Guest Speaker, October Dinner Meeting

Our guest speaker in October will be local resident, and scarecrow maker, Murray LOANE, who will be telling us about the Bikes For Humanity project, in which he is involved.

For more information on Bikes For Humanity, click here.

Garden Ramble

The Bundanoon Garden Ramble is taking place once again, this year on Saturday and Sunday, October 23 and 24.

Once again, the Club will be operating the popular Lions Café, this time at the home of Laurel and Ron HONES, cnr Lorna Close and Ellsmore Road.

This is a major Club event, so all members are expected to help out. Please click here to see the roster, then advise Lyn by email when you will be able to help. Lyn will then send you a confirmation email.

Similarly, help is needed selling raffle tickets in Railway Ave, either morning or afternoon. The roster is on the same page as that for Lions Café

RSA Course

Once again Bundanoon Lions will be manning the Beer Tent at the upcoming Highland Fling cycle festivities in November. But before we can do it everybody serving alcohol must possess a Responsible Service of Alcohol Certificate.

Courses will be held in October in Goulburn (Oct 22) and Moss Vale (Oct 29). The course is virtually all day, and the $95 fee will be paid by the Club, so if you are interested in attending please advise Les ASAP on 4883 6918

Business Meetings

Our first meeting in our new venue proved hugely popular, so arrangements have been made for all board meetings and business meetings henceforth to be in the Supper Room at the Soldiers' Memorial Hall.

The Supper Room is comfortable, has reverse cycle air-conditioning, and there are full kitchen facilities available for heating or reheating food, making tea, coffee, etc. and for keeping drinks cold.

Next meeting there is on October 12.

Anniversary Dinner

Our 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner will be held on Saturday, November 27 at the Bundanoon Club, Erith Street.

For more information click here

For those who don't know, our club was formed officially on 17 September 1990 and chartered on 18 October of the same year.

It's a significant anniversary, so please enter the date in your diary NOW.

Chinese dinner a success

With Idle a Wile closed when our May dinner meeting was held, we conducted an informal dinner meeting at the Bundanoon Chinese Restaurant.

This was deemed so successful that we would like to pursue other ethnic themes when Idle a Wile is not available.  If you have any suggestions for themes and/or venues, please advise Lyn or Peter on 4883 7988.

Les receives Travel Award

En route to Mildura, Margaret and Les, along with Lyn and Peter, stopped off in Hay. There, on the recommendation of renowned "foodie", Lion Kev, we dined at "Wok in Hay", an interesting exercise in cross-cultural marketing. As well as serving excellent Thai food, more conventional Australian tastes are also catered for, with a full range of hamburgers, hot dogs, Chiko rolls and - wait for it - Pluto Pups, while at night pizzas are on offer. Secretary Les was so taken with the Pluto Pups that he bought four for consumption in Mildura - then forgot about them until they were well past their use-by date. Still mourning their passing at the June dinner meeting, Les was elated to be presented with a fresh Pluto Pup, purchased only a few days previously as Lyn and Peter passed through Hay towards the end of their Outback trip.

Club wins International awards

At the March 23 dinner meeting, PDG Ralph presented Lions International awards to the club, and also to president Elizabeth and Secretary/Treasurer Les.

For full story see News page.

Giant Single Malt raffle

Once again, to coincide with Brigadoon, we'll be conducting our giant raffle for a collection of premium single malt Scotch Whiskies.

Following the success of last year's raffle, for which tickets were sold only at Brigadoon, tickets will be on sale for a week prior to the event, and volunteers are needed to man the selling table in front of the newsagency.

Permits have been received from Council for sale of tickets in Railway Parade from Saturday April 10 to Friday April 16 inclusive, while tickets will also be sold at Brigadoon on Saturday April 17, with the draw to take place at the oval at 1500.

Selection of the whiskies is complete and a colourful A4 poster has been produced to promote the raffle, along with tasting notes on the selected whiskies.

  
Single Malt raffle poster (left) and tasting notes (right) from single malt aficionado Michael JACKSON, author of the Malt Whisky Companion

Margaret's birthday

On May 15, Margaret JOHNSON celebrates a major birthday - and Bundanoon Lions are invited to participate.

The party is being catered, but Lions have been recruited as waiters and waitresses (I refuse to use the abomination, "waitpersons" - PWS) in return for a donation to the Club from Les and Margaret.

However, Lions will not just be there to work. It is Margaret's wish that we all join in as part of the party.

Please phone secretary Les on 4883 6918 for more details.

New member

At the April dinner meeting we'll be inducting new member, Kevin BLOCK, who we'll welcome formally on this site after his induction.