Probus Clubs

Drysdale Ladies Probus visit the Queenscliff Fort

Several members of the Drysdale Ladies Probus Club visited and took a very historical, enlightening and interesting guided tour of the Fort Queenscliff Museum. At the time we were there, this iconic landmark was celebrating the 150th anniversary of a military presence at Shortland Bluff. The photo of the group is taken beside an 8 inch Armstrong Disappearing Gun, mounted on a hydro pneumatic carriage. Shells were loaded in the breach in the lowered position and the gun was raised hydraulically to fire.

Fort Queenscliff dates from 1860 when an open battery was constructed to defend the entrance to Port Phillip Bay. The fort is still used today by the military. A trip well worth taking to a place full of history not to be forgotten by Australians.

At the August meeting we looked no further than Drysdale for our own ?home grown’ Guest Speaker. Corrine Blacket, known to many ladies in the Club as one of our local pharmacists, enlightened us on her kids. Corrine is a local goat cheese manufacturer. She is a member of the Dairy Goat Association, so all her goats are pure bred and registered Saanens, and she also is a member of the Australian Speciality Cheese Makers Association. She did her best to explain that well cared for animals do not eat tin cans, nor do they devour washing off theclothesline.

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Probus being informed about events for this months Conference

Activities are starting to gather impetus as we get into Spring and leave behind our Winter activities such as Christmas in July at The Zoo. A meeting of our Caravans and Cabins Friends has planned for the warmer weather, starting with a trip to Laanecoorie this month.

Our regular Coffee Club, Epicure Club, Crafty Friends and Movie Friends continue all year, along with our speaker meetings, which this month will be on Monday 4 October when Jaqueth Riley will tell us of her life growing up in India. Last month Alfa Buffoni from Barwon Valley Probus told us of the many facets of their active Club and advised us of the events scheduled for the Probus Conference to be held this month. We are a social club for women and men, singles and couples, and welcome visitors to all activities. Come along and try us out.

Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month (except this month, due to the Conference) in the Members’ Room of the Clifton Springs Golf Club from 10am. Please contact Dorothy on (03) 5251 3702 for further information.

Our Club continues to progress through 2010, and in May one of our older members, Don Woodcock, spoke to us with reminiscences of his fascinating life experiences. Also in May we visited the recycling centre of Barwon Waste Management where Amy O’Brien told us and demonstrated how the contents of our yellow bins are separated Read more >>

Our Trips and Entertainment coordinator, Gill Bell, was spot on when she recited this poem at a recent Club meeting, as a report and encouraging us to attend future planned functions.

To get your attention, I thought that this time I would like to present our events in a rhyme.

Last week 22 of us went to the zoo Read more >>

Promising new year for Probus

The Ladies Probus Club of Bellarine has started a new year promising to be full of excitement. There have been several changes with the new Committee and we are now looking forward to a year with Gill O’Brien as the new President, supported by Kaye Beresford as the new Secretary and Norma Bushby continuing as Treasurer. In addition we have the invaluable experience held by our other Committee Members, Val Lewis and Norma O’Donnell to complete the team. Read more >>

Our April speaker was Amy O’Brien from Barwon Waste Management who explained the different types of recycling and what happens to the different types of waste streams – glass, plastic, paper, etc.  There were many questions following her talk. A trip to the Geelong recycling centre is planned to further discover what happens to our recyclable waste. Read more >>