Sunday, August 7, 2016



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Rotary Club of Karrinyup


The Rotary Club of Karrinyup was delighted to induct two new members.
 Tamara and Bruce, who have been visiting us for some weeks now,  
Tamara, whose classification is Hospitality Management,
 has had over twenty one years of experience in the hospitality industry.
Bruce, who originally hails from South Africa, worked for nearly 26 years in anatomy.
 President Trish presented both Tamara and Bruce with their name badges and welcome kits




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Paul Harris Fellows




Rotary Club of Albany Port

 We would like to congratulate Rotarian Peter Hare
 who was presented with a Paul Harris Fellowship
 for his commitment to Rotary.


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Rotary Club of Cannington

Kristen Mills
at the celebratory Dinner



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Rotary Club of Cannington

 Past District Governor Melodie Kevan last night at the celebratory dinner
 of the Cannington Club.
The Citation for Meritorious Service is awarded annually
 by The Rotary Foundation for outstanding service to "Doing Good to the World "



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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay





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Rotary Club of Cannington
at the Celebratory Dinner
Arthur was a Charter member


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Rotary Club of Cockburn




Past District Governor John Kevan presented a
 Distinguished Rotary Service Award to Alan & Diane Wright
 for their years of great service as District Representatives
 for Australian Rotary Health.

Both were recognised for their promotion of all ARH activities
, within the district and their club,
 and involvement with Indigenous Student Scholarships.





Ray McKinnon







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New Club Promotions


Rotary Club of Applecross





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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay





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Rotary Club of Applecross





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Rotary Club of Mount Lawley




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Rotary Club of Wanneroo





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Rotaract Club of Perth

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Don't forget to buy your tickets to our collaborative Perth SOUP
 event coming up on 6 September 2016 :)

Looking forward to a great evening and tasty soup!






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Rotary Club of Mill Point





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Rotary Club of Perth





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Rotary Club of Wanneroo






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Rotary Club of Applecross






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Around the Clubs




Rotary Club of Wanneroo


Changeover to President Deirdre Kenny













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other club news





Rotary Club of Rockingham





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Rotary Club of Albany Port


Judy Hardy and her daughter Tammi were special guests
 to unveil the plaque naming the new caretaker cottage
 at the Rotary Camp in memory of Alan Hardy.


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Rotary Club of Mount Lawley

Did you know.... in 1951

 in association with the Rotary Club of Perth,
 founding president of the Rotary Club of Mount Lawley Fred Johston
 was instrumental in creating the first medical faculty in Western Australia
 at the University of Western Australia.
In his honour, the Fred Johnston Memorial Trust Award
 is given to the student or students with the highest aggregate mark
 in all level 6 units in the course for the
 degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

Tonight we congratulated junior doctors Sharanya and Georgia
 for receiving this prestigious award and heard about their journeys through med school





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Despite having fewer people on the ground this year, 
the Boulder Rotary Club’s radio auction is back 
with up to $40,000 in cash donations already raised.
For its 31st year, the auction will kick off this Friday
 and will run until Sunday, August 14.

Nearly 300 items worth up to $60,000 have been donated,
 including items such as memorabilia, gift packs,
 a table tennis table, jewellery, electrical goods, and vouchers.



Rotary Club of Hannans-Kalgoorlie President Samantha Duddy,
 Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie President Ken Maisey,
 Rotary Club of Boulder President Craig Hicks,
 Assistant Governor Gloria Moyle,
 District Governor Linda McLerie










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Rotary Club of Karrinyup


The Rotary Club of Karrinyup has been a strong supporter
over the years and we were again delighted to support
 a number of Year 11 students through the nomination process.

Very excited to learn that April and Adi,
 were both successful and will be heading to Canberra in January 2017


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Rotary Club of Como



Members from the Rotary Club of Como
 enjoyed our visit to check out the new Foodbank WA 
distribution centre near the airport






Big Nght for visitors at Rotary Club of Como on Monday.

 3 Japanese Rotarians accompanying the visiting Interactors,
 1 Japanese Interactors with host Rotarians
 and Natalie Garmony Japanese interpreter.




















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Rotary Club of West Perth


Our guest speaker this morning was entertaining with a serious side.
 Professor Max Kamien spoke to the club about his experiences 
in Bourke (the other side of the black stump) New South Wales
 where he worked in the 1970s with Aboriginal Health Services.
 Max related the highs and lows associated with remote communities
 and the engagement of those communities,
 and the government and its role










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Rotary Club of Mill Point

Special Thanks to Rotary Club - Mill Point
 for the amazing donation of 20 handheld microscopes for our kindy! 





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Rotary Club of Heirisson


President Max Bird, [Rotary Club of Kwinana] together
 with President Sandra Browne of the Rotary Club of Heirisson.
  Max gave a presentation to the Rotary Club of Heirisson on Thursday 4 August.  


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Rotary Club of Nedlands

Mark Strahan gave us a well presented talk on
Interplast Australia & New Zealand and his work as a volunteer surgeon
 in Laos providing life-changing reconstructive surgery and medical training.


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Rotary Club of Matilda Bay


NATIONAL TREE DAY - Subiaco - Sunday 31 July
Despite the rain a large number of volunteers planted seedlings
 at the National Tree Day in Mueller Park Subiaco
 near the playground area.
 Rotarians from the Rotary of Matilda Bay (Lindsey, Chris, Paul,
 ChrisP, David
 and Ilena (Subiaco Rotaract) cooked a sausage sizzle
 and refreshments were provided once the planting was finished.




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Rotary Club of Wanneroo


Relationships Australia Free Sausage Sizzle at Elizabeth Quay in early July.
 1500 sausages were cooked and served as part of the NAIDOC celebrations.
 Thanks to Wanneroo Rotarians, 
Clive Bain, Debbie Singh, Deirdre Kenny, Ian Bradshaw, Neil Cook,
 Owen Douglas and his wife Helen,
 Ray Perkins volunteers from Relationships Australia 
and the NAIDOC committee who all worked tirelessly to make the event a success.”









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Rotary Club of South Bunbury

Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings




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Our busy Exchange Committee have just completed
 the 2016-17 Inbound/Outbound Briefing Weekend
 for another fabulous group of recently arrived Inbounds
 (looking forward to seeing their years unfold) and a very excited group of Outbounds
 - all set to head off overseas in around six months’ time 




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Rotary Club of Geraldton


Wednesday night the 27th July 2016,
 our club welcomed our new inbound exchange student
 for the year of 2016/2017, Elie Casiez
. Elie comes to us from France and enjoys grilling,
 so we had a barbecue & French themed evening
 to welcome him to his first Rotary club meeting.






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Rotary Club of Ellenbrook



The Rotary Club of Ellenbrook were treated to an introductory presentation
 by their brand new Inbound Student, Andreas, from Denmark. 



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"Picture of the Week"

Well Known Belmont Rotarian 
enjoying life




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Club and District Promotions


August






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Ballajura Community Fair  2016







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Rotary Club of Wanneroo



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 · 
Don't forget to buy your tickets to our collaborative Perth SOUP 
event coming up on 6 September 2016 :)
Looking forward to a great evening and tasty soup!
https://www.facebook.com/events/897705760351359/





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A couple of people asked me about Rotary out West Stats
without getting too complicated
As of  8.00am  Sunday August 7th




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360° Video, Victoria Falls
Zambia-Zimbabwe
With this video clip we begin our 360° video series 

of one of the most famous waterfalls in the World 
use the controls in the top right hand side
 of the video to navigate around the falls




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Holy Mother of Zooming
Canadian photographer Daniel Pelletie demonstrates
 the impressive 83x optical zoom feature
 of hisNikon Coolpix P900 camera,
 by taking a closer look at the moon.





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Western Australia
This shot was taken on the edge of Roebuck Bay along the Crab Creek road

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