Guest Speaker - July 2024

Kristina Gant, Manager, Beaudesert Branch of the National Australia Bank, addressed members about online banking and security. Kristina gave a very informative talk which covered scams and fraud, and how to keep personal information safe with regard to PINs, signatures and contact details, using ATMs and EFTPOS, and shopping online.   

Guest Speaker - June 2024

Following on from National Volunteer week at the end of May, we welcomed three guest speakers to our June meeting from UnitingCare: 

• Sharon Batstone, Volunteer Experience Coordinator
• Victoria Bansey, Better Impact Volunteer Experience Lead, and 
• Leanne Lane, Supervisor, Beaudesert Lifeline Store

The team gave a brief history of UnitingCare, BlueCare and Lifeline, as well as the impact volunteers have on both the organisation and the volunteers themselves. At the end of the meeting, they had some giveaways for our members and stayed to enjoy some fellowship over lunch. 

A big shout out to all Probians who volunteer in their respective communities. 

Guest Speaker - May 2024

Author, Rob Shackleford, from Tamborine Mountain, spoke to members about the challenges involved in being an author and publishing novels. Rob has written 5 books:

• The Historical fiction Traveller trilogy asks the question “If you were sent a thousand years into the past, would you survive?” It is the story of a group of highly trained travellers who are sent back in time 1000 years to Saxon England in the first book and the Byzantine Empire in the second book.

• Quantum Crystal is about an invention for the treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress.

• Drowned Paradise, published in 2023, and written while Rob lived in Burleigh Heads, explores the question, “What would happen if the Gold Coast was to experience a big tsunami?”

Rob also spoke to members about his experiences whilst house sitting overseas. His next destination will be Alaska in December.

Full details about Rob and his books can be found on his website