Isn’t it great that we are busy within the community promoting Rotary? Last weekend, with Kerry Dunlop and his team’s enthusiasm, we officially opened the Rotary Tucker Beach Trail. This is being recognised as Queenstown Rotary’s Gift to the Community to acknowledge our 75 Years of being part of the local community. There was a great attendance of young and older to witness the opening of the track and, when the main proceedings were completed, the littlies took off with great gusto, followed by adults on bikes and then the walkers. This was a great time to showcase Rotary and those present were certainly made aware of Rotary’s major involvement in both the new track and the restoration of the old Shotover Bridge from rack and ruin to its glory and usefulness as we see it today. The bridge was acknowledged as the Community Project to celebrate Rotary International’s Centennial Year and Queenstown Rotary was awarded one of twenty International Citations / Awards for that project. Even though most of the current project was completed by a very small enthusiastic team, it was a day when those many Rotary Members and their spouses who were in attendance could say that they are proud to be Rotarians and especially as members of Queenstown Rotary. We still have some planting and general maintenance work to be completed so this will be a good chance for us all to assist and support Kerry and his team with what they have managed to achieve so far.
A reminder that there is NO MEETING AT WILD THYME THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK.
On Wednesday Night, 31st October, we have the premier of the BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY at Reading Cinema in the Mall and for those who wish to stay on afterwards Pizzas have been arranged at Searle Lane. We still have some seats available so bring a friend so that we can make a greater contribution towards Polio Plus Programme.
Next week we shall meet at Stacks Pub at the Hilton and take in the fun and the fair of the Melbourne Cup. At this stage we don’t have the numbers to make this a Queenstown Rotary event, so we will just join in with the other patrons there and enjoy the atmosphere.
On Thursday 1st November, along with our Youth Chair Lee-Ann Lines, I will be representing the club at the Wakatipu High School Senior Prizegiving and, with youth in mind, our nominee Archie Kerr has been accepted to attend next year’s Rotary Science Forum. I’m sure that we will hear from him early in the new year.
Saturday 10th November is the District’s Car Fun Day at The Highlands Motor Park at Cromwell and on 16th and 17th we are hosting the International Marathon Fellowship of Rotarians Group who will be competing in the Queenstown Marathon. (See below for more details)
Also please note in your diaries that we shall be celebrating Christmas on a chartered Million Dollar Cruise on WEDNESDAY 12TH DECEMBER. There will of course be no meeting on Tuesday 11th December and this will be our final meeting for 2018.
When discussing how fast the end of the year was approaching with Ashley Adams a short time ago, his response was “It’s just like a roll of toilet paper the closer you get to the end of it the faster it goes.”
Have a great time and I’ll give you another few words of wisdom in a couple of weeks’ time.
Russell
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