COFFEE CATCH-UP THIS THURSDAY at 9.30am at the White Picket – due to a major croquet tournament being held at the Croquet Club. Our breakfast meeting at the Croquet Club has been changed to next week, Thursday 20 March.
After a plea to District 9510 Rotary Clubs to help during this extreme drought affecting our farmers, our Club Board members decided to donate $2000 towards providing hay for the starving livestock in the driest parts of our State.
This call for help followed an agreement with the Farmers Relief Agency based in Victoria who managed to source 1240 big round bales of first grade hay for South Australia. The first hay bale arrivals were in late February. Primary Industries & Resources SA (PIRSA) committed $290,000 to cover freight costs.
Our Club’s $2000 donation purchased 18 large round bales – enough to feed 100 sheep for 2-3 months. Bill Marles (RC of Adelaide Central) was instrumental in getting the message out to all Rotary Clubs to seek assistance and, in his email of thanks, he mentioned he’d been speaking to a husband and wife farmers in Kimba who were in dire need and were looking forward to their delivery of hay to save their livestock.
Our Adelaide Cup holiday Monday BBQ at Bunnings Mile End was a scorcher at 38 degrees during the latter part of the day, but our Club members did shifts from 8.30am-2pm only. Our early shift comprised Paul E, Yuli, Fatemeh.
To ensure our volunteers didn’t suffer from heat stress, our 2nd shift (Yvette, John, Liz and Jamie Suarez, Elaine) only did 1.5 hours from 11am-12.30 and our third shift (Lili, Bruce, Ian, Max) covered 12.30-2pm (instead of the usual 3 hour shifts). It was hot but bearable with the reduced hours. The heat certainly didn’t keep the customers away, and a good profit was made for our Club projects. Photos of our teams (minus Lili who missed the photo shoot).
I hope to see you this coming Thursday at the White Picket Café, Dulwich for Coffee Catch-up at 9.30am.
Best wishes and keep cool this week. Yvette, President.
Mitchell’s three key Clare Valley vineyards range in altitude from 300 to 450 metres; the Sevenhill Vineyard, Alcatraz Vineyard and Growers Vineyard. Their Alcatraz Vineyard in the heart of Clare Valley was planted in 1962 on an exposed easterly facing slope and nicknamed "Alcatraz" as there was no escaping the cold, wet winter days spent working the vines. Its old vines are grown on red loam over limestone soils with an east-facing slope that receives the gentle morning sun but is sheltered from the direct sun in the heat of the afternoon. The dry grown vines are hand pruned and hand- picked with no artificial fertilisers, pesticides or herbicides used in growing these grapes. This largely explains why the vineyard produces award-winning quality wines year-on-year. This medium bodied, dry white wine is a delicious Riesling with generous flavour and refreshing acidity. It’s a crisp, mouth-watering wine that’s ready to drink now, comparing well to much more expensive wines.
Our busy little Rotary Club now has another pallet of the lovely Mitchell's 2022 Alcatraz Riesling @ $130/dozen. 🥂
It’s about half price and highly popular with many enquiries already. Perhaps you'd fancy a delicious cold glass or two during Mad March?
Hi, Rotary Says No to Domestic Violence, committee members.
Last Sunday I attended the SCASA awards at Glenelg Golf Club.
I had submitted an application for the “Team Award” and was extremely please to win this award, it came with $600 which will go into the committee’s funds.
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In the gents’ room I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying: "Hi, how are you?"
I'm not the type to start a conversation in the restroom but I don't know what got into me, so I answered, somewhat embarrassed, "Doin' just fine!" And the other person says: "So what are you up to?"
What kind of question is that? At that point, I'm thinking this is too bizarre so I say: "Uhhh, I'm like you, just traveling!"
At this point I am just trying to get out as fast as I can when I hear another question. "Can I come over?" Ok, this question is just too weird for me but I figured I could just be polite and end the conversation. I tell them "No.......I'm a little busy right now!!!"
Then I hear the person say nervously... "Listen, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions!
