Bally Barker Blog

Nine members enjoyed a rare and happy "Night Out" on Friday January 28.  We journeyed to the city ....some car pooled, others re-activated Opal cards & braved the new 20 minute Manly Ferry journey, and Light Rail to the Town Hall.  We all met up perfectly at 5.30pm at our chosen eatery, the Greek-inspired Belvedere Hotel restaurant in Kent Street.   We enjoyed a relaxed glass of wine and dinner, before "Masks on again" we walked a block to the Genesian Theatre.     There we were entertained by "Murdered to Death" by Peter Gordon.....a fun "who done it?", especially in the second half with many twists and turns to keep you guessing "who done it".  Excellent production, as usual, by their hard working, very talented, amateur cast including our esteemed "Quiz Master," David S-H.   How do they do it , we asked ourselves.   Congratulations to them all.     All in all, a successful, fun night out.

Tuesday 18th Jan:     HAPPY NEW YEAR: At least 13 brave souls did go to the BYO picnic plate under shelter at Clontarf and caught up both socially and Rotary-wise. John O’Brien took some great pictures of the evening and people all enjoyed getting together. Rick outlined a few important things regarding future meetings, and it was agreed that Feb 1 meeting will be via ZOOM only, however Feb 15 will be both live Audience + Zoom since Lifeline will be reporting on the counselling project. The planning for the Golf Day is now at the stage of team formation and is being coordinated by Lindy. SunRun volunteers for Feb 5 (at 5:30AM, yes AM) and the club is reimbursed for our assistance by the organisers. Please contact Lindy if you can help with either. Committee leaders will be contacting members soon to get planning for this half year underway. I will be outlining the Awards night and the requirements and activities at the Feb 1 meeting to encourage people to not