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25.01.2022 Dalby Rotarian and dedicated Shelter Box fundraiser Ian Hayllor along with fellow Rotarian Paul Roger from the Greater Springfield Club participated in the Shelter Box Off-the-Grid trek in the Sunshine Coast hinterland during the week. It was a 3 day trek taking in beautiful scenery with ideal weather conditions and carrying heavy backpacks.

25.01.2022 Last night we held our first get together since Covid19. It was a small group of 10 but we enjoyed dinner and a catch-up.

25.01.2022 The Rotary Club of Dalby is recycling laptop computers for use by High School students who are in need of one to undertake distance learning in Term 2 starting on April 20th. If you have a laptop that you have replaced and no longer need, but is still functional with Windows 10 and wireless capacity to connect to the internet, we will refresh it and pass it on to a student in need. All files and data should be removed. Accessories, such as a spare mouse or monitor could be useful. Please email or phone us and we will collect your computer. Email [email protected] or Phone Bob Minchin on 0428696176 or Peter Wylie on 0429361301.

23.01.2022 Yesterday Dalby Rotarians commenced selling tickets in their Rotary Christmas Trailer Raffle. You can find them in the Dalby Shopping Centre so call in and get your tickets for a chance to be in the draw for this year. It will be drawn on 21st December. Don’t miss out.

22.01.2022 Dalby Rotarians welcomed guest speaker Patsy Kemp to their meeting on Monday night. Patsy is a drover and an author. From the age of 3 months until she was 15 years old she travelled with her family driving cattle in Northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland. She gave a very interesting talk on her life on the road with her family. Bernie Caffrey gave a vote of thanks to Patsy and presented her with a small gift. She has written 2 books on her life and has started on a third.

21.01.2022 On Monday the Dalby Rotary Club members welcomed a special Guest Speaker, Kim Cadman who is the Life Flight fundraising co-ordinator for this area. In the 12 months 2019/2020 Life Flight made 207 rescue flights to the Western Downs. In the whole of Queensland they made 707 missions. Each flight costs $12500 and they use $1000 of fuel per hour. Club member Jim Charlton made a presentation of thanks to Kim at the end of our meeting.

21.01.2022 Rotary is back in action. Meeting tonight with a few more members. Great to be back.

20.01.2022 Dalby Rotarians enjoying a social dinner at the Russell Tavern on Monday night.

19.01.2022 Dalby Rotary Club Members enjoyed the talk by Jim Charlton on Rotary Clubs around the world. Last night his club of choice was Bakersfield which is north of Los Angeles and is a farming and energy centre with a population of 383,000 people.

18.01.2022 Our special guest at Rotary on Monday night was our candidate for the RYTS (Rotary Youth Transition Seminar) program which takes place at Perseverance Dam near Crows Nest in early December. She is Kacy Miaco, a year 12 student at Our Lady of the Southern Cross College here in Dalby. We look forward to hearing about her experience on her return.

18.01.2022 Great day in Chinchilla at the Rotary Conference.

18.01.2022 Rotary after Covid.

14.01.2022 If you are looking for something to do why not come and join our local Rotary Club. Talk to one of our members and they will bring you along to one of our Monday night meetings. It is always pleasing be part of our club to help at our projects and assist with the many charities we sponsor. Come along it will be rewarding.

13.01.2022 Monday nights Rotary meeting with special guest speaker Mary O’Brien and our club members and guests.

11.01.2022 On Monday night DALBY Rotary Club members welcomed our District Governor Ros Kelly to our Zoom Meeting. Plans are in progress for club activities when the Caronavirus lockdown is lifted.

11.01.2022 On Monday night Dalby Rotarians visited the local engineering business Simplicity who are the makers of Air Seeders for the farming industry. It was interesting to see first hand how this firm has grown from such a small beginning and now employ over 100 staff.

10.01.2022 DALBY Rotary Club wins ShelterBox Bronze Award for 2020. Club member Ian Hayllor accepts the award on behalf of our club.

08.01.2022 On Monday night Dalby Rotary Club members welcomed our guest speaker Mary O’Brien who is the Regional Manager Darling Downs, Cotton Growers Inc. who recently appeared on the ABC program Landline. Her topic was Are You Bogged Mate? which relates to the problem of depression in men in the rural industry. Mary’s presentation was very inspiring as she quoted the alarming number of suicides in rural Australia.

07.01.2022 Rotary Change over 2020/2021 in Dalby. Incoming President Jean Bach and dinner guests.

07.01.2022 During this time of isolation and social distancing the members of the Dalby Rotary Club are conducting their Monday night meetings on Zoom in their homes via the internet. Last night we welcomed special guest speaker Kay Danes who is the President of the e-club of Global Trekkers. Kay talked about the activities of this world wide branch of Rotary. This is a screen shot of those members who were logged into the meeting.

06.01.2022 On Wednesday morning I represented Rotary at the Awards Ceremony at Our Lady of the Southern Cross College to present the Rotary Award for the Community Service Excellence Award. I was delighted to present this award the Kacy Miaco who is also the Rotary candidate for the RYTS program which is to take place at Perseverance Dam in early December. Kacy won 5 awards on the day for her school.

05.01.2022 Dalby Rotarians hard at work providing a BBQ lunch at the Rotary Charity Golf Day.

04.01.2022 Last night 7th July 2020 the Rotary club of Dalby inducted its 81st President Mrs Jean Bach and welcomed her new Board Members for the coming year.

04.01.2022 On Saturday Rotarians Frank and Jean Bach and Melinda Hay were invited to attend the 90th Birthday Celebration High Tea for Rotary’s Honorary Member and dedicated supporter of Rotary, Joy Sturgess at Jubri’s Hideaway Function Centre Dalby. On behalf of the Dalby Rotary Club we presented her with a flower arrangement and birthday and thank you cards for her generosity to our club.

03.01.2022 Rotarians gathered on Monday night for a relaxing BBQ at the home of Frank & Jean Bach.

02.01.2022 The Dalby Rotary members pictured with District Governor Ros Kelly on the last day of the 2020 Rotary Conference held in Chinchilla.

02.01.2022 On Tuesday night the Dalby Rotary Club presented Paul Harris Fellow Awards to two of our worthy Dalby citizens. This award recognised their contributions to humanitarian and educational work done in our community. President Jean Bach assisted by Past District Governor Errol Wildman presented these awards to Mrs Rilla Witt and Mrs Carolyn Tillman.