Don’t forget to put in your diary the Afghanistan Culture Day Celebration on Sunday 1 Feb from 6:00pm - 9:30pm at the Ballroom Function Centre, 66 Orsmond Street, Hindmarsh SA 5007, designed to promote love, peace and harmony in the community (following decades of conflict in Afghanistan between different ethnic groups). Provided will be an authentic Afghan dinner (yum), live music, an exhibition of historical photos and information on Afghan cameleers in Australia, arts and paintings, and other fun activities. Join in the festivities to encourage community unity and collaboration. Tickets via EventBrite Afghanistan Culture Day Celebration Tickets, Sun, 1 Feb 2026 at 6:00 pm | Eventbrite.
Bookings opened: Update re RCG1 “Building a Safer Future – Together” dinner on Tuesday, 24 February 2025 at the Skyline Restaurant at Rydges Adelaide, 1 South Terrace, Adelaide. The Rotary Metropolitan Adelaide Clubs Community Group Dinner’s major guest speakers will be Ms Mary Leaker, CEO of Embolden, and the Hon Katrine Hildyard, Minister for Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence. It is also requested that guests bring a non-perishable item to support our “Shop & Share” project (these donations will be provided to domestic violence services in April). Adding to the ambience, the beautiful voices of the Adelaide City Choir, led by Rotarian Jyoti Singh, will perform. Master of Ceremonies will be Greg Knagge. (Both Jyoti and Greg are members of the Adelaide Rotary Club.) DG Rajeev Kamineni will also be in attendance. Join fellow Rotarians and Rotaractors from your Rotary Community Group and beyond as we come together to strengthen our clubs' initiatives and practical actions already underway to end domestic and family violence. Book your tickets prior to 10 February so that we can confirm numbers at the Restaurant. Book at Rotary Metropolitan Adelaide Clubs Community Group Dinner (RCA #5087)-Lunches & Dinners, cost $60pp. Please also let me know if you will be coming, thanks.
On Wednesday 4 March, the Women in Rotary SA Chapter will be holding its annual International Women’s Day breakfast; all are invited to attend. This year it will be held at the Arkaba Hotel’s Top Room from 7am-9am and the guest speaker will be Kate Croser, CEO SA Film Corporation. Tickets are $50pp and funds will support the Zahra Foundation. See info below with booking code and QR code to book your tickets.
Best wishes and have a great week. Yvette, President.
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“And this over here” croaked the 90 year old museum tour guide, “is a fossil 2 million and 69 years old, and on it’s left you can see another fossil that’s 2 million and 69 years old.”
“Wow! That’s really fascinating,” said a fellow in the audience, “how can you age it so accurately to the year?”
“Well that’s simple” answered the old chap, “they were two million years old when I started working here 69 years ago.”
