Bally Barker Blog

We meet again - Tuesday Feb 2, 2021 The club year moved into full swing with a busy General Meeting followed by a Board Meeting on Tuesday Feb 2. Many members attended in person and the remainder were present via ZOOM. President Lindy and the ZOOM screen Members and guests at the RSL Club                       CLUB VIDEO   Members were shown a preview of David Macaulay ‘s excellent five-and-a-half-minute video that chronicles what the club has achieved and how it has operated over the last 12 months - using many of the photos supplied by John O’Brien. Originally it will be our entry to District conference club videos on ZOOM; however all who viewed it regarded it as such a totally professionally-made video that we all should be proud of and be available on our Club Website. A further suggestion was that since it so neatly encapsulates and shows almost everything that our club does; the video should be shown to new members for introduction to our club activi

·       Three Northern Beaches Rotary clubs: -        Upper Northern Beaches Rotary, -        Dee Why - Warringah Rotary and -        Balgowlah Rotary have approached over 30 restaurants and cafes along the northern beaches peninsular and purchased 340 vouchers as part of their National Australia Day Council grant. The presidents of the 3 clubs are presenting the vouchers to a number of the front line organisations. Rob Haines(President Upper Northern Beaches), Lindy Myers (President Balgowlah) Liz McDougall (Dee Why -Warringah) Vouchers are being distributed to a number of front-line respondents with Covid-19 and bushfire fighting activities. The people involved work as SES volunteers, Lifeline telephone councilors, Covid-19 testing and tracing teams and similar groups who have done a magnificent job over the last 12 months to help protect the community.  Lifeline telephone councilors recognised: Roger Gray (Balgowlah Rotary), Liz McDougall (President Dee

    Well you all know the story of our Christmas /New Year for nearly all of us.... “Stillness descends on northern beaches as the cluster grows. The northern beaches is now locked down. As of 5pm on Saturday, everyone living north of The Spit reverted to the same restrictions the rest of Sydney experienced in March” . SMH Dec 21, 2020 Thankfully we held our club Christmas party 4 days earlier and now our New Year kick off could occur   So HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! Tuesday Jan 19, 2021 Our first 'get together' for 2021 was at Clontarf Reserve where Rotarians and partners gathered to meet and welcome in hopefully a different and much better year . John took some good Picnic Pics :   Joy, Tracey and Sue...and Paul   Nigi Robert, Lindy and Bev Lindy and Pauline   Sue, Michael and Rick - Wine anyone? Rick, Michael and Roger discussing the vintage Ian and Nigi Bev and Chiaki     Formerly unknown talents - Watch out Baker's Delight! Robert cuts his amazing home baked lo