Rotary Club of Wollongong in Wollongong, New South Wales | Community organisation

Rotary Club of Wollongong

Locality: Wollongong, New South Wales

Phone: +61 419 155 376

Address: 11-13 Burelli St 2500 Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.wollongongrotary.org.au

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24.01.2022 First Day after COVID- The Rotary Club of Wollongong is back on community action.

23.01.2022 Contributing to the regeneration of the Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens is a current project for our club following the bush fires devastation.

20.01.2022 The NSW 2021 Rotary Emergency Services Community Awards is coming up. Check out this quick flyer to find out more.

20.01.2022 A great honour for our Rotary Club of Wollongong though our support and sponsorship of young people in Vocational Education and Training, we sponsor through our Rotary Youth Leadership Awards... RYLA... A week long Leadership program... Have sponsored so many over the last 25+ years with our nominees for the NSW training Awards and our represention, serving on the local IVTC Committee, so hoping we can do something COVID compliant this year.

17.01.2022 Wollongong Botanical Gardens celebrated their 50th Anniversary. It was a great family fun day learning about the Power of Plants. Our club enjoyed cooking up a storm.

17.01.2022 Inspiring, energetic, passionate, dedicated guest speaker at our meeting this week... Gareth Ward, Member for Kiama, who spoke about his various Ministerial portfolios in the NSW Government...Families, Communities and Disability Services, Volunteering and Justice...thank you Gareth, we value all your staff, Government and you are doing in each of these portfolios especially for our young people and the focus on them and their needs...

17.01.2022 A few pictures of our members out and about this past week. We celebrated the Botanic Gardens Day with a traditinal Rotary BBQ in the Wollongong Botanic Garden and our fortnightly club meetings at Cafe Essay are back in full swing. Happy days!

15.01.2022 The Rotary Club of Wollongong is still meeting every fortnight at 7am via videochat.

13.01.2022 Staying in to stay safe Making home made tomato sauce Using large tin tomatoes2.5kg I was able to get a bag of over ripped tomatoes cheap price 2-3 kgs 4 carrots... 4 brown onions 3 zucchinis 2 med eggplants 5 -7 garlic gloves 3 -5 sticks of celery ( optional expensive at the moment) 4 -6 tablespoons Salt or to your taste 3-4 tablespoons Cracked pepper Hand full of parsley or basil or you can do both Method Sterilise glass jars first wash them then place in a big pot bring to boil 10-15mins then place on clean tea towel ( I have saved jam mayo etc jars) Chop all the vegetables 2-3 cms then add to a blender Blend as chunky or fine to what you like Then wash & chop fresh tomatoes Blend them to it becomes sloppy Then in a big pot, add the fresh tomatoes & tin tomatoes, all the blended veggies, salt & pepper Bring to boil for 15-20 mins then simmer for 50 -60mins stirring occasionally so its not sticking to the bottom Then funnel or spoon into jars to the top , put lids on tight Then turn up side down till they cool down or over night Then store in a cool place or cupboard ready to use through the shut down Bon appétit

12.01.2022 Rotary Club members checking out the landmark compass at the new Mount Keira Lookout in 1957 (UOW Library)

10.01.2022 The Wollongong Botanic Garden plant sales are back!

10.01.2022 A very special meeting today, our first hybrid face to face and ZOOM at our home, Cafe Essay, thank you James and Phil, lovely to see each other, shared the latest, welcome Kathryn a visitor and keen to join us.. visit and presentation by our Assistant Governor, thank you Julie... Pres Peter keeping us all moving...next Wednesday, 5 to 7pm at our Mt Keir Summit Park fur our monthly working bee, all are welcome...dress appropriately to work...It is so beautiful at that time of the day, the kiosk will be open...looking forward to another busy year ahead...

09.01.2022 Visit to the Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens to assess how the club can offer support.

08.01.2022 What a fantastic idea. Thanks to our good friends at the Wolllongong Botanic Gardens I know a few of us will be busy in the garden over the coming weeks.

07.01.2022 A favourite place in our Rotary Club of Wollongong's world. Our gift to this city for Rotary International 50th birthday. So looking forward when it is opened to be able to our working bee's

06.01.2022 What a lovely event hosted by our friends at the Wollongong Botanic Garden. Details below for those who are interested.

03.01.2022 Have you heard of the Imagination library? This is a project kick started by Dolly Parton to send books out to disadvantaged children each month, from birth to age 5. The combined Rotary Clubs of the Illawarra have a great raffle to support this fantastic project in our local region. If you would like to purchase raffle tickets, click on the link below. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. There are some fantastic prizes from hotels, restaurants and organisations around the Il...lawarra. #imaginationlibrary #dollypartonimaginationlibrary https://www.rafflelink.com.au/ili2021

02.01.2022 Back to serving the community of Wollongong! Thanks to this amazing Team

01.01.2022 FIRST big day out at Bunnings Wollongong... Great team to set up...