Events

We are supporting Nation Tree Day 2024 by providing a BBQ at the Langslow Street School site for the tree planting volunteers

Next Wednesday, the fun continues with our first Speed Dating Club Night — a serious, but fun, opportunity to get a better understanding of how this Club works.

Sometimes it seems like there's a big black box and things appear magically from it, but the truth is that there's plenty of preparation and planning behind the scenes. It is really important that we have as many members as possible come along and join in and perhaps discover new ways they can help out! 

This session is not just for newer members! Members can tend to be pigeon-holed into certain roles, which can become boring and repetitive over time. This is a chance for long-time members to investigate new roles within your Club.

If you're unfamiliar with how speed dating works, you get to spend a short time — about 10 minutes — with a Club leader to talk about their role in the Club. Then you move onto another Club leader to talk about their role, and so on.

You will have the opportunity to rotate through two panels of four Club leaders across two speed dating sessions, with delicious Chinese food in between.

We are meeting at Castlemaine Bowling Club, Berkeley St Castlemaine — a much better venue to conduct multiple conversations! Normal dinner fee applies, drinks from the bar.

Two speakers will join us — Jeremy Furze, Town Folk Festival director, and Azzy Jay, director of the Fringle Festival. Both will talk to us about these upcoming festivals being held in Castlemaine.

Bryn Davies from Really Local is joining us to explain what Really Local does. 

Joel Meadows from YIMBY will be telling us about his innovative community composting scheme.

Joel is an engaging speaker and passionate about composting and its benefits. If you are interested in sustainability, gardening and/or composting, this is one not to be missed.   

Your assistance will enable our Club to make benifits of a $500 donation for our volunteer work.

Duties are for one task only, using push brooms to keep the show judging area clean from sheep marbles & hay. Lunch will be provded for the midday session. 

You will also enjoy the expereince of an important rural sheep farm activity.

After a very dramatic Wednesday evening in Castlemaine resulted in our regular meeting being cancelled due to flooding at the Cumberland, our next outing is FFF Night at the Guildford Hotel 6.00pm - 6.30pm start
 
Importantly, we need to confirm numbers to the venue by Sunday 15 Sept, so we need registrations by midday Sunday.
 
Order and pay from the Hotel menu, drinks from the bar. Partners and family are most welcome.

Rita will be working to reschedule Joel Meadows to tell us about community composting, so keep an eye on the Bulletin!

Erect 6x9 Marquee and staging

Community Service Director Jane Anderson has an entertaining and informative evening planned for Club Night.

Past District 9800 Governor and current District Foundation Director Grant Hocking will visit us and speak about all things Rotary Foundation.

Our October FFF will be at the Five Flags Hotel. Depending on numbers, we could be in the Red Room, or in the main dining area. Members, partners and others welcome, but please remember to register so we can alert the venue!

We require volunteers, especially those with trailers, to move chairs and other materials from the Goods Shed to Festival containers in the Kennedy St storage yard (approx 100m away)

Special evening with our guests from the local Solomon Island community here in Castlemaine. The presentation will include the Solomon Island culture and their story as to how Castlemaine has become so important to them.

Provide BBQ as part of the Hadfieds family recognition celebrations for their contribution to the Hot Rod comunity

This is our Club Night with two special presentations from our newest members John Stenning and Sally Markham. With no set criteria both John and Sally will present to us what they want us to know about them.! How exciting. Please come along to support and embrace our new members. It will be a relaxed agenda and ambience.

Rotary Truck Show raffle roster

Provide luch for CFA Group traing event.

BBQ for the Annual CFA  Group Ex, 50 pax expected. CFA to pay. Looking for a good, almost Goumet lunch!

We have been booked in to visit the Up The Creek Workshop ! It is an amazing workshop dedicated to the mechanical restoration and engineering of vintage and collector cars. Organised by Rob Airton and Vin Cappy. The workshop space and displays will be a privilege to see. Join us for the visit at 5.30pm and then we can all meet back at the Cumberland for a meal together ordering from the bistro menu at 7pm.

Erection of staging Castlemaine Town Hall Saturday 16th Nov and removal of staging Sunday 17th Nov.

This is it ! Where all the pieces come together. Rotary Truck Show meeting that is. To all members please come along, even if you don't have a 'role' , come to share the enthusiasm, support the stressed and join in some fellowship. Roles and Rosters will be allocated, confirmed and detailed. Quantities and resources will be discussed. Maps and logistics will be viewed. The weather is lookin' good.

Dear members, after a well earned rest (!) we are back to business. This week's meeting will celebrate our Annual General Meeting and then Terry will 'open the doors' so we can can enjoy a post-Truck Show FFF and a chance to swap stories.Please consider that the AGM is an important legal step in our year, and as such, we hope to have as many members present. The meal will be the pseudo FFF as members can choose their own culinary delights from the bistro menu.