President: Carmel Cristofaro
District Governor: Rob Uhl
Editor: Laurie Lewin
Rotary Club of Leeton Bulletin
Volume: 85          Edition: 04         Date: 11 July 2024
Stories
Javian's Farewell
Date:  11 July 2024
 
In The Chair: President Carmel
 
Members: 15
Guests:  Mark, Nadia and Max Gerhardy.
            Mary-Anne Lattimore, Lyn Brown, Carol Chiswell, Jan Munro, Annette Wade,
            Javian Niewöhner
 
 
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Javian’s Farewell
 
Javian arrived in Sydney on 27th July last year and was met at the airport by Len and Annette. Although he was keen to see the sights of Sydney, all he wanted to do was SLEEP after such a long flight.  His first experience of Australia was a Trivia night – something of a new experience.
 
After arriving in Leeton, he was welcomed at Leeton High School.  School in Leeton is very different to that in Germany – much more emphasis on sport.
 
Sport was his knee downfall.  He damaged it in November, and this resulted in a prolonged 3-month recovery.  He subsequently damaged it again recently and he will face an operation when he gets home.
 
He has travelled to many places, but a highlight was the Safari. He was picked up in Leeton in a 12-seater bus – a bit cramped for 10 people. First night is Hay and then a 830km road trip to Port Augusta (where he met another exchange student from Germany).  Another 540km to Coober Pedy where he visited the opal museum and searched the tailings pile.  Although he did find an opal (he thinks), it certainly wasn’t going to make him rich. After another 700+km, they reached Yulara where they stayed 3 nights. Here they had many experiences including a visit to the Didgeridoo centre, a visit to the Rock, a Segway tour and circling the rock.  The FLIES and the heat were overpowering. This was followed by a visit to the Kings Canyon and a walk in this amazing place.
 
 
A stay in Alice Springs included visits to the School of the Air, the Flying Doctor base and meeting the Alice Springs Rotary club where he met a Swedish Exchange Student (who was enjoying her exchange in the Alice).
 
Rain in Queensland prevented them from sticking to the itinerary to visit the Barrier Reef, so they returned to Coober Pedy (stayed underground but was not impressed), Adelaide, Cape Jervis, Kangaroo Island (where he held a Koala and saw some in the wild). Then the Great Ocean Road and 3 of the 12 Apostles where he caught up with some penguins (a new experience).
 
Other visits during his stay included the Snowy Mountains (George and Carol); Altina Zoo; The Reef (Peter and Erin), which included some diving; Mt. Hotham and skiing (Geoff and Mary-Anne) – really enjoyable; Sydney and Newcastle and twice to Melbourne to experience the AFL.
 
Javian thanked his hosts – Len and Annette, Dan, Peter and Erin, Counsellors George and Carol; and the Gerhardy family for their support. He also thanked the Rotary Club.
 
He believes that the Exchange has made him more confident – this was very obvious from his presentation.
 
President Carmel thanked Javian, noted how much we enjoyed hosting him, and presented him with a few things – including a Socceroos jumper.  Dan also presented him with a
 hand-crafted box.
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The Brain Teaser
 
Archie lied on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, but told the truth every other day of the week.
Kent lied on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, but told the truth every other day of the week.
Archie: I lied yesterday.
Kent: I lied yesterday, too.
What day of the week was yesterday?
 
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Art Deco Markets and Henry Lawson Visit
 
 
A big weekend for the Art Deco festival.  There were markets in the park complete with entertainment.  We sold out of the burgers but had some hot dogs left over (where was Javian when we needed his appetite)?
 
PP Peter and Laurie went to the Henry Lawson Cottage on Sunday where we did some supervision and were entertained by Henry Lawson (AKA Geoffery Graham).
 
 
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Director’s Roundup
 
 
  • President Carmel
    • Board meeting on Monday night.  7.00pm at the Munro’s.
  • Secretary Brian
    • There are 28 debs for the ball.  Rehearsals start next Tuesday. LL to connect tickets.
    • Meeting on 25th to be at the Soldiers Club followed by the ball set-up.
  • A:  Wednesday
 
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Sergeants Session – Alan Brumfield
 
 
 
Serge Alan began by saying that his aim was to make money not friends. After a session that fined the drug dealers and many others – some for doing nothing wrong, Alan ended up by making friends AND money.
 
Raffle was won by Peter Draper.
 
Thank you, Alan – you can do it again sometime.
 
 
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. Email
A Melbourne couple decided to go out to Queensland during a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. So, the husband left Melbourne and flew to Queensland on Thursday, with his wife flying up the following day. The husband checked into the hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an email to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in her email address, and without realising his error, sent the e-mail.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Sydney, a widow had just returned home from her husband’s funeral in Rookwood. The widow decided to check her email expecting messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message, she screamed and fainted. The widow’s son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen which read:
To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I’ve Arrived
I know you may be surprised to hear from me. But they have free WIFI here so I thought I would send you an email.
I’ve just arrived and have been checked in.  I’ve seen that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow.
Looking forward to seeing you then!
Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.
P.S. It sure is hot here!
 
 
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