Events

Chairman: David Baker

Dr Kasey Symons is an academic and writer and works as a Research Fellow in Swinburne University's Sport Innovation Research Group. Her research includes work on community development through sport, sport marketing and fan engagement, fan culture, creative writing and sport media and women in sport. Kasey reports on women's sport as a freelance writer and is a co-founder of the women's sports media platform, Siren Sport. Kasey is also passionate about community sport and is a Director of the Fitzroy Football Club who compete in the VAFA.

Rotary thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Be entertained and educated by an interesting Guest Speaker, hear updates and announcements regarding Club activities and member's welfare.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting can be accessed remotely via Zoom here (Meeting ID: 812 9866 6046 Passcode: 772255)

Come along to our ever-popular Grand Final Preview Fellowship Night, wear you Club Colours, look outrageous! Spouses and Partners very welcome.

Note that Fellowship Meetings are not broadcast via Zoom.

Professor Woodward AM, MB, BS, MD, FRACP, FANZSM, FAAG, FAWMA(FWA). Director - Aged Care Research, Director Memory Clinic, Director - Wound Clinic is  based at the Austin Hospital.

Chairman: Dr Ian Davidson

Please note this is a cluster meeting being organised by the Rotary Club of Balwyn. President David Hobson has advised all Cluster Presidents that the meeting will be held at Green Acres

This meeting is a Joint Club Dinner with the Eastside Cluster Clubs of Balwyn, Canterbury and North Balwyn, and replaces our regular Weekly Dinner Meeting at Conochie Hall on Wednesday 28 September. The Dinner is hosted by the Rotary Club of Balwyn at the ever-popular Greenacres Golf Club; the evening commences at 6:00pm for a 6:30pm start.

The speaker is Associate Professor Michael Woodward (Head of Aged Care Research and the Memory Clinic at Austin Hospital), and his topic will be "The Race to Find a Treatment for Dementia". This topic and the calibre of the speaker will have wide appeal, hence the Joint Club Dinner and the larger venue.

Partners, spouses, guests and friends are very welcome. Cost is $38.00 pp and includes a two course set meal. Drinks at bar prices.

To register for this event and purchase tickets, please click on trybooking or click the "Book Now" button on the Flyer sent separately. You don't have to register (or pay) on our ClubRunner website for this meeting. Registration MUST close at 5:00pm Sunday 25 September.

Welcome to the Hawthorn Makers Market which is committed to supporting local, independent artists and designers and curating the best of Australian handcraft in one central marketplace.

Our monthly market is held inside and outside at the beautifully restored, Hawthorn Arts Centre.

Each stallholder has a story and each product is made with authenticity and soul. Our market is artisan, unique and showcases the best in handmade happiness.

Volunteers are needed for a range of tasks including bump in/setup, attendance monitoring and bump out/clean up.

Please register for the task you would like to assist with.

• Co-director, operations manager, sales & marketing
• Boutique distillery, production of Australian made spirits.
• Recipient of 11 international national spirits awards

aerochute industries | 1990 – current

• Co-director, manufacturing manager, sales & marketing
• Pilot and instructor – providing training to student pilots
• Manufacture and design of powered parachute (Ultralight Aircraft)

sitright chairs  | 1987 – current

• Co-director and operations manager
• Manufacture and design of ergonomic chairs

Rotary thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Be entertained and educated by an interesting Guest Speaker, hear updates and announcements regarding Club activities and member's welfare.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting can be accessed remotely via Zoom here (Meeting ID: 812 9866 6046 Passcode: 772255)

Chairman Geoff McCormick

The Honourable Paul Coghlan AO KC, Office of Special Investigator Paul Coghlan was admitted to practice in Victoria in 1969, signed the Bar Roll in 1978 and was appointed Queens’s Counsel in 1995. He has held the positions of Commonwealth Prosecutor Deputy Crown Solicitor’s Office, Commonwealth Associate Director of Public Prosecutions, Senior Crown Prosecutor (Major Trials), Chief Crown Prosecutor and Director of Public Prosecutions for Victoria. He prosecuted a large number of major trials, including homicide, commercial fraud and drugs. He was appointed to the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2007 and became the Principal Judge of the Criminal Division between 2010 and 2013. In 2013 he was appointed to the Court of Appeal and retired in 2014. He was appointed a Reserve Judge of the Court of Appeal in 2014. He sat on a regular basis except for brief periods in 2017 and 2019 when he completed reviews of the Bail Act 1977 for the State of Victoria. Paul Coghlan was the re-appointed a Reserve Judge of the Court of Appeal as from 8 May 2018, and continued to sit regularly, and on a full-time basis. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours for distinguished service to the law, and to the judiciary, and to the administration and review of criminal justice. In May 2022 he was appointed Special Adviser to the Special Investigator.

Rotary thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Be entertained and educated by an interesting Guest Speaker, hear updates and announcements regarding Club activities and member's welfare.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting can be accessed remotely via Zoom here (Meeting ID: 812 9866 6046 Passcode: 772255)

Tonight is Club Forum, and it's vitally important you attend, as this is where you can ask questions, makes suggestions, and enter into constructive discussion for the benefit of the Club going forward. Those who for whatever reason cannot attend in person can still participate via Zoom, the new Camera and Microphone setup appears to be working well.

The time available always goes fast, so to make the meeting productive please submit your questions, ideas and suggestions by email to the President and President Elect as soon as possible.

For those who want to access the Club Forum remotely, click Zoom (Meeting ID: 812 9866 6046, Passcode: 772255)

This popular event is an important part of our Club's fund-raising program. Please volunteer your time generously.

 Kieren grew up in Mentone.

An overseas gap year introduced him to a career in travel; he has a Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) degree and an MBA and recently beccame a Marriage Celebrant.

He has wide experience in the travel industry working for Rail Plus and currently APT.

He is married to Caroline and his hobbies are running, musical theatre and the Bombers

CHAIRMAN: DAVID BAKER

Rotary thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Be entertained and educated by an interesting Guest Speaker, hear updates and announcements regarding Club activities and member's welfare.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting can be accessed remotely via Zoom here (Meeting ID: 812 9866 6046 Passcode: 772255)

Tonight is Club Fellowship Night, celebrating the 2022 Melbourne Cup, and it will be held on The Deck at the Box Hill RSL! Spouses, partners, visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome. Dress up as if you are in the Bird Cage at Flemington! Hats are (almost) compulsory!

Book and pay through ClubRunner.

Welcome to the Hawthorn Makers Market which is committed to supporting local, independent artists and designers and curating the best of Australian handcraft in one central marketplace.

Our monthly market is held inside and outside at the beautifully restored Hawthorn Arts Centre.

Each stallholder has a story and each product is made with authenticity and soul. Our market is artisan, unique and showcases the best in handmade happiness.

Volunteers are needed for a range of tasks including bump in/setup, attendance monitoring and bump out/clean up.

Please register for the task you would like to assist with.

Chairman Peter Pratt 

Jon joined our Club on the 27th January 1980. He is a Past President and has held many important roles in the Club including Art Show Chairman several times.

He is a well respected member and a successful business man.

We all look forward to his presentation.

Rotary thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Be entertained and educated by an interesting Guest Speaker, hear updates and announcements regarding Club activities and member's welfare.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting can be accessed remotely via Zoom here (Meeting ID: 812 9866 6046 Passcode: 772255)

This popular event is an important part of our Club's fund-raising program. Please volunteer your time generously.

Chairman Geoff Heath

Dave McNamara is a socially-minded former chef whose passion for food has taken him from working in some of Melbourne's most well known restaurants to leading the largest food relief charity in Victoria.

After many years working in the not for profit sector, Dave was appointed as Foodbank Victoria CEO in July 2013, bringing with him his lifetime love of food and drive to change the injustice of food insecurity that  many people in Australai face. 

Dave's talk should be very interesting, particularly because of our Club's association with Foodbank from the very early days.

Rotary thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Be entertained and educated by an interesting Guest Speaker, hear updates and announcements regarding Club activities and member's welfare.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting can be accessed remotely via Zoom here (Meeting ID: 812 9866 6046 Passcode: 772255)

CHAIRMAN: Richard O'Brien

Andrew is a leader in hearing health care, a master Audiologist and he is certified in audiological and neurological sciences. He is a speaker, teacher, manager and innovator. 

He is a founding  member of one of the largest hearing health care groups in the country and the founder of Neuaudio - Hearing & Brain Health. 

Andrew has been recognised multiple times as a leader in the industry both in Australia and overseas.

Rotary thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Be entertained and educated by an interesting Guest Speaker, hear updates and announcements regarding Club activities and member's welfare.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting can be accessed remotely via Zoom here (Meeting ID: 812 9866 6046 Passcode: 772255)

Tonight is our Annual General Meeting - this is important. Please all Members attend and cast your votes for the 2023-2024 Leadership Team.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for Members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting can be accessed via Zoom, Meeting ID: 812 9866 6046, Passcode 772255

Welcome to the Hawthorn Makers Market which is committed to supporting local, independent artists and designers and curating the best of Australian handcraft in one central marketplace.

Our monthly market is held inside and outside at the beautifully restored Hawthorn Arts Centre.

Each stallholder has a story and each product is made with authenticity and soul. Our market is artisan, unique and showcases the best in handmade happiness.

Volunteers are needed for a range of tasks including bump in/setup, attendance monitoring and bump out/clean up.

Please register for the task you would like to assist with.

The Rotary Foundation presents the amazing true story of the rediscovery of Richard III. This is an advanced screening not available to the general public. Please join us as all proceeds will go to the End Polio Now cause.

Chairman Robert Davies

Sam's CV 

Bachelor of Planning & Design (Building) Melbourne University 1994.

Advanced diploma Aviation - Australian Aviation Academy Tamworth. Ansett Cadet course 94-96

Kendall Airlines pilot 96-99.

Finnair 99 Canadair regional jet, Assistant flight operations manager and Pilot 99-01

South African Express Airlines.2000, 

Aeropelican compliance officer 2001

Qantas Second Officer Boeing 747-400 2002

Qantas First Officer Boeing 737-800 2006

Qantas First Officer Boeing 787-900 2017

Qanats Captain Boeing 737-800 2022

Fear Of Flying Coordinator 2008-20017

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Our Rotary Club thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Be entertained and educated by an interesting Guest Speaker, hear updates and announcements regarding Club activities and member's welfare.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for Members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting can be accessed via Zoom, Meeting ID: 812 9866 6046, Passcode 772255

Tonight is the last Club meeting of the year, so come along and celebrate Christmas 2022 at the Manningham Club in the Ben Nevis Room. Fine food, wine and entertainment is included. Canapes and pre-dinner drinks served at 6:15pm. This is an event not to be missed.

Spouses, partners, visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

For planning and catering purposes Registration must close at 6pm Wednesday 7 December - so please register as soon as possible or you will miss out.

Celebrate the return to Camberwell Rotary for 2023 with a casual meal in The Bistro at the Box Hill RSL. Numbers are strictly limited to the first 20 Members to Register. There is no charge as Attendees will order and pay for their own food and drinks. The bar is open from 6:15pm, with the table booked for 6:45pm.

Welcome back! Tonight is the first meeting of the year back at our regular venue, and it's a joint meeting with our Conochie Hall partners Rotary Canterbury - see attached flyer for details. Spouses, partners, visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for Members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting (excluding Fellowship and off-site meetings) can be accessed via Zoom, Meeting ID: 883 5825 6029, Passcode 057164

Chairman Patrick Docherty

Peter was a Director of Cricket Victoria for 13 years and of Cricket Australia for 5 yeras and was awarded an OAM 2 years ago for services to Cricket and Australian Rules Football.

Peter's association with the Camberwell Cricket Club dates back to the time he  left school in 1959 and has continued until the present time spending 64 years of his life at the Camberwell Sports Ground.   He has held many positions at the Club including 4 periods as President, he was also President of the Old Scotch Football Club for 2 years during this time.

The previous Camberwell Club has its origin dating back to 1864 and participated for most of this time in the Victorian Sub District Cricket Association until 1996 when a merger with the Collingwood Club in 2006 brought it into the Victorian Premier Cricket Competition as the Camberwell  Magpies Cricket Club. The Club has many Senior and Juniour Teams both male and female competing in regular competition.

Our Rotary Club thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Hear from guest speaker Peter Warner on the topic of ‘Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club History and Community Objectives’.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for Members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting (excluding Fellowship and off-site meetings) can be accessed via Zoom, Meeting ID: 883 5825 6029, Passcode 057164

To support RI and District's push on Membership, our President has created the initiative of Each One Bring One for tonight's meeting. So please invite a work colleague, friend, family member etc to come along and see what the Rotary Club of Camberwell actually does.

Please note that for Members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting (excluding Fellowship and off-site meetings) can be accessed via Zoom, Meeting ID: 883 5825 6029, Passcode 057164

Our Rotary Club thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Be entertained and educated by an interesting Guest Speaker, hear updates and announcements regarding Club activities and member's welfare.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for Members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting (excluding Fellowship and off-site meetings) can be accessed via Zoom, Meeting ID: 883 5825 6029, Passcode 057164

Chairman: John Walmsley

Alick Osborne - Biography

Alick has been a Rotarian since 2013 when he joined the Rotary Club of Tully in Far North Queensland. He joined Rotary Chadstone East Malvern after he rerurned to Melbourne in 2015 and was President in 2018-19.

He is currently the Rotary Chadstone East Malvern Environment  Team Leader..

Alick has been CEO of Seasol since 2015.

Prior to that he was CEO of Tulliy Sugar for 3 years and earlier in his career he was an agricultural commodity trader and exporter.

In addition Alick is a Director of the Australian Export Grain Innovation Centre

He is a keen, though very amateur fly fisherman and gardener.

Our Rotary Club thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Be entertained and educated by an interesting Guest Speaker, hear updates and announcements regarding Club activities and member's welfare.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for Members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting (excluding Fellowship and off-site meetings) can be accessed via Zoom, Meeting ID: 883 5825 6029, Passcode 057164

Chairman: Lyndon Joss  

Keith garfuated in Electrical Engineering more than 50 years ago.He has spent much of his prof essional career at Monash University in the Information Technology Service where he enjoyed a variety of roles including teaching engineering undergraduates about computer systems and leading the computer networking section. After retiring Keith developed a keen interest in the emerging field of electric vehicles, culminating in acquiring a Tesla in 2019.He continues to follow developments, in this fast changing field.

For relaxation Keith enjoys playing clarinet and bagpipes and is a volunteer dog training instructor with the German Shepherd Dog Club.

Our Rotary Club thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Be entertained and educated by an interesting Guest Speaker, hear updates and announcements regarding Club activities and member's welfare.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for Members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting (excluding Fellowship and off-site meetings) can be accessed via Zoom, Meeting ID: 883 5825 6029, Passcode 057164

Welcome to the Hawthorn Makers Market which is committed to supporting local, independent artists and designers and curating the best of Australian handcraft in one central marketplace.

Our monthly market is held inside and outside at the beautifully restored Hawthorn Arts Centre.

Each stallholder has a story and each product is made with authenticity and soul. Our market is artisan, unique and showcases the best in handmade happiness.

Volunteers are needed for a range of tasks including bump in/setup, attendance monitoring and bump out/clean up.

Please register for the task you would like to assist with.

Chairman: Nav Muniratna

Andrew lives in Tasmania, is married to Anna and they have 4 children.
He attended Camberwell State School and Camberwell High
In 1965 was selected by  Camberwell  Rotary as one of 3 students to be sent to the USA in the early years of  the Rotary Youth Exchange, and his four children have been Rotary Exchange students in Finland, Brazil, South Africa and France.
In the US he played a full season of American gridiron and in 1966 represented all exchange students in the USA as a guest speaker to the Denver Rotary  International Convention.
In 1969 he joined TAA in Melbourne  Head Office as a Management Trainee and in 1979 became National Holiday Travel Manager and won a national Marketing Award for the deveolpment of Take 7 Holidays.
In 1981 he left TAA and moved into private enterprise and developed several businesses.
He has held many roles in Rotary including Rotaract and RYLA and served on District Committees.

His wife Anna, describes Andrew as a failed Retiree.

Our Rotary Club thrives on personal interaction and engagement. So join your friends, enjoy a good meal, a drink and good company. Be entertained and educated by an interesting Guest Speaker, hear updates and announcements regarding Club activities and member's welfare.

Visitors, guests and prospective members are very welcome.

Please note that for Members and guests who can't attend in person, the weekly Club Dinner Meeting (excluding Fellowship and off-site meetings) can be accessed via Zoom, Meeting ID: 883 5825 6029, Passcode 057164