We are returning to Wednesday lunchtime meetings at the Central Court!  You should have received an email from Macca with a link to click to register your intention to attend.  Please do not attend the meeting without responding to that email first.

 

There will be a limit of 20 people per meeting.  However, if you miss out on this week you will be first on the list for next week.

 

We want everyone to stay safe.  Please observe all the recommended COVID-19 protocols during the meeting.

 

Our Rotary meetings are returning.  We need to take measures to protect ourselves from disease transmission.  Some people feel that these measures reduce their enjoyment of the experience.  They worry that Rotary doesn’t feel as good with this protection.  Rotary with protection may not be what you ideally desire, but surely it is better to be enjoying a bit of social intercourse with other people than being home alone amusing yourself. 

 

Have fun, stay safe!

 

 

We thank Boré for another fantastic cartoon.

Mary says hi.

Felicity kindly passed on this report from Mary.

G’day mates!
I hope everybody is okay and staying safe. My life finally got a bit more interesting again, so I thought I tell you about it. We’re currently having out big summer holidays and I absolutely love that. I went on a little trip through Switzerland and out little neighbour country Lichtenstein. We visited the Rheinfall, which is a very impressive waterfall and looked at Lichtenstein’s capital Vaduz. I loved seeing some new places in my own country, vecause there is always something new to discover. Then I went back to airport life (finally hihihi) and I flew to the Netherlands. I visited my uncle and little cousin and we had a great time. We rode our bikes in typical dutch style, went to a trampoline park, spent some days in Amsterdam and of course I went shopping. Now I’m spending some time at home and I’ll give you another update with what I’ve been up to soon!

Love, Mary

Central Spoke travel guide.

It was great to see Mary is travelling and enjoying a holiday.  Where do we at the Central Spoke recommend people go for their next holiday?  Pip Ritchie has been recommending one holiday hot spot for years, and suddenly the times have finally arrived to vindicate his advice.

Old photos.

Sometimes it is good to look back on photos from a bygone era and remind ourselves of what life was like when we were young.  Pip Ritchie kindly sent us this old lithograph from yesteryear.

 

 

 

International news.

 

Ten years ago, we welcomed Oscar Stig, a.k.a. ‘The Stig’, as our incoming exchange student.  Who didn’t love The Stig?

 

Quote.

Albert Camus’ novel, La Peste, tells the story people caught in a lockdown during a pandemic.  The main character, Dr Rieux, concludes at the end of the novel,

‘…to state quite simply what we learn in a time of pestilence: that there are more things to admire in men than to despise.’