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  • Australian Online & Travellers Lions Club

    Members

    President: Ted Hughes [email protected]

    Immediate Past President: Hazel Pickwell

    1st VP: Lesley Petersen

    2nd VP: Jan Donchi

    3rd VP: Pauline Bilney

    Secretary: Lion Gwyneth Payne [email protected]

    Treasurer: Lion Arthur Leech

    Lion Tamer: Lion Brenda Payne

    Tail Twister: Lion Bernie Donchi

    Membership Chairman: Neil Bilney [email protected]

    Membership Committee: Includes above plus: Lion Rod Payne & Lion Gail Budge

    Unofficial Positions:

    Bulletin Editor/Publicity: Lion Dianne Hughes

    Club Care/Face Book Lion Stewart Payne

    Web Site: Lion Gwyneth Payne

    Lion Andrew Payne

    Workplace & Safety Officer Lion Bernie Donchi

    LCIF Ambassador Lion Hazel Pickwell

    ALL MEMBERS

    Lion Dianne Hughes Lion Rod Payne Lion Gwyneth Payne

    Lion Brenda Payne Lion Alan Large Lion Ted Pickwell

    Lion Bernie Donchi Lion Andrew Payne Lion Hazel Pickwell

    Lion Pauline Bilney Lion Stewart Payne Lion Arthur Leech

    Lion Denise Clarke Lion Lesley Petersen Lion Ted Hughes

    Lion Janice Clifford Lion Tony Petersen Lion Neil Bilney

    Lion Bernie Clifford Lion Angela Williams Lion Dorothy Yeoman

    Lion Jan Donchi Lion Rolly Williams Lion Sheryl Keppler

    Lion Gail Budge Lion Michael Diessel

    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

  • Presidents Report January 2020

    I would like to wish all members and partners Happy New Year

    from Dianne and myself.

    I contacted our new member Lion Sheryl Keppler after our last

    meeting and welcome Sheryl to our Lions club, she told me she

    was in Victoria till January, then going to Japan for 3 Months to

    help her daughter settled in over there,

    After she gets back Sheryl is heading to Queensland.

    We were all packed up to leave on the 18th of December with our caravan to Lake

    Talbot 1500k into NSW area.

    Things changed on the 17th with Dianne having trouble breathing, so I called the

    Ambulance and she was taken To Sunshine Coast University Hospital .

    When she was in emergency, they checked her out and found she had pneumonia

    and lots of fluid on her lungs and then on Wednesday night she took a bad attack

    and had doctors and nurses everywhere to do everything they had to so she could

    breath.

    Thursday she was transferred to respiratory ward. While trying to clear her lungs

    they also found there was stress on the heart so she also comes under cardiac,

    Then I found out she was transferred to cardiac ward where I saw her on the

    Thursday and Dianne didn’t look the best as they were trying to get fluid off her lungs

    so they could do angiogram, to check to see how heart was.

    So that was done just before Xmas Day and the found blockage on main artery but

    she still had some rattles in her chest.

    Then Xmas Eve her chest was all clear and they good go ahead after Xmas Day

    Dianne was told on Thursday that it would be done on Friday. They clear her artery

    and put in 3 stents and she should be home in a couple of days.

    Just after 5pm I received a ring from the nurse at the hospital to Say Dianne in

    recovery room and I can speak to her for a few minutes and Dianne sounded so

    chirpy and was eating a Sammie as she was so hungry so just have to wait if she

    comes home Saturday or Sunday.

    It was great to get a call from Dianne later Saturday morning that she was coming

    home this afternoon.

    Now Dianne on the mend from her heart attack and having her stents in she is

    home and we can carry on with our lives and a change in lifestyle for Dianne

    It’s terrible about all the fires in all the states and over 1700 homes lost and people

    being killed with these hot temperatures and heavy winds in different states.

    If any of our members are in those area’s they could help the Lions Clubs if they

    need help.

  • I have great pleasure in announcing the following

    Milestone Chevron Awards

    For 25 Years as a Lion For 10 Years as a Lion

    Lion Stewart Payne Lion Janice Donchi

    Lion Pauline Bilney

    Lion Angela Williams

    These Milestone Chevron Awards came with a Letter from the International

    President Dr Jung-Yul Choi

    The individual letters contained the following:

    Dear Lion …

    “Congratulation on Completing 25 as a Lion!

    “Congratulation on Completing 10 as a Lion!

    To Commemorate and recognise your years of service, I am presenting you with the

    enclosed Milestone Chevron Award.

    Presented by Lions Clubs International, the Chevron Award is aptly named after the

    chevron symbol in reference to a badge or insignia indicating rank or length of

    service. Your commitment to providing many years of service as a member of our

    association is honourable and commendable, as you have touched the lives of

    many. From the smallest project to the largest undertaking, your years of service

    have made an impact in your community.

    Lions Clubs International recognizes the anniversaries of members like you because

    they are a reminder of the milestones in our lives. The ripple effect of your service

    has touched the lives of many, and given us the opportunity to celebrate,

    commemorate and continue to service through diversity to make the world a better

    place.

    Congratulations once again on your milestone. I wish you many more healthy and

    happy years to continue your personal commitment to service through diversity.”

    Congratulations to Lion Stewart, Lion Pauline and Lion Angela on 25 years of

    Service.

    Congratulation Lion Jan for 10 years of Service

    Secretary Lion Gwyneth will post to you the Milestone Chevron Awards

    That about it for now but to wish everybody a Happy New Year and all the best for

    2020.

    Don’t forget our motto “We Serve”

    Ted

    President

  • The Banner Patch was accompanied by a letter which read as

    follows:

    “Dear Officers and Members of Australian Online & Travellers

    Lions Club,

    Congratulations!

    I am proud to recognise your club for earning the Membership Satisfaction Award.

    Please accept the enclosed Membership Satisfaction Banner Patch to affix to your

    club banner in recognition of this outstanding achievement.

    Recruiting new members while ensuring membership satisfaction and retention is

    critical to the health of your club. Because your members feel welcomed by your club

    and are involved in meaningful community service, they continue to be part of your

    Lions Club, and hopefully, will be for years to come.

    Membership satisfaction is achieved when a Lions club meets or exceed the

    expectations of its members. By offering meaningful and relevant ways to engage

    your members in service, you ensure that your club remains healthy, vital and ready

    to meet the needs of your community.

    Thank you for your commitment to supporting your club members and the Lions

    family.

    Together we can accomplish even more service to those who needs us around the

    world.

    In friendship,

    Gudern Yngvadottir

    Your Immediate Past International President”

    Well Done IPP Hazel and everyone

  • Australian Online &Travellers Lions Club

    Minutes of the Monthly Meeting

    December 9th, 2019, 6pm for 6.30pm NSW Time

    1. Attendance: Lions Stewart Payne, Gwyneth Payne, Ted Pickwell, Hazel

    Pickwell, Dianne Hughes, Ted Hughes, Michael Diessel, Alan Large, Dorothy

    Yeoman, Rolly Williams, Angela Williams, Arthur Leech, Gail Budge, Rod

    Payne, Brenda Payne

    Partners and Guests: Lions Lady Lyn Diessel, Lion Lee Rodgers (Kootingal &

    District Lions Club) IPDG David Emanuel (Kootingal & District Lions Club)

    2. Welcome of Members and Guests:

    President Lion Ted Hughes welcomed Members and Guests

    3. Apologies: Lion Andrew Payne. Lion Tony Petersen, Lion Lesley Petersen,

    Lion Bernie Donchi, Lion Jan Donchi, Lion Janice Clifford, Lion Bernie Clifford,

    Lion Denise Clarke

    Motion: That the Apologies for the December 6th,

    2019 Meeting be accepted

    Moved: Lion Dianne Hughes

    Seconded: Lion Arthur Leech

    Against: Nil

    Carried: Yes

    4. Protocol Established:

    Lion Gwyneth Payne posted the protocol.

    That the Australian Online & Travellers Lions Club recognises, Past Multiple

    District Officers, Past District Governors, District Cabinet Officers past and

    present, The President of the Australian Online & Travellers Lions Club, Lion

    Ted Hughes, Lions, Lions Ladies and Partners of the Australian Online &

    Travellers Lions Club and Guests.

    All speakers may now be addressed as “Lion…”

    5. Lions Clubs International Purposes

    To organize, charter and supervise service clubs to be known as Lions clubs.

    To coordinate the activities and standardise the administration of Lions clubs.

    To create and foster a spirit of understanding among the people of the world.

    To promote the principles of good government and good citizenship.

  • To Take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the

    community.

    To unite the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and mutual

    understanding.

    To provide a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest; provided,

    however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by club

    members.

    To encourage service-minded people to serve their community without personal

    financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in

    commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavors.

    6. Confirmation of Minutes:

    Motion: That the Minutes of the previous Meeting held

    November 11th, 2019 as emailed to members be

    accepted.

    Moved: Lion Ted Pickwell

    Seconded: Lion Hazel Pickwell

    Against: Nil

    Carried: Yes

    7. Business arising from the Minutes: Nil

    8. Correspondence: 8.1 Inwards Correspondence as emailed to

    Members.

    8.1.1 Lions World Diabetes Day

    8.1.2 Lions Australia Newsletter

    8.1.3 Loomis Lions Newsletter

    8.1.4 World Diabetes Day

    8.1.5 Advert for Camp Kanga Manager

    8.1.6 Message from IP LCI

    8.1.7 International Convention Singapore

    2020

    8.1.8 Lions Australia Newsletter

    8.1.9 Register for Singapore 2020

    8.1.10 Lions Australia Operation Smile

    November Newsletter

    8.1.11 Can You Support Children in Need

    8.1.12 Learning Opportunities for Club

    Officers

    8.1.13 More Grants Campaign 100

    Newsletter

  • 8.1.14 LCIF Coordinators Presentation to

    Lions Clubs

    8.1.15 Cab Sec Mailout November 2019

    8.1.16 Empower your Lions Campaign 100

    ALF Bushfire Relief

    8.2 Outwards as emailed to Members

    Motion: That the Inwards and Outwards

    Correspondence for the December 9th Meeting 2019

    as emailed to members be accepted.

    Moved: Lion Dianne Hughes

    Seconded: Lion Ted Pickwell

    Against: Nil

    Carried: Yes

    9. Business arising from the Correspondence: Nil

    10. Presidents Report for December 2019: Presented by Lion Ted Hughes

    . Time for my December report.

    We left Brisbane 21st of December heading to Queenstown, we were a minute

    from landing in Queenstown and it was so windy there the pilot diverted us back

    to Christchurch where we had to stay the night then got a flight on Saturday

    morning to Invercargill.

    Where most my family live went and visit my sister and brother in-law on the

    Saturday and after that went and seen my Mum and my sister Margaret.

    On Thursday went to Sterling Point that down at Bluff as far as you can go then

    we went for a ride up bluff hill to the top it was nice clear day so you could see

    all around.

    In the Afternoon caught up with Past Council Chairmen Kevin Wall who is a

    member of Invercargill Host Lions Club that I use to be a member’s years ago

    we had a great chat and we exchange banners from each club and Dianne will

    put the photo in the bulletin.

    On Thursday we went and seen Past District Governor Diane Stewart who is a

    member of Waikiwi Lions Club and exchange banners and that photo will go into

    the bulletin as well.

    It’s now Friday and we leave Invercargill and head to Queenstown to catch our

    plane back to Brisbane.

    It’s terrible about all these fires that have been started by people and some

    natural environment

    And amount of homes losses and business and people.

  • I would like to wish all our members and partners a Happy Xmas and New Year

    and very safe travelling if you are travelling if not travelling stay safe and enjoy

    the festival seasons.

    That me for this report catch you next month.

    Don’t forget our motto “We Serve”

    Ted Hughes

    President

    Motion: That the Presidents Report for December 2019 be

    accepted.

    Moved: Lion Ted Hughes

    Seconded: Lion Stewart Payne

    Against: Nil

    Carried: Yes

    11. Treasurers Report: Presented by Lion Arthur Leech

    Motion: That the Treasurers Report for November 2019, be

    accepted as emailed.

    Moved: Lion Arthur Leech

    Seconded: Lion Hazel Pickwell

    Against: Nil

    Carried: Yes

    12. General Business: Nil

    13. Membership: Presented by Lion Neil Bilney

    The Membership Committee met November 21st, 2019 to consider the request

    for transfer in from Lion Sheryl Keppler from the Cooma Lions Club.

    12.1 Application for Transfer Membership to Australian Online & Travellers Lions

    Club from Lion Sheryl Keppler

    Motion: That the Membership Committee recommends the application for

    transfer in by Lion Sheryl Keppler be accepted by the Members of Australian

    Online & Travellers Lions Club.

    Moved: Lion Neil Bilney

    Seconded: Lion Dianne Hughes

    Against: Nil

    Carried: Yes

    14. Business without notice:

    Business without notice to be tabled only and brought to the January 13th, 2020

    Meeting.

  • 15. Service Hours:

    1. Lion Dianne Hughes Bulletin 2 hours

    2. Lion Gwyneth Payne Administration 5 hours December 1st, 2019

    3. Lion Arthur Leech Kingscliff Probus Treasurer 27 hours, Lion Club admin 8

    hours

    4. Lion Ted Pickwell Grenfell Senior Citizens Welfare Committee 2 hours.

    GSCWC Legal Matters 11 hours

    5. Lion Hazel Pickwell Hospital Auxiliary 2 hours, MPS 8 hours 28th November,

    Community Driving Nov 25th, 26th and 28th November 9 hours

    6. Lion Michael Diessel working Anglican OP Shop 30 hours, Assistance Bush

    Fire Assistance 2 hours, District Web site 2 hours, District Service Team Co

    Ordinator Activity Reporting 6 hours, District Service Team Co Ordinator

    GOFundMe Project 4 hours

    7. Lion Andrew Payne IT support 26th Nov 2 hours, Youth of the Year Lake

    Cathie 3 hours, BBQ Support School Bus Trip to Port Macquarie 2 hours

    8. Lion Stewart Payne Assisting Inverell Lions Chocolate Wheel 5 hours,

    Necrology and Welfare District and MD Vanners 10 hours

    16. Where Members are currently and for the next Month.

    1. Lions IPDG David Emanuel and Lion Jill Tamworth NSW taking delivery of

    new house

    2. Lion Arthur Leech Inverell NSW, then Terranora NSW, then Auchenflower

    QLD

    3. Lion Michael and Lyn Diessel Taree NSW

    4. Lions Stewart and Gwyneth payne Warwick QLD

    5. Lions Ted and Hazel Pickwell Grenfell NSW then to the Loyalty Islands

    6. Lions Dianne and Ted Hughes Bells Creek QLD then Lake Talbot NSW

    7. Lion Gail Budge Campbell Town TAS then anywhere in Tassie

    8. Lions Rolly and Angela Williams Ardrossan SA

    17. Fines:

    1. Lion Td Hughes fined Lion Dianne Hughes for giving him the wrong report

    top paste

    2. Lion Stewart Payne fined Lion Ted Hughes for not reading it first

    3. Lion Dianne Hughes fined Lion Ted Hughes for not knowing how to copy and

    paste

    4. Lion Stewart Payne fined Lion Gwyneth Payne for winning a ham at the

    Bowling Club

    5. Lion Gwyneth Payne fined Lion Hazel Pickwell for also winning a Ham

    6. Lion Gwyneth Payne fined those with a new house coming next week, IPDG

    David and Lion Dorothy Yeoman

    7. Lion Stewart Payne fined Lions Brenda and Rod Payne for having one green

    spot on their block

    18. Meeting Closed: 7.20pm

  • Secretary Report January 2020

    January is the month where we begin the preparations for the Election

    of the Officers for the next Lions Year. The schedule for this is as

    follows:

    Nominations Process for Club Officers 2020-2021

    1. Agenda January 13th, 2018 Meeting to set out timelines

    2. 1st Nomination Committee Meeting to be held January 27th, 2020

    3. Nomination Committee Nominations to be sent to Members on January

    28th, 2020

    4. Members to have further Nominations back to the Secretary February 6th,

    2020

    5. 2nd Nominations Committee to meet February 7th, 2020 to put all

    Nomination together ready for the Nominations Meeting February 10th, 2020

    6. For Voting at the March 9th Meeting 2020

    The Standard Form Lions Club Constitution and By Laws defines the procedure for

    the election of the officers of a Lions Club.

    Nominations Committee: The Standard Form Constitution requires the Club President to appoint a Nominations Committee. The Club President is responsible for the appointment of a Nominations Committee during December/January of each year. The Committee should comprise a small number of experiences Lions, preferably under the chairmanship of a past President. The task of the Committee is to select at least one member of the Club to stand for each of the vacant positions for the forthcoming year-and to ensure they are willing and able to take on the position for which they are to be nominated. If necessary, the committee must encourage newer members to stand for office. At the time of appointment of the committee it may be helpful to circulate each member of the Club requesting their preference for Club office during the forthcoming year, and have members return those preferences to the Chairman of the Nominations Committee. A clear distinction should be made between “Club Office’ as defined by the Club Constitution and appointments that are the prerogative of the Club President following his/her formal election-the nomination committee should only deal with elected positions. The committee must ensure that newer members receive adequate consideration and resist the temptation to renominate existing officers because ‘they know the job’. Election Procedure-Nominations Meeting The Club Secretary must give ten days’ notice of the venue, date and time of the Nominations Meeting to each paid up member. It is strongly recommended that such notice should include a reminder that any paid-up members is entitled to submit

  • further nominations for any of the elected positions subject to those nominated agreeing to serve; together with a list of those members nominated by the committee. The nominations committee should not be seen as controlling the appointment to the office bearers for the coming year and at all stages it should be made clear to Club members that alternative nominations are welcome at the Nominations Meeting. The task of the Committee is solely to ensure that a full list of suitable nominations for all elected positions is available at the Nominations meeting. Notification of Elected Officers Following the election meeting, the Club Secretary must immediately notify the elected officers for the ensuing Lion year commencing upon 1st July to the Cabinet secretary.

    Extract from the Constitution and By Laws supporting information provided above re

    Nominations Process

    It is always a great pleasure to welcome a transferring member into our Lions Club

    and in December Lion Sheryl Keppler transferred in. Sheryl is currently travelling in

    her Caravan around Australia and is also planning an extended trip to Japan.

    New Member Inducted into the Lions Family

    In December 2019 a new member was Inducted into Lions. This new Member was

    Emma-Lee Knight and she was inducted into the Port Macquarie Tacking Point Lions

    Club. Well Done Emma-Lee! Emma receiving her Lions Lapel Pin.

    Now this is not so unusual you would say, well it is a little bit unusual as Emma-Lee

    is the fiancée of a member of Australian Online & Travellers Lions Club, our Techno

    Wizard and IT Officer Lion Andrew Payne.

  • The induction took place in December 2019 on the Christmas Party River Cruise for

    the Tacking Point Lions Club.

    A very proud Lion

    Andrew Payne (who will

    remain a member of

    Australian Online &

    Travellers Lions Club

    and who has served 10

    years as a Lion himself)

    He said that since Lion

    Emma-Lee joined Lions

    he has never worked so

    hard.

    A very “Happy Lion”

    Emma-Lee is looking

    forward to the

    challenges that being a

    young enthusiastic Lion brings.

    Lion Emma-Lee has a long (for one so young) and successful history in service work

    as she was a member of the Rotaract Club University of Canberra and whilst a

    member was awarded the highest award an individual Rotarian can receive a “Paul

    Harris Fellow” the “Service Above Self Award”.

  • CHRISTMAS ON THE HIGH SEA

    Christmas 2018 and it was decided by our family to have Christmas at sea, each

    person to make their own booking. However as the time went by they gradually

    pulled out leaving Hazel & I and our youngest grandchild Ruby as the only

    contenders. It was our year to have our 10 year old as both parents were rostered on

    in their respective occupations. So we booked for the three of us.

    Due to the fact that our eldest son had relocated to the South Coast we had nowhere

    to leave our car in Sydney and as we all know Sydney is the most expensive place in

    the world for long term parking. So our adventure started by booking on Rail Link.

    Our commendation goes to the State Government for this excellent service from the

    Country to the City. We were picked up by taxi from home and delivered to our

    Coach Station in Grenfell where we departed to Lithgow for our nearest rail link. Prior

    to our departure we were advised by Rail Link that the track from Penrith to Lithgow

    would be closed on our return and buses would be available in the place of the

    trains. We arrived at Lithgow and were soon on the train into Sydney Central Station,

    it was an all stations train to Penrith and then a limited stopping into Sydney. The

    trip was spoilt from a scenery point of view by the smoke from the bush fires coming

    both from Gosper Mountain and the Grose Valley; it was very thick and caused a lot

    of coughing in the train amongst the passengers.

    Arriving at Central we took a taxi to White Bay Terminal to embark on the PO ship

    the “Pacific Explorer”. To our surprise the formalities for boarding had been

    dramatically improved from previous times we had travelled on this line and in next

    to no time we were on board and checking out our cabin armed with our photo

    identity key and money pass combined. So we went to the Waterfront Restaurant for

    a meal whilst we waited for our bags to reach our cabin.

    After lunch we took Ruby on a tour of the ship to have a look at all the fun things she

    could do. We sailed at 4pm and had a noisy party as we went under the Sydney

    Harbour Bridge, past the Opera House and out the Heads to the open sea. The

    smoke from the bush fires did not seem to faze anybody as they partied on.

    We joined Ruby in the Kid’s Club for 10-13 year olds and from that time on we only

    saw her at meal times and with us around the islands. P & O did a marvellous job of

    entertaining all youngsters in their various age categories. This service provided by P

    & O was free, including the materials for various projects they were involved in.

    The second and third days were spent at sea and there was an enormous amount of

    things to get involved in or watch. Hazel tried out the bingo but had no luck. I enjoyed

    the eating side with 3 meals a day including my favourite “Big Breakfast”, really

    pigged out. We had a choice of many restaurants and enjoyed all types of food; the

    only restaurant we were not happy with was the Asian Specialities. The different

    Asian countries food offered in set menus did not blend well together which was

    disappointing. Ruby enjoyed “The Pantry” where she could go and get her own food,

    especially breakfast when she could order eggs with runny yolks.

    We disembarked on the 4th day on to The Isle of Pines. Disembarkation on the ships

    tenders was a real adventure for Ruby and she was full of questions as to

    procedures. We did not worry about side trips as we had been there before, however

    Ruby wanted to go for a swim and try to find a turtle to swim with but unfortunately

  • none of them came out to play. Hunger set in and Ruby was not too enamoured by

    the local natives cooking crabs and crays on grotty old oil drums so it was back to

    the ship for a feed and then back onto the big slippery dips for the rest of the day.

    Hazel & I took in a trivia session but found we were not up to date with the music.

    We would have been Ok with 60/70’s music.

    The 5th day we awoke to a strange phenomenon in the sky. It was rain!! We had not

    seen this watery substance for many months. We had reached the island of Mare

    and we disembarked at the ferry terminal. Here we were met by the local choir who

    serenaded us as we joined buses to be transported to the local beaches. By the time

    we reached our destination it had stopped raining and Ruby went for a swim, trying

    to find that elusive turtle. She saw some kids making a lot of noise and swam over

    and passed a great big sea snake. This was the reason for the kerfuffle being

    caused by the other kids. The rain returned and so back to the boat after buying

    some souvenirs (Made in China of course).

    The rain had gone when we got up the next morning which was great as it was the

    best island of the trip, Mystery Island. This is an uninhabited island where the

    Americans had put in a runway during WW11. This runway is still in use as could be

    seen when an Air Vanuatu plane came in whilst we were there. Ruby had a ton of

    fun when we were there being put in the Cannibal Pot, hair braiding

    and Lizards crawling all over her, souvenir hunting galore, along with exploring some

    old settler’s cottages. There was no food available so we returned to the ship for

    lunch and for on-board entertainment.

    Our next port of call was Noumea. We took a side trip on a Tschou Train with an

    English speaking guide and found out some of the history of the place. However I did

    not feel it was a place I would like to return to in the future as it was very similar to

    other places in the world with no aura about it. The tugboat entry and exit to the

    berth was very interesting with so many manoeuvres to get our boat correctly

    positioned.

  • The next 3 days were cruising back to Sydney during which we had Christmas

    Festivities with an excellent a la carte meal. Santa turned up and presented every

    child on board with a present, he had many of his elves in attendance and it was

    easy to see the happiness in the young ones eyes.

    The sad day happened when we had to leave the ship. Ruby was in tears as she

    had met so many new friends on board. Grandpa was in trouble as he had not

    booked the trip for New Year and the fireworks as well.

    The journey home was arduous to say the least. There had been so many stories of

    the fires on board that we decided not to hang around in Sydney. We left the ship

    boarding the coach to Central Station. We immediately got a train to Penrith and a

    bus to Lithgow. Here we had to wait for 5 hours as there was only one bus home.

    Time to leave and another wait for an hour as one of the passengers was late, they

    were not sure where he was as he did not follow instructions. When he still had not

    arrived at Lithgow the coach left, eventually arriving back at Grenfell at 11.45pm.

    IPP Hazel Pickwell, Lion Ted Pickwell and Granddaughter Ruby

  • Member report Lion Stewart Payne

    Lion Stewart Payne assisting the

    Inverell Lions Club with their BBQ

    together with the supply of groceries for

    drought effected farmers. December

    2019

    Members of the Inverell Lions Club in

    the picture

    Hard at work for a very good cause

    Below, with Inverell Lions Club

    President Lion Tom Cattell

    A very enjoyable 3 hours assisting this

    very able Lions Club in their efforts to

    help the Drought effected farmers.

  • Member Report Lion Dorothy Yeoman

    My New Motorhome

    Now all Lion Dorothy has to do is to take it for a few test runs to check out the

    workings and decide what she would like to take with her, other than her dog.

  • Welfare and Club Care Officer Report January 2020

    Nil For January

    January Lion Rolly Williams 16th

    February Lion Gwyneth Payne 11th

    Lion Angela Williams 21st

    Lion Michael Diessel 25th

    There are several our Lions who have or are still

    experiencing an unwanted hiccup health wise,

    we wish them all a speedy recovery. Lion

    Denise Clarke, Lion Rolly Williams, Lion Dianne

    Hughes and Lion Angela Williams.

    Remember to wear your Lions Lapel Pin everyday with Pride

    Lion Stewart Payne Club Care and Welfare

  • Editors Notes:

    Could I please have all articles and

    photos emailed to me by the Friday after

    our meeting night. This will enable me to

    have the Bulletin completed and emailed

    out by the 20th of the Month.

    Email address is [email protected]

    I would like to thank those members who have sent

    me articles for the bulletin.

    REMINDER:

    The next Australian Online & Travellers meeting is to be held

    on 10th February 2020 6pm for 6.30pm start NSW time.

    mailto:[email protected]