary District 9750. Garry is also
Director of the S’Team Foundation, which
he founded in 2004 to commemorate the
120th anniversary of Stuart Alexander &
Co. As a philanthropic entity, the primary
focus is on developing underprivileged
youth in our community. He is a Director
and Treasurer of the Foundation for
National Parks and Wildlife and a
Director of Outcomes Australia. Garry
and wife Robyn have two sons.
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CLUB PROJECTS
Open your eyes to rewards in the world around you!
Joining a Rotary Club can help you build
friendships and business networks, while
having meaningful impact working with teams to
improve the lives of others.
Work with your local community and on global
projects covering the areas of:
• Global peace
• Disease prevention
• Water and sanitation
• Maternal and child health
• Education and literacy, and
• Economic and community development
Attend your local Rotary Club meeting and let
others know what your altruistic dreams involve.
When we align our goals and work together, we
see rewards in the world around us.
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Rotary will help you to help others.
We think you’ll have fun along the way too.
Here’s how to find out more:
CALL
AUS: 1300 4 768 279
NZ: 0800 4 ROTARY
EMAIL
AUS: membership@rotarydownunder.org
NZ & Pacific: info@rotarysouthpacific.org
FIND A ROTARY CLUB
AUS: www.rotarydownunder.com.au/club-by-name
NZ & Pacific: www.rotarysouthpacific.org

CLUB PROJECTS
MEET OUR
NEW DISTRICT
GOVERNORS
Dr Nuli Lemoh, of the Rotary Club of Turramurra, NSW, consults
the mother of one of his patients at the Bo Children’s Hospital in
Sierra Leone, West Africa.
Dream becomes an
operational reality
The Bo Children’s Hospital in Sierra Leone, West Africa, has come a long way
since Dr Nuli Lemoh, of the Rotary Club of Turramurra, NSW, first envisaged
the project back in 1998. The hospital is now 12 months into operation and
has treated over 2000 children, with an admission of over 1000 patients with
mortality less than 1 per cent. Because of the effective services rendered by
the medical and allied staff, the hospital has become a household name in Bo
City and its environs.
One of the most important aspects of Rotary’s involvement in the project is
that it is 100 per cent community based. It is the community of Bo who built
and run the hospital. All Rotary has done is provide occasional advice and
funded the work being undertaken.
The donations that have been made have created an opportunity for
a community to help itself and to start making inroads into the tragic and
avoidable deaths of so many children. One of the most humbling aspects
of the project is to see firsthand the generosity of the Australian community
towards another community across the other side of the world. The reality
of the potential of human empathy across oceans has become very real as
individuals help the best way they can. Their generosity has created only the
second children’s hospital in the history of Sierra Leone.
Dr Lemoh says the hospital is serving its purpose and has enormous
potential to deliver a lot more.
“We have fulfilled the first part of the dream, the reality of a hospital serving
the children of Bo and its provinces,” he says. “So for me the founders of this
hospital are you, our supporters. I am just one of many. It is you who have built
on my original vision and have caused the dream to become a reality.”
For more information on the Bo Children’s Hospital or to make a donation
contact Denise Curry on 0417 288 440 or email denise.curry@bigpond.com •
Graeme Davies, D9685
Graeme joined
the Rotary Club
of Griffith, NSW,
in 1991 and was
President 1994-95
during the club’s
50th anniversary.
He and wife Lyn were members of
the District Rotary Youth Exchange
Committee. Moving to the NSW Central
Coast, Graeme joined the Rotary
Club of Kincumber and was President
2003-04. Graeme’s District involvement
includes District Australian Rotary Health
Committee, Assistant Governor, District
Community Service Chairman, District
Administration Director and a RAWCS
project in Timor Leste. Lyn is a past
President of the Rotary Club of Terrigal
and has held many District roles.
Geoff Tancred, D9700
Geoff joined the
Rotary Club of
Orange Calare,
NSW, in 1986 and
served as President
in 1989-90. He was
District Treasurer for
18 years, District Insurance Officer for 20
years and is currently Public Officer of
the District. In 2008 Geoff was awarded
the District’s “Rotarian of the Year”. Geoff
has also compiled a training manual on
Club Administration. In 1991 Geoff was
a member of a Rotary Australia World
Community Service volunteer team
building teacher housing at Brahman
Mission in Papua New Guinea. Geoff
and his wife Bettye have hosted several
exchange students. They have three
daughters and seven grandchildren.
Maureen Manning, D9710
Maureen joined the
Rotary Club of Lower
Blue Mountains,
NSW, in 2000. She
also served District
9690 as Secretary
of the RYLA and
RYPEN Committees for two years. Rotary
continued to be an important part of
Maureen’s life when she transferred
to the Rotary Club of Batemans Bay.
Maureen has strong ties with RYPEN,
serving as Coordinator from 2006-11.
She was on the Membership Committee
for a number of years and is one of
the original Club Visioning facilitators.
Maureen was appointed a District 9710
Assistant Governor in 2008. She shares
four children, six grandchildren and one
great grandson with partner Stephen.
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DISTRICT PROJECTS
A good thumping for ROMAC
Rotaractors and Rotarians from Districts 9910 and 9920
were at Aotea Square in Auckland CBD, NZ, running
Auckland’s first ever International Pillowfight Day event
on April 6.
The objectives were to raise funds for Rotary Oceania
Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC)
and also promote ROMAC, Rotary
and Rotaract. This event was
publicised on Auckland City’s
www.biglittlecity.co.nz, radio’s
www.morefm.co.nz, ROMAC’s
website and Facebook.
International Pillowfight Day is a phenomenon in main
centres across the globe on the first Saturday of April
each year when people congregate for a monster pillow
fight. It’s a free event, with money raised from the sale of
ROMAC pillows and from donations. Pillows were presold
online at $10 each or $15 cash on the day. People who
attended got to keep their pillows if they stayed until
the end of the event. Others donated their pillows to the
Auckland City Mission.
Participants and organisers alike had a lot of fun on the
day and bucket collectors raised over $1000 in donations
from passers-by. The presence of local MP Jacinda
Ardern also attracted a lot of attention and a few
more dollars for ROMAC. To see more action on
the Auckland International Pillowfight Day visit
www.pillowfightday.co.nz or www.ROMAC.
co.nz.
An enthusiastic committee of Pupuke
Rotaractors, ROMAC representatives and a
marketing support agency toiled away for
over six months to make the idea a reality.
The group is so enthusiastic that they are
already planning next year’s International
Pillowfight Day to make it an even bigger success
on April 5, 2014. The committee is currently looking
for sponsors of the day, including a major sponsor
who can have naming rights to the day.
This successful International Pillowfight Day
model could be rolled out across cities throughout
NZ, with Rotary clubs (individually or collectively)
running them for ROMAC in those centres. If
your club wants to get involved next year, please
contact ROMAC NZ Administrator Geoff Pownall
via gbpownall@xtra.co.nz or 021 627 014. •
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In Search of the
Rotary Woman
WOMEN IN ROTARY
By Kerry Kornhauser
Founder of Women in Rotary Australia
When recent focus groups, in places as diverse as Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Sydney
and Chicago, were asked to characterise Rotary and Rotarians, their responses
included: “Business men”, “elite”, “secretive”, “old”, “wealthy” and “not sure that
women are allowed into local clubs”.
After more than 20 years since women were first admitted into Rotary, the
perception that women are not allowed or welcome in Rotary continues in all
regions. Perhaps this explains the alarming statistic that just 18 per cent of
Rotarians worldwide are women.
Why does this matter
The low number of women in Rotary matters for two main reasons.
First, women represent a large, untapped pool of potential volunteers.
At the heart of each Rotary club is its volunteer members. However, over
the past decade there has been no growth in the total number of Rotarians
worldwide, with many clubs struggling to maintain members. In fact, were it
not for the increased number of women Rotarians during this period, Rotary
would have over 115,000 fewer members than a decade ago!
Currently, we have about 1.2 million Rotarians worldwide. If we had a 50/50
gender split, we could arrest the decline in the number of Rotarians and
build up a volunteer base of more than two million Rotarians. Imagine what a
difference that would make!
Second, more women in Rotary is likely to help us better deliver our services.
It is not that women make “better” Rotarians. Rather, increased diversity
yields better outcomes, and clubs that reflect the communities they serve may
be able to better engage those communities and meet their needs.
In the corporate world, research has repeatedly linked greater gender
diversity on companies’ boards with better financial returns: of Fortune 500
companies, for example, those with more women board members outperform
those with the least by 53 per cent in return on equity!
What next
Increasing the number of women in Rotary is not about fairness or equality.
It simply makes sense if we want to continue doing what we have been doing
for more than 100 years.
There is a large and growing number of women in senior business and
community roles with a great deal to contribute through Rotary. Why are they
not gravitating towards us This is our loss.
The questions remain: How do we change the perception of potential
women volunteers How do we attract them to Rotary What strategies do
the District Governors and Presidents of today have planned, and what are
their ideas for tomorrow
As a fellow female Rotarian I throw this challenge to both men and women:
How do we increase female membership and spread the word that women are
welcome in Rotary
We need to work hard to encourage more women to join Rotary and
dispel the myth that they are not welcome. The future of Rotary depends on
enthusiastic membership. All ideas are welcome. Contact Kerry Kornhauser at
kerry@travelinn.net.au or visit www.rotarywomen.org.au. •
MEET OUR
NEW DISTRICT
GOVERNORS
Ken McInerney, D9780
Ken joined the Rotary
Club of Bordertown,
SA, in 1997 and
since then has held
many positions,
including President
twice. Ken was also
Assistant Governor Clubs for Group 2,
a position he held for three years. The
opportunity to lead his District as District
Governor 2013-14 is a great honour and
privilege and he intends to continue the
great work carried out by Past District
Governors and keep District 9780 in
the forefront of Districts in Zone 8. He
and wife Sandra are looking forward to
meeting many Rotarians while visiting
clubs and the opportunity to share an
invaluable experience, enjoy fellowship
and “Engage Rotary Change Lives”.
Philip Clancy, D9790
Philip grew up on the
family farm in Kilmore
and became involved
in community affairs
through Scouting
and Young Farmers.
Horticulture was his
career choice and he went on to teach
in the Horticulture Trades area. While in
his twenties he joined the Rotary Club of
Oakleigh, Vic, and later the Rotary Club
of Kilmore/Broadford, Vic. Philip resigned
from Rotary, given the formal attendance
rules, in the 1990s but re-joined in 2006,
pleased with the direction Rotary was
promoting. He is keen on social justice
issues and supports a National Response
process for our Disaster Recovery work.
Philip and wife Helen have three children
and five grandchildren.
Ross Butterworth, D9800
Ross has been a
member of the Rotary
Club of Melton Valley,
Vic, since 1994,
holding a number
of club and District
positions, including
Executive Assistant Governor and Rotary
Leadership Institute Training Facilitator,
along with serving as the District Director
Community Service and as District
Director International Service. Ross has
a strong belief in Service Above Self and
actively strives to make a difference within
his community. Ross’s working career
commenced in Melbourne’s premier
hotels and had a distinguished career
within the hospitality industry. He and
wife Annette have four children and
three grandchildren.
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TIMOR-LESTE
Accessible healthcare for citizens
of Timor-Leste
Friday October 11 is
HAT DAY
Shining a light on Mental Health
Hat Day is the fundraising
day where you wear a hat
and make a donation to
shine a light on mental
illness in Australia.
Host a Hat Day at your
Rotary Club or Workplace
and 100% of the money
raised will go to research
helping those with
depression, anxiety,
Alzheimer’s and many
other mental illnesses.
Follow us on
SUPPORT
ON FRIDAY 11th OCTOBER 2013
and
Register your event at
www.hatday.com.au
An initiative of
Australian Rotary Health
In early May several Rotarians visited Klibur Domin, a Timorese healthcare
NGO based in Tibar in the district of Liquisa, 17km from Dili. Klibur Domin has
three main programs: inpatient care for low-dependency patients from Dili
hospital; tuberculosis (TB) detection and treatment, including a communitybased
TB program and Timor’s only facility for the treatment of multi-drugresistant
TB patients; and a community-based rehabilitation (CBR) program
that provides therapy, assistive devices and social assistance for those with
disabilities, particularly children.
Klibur Domin was founded in 2000 by Ryder-Cheshire Australia (RCA), a
small, independent charity run entirely by volunteers. Apart from Klibur
Domin, RCA operates three homes in Australia; two homes for people with
disabilities in Mt Gambier, SA, and Singleton, NSW, and a 93-bed home for
rural patients in Ivanhoe, Vic. It also supports a 300-bed home in northern
India, Raphael, caring for people with tuberculosis, leprosy and intellectual
and physical disabilities. The shared vision of the RCA homes is “the relief of
suffering”.
Klibur Domin has enjoyed a good relationship with Rotary since the beginning.
Rotarians have regularly assisted since 2000 with repairs and renovations to
existing buildings, and have also contributed considerable donations-in-kind,
including computers, disability aids and other equipment. Klibur Domin looks
forward to strengthening existing relationships with government, local and
international NGOs, and other stakeholders to ensure a future of accessible
healthcare for all citizens of Timor-Leste.
For more information about RCA or to support their work in Australia and
overseas visit www.ryderchesire.org. For more information about Klibur Domin
visit www.kliburdomin.org
Rotary aids Timor-Leste’s
leaders of tomorrow
By George Richards
Rotary Club of Wahroonga, NSW
In September this year, 85 young people of Timor-Leste will gather for a week
at Dare Refugio, about 20km outside Dili, for a week in leadership training.
The week will once again highlight the need for youth leadership in a
country in which a whole strata of society perished during the turbulent years,
leaving the younger generation with no mentors.
It will be the fourth Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) camp in Timor-
Leste, the result of organisation, training and sponsorship provided by Rotary,
particularly the clubs in District 9680. While Rotary sponsored the first two
annual camps, last year the camp was sponsored with $US42,000 provided by
the Sunrise Consortium – Woodside, Conoco Phillips, Shell, and Osaka Gas.
The first training camp, in 2010, was organised by Sydney Rotarians, almost
all handled in English, with translators translating into Tetum. The second
camp was shared 50-50 by Australians and Timorese. Last year’s camp used
English for the opening and closing ceremonies, and the rest was in Tetum.
Trainers were nearly all Timorese.
24 Issue 553. August 2013

TIMOR-LESTE
MEET OUR
NEW DISTRICT
GOVERNORS
Merv Ericson, D9810
Merv became a
Rotarian in 1983 when
he joined the Rotary
Club of Richmond,
Vic. He transferred
to the Rotary Club of
Monash, Vic, in 2003.
During his membership of both clubs,
Merv served in many positions including
President, Secretary, Treasurer and
Bulletin Editor as well as Club Director of
Foundation Committee and Club Services
Committee. At District level he has served
on the District 9810 GSE Committee. In
February 2007, Merv was selected as
District 9810 Group Study Exchange team
leader for the exchange with District 1130,
Central London. Merv and wife Kay have
two sons and two granddaughters.
Theo Glockemann, of District 9685, left, with Timor-Leste RYLA
coordinator Eddie Pinto and Rotary Club of Dili’s David Boyce.
This year, the director of the all-Tetum fourth RYLA is Eddie Pinto, 26, from
Dili. Eddie, a still and movie photographer who works for news organisations,
attended the first camp as a student, was recruited to be a facilitator in 2011,
then promoted to be the director last year and again this year.
Over five years before the first camp, a number of East Timorese attended
the annual RYLA camps in Australian Rotary Districts with hundreds of young
and similar-minded Australians. They absorbed the training methods and
ethics, and became facilitators or trainers back in Timor. They took back the
RYLA operations manual and translated it into Tetum, adapting it to suit their
culture, country and lifestyle.
The camps have attracted attention within Timor-Leste. Speakers have
included Kirsty Gusmao (wife of the Prime Minister), the Australian and
US Ambassadors, Timor-Leste politicians and civic leaders. The small but
dedicated Rotary Club of Dili has provided local support.
What happens to the 85 young Timorese after the next camp Take the
several hundred from the earlier camps. They were recruited with media,
leaflet and promotional drives from universities and wherever else young
people were occupied.
Their training impressed on them their responsibility to put something back
into the community and more broadly into their country. They have shown that
the young want to have jobs in government or non-government organisations
so they can serve the country rather than benefit themselves.
As is often the case in Australia, the young Timorese have formed a Rotaract
club in Dili with 60-plus members. They, along with many other RYLA students,
organise local committees to work on community projects and have absorbed
the Rotary motto of Service Above Self. •
Tim Moore, D9820
Tim joined the
Rotary Club of
Berwick, Vic, in 1996.
A Past President and
club Secretary, Tim’s
Board directorships
include both
community and international service. A
District Foundation Committee member,
Tim headed Foundation Promotion and
has been a District Secretary and an
Assistant Governor for the Casey Group.
A District advisory role to the Council of
Governors precipitated his ongoing role
as the District’s information technology
advisor, website coordinator and trainer.
He has also been an Assistant Chair
of the District Foundation committee.
Married to Jane for over 37 years, they
have two children.
Bruce Buxton, D9830
Bruce has been
a member of the
Rotary Club of
Devonport North,
Tas, since 1998.
He has enjoyed
many roles during
his Rotary membership, both at club
and District level. The role of Assistant
Governor for two years was a very
satisfying experience, while serving as
District Secretary in 2010-11 gave him an
insight into the workings of clubs within
the District. Bruce worked for the same
agricultural and industrial machinery
sales company in various roles of sales
and administration for over 45 years.
Bruce and wife Gill have four children
and one grandson.
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Rotary says G’day
(HUMANITY IN MOTION 3)
IS UNDER WAY
showcasing Rotary action in Australia!
ORDER YOUR COPIES NOW...
The best Rotary public relations exercise in years!
Wow! I would join that organization.
I did not know Rotary clubs did that …
… just a couple of the comments received following distribution of Humanity In Motion 2 during 2011/12.
The inspiration of PDG Tony Castley, the original Humanity
in Motion volume was produced during his gubernatorial
year of 2008/09, sponsored by Rotary International’s
innovative Public Relations Grants system. The second
edition of this superb coffee table book was produced in
2011/12 and has provided the perfect resource for Rotarians
and Rotary clubs to promote Rotary’s image and
achievements around Australia.
Humanity in Motion # 3 will be a project of the Rotary
International Districts of Australia. It will again showcase
a myriad of outstanding Rotary programs and special
projects throughout 120 pages of superbly presented editorial
and graphic design – reflecting the professional skills of
veteran Rotarian journalist George Richards and graphic
designer Ted Sheedy.
Major programs like The Rotary Foundation, Australian
Rotary Health, success stories from Rotary Australia World
Community Service, Interplast, Rotary Oceania Medical Aid
for Children, ShelterBox Australia, Probus, Disaster Aid
Australia, Rotary Youth Exchange and other major youth
initiatives like Rotary Youth Leadership Awards and Rotary’s
Model United Nations Assembly will all be included!
Rotary says G’day (Humanity in Motion 3) is aimed at promoting Australian Rotary achievements at the time of
the RI Convention in Sydney 2014. It will be the perfect gift for club public relations programs, guest speakers,
awards nights, international guests, exchange students, Group Study Exchange of Vocational Training Team
members, city and school libraries, motels, professional offices and coffee shops … the list is endless!
It is absolutely vital for Districts and clubs to secure their orders - before the print run
is finalized – at the special price of $5 per book (including GST) plus freight.
Contact Judy Drake or Bob Aitken at Rotary Down Under
telephone 02 9633 4888 – for further information.
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26 Issue 553. August 2013

Ellissa Nolan
Humanitarians
Online
DIGITAL DIRECTIONS
How is your relationship
with technology
MEET OUR
NEW DISTRICT
GOVERNORS
Phil Ashton, D9910
Phil’s Rotary service
began 15 years ago
when he joined
the Rotary Club of
Takapuna North,
NZ, where he served
as President in
2006-07. Since then he has served four
years as the club’s Foundation Director,
with particular responsibility for District
Simplified Grants. Phil is an accountant
and has been a member of the NZ
Institute of Chartered Accountants
since 1975. He has specialised as a
Personal Financial Planner since 1994.
He is an Authorised Financial Planner,
and qualified as a Bachelor of Business
Studies endorsed in Financial Planning in
1998. Phil and partner Janice Blomgren
have four children between them.
How are you feeling about your
relationship with technology and
the digital revolution Are you on
Facebook or Twitter, and do you even
care about it
An interesting moment occurred
during the Lisbon Convention when
helping out in the Beginners Social
Media workshop. I became familiar
with how some Rotarians are really
struggling to understand and set
up a Facebook account, create their
profiles and get started. Ten minutes
into the facilitator’s presentation,
one gentleman stood up and said,
“You are speaking at level 1.01, could
we go back to level 1.00 please”.
At the end of the presentation,
another gentleman came up to me
and said, “I’m really glad I came to
this workshop, I now know why I
don’t use Facebook. It’s useless to
me”. He surprised me and I agreed
with him. “Yes, Facebook is a very
personal thing, so there is no point
doing it if it’s not relevant for you.”
To contrast, an inspiring moment
came to me after presenting ‘Good
Visuals Are Not a Happy Accident’
at the Advanced Social Media
Workshop. A young university
media student and Rotaractor from
San Diego came up to me excitedly
and asked how I had evolved in
my career, as this is the path and
direction she would like to take with
hers. After coffee and a chat I invited
her to intern at RDU for a month, if
she could find a sponsor to get here.
Sometimes it seems we are all
flying down a path caught up in
the tornado of a digital revolution.
It’s also great to reflect on why we
are engaging online, how it will
help us connect and what we are
actually trying to achieve. As much
as I am for the digital revolution,
personal engagements and brief
exchanges like this can often be
more meaningful than trying to
interpret data from client surveys and
online analytics. •
Willard Martin, D9920
Willard has been
a member of the
Rotary Club of
Ellerslie Sunrise, NZ,
since 1988 and was
President in 2005-
06. He has been a
member of the District 9920 Finance
Committee and an Assistant Governor
with a keen interest in the District
Foundation Committee and the PolioPlus
Sub-Committee. Willard is a Clerk of the
Course of Rally NZ, the NZ Round of the
Federation International de l’Automobile
(FIA) World Rally Championship. In 2010
he was inscribed on the Motorsport NZ
Honours Roll. Willard and wife Rotarian
Gabrielle Gimblett-Martin have three
sons, one daughter, three grandsons and
two granddaughters between them.
Russell Turner, D9930
Russell has been a
Rotarian since 1986.
He was President
of the Rotary Club
of Rotorua North,
NZ, 2006-07, and
then President of
the Rotary Club of Tauranga 2011-12
where he is also a Trustee. Russell was
born in Mosgiel, Otago, NZ and comes
from a family of ten children. A keen
sportsman and rugby player, Russell also
played cricket and tennis at a senior level.
Russell enjoyed 21 years in a successful
Real Estate career in partnership with
his wife Liz. Prior to that Russell worked
for Telecom NZ. Russell “retired” in 2011
to become (as Liz puts it) a full-time
Rotarian. Russell and Liz have five children
and a granddaughter between them.
www.rotarydownunder.org 27

CLUB PROJECTS
raffiti
REMOVAL DAY
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Rotary District Governors in NSW have appointed the following
Rotary leaders to serve as District Co-ordinators for Graffiti Removal Day.
9640 Terry Brown (Lismore) 0427 500 610 terry.carolbrown@bigpond.com
PDG Peter Robinson (Grafton) 0408 660 732 dg0910@commander360.com
9650 Joyce Durey (Armidale) 0407 005 910 jdurey@bigpond.net.au
9670 PDG Janette Jackson(Cessnock) 0419 421 154 jj4211@bigpond.com
9675 Charles Hughes (Haberfield) 0416 029 330 charleshughes1500@yahoo.com.au
9685 Cliff Hoare (Dural) 0418 268 998 wedig@ihug.com.au
Roger Norman (Turramurra) 0414 445 361 rno00230@bigpond.net.au
Tom Colless (Katoomba) 0418 274 751 tc@colless.com.au
9700 Bob Campbell (Griffith) 0410 562 669 bobsue54@gmail.com
9710 Fiona Kibble (Nowra) 0409 363 682 fakibble3@bigpond.com
9790 Terry Simmonds (Albury) 0438 284 070 simmos.home@internode.on.net
Rotary Clubs already involved in Graffiti removal in there areas - or clubs who would
like to acquire such skills and resources - are invited to register their expressions
of interest with the appropriate District Co-ordinator as soon as possible.
Extensive sponsorship is available to support participating Rotary clubs.
Telephone: 1300 665 310, or
Email: info@graffitiremovalday.com.au
Full planning details and general information for
Graffiti Removal Teams is available on our
Graffiti Removal Day website www.graffitiremovalday.com.au
Graffiti Removal Day is a Rotary Down Under community action program in partnership with the NSW Government
28 Issue 553. August 2013

CLUB PROJECTS
Premier Newman
joins Salvos, Rotary and Zonta for
“Project Now”
sod turning ceremony
Premier of Queensland Campbell Newman turns
the first Sod on the site of the Rotary Club of
Brisbane Planitarium’s Project NOW.
Premier Campbell Newman turned the first sod
on the site of a new 20-bed accommodation
facility for women recovering from addiction at
The Salvation Army’s Brisbane Recovery Services
Centre (Moonyah), in Red Hill, Qld, in June.
The sod turning ceremony marked a significant
milestone for Project NOW (Nurturing Our
Women), which was initiated by The Rotary Club
of Brisbane Planetarium, Qld.
In 2010 The Rotary Club of Brisbane
Planetarium had the vision to raise $750,000
over three years and officially launched Project
NOW, which aimed to build a 20-bed residence
exclusively for women with addiction, who face
long waiting lists and acute bed shortages. Only 48 beds
in Queensland are designated for women from 200 statefunded
“recovery beds”.
In 2011 the club formed a partnership with the Salvos,
who revised plans to build a $2.1 million residence,
including the $750,000 raised by the Rotary Club of
Brisbane Planetarium.
Salvation Army spokesperson Major Neil Dickson said,
“The Salvation Army has a long history of working with
people whose lives have been affected by the harmful
use of, or addiction to, alcohol, gambling or drugs. We
are excited that this planned facility will provide an
environment conducive for women seeking hope, healing
and wholeness through addiction recovery.”
In late 2011, The Zonta Club of Brisbane Metro Breakfast
Club, spearheaded by Amena Reza, with affiliated Zonta
Clubs joined forces with Rotary and The Salvation Army
under the patronage of the Governor of Queensland,
Penelope Wensley AC.
Rotary’s Chairman of Project NOW Michelle Davis said,
“This project created an amazing collaboration between
three outstanding service organisations. The energy and
momentum in combining forces have assisted in turning
the project dream into reality.”
The Bridge Program is a long-term, residential treatment
program lasting eight to 10 months. The length of the
program is important because it gives participants time in
a healthy, drug-free environment to learn to live without
drugs, alcohol and gambling.
The proposed facility will comprise 20 rooms and will
be built over three levels. The top two levels will provide
accommodation and bathroom facilities. The lower level
will provide group and counselling rooms. The building is
designed to blend with the existing brick construction of
The Salvation Army Centre in Red Hill and the community
at large.
To donate to Project NOW contact Michelle Davis on
0433 152 063, OR write a cheque to Project NOW, and
post to PO Box 750, Toowong, Queensland 4066, OR visit
www.rotaryprojectnow.org •
www.rotarydownunder.org 29

MEET OUR
NEW DISTRICT
GOVERNORS
Deb Gimblett, D9940
Born in Napier, NZ,
and schooled at
Sacred Heart, Deb
then moved to
Palmerston North
to train in nursing.
This led to jobs
involving medical/surgical, psychiatric
and addiction nursing, which developed
Deb‘s strengths of engaging with
people as individuals and recognising
and developing their strengths. Deb
and husband Neville moved to Foxton
in 2003 where she joined the Rotary
Club of Foxton, serving as club Director,
President, District Chair of Healthy
Heroes Committee, Club Facilitator and
Assistant Governor. She is now a member
of the Rotary Club of Levin. Deb and
Neville have three daughters.
John Rickard, D9970
John’s first
involvement with
Rotary was as a GSE
team member to
Sussex and Surrey,
England, in 1980.
He subsequently
hosted many GSE team members over
the years. John joined Rotary in 1985
and was President of the Rotary Club of
Ashburton NZ, in 2007-08. At District
level he has served on the Matched
Student Exchange Committee and been
a selector for the GSE program. John and
wife Margaret were part of the Rotary
Friendship Exchange team that visited
Devon and Cornwall in 2008. He was
an Assistant Governor 2010-12. John
and Margaret have three sons and five
grandchildren.
KILIMANJARO
Momentous mountain
climb aids Amnesty
Fuelled by the desire to benefit those who have
lived a life of suffering, Ken Hutt, of the Rotary
Club of Berry, NSW, scales the summit of Mt
Kilimanjaro and raises $10,000 for Amnesty
International along the way.
It’s 6:30am. Our porters deliver tea and a bowl of hot water outside our tent.
We’ve had an overnight dusting of fresh snow. There is a buzz about camp
this morning. Today is the day. We have already been on the trail for four days,
but today we’ll walk five hours to Kibo Camp, rest, eat and attempt to sleep
before waking up at 11pm to begin our summit attempt at midnight. It is then
six hours to Gilman’s Point, two more to Uhuru Peak (the summit), then four
more back down to Kibo.
After lunch and a short rest, we continue on for three hours to Horombo,
where we’ll camp for the evening. In all, it is 19 hours of walking in 36 hours.
The day is calm with the sun shining as we round the edge of Mawenzi Peak
and begin our journey across the saddle between the two mountains. The
landscape is a lunar desert – desolate, exposed and monochromatic. Clouds
rise up and over the edge to our right, roll across the saddle itself, then glide
smoothly back down to our left. The African plains far below are awash with
cloud. While Kibo Camp is visible near the base of the summit in the distance,
our guides assure us we must maintain our pole, pole (slowly, slowly) pace
to conserve energy and that it will, in fact, be several more hours before we
reach camp.
Gary Williams, D9980
Gary joined the
Rotary Club of
Dunedin South, NZ,
in 1990 and was
President during
Rotary’s Centenary
Year (2004-05). He has
held a number of club committee roles
and was an Assistant Governor during
2006-07. Gary has contributed to the
governance of many local organisations.
He is a member of NZ Institute of
Management, is currently Chairman of the
NZIM National Gradings Panel and is a
Life Fellow of the organisation. Gary and
wife Gail, a member of the Rotary Club of
Taieri, have had a strong involvement with
Rotary Youth Exchange students. Their
two daughters have grown up with Rotary
as part of their lives.
30 Issue 553. August 2013

KILIMANJARO
On arrival at Kibo and full of apprehension for the hours
ahead, we enter our tent. In doing so, my daughter Sarah
looses her footing and falls on the gravelly and broken
ground. She lands heavily on her previously injured
ankle. The expedition doctor immediately attends to her.
Although we maintain a small hope of her still being able
to climb, it soon becomes obvious that her attempt for
the final summit push is over.
We have two hours to nap before briefing and dinner
– another meal we have to literally force down. Then
it’s back to bed for three more hours. I surprisingly
sleep soundly.
We are awakened at 11pm. Seventeen climbers and
guides, under torch light start the move up the mountain.
The temperature is plummeting quickly. There are no
views until Gilman’s Point is reached, but, as if a switch
is flicked, as we come over the rim of the summit crater
the daylight breaks over the Tanzanian Plains 5000
metres below.
At about 8am we reach the sign post marking the summit
itself. Uhuru Peak – the true roof of Africa. Panoramic
views of centuries-old glaciers,
other peaks in the distance, planes
flying below us. This is a magical
moment. A personal triumph. The
accomplishment of climbing for
the benefit of others. A touch of
sadness, not being able to share
the success with Sarah.
Breathless is the only word
that accurately describes how I
feel at this moment. Somehow,
I manage to rustle up enough
energy to dance a triumphant and
celebratory jig before huddling the
group together for a summit photo,
the same way we started this epic
journey. I recruit the assistance of
my climbing partners and capture
photos of my sponsors’ banners at
the summit. The wind is gale force
and reduces the temperature to
somewhere near minus 15 degrees. The biting pain on
my fingers, however, is inconsequential as without the
support of the Rotary Club of Berry, NSW, the Rotary Club
of Cronulla, NSW, and other corporate and individual
sponsors I would not be in a position to realise a $10,000
donation to Amnesty Australia.
Due to the altitude and high winds, we are only able to
stay at the summit for a short time before beginning our
descent back down to Kibo. I am greeted by Sarah and we
rejoice together upon the success of the climb.
It is three hours to Horombo, where we will camp for
the night. Exhausted but full of joy for our mountain
success, the solace of knowing we have done this for
people who suffer at the will of others throughout their
lives somehow carries our beyond-tired bodies forward.
We reach camp, and we set up house in our tents for the
last time. •
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in New Zealand.
The position will require the person to have
experience in warehouse distribution,
sales preferably in the building industry.
An attractive renumeration package will be
available to successful applicant.
For initial enquiries contact Geoff Sell at
sell4@bigpond.com.au
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Following the decision of Disaster
Aid Australia to terminate the
position, CEO Jenni Heenan bids
her supporters a fond farewell.
XXXXXX
Disaster Aid
Australia
with CEO Jenni Heenan
A difficult day
for Disaster Aid
This is the most difficult communiqué I
have had to write in my quest to make
the world a better place, in the name of
fellow Rotarians.
But I will never lose sight of
the generous, compassionate and
encouraging Rotarians who have
supported Disaster Aid Australia to
where it is today.
Since our inception three years ago
as an Australian Rotary clubs project,
we have worked together to provide
our marvellous survival boxes, water
purification systems and solar lighting
for more than 2500 families in various
parts of the world following a disaster.
It is because of our great team effort
that we have been able to achieve this.
Because of our own disasters here
in Australia over the past six months
and the general concern about our
economy following the GFC, our
donations have subsided and it is for
this reason my role and life at Disaster
Aid Australia ended in early July. The
Board had to make a choice between
ensuring the maximum amount of
donated funds reached those affected
by disasters, or using a larger amount
for fundraising and administration
costs. This latter choice would result
in DAA being unable to deliver to the
needy the maximum number of our
much needed boxes of hope, water
purification systems and solar lighting.
Without remuneration costs, DAA
can provide greater services to those
affected by disasters.
I sincerely thank you all for your past
assistance and ask that you continue to
support this amazing organisation.
I have said it before – stand tall and
proud – we have made a difference
as Australian Rotarians and we will
continue to do so into the future. •
A Night to Remember
By Athanae Lucev
Rotary Club of Crawley, WA
Alongside its world-leading commitment to diversity, youth engagement
and gender equality in membership ranks, part of what makes Perth-based
Rotary Club of Crawley such an innovative club is its passion for fundraising.
On May 4, the club hosted its second A Night to Remember event.
Remarkably, through the incredible work of volunteers and the generosity
of sponsors and supporters, Rotary Crawley was able to raise a total of more
than $400,000 in just one night.
Held at the five-star Hyatt Regency Perth, the black-tie gala event was
attended by more than 320 guests. Former ABC broadcaster Verity James
generously donated her time as master of ceremonies on the evening, while
Gold Logie nominated television producer, journalist, former radio host and
host of ABC’s Enough Rope, Andrew Denton, was keynote speaker.
Special guests on the night included the Governor of Western Australia
Malcolm McCusker and his wife Tonya. Acclaimed vocalist Billie Court
performed the national anthem accompanied by Phil Walley-Stack on the
didgeridoo, and members of the Perth Symphony Orchestra entertained
guests through the night with modern takes on old classics and pop songs.
Rotary Crawley member and auctioneer extraordinaire Peter Lawrance led
a highly successful auction with items like an African Safari and a getaway
to Indonesia each netting several thousands of dollars.
What makes this evening so special is that it’s not just another black-tie
event: it’s genuinely an opportunity for a group of people to come together
to help raise funds that will turn lives around. The night’s beneficiary, Teen
Challenge WA, is one of the largest and most effective substance abuse
recovery programs of its kind. Teen Challenge’s Grace Academy is a 40-bed
rehabilitation facility that provides care for young men and women who are
detoxing from drug and alcohol dependence as a first step, then assists with
practical skills and building capability for individuals to return as responsible
members of society, ready to make their own positive difference. The cost of
each person’s attendance at the Grace Academy sits at about $20,000, and
Rotary Crawley thanks the Governor and Mrs McCusker for donating this
amount for a scholarship to the academy on the night.
With the assistance of funds raised, Teen Challenge WA will continue to
help stop the destructive cycle, and the lives wasted through addiction. •
32 Issue 553. August 2013

THIS ROTARY WORLD
Living Legends of Footscray
The Rotary Club of Footscray, Vic, recently paid tribute
to nine members who have each given over 40 years
of service to the club, with one completing 60 years in
November 2013.
Past District Governor John Davis paid tribute to
the guests of honour, reminding all present that, “RI
President 1988-89 Royce Abbey’s theme, Put Life Into
Rotary – Your Life, epitomises the service of these
members who collectively put 412 years of their life into
the humanitarian work of the Rotary Club of Footscray.
“Without Rotary’s many wonderful programs, the
world would certainly be a poorer, less caring place
for many of its citizens. However, no matter how good
and worthwhile the program and projects of Rotary
International may be, without dedicated members who
wish to do good in the world, nothing will be achieved.
“Inducted members make a commitment to look
beyond themselves and their immediate family,
because they believe Rotary makes a positive difference
in the world, and they can make a meaningful
contribution to its ideals and objectives.
“Sometimes it’s difficult and inconvenient to be at
meetings, or participate in club projects, but these nine
members have weathered the storm and faced these
Then District Governor Dennis Shore, left, with the living
legends of Victoria’s Rotary Club of Footscray. They are PDG
Lawrence Atley (April 1972), Lauch Wright (November 1953),
Bill Hogg (July 1966), Bob Long (March 1971), Past President
Bob McNish (July 1964), Past President Wal McCulloch
(October 1963), Ken Miller (November 1971), Past President
John MacDonald-Smith (October 1972) and Past President
Frank Trimboli (August 1973).
demands weekly, both from a business and personal
perspective, all their Rotary life. They trust Rotary and
know Rotarians to be ethical, kind, open hearted and
fair, who have the ability and the willingness to do what
needs to be done. They know by helping others, that
their lives, as well as those they’ve helped, have been
changed by Rotary’s good works, and this is the reason
they have given their adult life to Service Above Self.”
District Governor Dennis Shore presented each
“Legend” with a certificate and memento in recognition
of their years of service, in the presence of their
partners, friends and Rotarians who had come to join
in the celebrations and acknowledge their contribution.
Current club President Maria Silber expressed thanks
and appreciation to the Legends and commented,
“Their combined 412 years of Rotary knowledge and
experience is a great asset to our club, which celebrated
its 75th Anniversary in 2012”.
Seniors get SASSSI with Rotary
On June 11 residents at the Azure Blue Retirement Village celebrated the completion of their SASSSI (Stay Active,
Stay Strong, Stay Independent) physical activities program, initiated and supported by the Rotary Club of Redcliffe
Sunrise, Qld. Northshore Personal Trainers of Margate, Qld, assisted the participants with prescribed gym circuits and
group activities. Each participant received a gift bag of vouchers donated by “Our Village Foundation” and a SASSSI
medallion in recognition of their efforts. The Rotary Club of Redcliffe Sunrise intends to expand the program across
the Redcliffe Peninsula in collaboration with other interested community organisations.
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THIS ROTARY WORLD
Vital literacy aid program needs help
In 1941 Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th
Earl of Ranfurly KCMG was a Desert
Rat. In fact, according to Wikipedia,
he and his wife Hermione were
quite a pair.
She was determined to defy
British Army regulations by chasing
her husband around the Middle East
while he was on active service. He,
after being captured by the Italians,
had a lively time attempting escape,
then, after the Italian Armistice,
joining the partisans to harass the
Germans. Eventually he was reunited
with both his regiment and his wife.
After the War, when he was
Governor of the Bahamas, Lord
Ranfurly and his Lady went to war
again – this time, a war against
poverty and ignorance. They started
the Ranfurly Library Service.
The Ranfurly story is a genuine
tale of noblesse oblige – privileged
people who did their duty to their
country, to each other, and to the
wider world.
In 1986, encouraged by the
Ranfurlys themselves, the Ranfurly
Library Service was taken up by the
Rotary Club of Sydney, NSW.
Ranfurly, now known as Ranfurly
Book Aid Inc., serves PNG and
the Pacific Islands through
consignments of books to Rotary
clubs, schools, universities and
church organisations. To date, over
3,500,000 carefully selected books
have been despatched at a current
rate of about 2000 books per week.
The current emphasis is on material
for children of infant and primary
school age – in good condition with
plenty of pictures and easy text.
Ranfurly is run by a band of
volunteers, both Rotarians and
friends of Rotary. It is a small, quiet,
faithful, consistent cog in the Rotary
wheel of worldwide service. Some
think of Ranfurly as the “book arm”
of Donations in Kind, but this is not
so. Ranfurly is a separate entity –
and Ranfurly needs help!
Ranfurly needs new financial
supporters.
Total costs last year were $18,343
and income was $21,546. However,
this year the situation is reversing
as costs have increased significantly.
For instance, previously free cartons
must now be paid for. Likewise
electricity, previously free, must
now be paid for. And income from
club donations this year is down
dramatically. Only $5000 received
to date.
Ranfurly needs:
• to be understood throughout
Rotary as a vital and effective aid
program to developing nations
of the Pacific. Ranfurly is not a
library, it is a serious literacy aid;
• to be reassured by existing
supporting clubs of continuing
financial support;
• to enlist fresh financial support
from clubs throughout District
9750 and beyond.
How wonderful it would be if
every club served by Rotary Down
Under made a point of placing
Ranfurly Book Aid on its agenda for
consideration as a truly worthwhile
focus for international action.
Ranfurly has Donor Recipient
Status and can therefore offer tax
deductibility to donors, both club
and personal.
Nielsen Warren
Friend of the Rotary Club of
Sydney Cove, NSW
50 years honoured at
glittering ceremony
Past District Governor Nevell
McPhee has been honoured by
Rotary International for his 50 years
of service to Rotary in various clubs
throughout Queensland, including
the Rotary Club of Redland Sunrise.
PDG Nevell McPhee and his wife
Linley, following the District Citation
presentation for his 50 years
of service to Rotary.
Nevell and his wife Linley were
guests of honour at a glittering
ceremony at the club’s Changeover
Dinner with nearly 140 people in
attendance, including a big party
of Rotarians and partners from
Queensland’s North Coast.
District 9630 Governor Annette
Richards presented Nevell with
District Citation recognition from
Rotary International 2012-13
President Sakuji Tanaka, together
with testimonials from the Rotary
34 Issue 553. August 2013

THIS ROTARY WORLD
Tanks, toilets and team work in
the Solomon Islands
A Rotary Australia World
Community Service
(RAWCS) team recently
came back from the
Western Province of the
Solomon Islands where
they installed tanks to
three different schools
that badly needed water
for the children.
They also installed three
refrigerators in three
different medical clinics to
give them somewhere to
store medicines and gave
them lights for the first
time, which the nurse is
quoted as saying, ”It will
be very good when we are
delivering a baby at night,
we will be able to see what
we are doing!”
The team also renewed
the roof on a primary school that
had been put there in 1961 and had
not been replaced since and built a
toilet block with tank to supply water
for drinking and for hand-flushing the toilets.
The local people were very supportive, working side
by side with the team to get the job done, carting
five boat-loads of materials to the remote island and
carrying it all up the hill to the work site, as well as
Ted McEwen, left, of the Rotary Club of Sydney Cove, NSW, Team Leader
Leo Smith, of the Rotary Club of Mooloolaba, Qld and Bruce Christie, of the
Rotary Club of Sydney Cove “on the job” in the Solomon Islands.
helping to do the work required on the job.
Comments from the local people included the fact
that they had made many requests to the Education
Department for a new roof, but, until Rotary arrived,
nothing was done.
clubs of Caloundra, Rockhampton
and Maryborough.
Rotary’s Heritage and History
International Fellowship also
honoured Nevell with a Hall
of Fame plaque, which will be
displayed at Rotary International
Conventions.
Rotary Club of Redland Sunrise
President Rosemary Skelly OAM said
that reading Nevell’s Curriculum
Vitae was a humbling experience
for another Rotarian and that his
service over such a long period of
time was testament to the calibre
of this unique human being, which
exemplifies whatever criteria you can
think of – Rotary’s Four-Way Test,
the Objects of Rotary, and Rotary’s
motto Service Above Self.
Nevell has formed two Rotary
clubs during his career, has been
recognised three times as a Paul
Harris Fellow, and has participated
in projects such as re-starting
Rotary in China and launching a
campaign to raise money for the
reconstruction of Darwin after
Cyclone Tracy, which saw $435,000
raised in 1975 dollars – about
$2.75 million today.
“Nevell’s greatest passion is
Rotary International’s PolioPlus
campaign,” Ms Skelly said. “Nevell
attended the 1998 National Polio
Immunisation day in Kathmandu,
Nepal, and personally administered
polio drops to small children who
today would be polio free.”
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NOTICES
Paul Harris Fellows
Rob Woolley, Norman Stuart
Collings, Lindsay King, Robert
Harris, Winston Bucknall, Dirk Van
Der Vliet and Patricia McDonell,
of the Rotary Club of Canberra City,
ACT.
Beth Woolley, of the Rotary
e-Club of Brindabella, presented by
the Rotary Club of Canberra City,
ACT.
Jeanette Phillips and Anne
Sciannimanica, presented by the
Rotary Club of Canberra City, ACT.
David McInnes (Sapphire Pin)
and Floretta McInnes, of the Rotary
Club of Morwell, Vic.
John Jones, of the Rotary Club of
Bulli and Northern Illawarra, NSW.
Dev Connolly, Phillip Giffen,
Valerie Giffen, Mark Goldsworthy,
John Hackett, Jenny Lyon,
Marlene Moore, Robert Southby,
Jan Southby, Adrienne Veale and
Michael Bowman, of the Rotary
Club of Blakiston, SA.
Neil Sheridan (Sapphire Pin),
Brian Hennig (Sapphire Pin) and
Sam Matheson, of the Rotary Club
of Adelaide East, SA.
Michael Bromby (Second
Sapphire Pin), Brian Downie
(Sapphire Pin) and John Ilott
(Sapphire Pin), of the Rotary Club of
Central Melbourne-Sunrise, Vic.
Jan Heap, Kim Storen, of the
Rotary Club of Ashmore, Qld.
John Stafford and Julie Burdett,
of the Rotary Club of Naracoorte,
SA.
Rod Carey, of the Rotary Club of
St Peters, SA.
Faye Hester of the Rotary Club of
Hastings Western Port, Vic.
Leading Senior Constable of
Victoria Police Leah Anderson and
Assistant Principal of Western Port
College Hannah Lewis, presented
by the Rotary Club of Hastings
Western Port, Vic.
Jim Della-Vedova and Richard
Hicks, of the Rotary Club of
Cootamundra, NSW.
Ray Jones, presented by the
Rotary Club of Noarlunga East, SA.
Robert Favelle, of the Rotary
Club of Cabramatta, NSW.
Suzanne Bozorth-Baines, of the
Rotary Club of Highton Kardinia, Vic.
Bill Fuller and Alex Lamb, of the
Rotary Club of Foster, Vic.
Lorraine Nichol (Sapphire Pin)
and Ros Cribb, of the Rotary Club
of Nelson Bay, NSW.
Douglas Gretgrix, of the Rotary
Club of Charlton, Vic.
Patricia Matthews, presented by
the Rotary Club of Charlton, Vic.
Phil Aubin, Paul McCormack,
Bill Pitt (Sapphire Pins) and Keith
Harcombe, of the Rotary Club of
Charlestown, NSW.
Louise Rufo, presented by the
Rotary Club of Charlestown, NSW.
Shirley Gilmore and Ross
Romeo, presented by the Rotary
Club of Ayr, Qld.
Enzo Mandich and Scott Lewis,
of the Rotary Club of Adamstown-
New Lambton, NSW.
Ivor Johnson (Second Sapphire
Pin), Honorary Member of the
Rotary Club of Woodend, Vic.
Brendan Watters, of the Rotary
Club of Woodend, Vic.
Bob Hocking (Sapphire Pin),
Pam Binks (Sapphire Pin), Nigel
Woolmer and Wayne Sachs, of the
Rotary Club of Glenelg, SA.
Margaret Raynor, Jeremy
Dawes, Vina Chubb and Liska
Roberts, of the Rotary Club of
Warner’s Bay, NSW.
Glenn Howell and Bob Penny, of
the Rotary Club of Hamilton, Vic.
Graham Long, of the Rotary Club
of Kings Cross, NSW.
Ian Milne (Second Pin), of the
Rotary Club of Flagstaff Hill, SA.
Colin West and Bob Sorensen, of
the Rotary Club of Port Lincoln, SA.
Peter Sweetman (Third Ruby
Pin), Ken Smith (Fifth Sapphire
Pin), Judy Cole (Fourth Sapphire
Pin), Desiree Hocquard, Gordon
Vernon, McKim Wilson and David
McMillan (deceased), of the Rotary
Club of Huntly, NZ.
David Coulter and Graham
Dockrill, of the Rotary Club of
Christchurch South, NZ.
PDG Leanne Jaggs (Fourth
Sapphire Pin), of the Rotary Club
of Manukau City Sunrise, NZ,
presented by District 9920.
Ken Holmes (Third Sapphire Pin),
of the Rotary Club of Pakuranga, NZ,
presented by District 9920.
Pam Deal (Sapphire Pin), of the
Rotary Club of Downtown Auckland,
NZ, presented by District 9920.
Aritra Ray, of the Rotaract Club
of Auckland City, NZ, presented by
District 9920.
Joyce Shortridge, presented by
the Rotary Club of Alfriston, NZ.
Christine Scott (Sapphire Pin),
Donna Buckland, Denise Moller,
John Biggs and Peter Venning, of
the Rotary Club of Auckland, NZ.
Shefali Mehta (Third Sapphire
Pin), Harjeet Golian (Sapphire Pin),
Jennie Sew Hoy (Sapphire Pin) and
Ashwini Sadhu, of the Rotary Club
of Auckland Harbourside, NZ.
Alex Rodgers (Second Sapphire
Pin) and Sally Cargill, of the Rotary
Club of Browns Bay, NZ.
Denise Ritchie, presented by
the Rotary Club of Browns Bay,
Auckland, NZ.
Pat Taylor (Sapphire Pin), Mike
Lowe (Sapphire Pin) and Ewen
Brunskill, of the Rotary Club of
Botany East Tamaki, NZ.
Mary Motion, presented by the
Rotary Club of Botany East Tamaki,
NZ.
Philip Hewlett, of the Rotary Club
of Drury, NZ.
Grant Hunter (Third Sapphire Pin)
and Win Wilson (Sapphire Pin), of
the Rotary Club of Ellerslie Sunrise,
NZ.
Peter Wilson, presented by the
Rotary Club of Ellerslie Sunrise, NZ.
PDG Ken Winter (Second
36 Issue 553. August 2013

NOTICES
Sapphire Pin), of the Rotary Club
of Auckland East, presented by the
Rotary Club of Hillsborough, Lynfield
and Mt Roskill, NZ.
David Marquet (Sapphire Pin), of
the Rotary Club of Maungaturoto
and Districts, NZ.
Bruce Dewhurst (Sapphire Pin), of
the Rotary Club of Morrinsville, NZ.
Graeme Nummy, of the Rotary
Club of Mount Maunganui, NZ.
Ernie Mayer (Sapphire Pin),
Barry Stafford (Sapphire Pin),
Mavis Moodie, Lloyd Albiston and
Nick Treacy, of the Rotary Club of
Onehunga One Tree Hill, NZ.
Lex Moodie, presented by the
Rotary Club of Onehunga One Tree
Hill, NZ.
Barry Blommaart (Sapphire Pin),
of the Rotary Club of Rutherford
Nelson, NZ.
Kaye Parker, presented by the
Rotary Club of Queenstown, NZ.
Ian Farquhar (Sapphire Pin) and
Claire Ramsay, of the Rotary Club
of Dunedin South, NZ.
The Rotary Foundation
Distinguished Service
Award
PDG Bob Young, of the Rotary Club
of Ellerslie Sunrise, NZ.
Rotary International
Rotarian Spouse/Partner
Service Award
Adrienne Davies, wife of 9920 PDG
Jack Davies, of the Rotary Club of
Otahuhu, NZ.
Rotary International
Significant Achievement
Awards for 2012-2013
Then President Mike Jaggs and
the Rotary Club of Botany East
Tamaki, NZ
Then President Brian Stead and the
Rotary Club of Belfast Kaiapoi, NZ.
Called to Higher Service
PDG Alan Hercus (PHF), sadly
passed away in July. Alan was
formerly of the Rotary Club of Levin,
NZ, and then a member of the
Rotary Club of Waikanae.
Past Assistant Governor Helmut
Buss, of the Rotary Club of Roseville
Chase, NSW, passed away on
April 23 after being diagnosed
with terminal Melanoma. Helmut
knew he was dying and, with a
determination that was such a part
of his character, resolved that he
would establish the Probus Club
of Roseville Chase before he died,
which he did. He will be sadly
missed by his many Rotary friends.
Charter Member Bob Clarke
(PHF), of the Rotary Club of Roseville
Chase, NSW, was a very dedicated
Rotarian and received several
recognitions for his service. He
was given the inaugural President’s
Award in 1993 and the club’s Quiet
Achiever Award in 2011.
The Rotary Club of Corrimal,
NSW, is mourning the passing of
esteemed member Noel Causer
OAM (Three Sapphire Pins). As an
influence for good, as a worker for
good, there is no peer to Noel.
Past President Keith Linton
Parker (PHF), of the Rotary Club of
Hastings Western Port, Vic, served
his community with diligence and
compassion. He was an active worker
with Anglican Church community
projects and will be sadly missed.
Past President David Clayton
(PHF), of the Rotary Club of
Hamilton, Vic, passed away on May
22, 2013.
Lionel Heres joined the Rotary
Club of Alexandra, Vic, in 2006,
where he served as President in
2008-09, leading bushfire relief and
recovery following Black Saturday.
Lionel passed away on June 13.
Honorary Member of the Rotary
Club of Greymouth, NZ, Ron
Messenger recently passed away
following a short illness.
Chris Crabtree (PHF), wife of PDG
Rob Crabtree, of the Rotary Club of
Howick, NZ, passed away on June 14.
Marie Donovan, wife of Jim
Donovan, of the Rotary Club of
Howick, NZ, passed away on April 23.
Past President Ron Price was
called to higher service in January
after more than 50 years of Rotary
service, with the last years at the
Rotary Club of Morrinsville, NZ.
Past President Peter Hodsell,
charter member of the Rotary
Club of Rotorua North, NZ, died in
Tauranga on April 28 aged 80.
Don Adams (PHF), of the Rotary
Club of Awapuni, NZ.
Past President Ian Cruden (PHF),
of the Rotary Club of Palmerston
North, NZ.
Past President Barrie Leach
(PHF), of the Rotary Club of Porirua
Sundown, NZ.
Past President Allan Todd (PHF),
honorary member of the Rotary
Club of Tawa, NZ.
Changes
The Rotary Club Of
Christchurch North, NZ,
now meets at The Elms Hotel,
456 Papanui Rd, Papanui,
Christchurch, on the first,
second and third Tuesdays
each month at 6pm.
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SMILES
THE CHURCH DINNER
A group of friends from the Cottonwood Church wanted to get
together on a regular basis to socialise and play games. The lady of
the house was to prepare the meal.
When it came time for Alan and Elsie to be the hosts, Elsie wanted
to outdo all the others. She decided to have mushroom-smothered
steak, but mushrooms are expensive.
She told her husband, “No mushrooms, they are too dear.”
“Why don’t you go down in the pasture and pick some of those
mushrooms There are plenty in the creek bed.”
“No, some wild mushrooms are poisonous,” she said.
“Elsie, I see varmints eating them and they’re OK,” he said.
So Elsie decided to give it a try. She picked a bunch, washed, sliced
and diced them for her smothered steak. Then she went out on the
back porch and gave ol’ Spot (the dog) a double handful.
Ol’ Spot ate every bite and all morning long, Elsie watched him. The
wild mushrooms didn’t seem to affect him, so she decided to use them.
The meal was a great success and Elsie even hired a maid from town
to help her serve. After everyone had finished, they relaxed, socialised
and played bridge and dominoes. About then, the maid came in and
whispered in Elsie’s ear.
“Mrs. Yeadon, ol’ Spot is dead,” she said.
Elsie went into hysterics. After she finally calmed down, she called
the doctor and told him what had happened.
The doctor said, “That’s bad, but I think we can take care of it. I will
call for an ambulance and I will be there as quickly as possible. We’ll
give everyone enemas and we will pump out everyone’s stomach.
Everything will be fine. Just keep them calm.”
Soon they could hear the siren as the ambulance was coming down
the road. The paramedics and the doctor had their bags, syringes and
a stomach pump.
One by one, they took each person into the bathroom, gave them
an enema and pumped out their stomach.
After the last one was finished, the doctor came out and said, “I
think everything will be fine now,” and left.
They were all looking pretty weak sitting around the living room.
About this time the maid came in and whispered to Elsie, “You know,
that driver never even stopped after running over ol’ Spot.”
Rotary Club of Gawler, SA
CAUGHT OUT
Jim had an awful day fishing on the lake, sitting in the blazing sun all
day without catching a single fish. On his way home, he stopped at the
supermarket and ordered four catfish. He told the salesman, “Pick four
large ones out and throw them at me, will you”
“Why do you want me to throw them at you”
“Because I want to tell my wife that I caught them.”
“Okay, but I suggest that you take the orange roughy.”
“But why”
“Because your wife came in earlier today and said that if you
came by, I should tell you to take orange roughy. She prefers that for
supper tonight.”
Rotary Club of Port Macquarie, NSW
OBJECT OF
ROTARY
The Object of Rotary is to
encourage and foster the
ideal of service as a basis of
worthy enterprise and, in
particular, to encourage
and foster:
1
The
2
3
The
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development of
acquaintance as an
opportunity for service;
High ethical standards
in business and
professions; the
recognition of the
worthiness of all useful
occupations; and the
dignifying of each
Rotarian’s occupation as
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and peace through
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TIMOR L ESTE
9455
9465
9550
9500
A U STR ALI A
R O TA R Y INTERNATIO N AL Z O NE 8
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ZONES 7B & 8
PA P U A
NEW GUINEA
9570
9600
S OLOMON
ISL A N D S
N A U R U
VAN U AT U
F IJI
NEW CALE DONIA
9630
9640
N O R FOLK ISL A N D
9650
9520
9670
9685
9910
9700
9675
9710
9780
9790
9820
9800
9810
9830
KIRIB AT I
S AMOA
AMERICAN
S AMOA
COOK
T O N G A
ISL A N D S
9920
9930
9940
NEW ZEA L A N D
9970 R O TA R Y INTERNATIO N AL Z O NE 7B
9980
F RENC H
P O LY NESIA
ROTARY AT A GLANCE
Rotarians: 1,228,788 in 34,336 clubs
in 530 Districts in 215 countries.
Rotaractors: 210,979 in 9173 clubs in
171 countries.
Interactors: 329,015 in 14,305 clubs
Down Under there are 32,243
Rotarians in 1136 Clubs in 22 Districts
in Australia and 9331 Rotarians in
265 Clubs in 6 Districts in NZ and the
Pacific. Australian and New Zealand
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Leste, American Samoa, Cook Islands,
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where there are 776 Rotarians in
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life & leisure.
australian garden show . an orchestral evening like no other . keep your body bugs happy

LIFE & LEISURE
Indira Naidoo
GROWING AWARENESS OF THE SPACE WE LIVE IN
By Libby Wright
Australian TV personality and author of The Edible Balcony Indira Naidoo
takes on the role of sustainability curator at this year’s Australian Garden
Show, Sydney. Libby Wright talks to the passionate environmental activist
about the 360-degree edible garden she will create for the show and the
rising popularity of the ‘grow-your-own’ movement.
Indira Naidoo is a woman of
many passions. Journalist,
author, news presenter,
consumer advocate and
environmental activist; it’s
hard to find a profession that defines
her. Yet her role as sustainability
curator for the Australian Garden
Show in Sydney this September will
give the public a chance to witness
one of her most fervent interests;
gardening. Indira’s Kitchen Garden,
a 1000-square-metre installation
featuring a chicken run, edible tables,
pedal-powered sprinklers, worm
farms, vegetable arches, beehives, a
build your own edible strawberry wall
and a beautiful carousel, is set to strike
a stunning view among the raw beauty of Centennial Park
and charm young and old alike.
“The actual space is going to set the Garden Show apart,”
says Indira. “From the first meeting I couldn’t believe we got
such a wonderful location. It’s a huge space; 3.5 acres, which
I believe will make the show one of the largest in the world.
Centennial Park already has such amazing natural contouring,
and we’ve tried to bring in installations that showcase the
natural bush rock and native species as much as possible.”
But it’s not all potted plants and flowers at this year’s
Garden Show. Under the event direction of Anthony
Bastic (Vivid Sydney Festival Director) and the Vivid team,
the Australian Garden Show is promising to be a beautiful
night out.
“There’s a champagne bar of course,” says Indira. “And
the Kitchen Garden and restaurant have beautiful resin
planters that are illuminated from inside, giving the
garden a magic quality at night.”
Indira’s Kitchen Garden, a whimsical mixture of edibles,
animals and ecological gardening, will focus on inspiring
people to utilise whatever space they
have, big or small, to garden.
“I think people are beginning to
realise that not everyone is going to
get their sea-change or tree-change,
and they need to make do with
what they have,” says Indira. “I want
to showcase that they can still have
a rewarding gardening experience,
whether it be in a shed, from a
balcony or a community garden.”
Indira believes that gardening is
becoming an activity for everyone.
“The sexiest thing you can do is
garden; all the hipsters are doing it,”
she says. “Young people are becoming
connected to a growing awareness,
getting interested in things that are
more natural and healthy. In a sense, it’s quite political;
there’s a sense that community is breaking down and that
things like gardening are bringing them back together.
If you’re interested in building green spaces and carbon
footprints, it’s all part of it.”
Having successfully converted the balcony of her Potts
Point apartment into an urban garden space and the
publication of her book, The Edible Balcony, Indira could be
seen as somewhat of an expert on gardening in tight spaces.
“My installation will show people how to grow edibles,
not just the traditional garden patch way, but in small
spaces,” says Indira. “If you reimagine your space, your
garden can grow in all sorts of ways. Hanging space, wall
space and ceiling space are key, not just the ground.”
The Kitchen Garden will boast vegetable arches,
hydroponics and a build your own strawberry wall among
its space-saving gardening innovations, all of which will
grow fresh product for the on-site Harvest Restaurant.
Indira will even be building a pop-up version of her Edible
Balcony to give visitors a walkthrough of her inspiration.
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The Kitchen Garden promises to be a refreshing
change from the normally quiet and conservative nature
of your average garden shows. Indira wants to foster an
atmosphere of fun and laughter, with the carousel and
chicken-run full of rare breeds of feathered friends; she
hopes children will find the show as engaging as adults.
“Children will be fascinated by the rare breeds of
chickens, as well as the hydroponic tanks, getting to
see how the fish and the plants support each other
ecologically,” says Indira. “Kids, as well as parents, can
also have a go at using the pedal-powered sprinklers that
water the Kitchen Garden.”
Following in her role as sustainability curator, Indira has
ensured her installation will not just be visually stunning,
but will intrigue visitors with its focus on efficient use
of waste and energy. “Sustainability is very important.
We used as much recycled materials as possible in the
building and construction of the garden and many
pieces will be gifted to schools and retirement villages
after the show, or be available for purchase,” says Indira.
“The Kitchen Garden will showcase sustainable gardening
methods such as reticulated water usage, solar lighting,
beehives and worm farms for composting, and hopefully
get people thinking about how they can be energy
efficient in the garden.”
As well as sustainability, there will be a focus on
Indigenous, native gardening and our use of land.
“I want to encourage a reconnection with the wonders
of Indigenous food crops, how well suited they are to
our soil and how easily they can be incorporated into
our diet,” says Indira. “Edibles such as Davidson plums
and Lilly Pilly; a lot of people think Indigenous food is
rainforest crop, but a lot can go into small vegetable
gardens. I grow a few varieties myself.”
Indira also explains how we need to think ‘smarter’
in terms of growing.
“We haven’t looked at how we utilise the space
(Australian landscape). We grow out instead of smart
and it’s not sustainable. We need to internalise the
space we live in,” she adds.
“The main message I want to get across is, even
if you don’t think of yourself as a gardener, we’re
designing this garden for all kinds of people. We have
lots of interactive things; people will be surprised at
how tactile and stimulating the displays will be. They
are really engaging, and being surrounded by the
parklands makes it a unique experience. We have
speakers from around the world coming together for
this special occasion, and with the lights in the garden
in the evening and the restaurant, I really think there’s
something for everyone.”
The Australian Garden Show is on from September
5-8, 2013. •
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Precious
COME MY
AN ORCHESTRAL EVENING LIKE NO OTHER
By Libby Wright
Lord of The Rings fans rejoice; the Tolkien classic is returning to Brisbane’s Riverstage.
Following the sold-out success of last year’s
Fellowship of the Ring event, The Lord of The Rings:
The Two Towers will be shown in concert with the
Queensland Symphony Orchestra playing the
film’s Academy Award-winning score live.
This grand experience will be conducted by Justin Freer
and features soloist Kaitlyn Lusk along with the Brisbane
Birralee Voices, directed by Julie Christiansen, alongside
Peter Jackson’s epic film.
Warwick Adeney, first violinist and Concertmaster, is
excited to be part of the concert series.
“I did the Fellowship production last year. It’s good fun
and very different to what the orchestra does normally,”
says Warwick. “It’s a very popular event, and I think it’s
stimulating for the audience as they can see how the
score is coordinated with the movie. It’s great for us, the
string players, because we can pretty much watch the
movie from our position, whereas the brass section is
faced the wrong way!” Having read the book series as an
adult, Warwick is delighted to see people so enthusiastic
about the production.
“I can’t believe the imaginative world J.R.R. created, it’s
real triumphant word-making,” he says. “And everyone
wants a piece of it; everyone wants to get inside of it a
bit. I’m very pleased with the popularity of the idea.”
This one-night only event will give audience members a
chance to see the sheer work of an orchestral movie score.
“After seeing the show, people can really acknowledge
the part the orchestra has to play in films,” says Warwick.
“With almost every movie there’s an orchestral score –
cartoons, anime; all of it. Music on stage is the orchestra’s
bread and butter, but they’re always creating music for
movies,” he adds. “A lot of people don’t realise there’s
even a choir singing during the score in the movies, and
it’s great that we can expose the audience to that element
of the film live. It’s exciting for everyone.”
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While it’s all delight-under-the-stars for the audience,
the orchestra is hard at work, but not always at the music.
“The orchestration is intensive; you’ve really got to
concentrate and it’s a big, concerted effort,” says Warwick.
“But one of the biggest efforts is not being distracted by
the movie!”
And it’s no wonder the string section might lose their
focus; The Two Towers runs for over two and half hours,
with the third instalment (The Return of the King) running
over three hours.
“The war scenes are very brass heavy,” explains Warwick.
“It comes thick and fast for the brass section so this is a
big deal for them. You need a lot of stamina for brass.”
As intensive as the experience is, Warwick admits
Howard Shore’s score is so well written and carefully
annotated with the film that, unlike the performance of a
symphony, there’s no direct memorisation and there are
only a few rehearsals before the big show.
“Not that it means we’re unprepared, the evening is
going to be wonderful,” says Warwick.
So be you Hobbit, Dwarf, Man or Elf, a magic evening
in the natural beauty of the Riverstage amphitheatre is
guaranteed for all those who attend.
There is one show only, Saturday, October 5 at 6.30pm,
live on Brisbane’s Riverstage. Tickets are on sale through
Ticketmaster on 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au •
WIN
For your chance to win two tickets to The
Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers in
concert with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra email
editor@rotarianlifeandleisure.com or write to Editor, Life
& Leisure, 2/3 Fleay Court, Burleigh Heads, Queensland,
4220, with your answer to the following question. ‘Who
wrote the Two Towers’ score’ Please include ‘Two Towers
Giveaway’ in the subject line and postal address details in
the body of the email (or within the letter).
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The guide
to what’s
happening
near you
What’s what and
what’s hot throughout
Australia, New Zealand
and the Pacific Islands
this August-September.
15-18
AUGUST
WORD ADELAIDE
Word Adelaide celebrates words: their use, abuse and
power. Words surround us, but we rarely pause to
consider what they mean and how they influence the
world we live in. Word Adelaide is a chance to reflect, to
learn, to challenge ourselves and to enjoy the insights
and creativity of renowned entertainers, including Little
Britain’s Matt Lucas (pictured) and The Project’s Kitty
Flanagan. www.wordadelaide.com.au
New South Wales
Queensland
Tasmania
Northern Territory
South Australia
Victoria
13
AUGUST
RAISE YOUR
ROOF 2013
Break out the punch bowl
and dust off that record
player, it’s time to be the
hostess (or host) with the
most-est and support
Brisbane’s homeless youth
with a Raise Your Roof party
this Ekka eve. After raising
an incredible $30,000 with
the inaugural event last year,
Brisbane Youth Service [BYS]
is at it again and encouraging
people to get together and
host a party at their home,
work, school, club or gig.
www.raiseyourroof.org.au
23-1
AUGUST
DAVID HELFGOTT: 2013
NATIONAL TOUR
The inspiration for the Academy Award winning movie Shine, David
Helfgott is one of Australia’s most prolific and treasured musicians.
Performing a program of some of the most enchanting Romantic
piano repertoire, a highlight will be Helfgott’s staple performance
of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, which he performed
at the 1997 Academy Awards to an audience of Hollywood’s
biggest names. The WA leg of his tour will take in Bunbury, Perth,
Albany and Mandurah. www.amckinnon.com.au
Western Australia
Australian Capital Territory
New Zealand
4-8
SEPTEMBER
JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL
A five-day multi-arts international festival in Launceston with a particular focus on work that places
the audience at the centre of the experience, through performances that invite active involvement by
audiences, and installations outdoors and in public and private spaces that enliven the physical and
cultural landscape of the city. www.junctionartsfestival.com.au
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31-1
AUG-SEPT
THE RUSTY
IRON RALLY
The Mid North Coast
Machinery Restoration Club
based at Macksville is a
club for people interested
in the restoration, operation
and appreciation of a wide
variety of vintage vehicles
and machinery. The Rusty
Iron Rally is the club’s main
event, held each year in
September on Father’s Day
weekend.
www.rustyironrally.com
8-25
4
AUGUST
DARWIN FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER
WHITIANGA
SCALLOP FESTIVAL –
COROMANDEL
This foodie festival is a weekend of indulgence
with 60 food and wine stalls, seafood cooking
demonstrations and competitions, including
scallop shucking. Held in a village of marquees
overlooking the beautiful Whitianga Harbour,
the festival will also feature live entertainment.
Local cafes, bars and restaurants will stage
special events to complement the festival
atmosphere. www.scallopfestival.co.nz
1-31
AUGUST
FIRESIDE
FESTIVAL
Venues around the Canberra
region turn up the heat. Sip
on exquisite cool climate
wines, taste the delicacies
from the region, meet local
artists with a passion for their
craft, or just relax and warm
yourself on open fires in the
company of good friends.
www.firesidefestival.com.au
Darwin Festival is an 18-day feast of music, theatre, dance,
cabaret and more in the beautiful, tropical city of Darwin.
Come down and enjoy the festive atmosphere, delicious food
and drink stalls, and free performances at two Festival hubs –
George’s Green and Festival Park. darwinfestival.org.au
6-28
SEPTEMBER
AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL
LEAGUE FINALS SERIES
Don’t miss the spectacular crescendo of 23 weeks of fantastic
competition in the 2013 AFL Finals Series. From March to September
AFL teams fight it out to make the top eight and qualify for the final
series. Close to 95,000 fans pack the stands of the MCG for the
grand final, while millions watch it worldwide on cable, satellite and
free to air television. The final series offers sheer atmosphere and
excitement and is a truly unique Australian experience. afl.com.au
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KEEPING YOUR
BODY
BUGS
HAPPY
Words: Olwen Anderson
Good bugs versus bad bugs: Olwen
Anderson offers a few suggestions on
swinging the fight in favour of the former.
You’re not alone
Do you know you’re housing a huge
population of bacteria But there’s no
need to feel grubby; many of these
bacteria are actually helping keep
you well fed and healthy. There
are two main groups of bugs in
your gut: ‘symbiotic’ bacteria,
which live harmoniously with us
and are actually beneficial; and
‘pathogenic’ bacteria, which can
cause disease. We need the right
amount and the right type of
symbiotic bacteria, not just to work
for us, but to compete for space and
nutrients with the pathogenic bacteria
that we accidentally ingest from time
to time.
The colonisation of your gut
began at birth, as you picked up
a ‘starter colony’ of bacteria
when you passed through
the birth canal. Those
starter bacteria, especially
bifidobacterium species,
are ingested and
immediately begin to
establish their new
home. It’s important
that these bacteria are present,
otherwise your gut could become
occupied by bad bacteria that might
generate colic and other digestive
problems. Babies born by caesarean
section usually have to be given
a probiotic supplement to create
that starter colony. Mum’s breast
milk helps boost good gut bacteria
populations too.
So, what are those bugs doing
in there Are they just hanging
about, or are they working Actually,
they’re pretty busy. When the right
food arrives, the bacteria leap
on to it to feed and ferment the
food components, then transform
that food into a form that can be
easily absorbed by the cells that
line your gut wall. Without those
bacteria doing their work, a lot of
the nutrients you eat would simply
pass right through you, unabsorbed.
That’s wasted nutrition.
Keeping those good bugs
well fed and productive
Ideally, your population of beneficial
bacteria should be so big and strong
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that they easily overwhelm any bad
bacteria that get into your gut. We all
come into contact with pathogenic
bacteria and fungi, which, if allowed
to get out of control, can cause
immense health problems. Food
poisoning is an extreme example
of this, where the amount of
bad bacteria present have totally
overwhelmed your body’s immune
system and begin to run rampant,
causing cell damage and releasing
toxins that in large enough quantities
can be fatal.
As well as helping fight off gut
intruders, the proper care and
feeding of your population of
symbiotic bacteria can bring you
immense health benefits, including
a more comfortable tummy, better
skin, stronger immunity and more
effective nutrition.
Good bacteria love to feed on
fibre. There are two main types of
fibre, soluble and insoluble, and
some foods contain both kinds.
The ‘insoluble’ fibre comes from
food like grain hulls (e.g. brown rice
and wholemeal grains). This type
of fibre soaks up fluid, creates bulk
and provides a surface for good
bacteria to breed on. ‘Soluble’ fibre
comes from foods like fruit, legumes,
flaxseed, chia seed and oats. It’s
valuable too. This type of fibre also
soaks up toxins. They provide food
for the good bacteria to ferment
and feed on, and create a lovely gellike
texture that gently ‘cleans out’
your gut as it moves through. For
best results, eat both types of fibre.
Fortunately, if you eat a diet rich in
vegetables and fruit and include
legumes as well as some grains,
you’ll be on track.
Alas, most people don’t eat
enough fibre. We all need at least
25g of fibre every day for good
health, but most people only eat just
over half that amount. Getting more
fibre in your diet only takes lots of
small changes: Like exchanging your
biscuit for an apple at morning tea
time, having a salad for lunch, and
covering half your plate with nonstarchy
vegetables at your evening
meal. A half cup of cooked legumes
every day is a good practice, whether
as baked beans with your breakfast, a
handful of chick peas with your lunch
or included in a vegetable soup.
You can give your good bacteria
treats too. For centuries, traditional
cultures have discovered that
fermented foods can replenish gut
bacteria populations. Yoghurt and
sauerkraut are good examples. With
yoghurt, however, the concentration
of good bacteria can vary. For best
results, make your own yoghurt
at home, or buy different brands,
and reach into the back of the
supermarket shelf to get the freshest
yoghurt possible; the longer that tub
has been sitting on the shelf, the less
good bacteria it contains.
Stress less for a happier gut
As part of the care and feeding of
your good bacteria, remember to
manage your stress. When you’re
feeling uptight your body shuts down
digestion; and when this happens
the environment of your gut shifts
towards favouring growth of bad
bacteria. If that happens you won’t
be nourished as well as you could,
and you might fall prey to some very
unpleasant gut disorders.
It may all sound like a lot of work to
keep your good bacteria healthy, but
there are really just three steps: Feed
them well, with real food that contains
fibre they can thrive on, give them a
boost with fermented foods from
time to time, and manage your stress
to keep their environment healthier.
Olwen Anderson is a naturopathic
nutritionist. Visit:
www.olwenanderson.com.au
FIBRE CONTENT OF
COMMON FOODS
You can see why we need to eat
five serves of vegetables and two
serves of fruit every day to reach
the recommended intake of 25g
fibre every day:
» Medium apple: 3g
» Porridge ¾ cup: 3g
» Baked beans, 1/4 cup: 3g
» Green beans, 60g: 2g
» Silverbeet, ½ cup cooked: 2g
» Baby carrots: ½ cup cooked: 3g
» Macadamia nuts (10): 2g
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and printed in 2012 by Black Rainbow Printing, W Tree, Victoria 3880.
The journey of the book commenced in May of 2011 when a group of
seven people at the East Gippsland Cancer Support Group came together
to form ‘The Cancer Tales Committee’. On the night the committee was
formed, Sandra Livingstone, still in the process of treatment for breast
cancer, came to address the support group and told of her dream and vision
of developing the Cancer Tales project to help others in the community in
a similar situation to herself. She also talked about the benefits the stories
would have, both for those who wrote them – the therapeutic nature of
self-expression as part of the healing process – and the awareness the
stories and information could bring to others.
All proceeds from Cancer Tales go back to cancer care facilities in the
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Maria, a 16-year-old girl on the cusp of womanhood, is working on her
boyfriend’s family farm in eastern Germany. While spending days helping
with chores and losing herself in Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov, she
begins an affair with Henner, her 40-year-old neighbour, a man with a
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G n O M e b r o Ok
a true story...
Gnomebrook:
The movie
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Magic Box Entertainment present a Conventry Films production of a Murray Fahey Film “Gnomebrook” Director
Murray Fahey Producer Murray Fahey Karen Fahey Camera Peter Borosh 2nd Unit Director Sean Callinan Sound
John Dodds Murray fahey Editor Ted Kortekaas Sound Post Phil Judd Produced with the permission and support
of the Australian Gnome Convention and the Lower Blue Mountains Rotary Club of Australia
www.gnomebrook.com
On January 26, Garden Gnomes from around the world
gather each year for the biggest event of the GGC (Garden
Gnome Calendar) - the annual Garden Gnome Convention.
What began as a simple ‘add on’ to the Lower Blue
Mountains Rotary Australia Day celebrations has turned
into an institution, with over 2000 gnomes and 10,000
gnome carers and visitors attending. For one day the sleepy
mountain hamlet of Glenbrook, NSW, becomes the world
capital of gnomes … GNOMEBROOK!
Now, after more than two years in the making, the film of
the annual garden gnome festival will soon grace cinema
screens. Featuring a colourful array of characters, both
human and plaster, we watch as the convention is planned
and the delegates arrive to compete at the international
garden gnome convention.
The gnomes arrive by road, train, plane and post …
some are carried there by their gnome carers. The film
follows eight gnome carers as they dress and prepare their
gnomes for the Glenbrook Australia Day Garden Gnome
Convention. The gnome committee consult with the
gnomes on the convention agenda. A new Gnome Master
is inaugurated.
From Campbelltown comes a former engineer and
keen competitor, Douglas, who has lovingly adopted and
restored a selection of old Cootamundra gnomes. He feels
that his portrait painting gnome is a sure winner after he
renamed him Leonardo de Gnome.
At the foot of the mountains is Irene, an ex-prison
warden keen to win the best decorated gnome, only to
have it stolen one week before the convention!
Del and David, a couple of keen Rotarians, petition
the Blue Mountains Council to recognise the national
status of the Gnome Convention and build a six-storey
giant gnome as a tourist landmark that will straddle the
Great Western Highway.
Former Gnome Master David reluctantly hands the red
pointy hat of honour across to land valuer and new
Master Trevor.
Trevor believes he has the gift of tongues and can speak
Gnomenese. As chief Gnome Master, Trevor is charged
with ensuring everything at the convention runs smoothly
for the gnomes and their carers. That means separating
the sporting gnomes, segregating the smoking gnomes,
censoring the flashing gnome and gluing back together
broken gnomes after an attack by feral animals.
Gnomebrook reveals the human face behind the gnomes
as we follow the hopes, fears, joys and sorrows of the
gnome carers and the convention organisers.
It’s a bit of tongue-in-cheek fun, with a really big
Rotarian heart. So keep a look out and spread the word as
Gnomebrook will hit movie theatre screens in November.
Stay tuned for more information at
www.gnomebrook.com or contact Murray Fahey at
Conventry Films murray@conventryfilms.com to arrange a
premier fundraising screening in your area.
This movie is a tribute to the innovative qualities of
Rotary clubs everywhere. It is a great opportunity to raise
money and have a good laugh!
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traveller.
new delhi: a tale of eight cities . cabin capers in nsw . bringing legends to life

TRAVELLER
New D elhi
A tale of eight cities
Words: Tim Dawe
Delhi received bad press following the shocking recent reports
of gang rape and murder that exposed a disturbing misogynist
culture. Tim Dawe, escorted by wife Pam, experienced a very
different place, however: India’s capital, New Delhi.
“That,” intones retired school teacher Anil Makadiya, now
my personal tour guide, “is old Delhi.”
With outstretched arm he scythes a patronising arc
across an unseen metropolis.
“We shan’t spend much time there.”
I am in India on my first visit; my wife’s second after
an absence measured in decades. We have been in New
Delhi for 10 hours, mostly spent at our hotel in the land
of nod. After breakfast Mr Makadiya and the unnamed
driver of our shiny black car deliver us to Rajpath, a vast
ceremonial carriageway. Something’s not right. We are at
the epicentre of the capital of India and there’s hardly a
soul anywhere. There is a gang of women in colourful
saris labouring on the green swathes of lawn lining the
road, their babies spread-out on tablecloths alongside,
some small figures walking or cycling far in the distance,
and beyond that, nothing.
It’s 9:30am and the air pollution is so bad I just see the
dominating triumphal monument of India Gate. At the
other end of this road-without-vehicles the presidential
palace is a mere outline behind its ornate gate. The sun is
a red ping pong ball in the haze.
This is a tale of two cities – one old, one new and,
as implied by Mr Makadiya, very different. There have
been eight cities here, each one supplanted by another
conquering invader. Nadir Shah invaded and conquered
in 1739 and carted off the Peacock Throne to Iran. There’s
an old saying: who establishes a new city of Delhi will lose
it. And so it was for the British. In 1911 they relinquished
the colonial capital of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) amid
threatening Bengali independence and moved to Delhi.
Building New Delhi took some time. It was not until
1931 when it was inaugurated as the new capital. In 1947,
as the British Empire morphed into the Commonwealth, it
was lost for the eighth time. Prophesy fulfilled.
Clockwise from left: Faithfuls wash up in the
Jama Masjid Mosque font; Entrance to House of
Parliament; Muslims worship during Ramzan at
Jama Masjid, the largest mosque in India.
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Mr Makadiya takes us to Jama Masjid, a striking 17th
century mosque, the largest in India. Then as a treat on
our excursion we are offered a pedal rickshaw ride around
the mosque’s side streets. This is old Delhi, of crowded,
winding alleys and monkeys swinging from spaghetti
cabling to rooftops; very different. We visit the famous
Red Fort, still a military base and, like Jama Masjid,
commissioned by Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal.
It is a short drive to the tranquil riverside Rajghat to
see the black marble slab and perpetual flame that marks
the burial site of Mahatma Gandhi, here reverentially
known as Gandhiji. Further afield the ancient Qutb Minar
complex is astonishing with its exquisite 12th century
craftsmanship and architecture, and the mysterious
2000-year-old iron pillar. But our next visit to a very
familiar looking Humayan’s tomb is breathtaking. It’s not
just the serene beauty of its charbagh-style garden, it’s
the design precursor to the Taj Mahal. Surprisingly it is
adorned with a Star of David. But like much of India, it’s
not what it seems, rather, an ancient symbol adopted
thousands of years before the Jews, similar to the Nazis
adopting the Aryan/Indian swastika.
However, nothing says New Delhi more than Connaught
Place. Connaught Place is essentially a traffic circle, albeit
a very large one. What it does say though, is this is the
British view of a new India; its stamp of town planning to
create a new capital city. It’s modern and it’s planned; built
for cars, office workers and shoppers.
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Clockwise from left: Connaught Place is one of the largest financial,
commercial and business centres in Delhi; view down Rajpath
Boulevard to India Gate; Raj Ghat is a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi
that marks the spot of his cremation.
Unlike the “virgin” capitals of Canberra and Brasilia, it is
forged out of established communities. To old Delhi it is
a close encounter of the bulldozer kind.
We wander around the centre of three huge concentric
ring roads. The buildings are rather shoddy and dirty,
mostly unchanged and untouched since the 1930s. It’s
not traditional India, but that is not the point of New
Delhi. We watch young, middle-class Indians in Western
dress meet and greet at McDonald’s and Wendy’s.
The next morning I do my usual thing (travel habits are
hard to break). I set off for an exploratory walk soon after
sunrise to get my bearings and to find interesting things.
It is obvious I’m in not just an upmarket suburb, but
stratospherically so. In a country where extended families
live in packing crates alongside the railway line, here
people live on two hectares of manicured gardens in
extravagant mansions – fortified mansions.
I pass three mansions (one proclaiming the residence
of a High Court judge) in quick succession and discover
all have gantry walkways high behind the street wall with
khaki-clad, armed soldiers peering over the top as they
patrol the perimeter. And at the corners, quite visible next
to the sentry box, an ancient machine gun held in place
with sandbags; upmarket, and high security.
The last mansion I pass before I reach another
roundabout (so many roundabouts) is very attractive with
large Poinciana trees overflowing the ramparts. The sun
glinting on its brass nameplate catches my eye. In four
languages it simply declares the occupant: Sheila Dikshit.
The popular First Minister of New Delhi answers to that
name, not the PR version: Dixit.
I take a sub-stratospheric street for my return as a
watery sun climbs. Here I find a slightly more vibrant (and
welcoming) streetscape. A band of good-natured drivers is
doing a complete engine overhaul on a taxi – parts strewn
all over the footpath and someone’s driveway. We have a
brief conversation of sorts, exchanging incomprehensible
words. We are enjoined by gestures and a common
understanding of the enormity of the task in hand.
No-one on their first visit can leave India unmoved; the
shocking contrasts, the crowds, noise, ritual spectacles, the
mess of humanity (and the cows) and the all-pervading
spirituality of an ancient culture.
New Delhi is different. It’s not the frenetic, vibrant India
we all know and love. It’s Canberra, rather than Sydney.
And it’s a great place to explore interesting things. •
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Cabin Capers in NSW
NSW is filled with unexpected holiday options, where
your holiday begins as soon as you step out the door
of your accommodation. For those who want to stay
overlooking the ocean in a cabin on the beach, or escape
to the bush where you can sleep among the gum trees
or fish from the doorstep, here are some suggestions to
get you started.
Kick back and enjoy the view of the Edward River from
the veranda of a deluxe riverfront cabin at Big4 Deniliquin
Holiday Park. Cook up a barbecue, toss in a line, play a
game of mini-golf or just relax in a hammock at this
riverside holiday park.
A stay at Gwydir Carapark includes access to four
hot artesian thermal pools. Located in Moree in northwestern
NSW, it is the perfect place to take to the water
and rejuvenate the body.
Escape to a luxurious 4.5-star spa villa at Pambula
Beach Discovery Park, tucked into the northern end of
Ben Boyd National Park and with access to six kilometres
of pristine beach.
Surfers young and old will enjoy the location of Crescent
Head Holiday Park, a beachfront park located at one of
Australia’s National Surfing Reserves. For prime position,
book into an Oceanside Spa Villa that faces the Pacific
Ocean, Crescent Head’s famous surf break and renowned
right-hand point break.
Those with a boat will love Maiden’s Inn Holiday Park.
Located on the edge of the Murray River at Moama and
featuring its own boat ramp and marina, the park is a
fishing lover’s paradise.
Newly opened Jimmy’s Beach Holiday Park at Hawks
Nest is in a perfect bushland setting with an abundance
of native wildlife, set just moments from the beach, near
a vast network of sand dunes. Enjoy a stay in one of its
large beach house spa cabins, big enough for the whole
family, or a luxurious beach tent.
Located on the edge of Tuross Lake are the newly built
cabins at Tuross Lakeside. Hire a tinnie or get active on
one of the canoes or kayaks and take to the pristine
waters of Tuross Lake. •
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