Our Last Meeting - Mick Jordan - Geocaching

Due to a lack of Sergeant on hand, our Chair, Pam had to introduce herself.

 

She welcome Mick and Charmaine, who would be  more formally introduced later in the meeting

 

The International Toast was not to South Africa

 

Pam – lovely to see the finish of another successful RYDA program this year

 

Thanks for the photos Dave

RYDA GET TOGETHER Ian, Kevin, Jim, Alan and Merv. Thanks for the photos Jim
Great to see you there Merv - we are thinking of you

 

Presidents Report from Deborah

 

Darryl had an idea for "The Big Dig" with a pirate theme

Look at the link – where is the link?
Something we could do

 

This is what Siri found, courtesy BBC

 

Dave – buy DV shirts "your name"

 

The Melbourne Cup function will be at the Powerboat Club cost is $70 per person.
In the ”other room” - That’s the Pelican Room.
There will be a Rotary table – ring the Club to book and pay

 

Chair Pam asked Mark to introduce the Guest Speaker.

 

Mark welcome Mick and Charmaine to the meeting. Apparently he "googled him" and found out he was an ex scuba-diving instructor, so they are definitely on a good mates basis. I’ve added more of Mick’s bio at the end

 

Mick described diving on the HMAS Brisbane, where he saw his first grey nurse shark at close quarters. He has seen it develop from a bare ship and it’s now covered in coral and
encrustations, and a magnet for fish

 

Geocaching is "digging for treasure”
It started with GPS but now on your phones

It started in the USA, and now "millions" of people are active in every country maybe except North Korea

"Takes you to places who wouldn't normally go to"
The lonely planet is similar

 

A friend is visiting trigonometric points and fixing them up

Go places and meet people
Difficulty/terrain rating
Difficulty use how hard they are to find

 

“In 2025 geocaching will be celebrating 25 years and it is a big party time. My goal is to run an event and share with the cachers of Australia what a great area we have as is the sunshine coast region. We have caches from mountain walks to paddles in rivers, beach walks and tree climbs. We have events of just a quick chat, a dinner catch up and even clean up days. There is something for everyone and the caches are placed all over the world, which is just another reason to travel.”

 

There will be an event on October 5, 2025 for the 25th anniversary at the university of the Sunshine Coast USC

Day and night event, and anticipated that around 500 people or more will attend

Rotary involvement?

 

Mark asked about how geocaching is funded-  $36 per annum

 

Which was the hottest to find ever? "Old ones" sometimes in old ammunition boxes.

 

He was recently in Helenski

 

Elaine asked how they are maintained?

 

Thinks that Truk Lagoon is the best diving spot in the world

 

Deborah and Pam thanked Mick and Charmaine

 

Renae reported on preparations for the Golf Day on October 25
Tickets are live today
We have some hole sponsors already
Spread the word, ask golfers and businesses

 

Elaine suggested we have a plan for unexpected gaps in guest speakers – talk to her with your ideas

 

Vocational visits?

 

With her "polio mode" switched on Elaine reported on the statistics - six cases in Afghanistan, approximately five in Pakistan, and now one in Gaza. In Queensland only 80% are vaccinated for polio, therefore 20% are not – which is an alarming statistic

It has "never been eradicated”

 

Of course the idea to get rid of polio came from our own Sir Clem Renouf, Rotary International President and from the Rotary Club of Nambour

 

Pam's brother was in an iron lung

 

Jim reported on our Rotary Citation for our work last year signed by Paul Rogers 23/24 "only 17 in the district”

 

Dear Jim

 

Congratulations!

 

Your Club has earned the Rotary Citation for 2023-24, the year that you were the Club President. This is considered the most significant award a Rotary club can achieve for its success over a particular year. The award signifies that your club demonstrated a commitment to achieve their goals, which ultimately helps strengthen Rotary and shape our future. As the 2023-24 District Governor I personally thank you for your own and the entire club's contribution to the District and Rotary as a whole over the past year. Keep up the great work.

Your Club's Rotary Citation Certificate is attached to this email. I am sure you forgive their arriving a month into the new year, but as you will understand RIP Gordon had quite a few to issue.

 

You will be pleased to also know that only 17 clubs within the District achieved this honour for 2023-24. Something you and all your members should be very proud of.

 

Please note RI will send 2023-24 club presidents a link tothe certificates later this month, but as the 2023-2024 DG I have the pleasure of congratulating you via this email, and I am sure we will acknowledge al 17 clubs who have achieved this honour in the next District News.

 

Once again, congratulations on a successful year! Yours in Rotary

Paul

Paul Roger

Immediate Past District Governor (2023-24)

District 9620

 

The Bohol Children's Home is now the owner of six new pigs, breathing new life into the biogas system we installed there

 

Jim’s induction into Probus

Bob reported on Youth

We need to decide which high schools we could give Ferris to there is $1000 in the budget which would be sufficient for three schools

Program RYTS - apparently the flyer needs proofreading. It is the RotaryYouth Transitional Seminar.

Cost for RYPEN students is $2000 each usually paid half by Rotary and half by the parents

8 to 14 December
Board needs to allocate funds
Need to talk to principals

 

Pam has her welfare officer Pam, asked if anyone was ill reports from Glenn that Chris has made a remarkable recovery stop Dave will see him for coffee tomorrow. We hope to see him back at Rotary pan "send our best “

 

Pam invited us to the In Wheel "Walk around the Lake" at Kawana on Sunday the 29th $10 per Person to Kilometres

 

We ended with the four-way test and the final cool for DV shirts from Dave

Mick’s Bio

 

In 1990 -1995 I had a very successful Electrical / Handyman business. I closed that down and travelled the world for 5 years, backpacking around and based myself in WinterPark Colorado, in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. During this time I took up scuba diving and after five plus years I thought it was time to head back home.

 

In 2001 I returned home and started a Scuba Diving business. It was very successful but with the addition of a wife and then a child the family commitments saw me move further into an educational role. My educational experience and my trade got me a job as an electrical teacher at TAFE in brisbane. I did this for 12 years and have just recently left TAFE and am now enjoying the hassle free life of semi retirement.

 

During the last 5 years I have found a great activity that gets me out and exercising. It was something that I tried to get my girls into and they enjoyed it while they were young but grew out of it as they got older. However I have continued on and have over 17,000 finds to my name. Geocaching takes you to places you would not normally go to, you will meet all kinds of wonderful people, here in Australia and overseas. While it is a free game to play it does like any sport require an input, that input is totally up to you.

 

In 2025 geocaching will be celebrating 25 years and it is a big party time. My goal is to run an event and share with the cachers of Australia what a great area we have as is the sunshine coast region. We have caches from mountain walks to paddles in rivers, beach walks and tree climbs. We have events of just a quick chat, a dinner catch up and even clean up days. There is something for everyone and the caches are placed all over the world, which is just another reason to travel. 

 

And we found out why Ian was dozing off at the Meeting

 

There’s no truth to the rumour that he’s in the “dog box”, and living in a tent at Golden Beach