Gidday to fellow Surfers Sunrise members, fellow Rotarians and friends,
In the company of our Fundraising Chair, Ross Augustine, I had a meeting with Sgt Cherie McLean, the Police Officer who is in charge of the Gold Coast PCYC.
Ross was successful in arranging a District Grant so our club could assist in helping to fund Gymnasium mats and we needed to work through the implementation. We discussed other ways Surfers Sunrise could assist. It’s too early to comment on these, but I look forward to being able to do so in the near future.
We had another very successful Bunnings Sausage Sizzle on Sunday and even though it was Fathers Day we still managed to have a full complement of members in attendance. A huge thanks to the setup crew, Ross and Angus, 1st Shift, Uwe, Ian, Geoff and Rock; middle shift Ross, Adrian, Doug, Paul and Ralph. Last shift, Franz, Darrell, Elizabeth. Clean up, Ross, Angus and Franz. Legends each and every one.
Quick knee update, 5 weeks, getting better slowly. A bit over it if I’m being honest.
Look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday morning. Remember: do as you fear most.
Cindy Donald is the Program Manager (QLD) for the Raise Foundation. In concert with President Andy's policy of continuing our club's engagement with Youth, their mentoring program dove-tails by providing an early intervention strategy for high school students and is delivered in various high schools throughout Australia. Raise provides a fully supervised, evidence-based, one-on-one, face-to-face mentoring program for students in Year 8 who are most at risk of disengagement or poor wellbeing.
The sausages weren't the only thing that was hot last weekend: It was well over 30 degrees on the tarmac outside Bunnings, but our Surfers Sunrise Rotarians, and a special mention to Uwe Seifert (Broadbeach Rotary), soldiered on and sold enough sausages and drinks to put a content grin on our Fundraising Director Ross Augustine's dial...
See the individual crews' names in the President's message above. Photo: the middle shift (from left) Paul Seymour, Adrian Crowe, Doug Lipp, Ralph Pownall.
He is a true Queenslander! Born in Redbank (for those of you not familiar with the local geography: the suburb before Ipswich). He is the son of a local coal miner, graduated from Ipswich State High and proceeded to study Architecture at the Central Technical College (today, the Queensland University of Technology). “In those days, one worked during the day, and studied at night and on weekends” Nevil proudly claimed. In total the study course took a full seven years.
“Why Architecture?” I asked him. Well, simply because that’s what he wanted to do, he replied. Whilst initially working with Architectural firms, including Burling Brown (the company PDG Darrell Brown formed with Ron Burling), he soon enough embarked on his own business, which he successfully ran for some 30 years. “I did everything, from single dwellings to medium high-rises” Nevil said, and in particular Home Renovations. He and his wife Josephine (whom he married some 57 years ago) would buy a “handiman’s dream” house, renovate it and sell it again. “I have always been a builder as much as an Architect”; handy with all aspects of the building trade.
Then he sold the practice to… buy a supermarket. “Just to do something different”, sold it again ten years later, to do consulting work, including major consultancy as a Building Manager and mentor, for the Brisbane Catholic Education building department, employing funding provided by the “Kevin Rudd’s ‘Building Revolution’” he quipped.
Hobbies, interests? Well, he and Josephine also ran a Santa Gertrudis Cattle Stud (something different alright!), upon retirement travelled Tasmania in a Motorhome for some 7 months, and continued travelling for some 13 years. Nev watches movies (any, as long as they are good; Kevin Costner’s Yellow Stone series is one of his favourite), listens to Country Music. And of course, his family is written large: four sons, nine grandkids and two great-grandkids.
Great to have you as a member of our Wheelchairs team, Nev!
The first Social Event of the Rotary Year: a Family Day!
Where:
Stanley’s Barn at the Gold Coast Motor Museum,
107 Kriedeman Road,
Upper Coomera
When:
From noon on Sunday 15th September 2024
Bring along the grandchildren and great-grandchildren: There is a large fenced grass area adjoining the restaurant.
Special pricing to the Motor Museum: $18.00 per person, $10.00 for children aged 13 - 17, Children under 13 can get in free (provided that we can get minimum numbers).But we need to book. A Trybooking site has been setup to get numbers (no money is collected - pay on arrival). Click on this link, or scan the QR Code:https://www.trybooking.com/CUWMCYou can attend both the lunch and the museum, or either.
Duty Roster - note: subject to change - please check every week. Note: Fellowship duty also is expected to be at the Project Shed on the Saturday following the meeting
Sensational! President Andy gets a massage, organised by Surfers Sunrise Rotary... What?
No, we didn't catch Andy at a very private place - this is a flashback from 10 years ago. In conjunction with AB Paterson College, a fundraiser was organised for stage two of the House of Hope (Samoa), where shoulder and neck massages were offered (for an appropriate donation, if I recall correctly).
No matter how good the hand soap smells, never walk out of a bathroom sniffing your fingers.
If we are already running in the wrong direction then tech helps us to run there exponentially faster. This is the ingredient that is causing the sensation of the treadmill running faster than our feet can carry us. Douglas Murray, ‘The Madness of the Crowds’
Survival tip: if you get lost in the woods, start talking about politics and somebody will turn up to argue with you.
The sausages weren't the only thing that was hot last weekend: It was well over 30 degrees on the tarmac outside Bunnings, but our Surfers Sunrise Rotarians, and a special mention to Uwe Seifert (Broadbeach Rotary), soldiered on and sold enough sausages and drinks to put a content grin on our Fundraising Director Ross Augustine's dial... 
