30th Anniversary

An Illustrated History of the Club

Prepared by

Mal Parks
David Rushworth
David Langworthy
Geoff Stockdale
David Lea

Rotary Club of Beaumaris

Sponsor Club Rotary Club of Cheltenham
Cheltenham reps
- Peter Maloney and John Quinton

Provisional meetings started August 1985

Chartered 8 November 1985
1st meeting 6 December 1985
1st President Tim Ive
District Governor Ted Shaw
39 Charter members
Venue Beaumaris RSL

Original Banner
Signed by
Charter Members
in 1985

The first
Bulletin

Charter Members 1985

First Female Member (1999)

First Female President (2002)

Kerrie Geard

Thanking
Guest
Speaker &
Stroke Survivor

Our Four Avenues of Service

Youth Service

Vocational

Community

International
plus

Fund raising

& Fun

Tammy
from
Japan

Kathy from USA

Student Exchange

2010 - France
& Australia

Germany Christina
(not that tall)

Outward Bound 1990

RYLA & RYPEN Youth Projects

Leadership development

Personal responsibility
Teamwork

MUNA - Model UN Assembly

Bluff Road House 1995

Newspaper article on
house and first tenants

Bluff Road House

Opening
1995
Bayside Commissioner
Doug Clark, his wife,
Murray Thompson &
Tony Read

Bluff Road House

Garden Party

The Reward

Mock Job-interviews annually

Country / City exchanges with Swifts
Creek - students & teachers

Interact Club

First meeting
2010
Beaumaris
Campus

Exchange Student
Caitie talks about
her experiences in
Japan

Beaumaris Rotary supports

young Beaumaris sailors and
lifesavers

Rebeccah Bartlett, nurse

and midwife
Rotary Peace Scholar
pursuing master's degree
at the University of North
Carolina
Sponsored by Beaumaris
Rotary

Our Four Avenues of Service

New Generations

Vocational

Community

International
plus

Fund raising

& Fun

Apprentice of the Year

1991

Union Leader
Laurie Carmichael
announces our
winning
apprentice of the
year, at RMGC

National Youth
Science Forums

After Genevieve
won bronze in the
Australian
Science Olympiad,
she went on to
star in the world
finals in Canada

National
Youth
Science
Forum
candidate
Sallie Geary
Has since
been one of
our best
volunteers

Group Study Exchanges

with many countries, inbound & outbound
Argentineans visit Toyota

USA visitors

GSE Team Leader Kerrie Geard et al

Our Four Avenues of Service

Youth Service

Vocational

Community

International
plus

Fund raising

& Fun

Rotary Club of Beaumaris

Rotary Bus 1994

Shade Houses

1991, 1992 at
Beaumaris &
Black Rock
Primary
Schools

1988 Bicentennial
Triangle Gardens Sandringham
Granite Monument
Representing:
The Past
The Present
The Future

Stone donated by
Rotarian Paul deKok

Berendale School Water Tanks

Berendale School
Automotive Tools Workshop

Mental Health Forum 2005

Beaumaris Primary School

Water Tanks

BBQ lunch for

volunteers
building the play
structure at
Beaumaris
Primary School

Making Sandwiches
for the 1987
Moorabbin Air show

Christmas Cheer
for needy kids

Inaugural Mens Health

Night 2010

Citizens Awards

Dr Feelgood, Sally Cockburn opens

Student Wellbeing Forum 2011

Student Wellbeing Forum 2011

Donation to Cheltenham
Community Centre 2013

Cheltenham
Childrens
Festival 2013

Christmas box
donations to
Bayside
Church

Berendale School Greenhouse

Concourse Christmas
Carnivals

Gazebo in Reflections Garden and Maternity

Centre waiting Room Rehab at Sandringham
Hospital

Donation
to Sandy
Beach
Centre
2014

Concourse Classic Car Shows

Got a Good Cause, Here is Our Number

(Sorry Website)

Our Four Avenues of Service

Youth Service

Vocational

Community

International
plus

Fund Raising

& Fun

Water Wells
SABU, NTT, Indonesia

Hand dug
Up to 28m deep (10 storey building)
Concrete ring making

Where is Sabu Is

Water Wells
in the Remote
& Poorest Villages
of Sabu

Pastor Franz
in one of the
student hostels

Sun-powered
pasteurisation of
drinking water

Back to basics
in Sabu
Buying petrol in 1 litre drink
bottles

Would you buy

this ute ??

Safe Water Save Lives

Solomon Is
New Guinea
Nepal

Shelter Boxes
- global disasters

First
Planting
of
Vetiver
Grass

Boys Hostel at Sebu

The Future a Solar Power Pilot Project

Ambassadorial Scholars

Ivan From
Vladivostok
making
his impression

Our Four Avenues of Service

Youth Services

Vocational

Community

International
plus

Fund raising

& Fun

Mothers Day Raffle

At Southland 1993-4 Initiated by Geoff Abbott

Three storey
scaffold of prizes

at Southland Atrium
1

Ticket selling at all levels!

The Winning Mothers

Raffling a Trailer full of Tools

Traffic
Infringements
= raffle tickets

Fund Raising
1988- 2000
Bicentenary Golf 1988
Johnnie Walker Classic
Royal Melbourne
Golf Club
1999 & 2000

Annual Mayoral Golf Day

Royal Melbourne GC

Sausage Sizzles at Bunning's

Car Rally 2001

Beaumaris Farmers Market

The Amazing
Jonathon

Through Hail and

Rain, Heat and
Dust, Flies and
Mosies and
Arrogant Porsche
Drivers we Park
Cars!

Our Four Avenues of Service

New Generations

Vocational

Community

International
plus

Fund raising

& Fun

Past Presidents:
Wakes &
Charter President Tim
Ives Tombstone

Tim Ive
in the
COFFIN !

Mal Parks

Changeover Nights

David Rushworth & Mike OShea

Hugh Forrest
Changeover
2000

Kerrie
Geard
becomes
a feather
duster

Richard
Jones
gets
homesick

What Am I Doing
Here ?

Brian Kimpton 2006

Beaumaris Rotary Choir

Snow White Production

General fun
Murder Mystery Night

Murder Mystery

Jim OBriens Wigs

Will you come and

work for me ? ?

Where is my
cup of coffee ?

15th YEAR ANNIVERSARY

The
Tradition
Continues

Sorry for those whose

project or photo did not
appear but 102 slides
seemed enough. We
could have easily
doubled the number!

Dont forget to turn your table mat over.

Take it home as a memento. We have
extras if you need one.

Theres a lot more good things

to come from Beaumaris Rotary

tea-tree
flower