Broadwater Southport Rotary Club's guest speaker at our Friday 19 November 2021 breakfast meeting was Rotarian Kasia Brzezicka, President of the Gold Coast Passport Club.
Broadwater Southport Gold Coast Queensland
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Meetings & Upcoming Events
Our club meets for breakfast each Friday at 7:30am at the Southport Yacht Club located at 1 MacArthur Parade, Main Beach, Queensland. You can view a map by clicking here. On occasion we may vary this for social events, vocational or community visits, or meetings with other clubs. Please refer to our calendar for up to date meeting details or check out some of our upcoming events below.
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Guest Speaker at our breakfast meeting on Friday 12/10/21, Terry Morris, of Morris International, gave us some 'one liners' he has found helpful during his distinguished career as entrepreneur and businessman.
Sirromet is a family owned and run winery situated at picturesque Mount Cotton, just a short drive from Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Their story began when Terry Morris mentioned that he had tried a great wine from Queensland’s Granite Belt.
This story is a follow-up to a presentation to Broadwater Southport Rotary Club from Kerry Gwynn a few months ago. It provides an insight into the added pressure on vulnerable families during the COVID pandemic.
Broadwater Southport Rotary has had a longstanding relationship with the NDY Charitable Trust. The genesis for this was that Rotarian Dennis O’Brien was an employee of NDY from 1977 to 2016 and a Director and Board Member from 1987 until 2013 when he sold his NDY shares.
District 9640 Governor Jeff Egan was our guest speaker on November 5, 2021. A Specialist in Business Law, Jeff retired from legal practice in August 2018. Jeff is a Major Donor to The Rotary Foundation and a Member of the Paul Harris Society.
For World Polio Day on Sunday 24 October 2021 Rotarians from around District 9640 hit the tracks to raise awareness to eradicating Polio. Here is a little highlight video of what the Train Ride to End Polio is all about.
On Friday 15 October, 2021 Rotarians Mike Gosling and Letitia de Lima provided a brief look into the Broadwater Southport Rotary Club's ClubRunner (CR) membership management and communication platform.
Professor David Robinson is Academic Head (Queensland) and MBA Director (Australia) at Holmes Institute. At our breakfast meeting on Friday October 8, 2021 he spoke to us about Synergistic Leadership - effective leadership of volunteer teams in not-for-profit organisations.
Presentation by PRM Engineering Services on December 1, 2021 by:
Avril Davis, Business Manager
Thomas Hovey, Lead Mechatronics Engineer and
Harrison Rietman, Mechatronics Engineer
PRM Engineering Services is a 2020 Endeavour Award Winner and are passionate about safety and with a long standing heritage of safety system design and installation since 2002. https://prmengineering.com.au/about-us/
Guest speaker Donald James Waters OAM is not only an accomplished Australian contemporary artist, philanthropist, art therapy educator and mentor, but also a true Gold Coaster who has previously been recognised as Gold Coast Citizen of the Year!
Horse riding is a pleasurable form of physical exercise which has proven to therapeutically assist people with a wide range of disabilities. Join the APRDA 2021 Family Fun Day on Saturday 2nd of October 10am-2pm.
