Weekly Bulletin
Meets: Wednesdays at 7:00am for 7:30am 
PepperGreen Farm
40-44 Thunder St, North Bendigo 3550
 
Co-Presidents: Allie Lyall
                          Cathie Miller
Secretary:        Paul Henderson
 
Email: secretary@rcobs.com.au
 
Postal: PO Box 1122 Bendigo 3552
 
RI President:              Francesco Arezzo
District Governor:      Peter Shepheard
Assistant Governor:  Alison Bacon
 
Club No:  25446   Chartered:  2nd June 1988
Upcoming Activities
 
26th Jan 2026 - Australia Day at Lake Weeroona
 
24th Feb 2026 - Lawn Bowls evening with RC of Bendigo South.
 
19th - 23rd March 2026 Barham weekend. Phone 5453 2553 to book a site/cabin and say you are from Rotary.
 
27th - 29th March 2026 - D9800 Multi District Impact Summit @ Horsham 
 
 
Welcome to Issue 27 (2025-26) of our weekly bulletin. Find out about our upcoming events, our guest speakers, what we covered during the last meeting and more!
 
Can't make our meeting in person please join us via Zoom:
 
Opportunities to volunteer -for non-Rotarian friends and volunteers:
* Upcoming BBQs - Contact Kevin - 0428 996 619
Meeting Roster
 
14-Jan
21-Jan
28-Jan
4-Feb
Speaker
Club Forum
Australia Day Activities update
No Meeting
TBC
Meeting Location
Peppergreen Farm
Peppergreen Farm
Peppergreen Farm
Peppergreen Farm
Chair
Rob Rosaia
Doug Lougoon
 
Stan Hendy
Computer
Doug Lougoon
Allie Lyall
 
Ted Gretgrix
Set-Up 6.45am & pack up
Brian Hodge
Stew Annan
 
Adrian Schoo
Welcome, raffle & roaming microphone
Ian Johnson
Adrian Schoo
 
Brian Hodge
Co-President's report
 
Co-Presidents Report for 7 th January 2026
 
What a wonderful start to the New Year, and the second half of our Rotary year at our traditional breakfast by Lake Weeroona. It was a beautiful way to kick off our plans for the rest of the year.
Kevin R and his grandson ran the BBQ, cooking fabulous bacon and egg rolls. Ray and Toni prepared some beautiful fruit platters that were enjoyed by all.
On the morning, we were delighted to enjoy the company of many of our partners and friends, and we were able to catch up with some faces we hadn’t seen in a while.
 
Planning is already well advanced for our next visit to the lake on Australia Day. Kevin R is taking names of those who will be able to help out on the day. Please seek out Kevin and let him know how you can help.
 
Looking forward to seeing you at our next meeting 7:30 at Pepper Green Farm.
 
 
Co-Presidents Cathie & Allie
 
Wednesday's meeting by the Lake
 
Kevin, Cooper and Kathryn doing a great job on the breakfast BBQ with Rhonda providing support.
 
 
John, Stew, Chris and Paul enjoying breakfast on a warm summer's morning at the lake.
 
Wanted volunteers to support our Aust. Day roster
Kevin R is putting out the call to members who may have family and/or friends who would be willing to volunteer some time at Australia Day at Lake Weeroona. We need some more people on the roster to ensure we have good capacity on the day. 
If anybody is willing to give some time in their day to support this community project, please contact Kevin Reade on 0428 996 619 
 
 
The Noticeboard
Each week various information come into the Bulletin email, small bits to add into the bulletin that doesn't really go anywhere else but may be good to know. Sometimes it's an announcement, an invitation, an update or advertisement.
Here are this week's tidbits:
 "On to Conference" or "On to Impact Summit" 
Are you considering going or have already booked to go to the Impact Summit in Horsham, then I would really like to know so that we can look at whether we hold a club event or not. At this time, I know that we have five members with accommodation booked. Please email or text me if you are already booked or are considering going.
I will keep you updated when I know more about the Summit program.
 
Note: Two speakers have been added to the Summit Speaker list. Click on the link below to see details.
 
Stan Hendy 
For Impact Summit Info - Click Me!
Joke of the Week
 
Cluster club meetings
 
Bendigo
 
 
Tuesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm, an evening meeting on the 4th week - 6pm for 6.30pm start.
The Bendigo Club, 22 Park St. Strathdale
Bendigo South
Thursday 6.00pm for 6.30pm
Boatshed Function Room, Lakeview Hotel, Bendigo
Eaglehawk
Wednesday 6.15pm for 6.30pm
Mechanics Institute, California Gully
Kangaroo Flat
Monday 6.00pm for 6.30pm
Rotary Gateway Park, Kangaroo Flat
Inner Wheel Bendigo
2nd Tuesday, 11.15am – lunch after meeting
Mechanics Institute, School Street, California Gully
Contact: Bernadette Storer 0407 051 722
Castlemaine
Wednesday 6.00pm for 6.30pm
The Cumberland Hotel, Castlemaine
Rochester
2nd and 4th Thursday 6.00pm for 6.30pm
Heritage Court House, Rochester
Echuca
Tuesday 6.30pm
Rotary Park Rooms, Echuca
 
 
 
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