Guest Speakers
The Club arranges for speakers to visit on meeting days.
Speakers have provided much enjoyment speaking on such diverse topics as travel; law on Wills, Enduring Power of Attorney, Health Directive and many other interesting and informative subjects.
If any readers would like to offer to be a guest Speaker please contact our secretary.
2020
2019
APRIL: Kevin Gillard - The Pyjama Foundation which assists children placed in forster care.
MAY: Heather Campbell demonstrated Happy Yoga.
JUNE: Jack Clark - Aviation High School - talked about and showed us the latest Drone technology.
JULY: David Webber - RACQ - reviewed current road rules and provided advice for elderly motorists.
AUGUST: Geoff Bostrom - Taoist Society of Australia to describe and demonstrate Tai Chi practice.
SEPTEMBER: Claude Tranchant - walking the Camino Trail
OCTOBER: Lindsay Hutton - original skipper of "PS Murray Princess".
NOVEMBER: Professor Emeritus Bob Milns - the adventures of Themistocles in 480BC.
DECEMBER: Professor Roly Sussex - the origins of words associated with Christmas.
2020
February: Professor Darryl Low Choy - A plan too far, how Brisbane got its first Town Plan.
September: "Stone the Crowd" - a musical band.
October: Geoff Crane: ex BOM - Climate Change.
November: Trevor Evans - Federal Member for Brisbane - Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management.
December: Noel Stallard - a bush poet of note.
2021
February: Professor Roly Sussex - The language of Pain.
May: Annette Ball - Pain relief with the Emmett Technique.
June: Major General Darryl Low Choy (Rtd) - Chinese "ever victorious army" - a personal connection.
September: Dr Gary Fitt - Birdlife Southern Queensland
October: Senator Gerard Rennick: Issues concerning senior citizens.
November: MadJonna King: "People who really made a difference" - people she has met in her career.
2022
April: Dr Tony Brady: The Empire Air Training Scheme.
May: Denis Wayper: "Doris Day - her life and her music".
June: Dina Raus - Services for seniors via Advanced Care Planning.
August: Michael Beatty - Reminiscences of an adventurous life in media and animal protection.
September: Michelle Molyneux - QATB Paramedic talking basic first aid response to heart, stroke and falls.
October: Tim Mander - his life as a rugby league referee, then as a politician.
November: John Theile - Captain Hector Waller DSO and Bar; HMAS Perth and the Battle of Sunda Strait.
December: Patrick Pickett - "Music and Healing"
2023
February: James Lergessner: "Cloudland Reminiscences", Cloudland, Queen of the Ballrooms.
April: Captain Christine Surbeck - Australian Army nurses in theatres of armed conflict.
May: Dr Gary Fitt - Endangered Gouldian finches from Northern Australia.
June: Denis Wayper - Illustrated account of the lives of "The Three Tenors".
July: David Harris - Past President. "The history of Stafford Probus" on the occasion of our 33rd birthday.
August: Spencer Howson - "Don't let me do all the talking".
September: Dale Arvidsson - "It's Springtime in the Gardens." History of Brisbane's Botanic Gardens.
October: Peter Howard - Thoroughbred Racing History Assn, History and Highlights of Melbourne Cup.
November: Professor Emeritus Major General Darryl Low Choy - York's Hollow Rifle Range and the colonial settlement history of Herston/Victoria Park.
December: Professor Roly Sussex - "Where would the English language be without Shakespeare".
2024
February: John Murray - The Evolving World of EV (Electric Vehicles), Then, Later and Now.
April: Dr Jack Ford - How we now in 2024 commemorate The Great War - ANZACmania.
May: Sergeant Jose Sarmiento (QLD Police) - Security, Current Crime Trends, Scams.
June: James Lergessner: Ageing Down Under. Is 70 the new 50?
July: Barbara Eastoe - Turkmenistan: The weirdest country on earth?
August: Alexandra Plumb - Aged Care and Retirement Living - The Financial Considerations.
September: Stuart Buchanan - His involvement with the Bustard Head Lighthouse.
October: Dr Christopher Reynolds: Australian History as you've never heard it.
November: Ron Boxall: On sending young Australians to war.
December: Police Sergeant Jose Sarmiento - Home Security.
2025
February: Richard McKinnon - From McKinnon & Co, Longreach to talk about Outback Pioneers.
April: Ron Boxall - Thoughts on Anzac Day.
May: Lisa Jones, Curator of the Queensland Police Museum - Qld Mounted Police.
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