Last Thursday’s Cuppa Conversations at the White Picket Café was entertaining and relaxing. As is usual in the cold winter months of Australia, some of our members travel to warmer climates up north or even further to the Northern Hemisphere! On the day, we were able to farewell Dean for his trip with Pam to the USA – I think he said it was their 9th trip to the US to visit friends and see the attractions of States not previously explored. It was lovely that Graham Smith attended and thanked the Club for the flowers we sent; for those who can attend, his wife Margaret’s funeral will be held this Wednesday 26 July at 2.00pm at the Henley-Fulham Uniting Church, Fulham Gardens.
Our wanderer, John Wotherspoon, has now traversed from Italy to France and sent new photos of his walks in the Ardeche (Haute Loire region) at the headwaters of the Loire Valley – a very beautiful part of France. His trek that day encompassed a 7.5 hour walk with a 30 minute break for a picnic lunch; it’s lucky that John had four years of (rusty) high school French up his sleeve, as the other trekkers are all French with limited English.
The rest of the past week has been taken up with our Service Directors holding evening meetings with their teams to put together their project Budgets for the year.
Our fundraiser film “Oppenheimer” certainly packed a punch! It was lovely to see 36 members, partners and Friends of Rotary attend the event at the Piccadilly Theatre. Eight members who couldn’t attend donated their $35 each to the fundraiser which will be used to further assist Afghan refugees. Thanks to Rob, Carol and Liz for organising the event which raised $690 profit.
Another very successful Cuppa Conversations organised by Lili was held last Saturday at Boccelli Caffé Ristorante in Hutt Street, with 15 migrants and eight Rotarians attending. Conversations were running thick and fast with everyone enjoying each other’s company. We had chats with people from Colombia, Taiwan, Brazil and Mexico. Lili had Rotarians move every 20 minutes or so that we could meet as many visitors as possible, and it worked very well.
This Saturday (29 July), don’t forget to attend our Club’s tree planting from 9.30am-12 noon at the Adelaide City Council’s Carbon Offset Demonstration site in Park 4, North Adelaide. Parking available on LeFevre Rd and Baron Terrace. Gloves and gear will be provided, just bring a hat, drinking water/snacks and weather gear, if needed.
Our Mexican Cooking class – taught by friends Priscilla and Bianca - to be held on Saturday 12 August at 1.00pm has been popular but there are still a few spots left, so book in quickly. Bookings are essential through Carol and the class is limited to 17 people. Click here to email Carol of your acceptance, and she’ll email you her address. Cost is $20pp to cover the cost of ingredients. Any funds raised will be given to assist Erfan’s brother and family when they arrive in Adelaide.
This coming Thursday, our meeting is at the Kent Town Hotel at 6.00 for 6.15pm start. Our speaker will be Sue Crees who will be speaking about the International Year of Glass – Stained Glass Windows and the very large collection of William Morris windows in Adelaide. These exceptionally beautiful windows have a wonderful back story, so don’t miss the opportunity to see the photos and hear about their history and conservation.
I’m in an area of France that's the headwaters of the Loire River. It’s called the Ardèche and lies immediately above the Haute Loire region. The village where my hotel's situated (Les Estables) is the highest of all the towns in France’s Central Massif. We're above the snow line but below the tree line, so there are plenty of forests. There's ample cropping for hay on the land nearby but forests lie a short distance away with bushland quite unlike Australia’s. The attached photos help bring it to life. We did 7.5 hours of walking today with 30 minutes for a picnic lunch (I’ll sleep well).
It’s quite a different group of 22 walkers here. Mostly 50+ but all French, only a few of whom have any English and I just have 4 years of thoroughly rusty high school French… but we're managing. It was booked through a well know division of an international walking holiday company that began as Australian Himalayan Expeditions and was renamed World Expeditions in the late 80s (no mention was made of the language requirement). That said, it’s fine and I can tell you more on my return.
We had a delightful gathering at Cuppa Conversation last Saturday 22nd July in Bocelli Caffe. I’m sharing some pictures with you for the next newsletter.
The next Cuppa Conversation will be on 19 August 2023 at 10am.
I am still looking for a location that would work. If anyone has a recommendation, I would be grateful and would look into it.
I want to involve the attendees in our projects, so if anyone has any activities to share or a need for volunteers, please let me know so that I can post it in the WhatsApp chat.
Thanks!
Lili
Please let Lili know if you are able to attend the next Cuppa Conversation.
We've got our annual tree planting morning with the Adelaide City Council coming up on Saturday 29th July.
This will be from 9:30-12 at the Council's Carbon Offset Demonstration Site in Park 4, North Adelaide (see below). Please meet the team at the site in green on the map if you attend.
There is parking available along Barton Terrace and Lefevre Rd.
The council will start with a site induction and planting demonstration. They will supply gloves and tools but please BYO hat, wet weather gear (if looking rainy) and any drinks/snacks.
Can you please let me know if you and/or any of your family/friends plan to attend.
Our lovely friends Priscilla and Bianca will show us how to cook Mexican dishes.
* Saturday August 12th at 1 p.m. * 3/84 Childers Street, North Adelaide * M: 0418856936 * $20 p/p (to cover cost of ingredients) * Bookings are essential * You will enjoy a tasting afterwards
As we only have room for 15/17 people, bookings are essential.
Lili, Priscila, Bianca and Elaine have been amazing organising this afternoon.
We are excited this might be the start of more international cooking classes !!
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
27 July - 6pm
Kent Town Hotel
3 August - 9.30am
10 August - 7.15am
South Tce. Croquet Club
Chairperson
Brian Harvey
Coffee Conversation
Yvette Reade
Attendance
Angus Tuck
Di Lane
White Picket Café
Furniture/Hosting
Fatemeh Zarei
Bottles/ cans
Rob McLennan
Dean Sullivan
Di Lane
Bread run
Liz Tilley (30/7)
Bruce McDonald (6/8)
Bruce McDonald (13/8)
Chairman: Meet/greet speaker for the meeting; introduce and thank speaker. Preparation:- find details about the speaker prior to the meeting. Attendance: Set up reception table (attendance sheet; members list – re -payments; guest welcome sheet; money); register member payments/ apologies/ guests. Hosting: Welcome all at the door; ensure speaker and guests are introduced to appropriatepersons. Furniture: Flags; banner display; Rotary theme banner; gong and hammer; lectern position before and returned after the meeting. Computerset up – Connect to projector. Switch on. Hold function key & press F5 twice. Bottles/cans: Collect bags of bottles/cans at meeting and take to recycle centre for refund, pass refund to Bruce McDonald and empty bags to the next duty member, at the next meeting. Rotaract: Meets alternate Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the Cumberland Arms Hotel, 205 Waymouth St. Adelaide. Bread Run: Sundays, meet outside Romeo's, North Adelaide at 4:55pm
Members rostered for Thursday morning duty are asked to be in attendance by 6.45am
United in the spirit of Service we value truth, fairness and friendship; and we welcome the opportunity that Rotary gives us to contribute our talents and resources in support of others.
Rotary Club of Adelaide Light Mission Statement
To have fun and engage interest from new members and friends as we use our strengths for a better world here and abroad - a welcoming, flexible group having fun doing hands-on activities for positive impact.
