GUEST SPEAKERS   2026
Date	Speaker	Topic
Wednesday, 21st January	Christopher Webber	Mountain Mishaps
Wednesday, 18th February	Greg De Moore	Tom Wills
Wednesday, 18th March	Neville Turbit	Sailing on Sydney Harbour
Wednesday, 15th April	Susan Ackroyd	Nursery Rhymes
Wednesday, 20th May	Maree Patikas	Audiology Presentation
Wednesday, 17th June	Peter Thorpe	AI for Seniors
Wednesday, 15th July	Paul Kearney	Rock ‘n Roll
Wednesday, 19th August	Professor Anne Tiedemann
Wednesday, 16th September	Katie Little	Jeannie Little’s daughter
Wednesday, 21st October	Sue Alexander	Tennis player
Wednesday, 18th November	Gillian Lewis	Maritime Museum (topic to be advised)

 

 

Christopher Webber - Mountain Mishaps

 

 

 

 

 

Patricia Carnevale- Assistant Director

NSW / ACT Eastern Regional Team Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

                   

Search Dogs Sydney - Chris D'Arcy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mile Munro - his life and his relationship with "The Last Bushrangers", his second book.  He also had his autobiography for sale and signed all copies of books sold. So interesting!

       

      

Ray Rees - Sydney Heritage Fleets  very interesting!

Bill Phippens - Kathleen Muriel Butler, the Godmother of the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Have you heard of Kathleen Butler.  None of our group had and the story is so interesting!

Elyssa Campbell - Mercy Ships   

They do such fantastic work!  A real eye-opener.

 

Abbey Ridley - Om Course Tours

Lots of interesting trips and tours available.

Ralph Scrivens - bush poet!!  Ralph is fantastic and we really recommend him.

   

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Lam

 

Jan Pike - Riding for the Disabled

 

Cath Sloan - Georges River Branch of the Country Women's Association

 

Cheryl Cartwright - Antics at the Airport

 

 

Andrew Redfern - Convict Women

 

 

 

 

Gary Hodder - Exotic and Rare Orchids

    

 

Ambre Hammond - An Unorthodox Approach to Music

 

Pam Forbes & Greg Jackson - Australian National Maritime Museum - The Wreck of the Dunbar

      

 

Peter Kirkwood - Didgerider

  

 

PROFESSOR ANNE TIEDEMANN

 

 

 

KOKODA TRACK WALKWAY - ALICE KANG OAM

 

 

KRIS'S FEATHERED FRIENDS

                  

      Lemon Chicken                                         Apricot Chicken                                Krissy with Turkish Delight   

 

                

        A kiss for the girls!                              And the boys!                                      Blue Indian Ring Neck Parrot

 

Dr Richard Anthony Harris