Probus Club of Carseldine Queensland
Monthly Trips
Carseldine Club has a program of monthly outings usually held on the third Tuesday of each month. These monthly outings include places of interest and a lunch, and can be anywhere in South East Queensland within a comfortable day’s coach trip. Examples include visiting the Majestic Theatre Pomona, Maleny Dairies, Lone Pine, the Outback Spectacular (nighttime) and riding the Mary Valley Rattler steam train. As well the club has visited places of significance such as Parliament House, Suncorp Stadium, Tangalooma and St Helena Island.
The Club has a good record of maintaining a regular program of interesting monthly trips at reasonable cost to members. We welcome and in fact require prospective new members join us on a couple of our monthly trips so we can get to know each other before the membership application is considered. From the point of view of prospective new members this attendance and attendance at a monthly meeting enables new members to make an assessment of our Club’s suitability before committing to applying for membership.
Guest Speakers
At most monthly meetings a Guest Speaker is programmed to address the meeting for 45 minutes to one hour including question time. The Guest Speaker program is one way the Club responds to the need to provide intellectual stimulation for its retired members. Experts in a particular field are sought to provide talks on their area of expertise.
On other occasions a talk with an emphasis on providing information of relevance to retirees is scheduled. From time to time one or a panel of members will fill the guest speaker spot and talk on subjects of special interest to the members.
Recent guest speakers have included a Solicitor informing the members of the need to have a Will and an advanced Health Directive and other important documents for heirs and beneficaries. Because of COVID not a lot of meetings were held in 2020 but were resumed with a fairly full programme of interesting speakers in 2021.
Schedule for Guest Speakers in 2023:-
April 2023 Jodie Anderson-Bell from GKS Law, Redcliffe. Will talk about Wills and Estates.
May 2023 Val Marlow - The History of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
June 2023 Rob Walker from the Office of Fair Trading - He will speak about scams.
July 2023 Ros Preston from Australia Post - His topic will be 'Mysteries of the Mail'.
August 2023 Alison Schutt, co-founder of STATIONERY AID which was created out of the need to recycle excess
stationery items rather than send them to landfill.
September 2023 T.B.A.
October 2023 Dr. Jim Lergessner - He will talk about the 'Positive Approach to Aging'.
November 2022 T.B.A.
From time to time throughout the year, instead of a monthly trip, Carseldine Club holds what have become traditional events.
In January a breakfast BBQ by the Bay is held to mark Australia Day
In April we celebrate the foundation of the Club with a special lunch. This year this was held at Hornets Football Club on Wednesday 19th April.
In November an evening Christmas Dinner is held each year and attended by Santa Claus.
Extended Trips
The Club arranges an extended trip from time to time, not more frequently than once each year. In recent years trips have been arranged such as visiting the Mt Isa Rodeo within a trip to the Gulf and Northern Queensland, Macksville and northern New South Wales surrounds, Adelaide and wineries and in 2016 a three day Tangalooma stay was enjoyed in August and later in the year the club members flew to Cairns to cruise to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. In 2018 a trip to Lightning Ridge was undertaken and enjoyed by a number of Club members.
In May 2019 forty six members travelled to Bright for nine days and enjoyed the many scenic and tourist delights of the Victorian Alpine region.
In 2021we enjoyed an extended visit the Darwin area.
Small Group Activities
These include monthly informal coffee mornings at 10 o'clock on the second Tuesday of most months at Hornets AFL Club. There are regular theatre visits to attend some of the best shows visiting Brisbane.
®
