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WEDNESDAY 4TH MAY 2022
THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker Scott Willis, Principal Conondale SS
APOLOGIES
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.
DUTY ROSTER
4 May 18 May 1 Jun
Duty Officer Renee H Jim A Peter McQ
Assist DO Sherryl G Paulette S Phillip S
Registration Bernice McL Alan W Laurelle O
Fellowship James McC Michael G John W
WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
14 May 0730 -1030 Rick V Sherryl G Des C
1030 - 1330 Paulette S Andy S Greg W11 Jun 0730 - 1030 Phillip S Keith R Peter McQ
PRESIDENT'S NOTES
I hope that all members and their families enjoyed a great May Day long weekend. Our meeting next Wednesday is a General Meeting with no need to wear masks or to log in with your Qld App at the Maleny Hotel. We can all look forward to some good hearted Rotary fellowship and a presentation from Scott Willis, Principal of Conondale State School.
Our Rotary Calendar will be very busy over the next few weeks and right through May 2022.
- Anzac Day On behalf of our RC of Maleny, I presented 4 vouchers of $50 each to our local schools – Maleny SHS, Maleny SS, the River School, and Conondale SS at the main Maleny ceremony.
- 10 May Maleny Candlelight Ceremony, Tesch Park at 5pm. Our Speak Up Now collaboration will be hosting this domestic and family violence and elder abuse event and all members and partners are encouraged to attend to listen to some great speakers.
- 11 May Combined Meeting Rotary and University of the Sunshine Coast Community Fund (RUSCCF). Our Club will be attending the RUSCCF Scholarship Presentations at the University of the Sunshine Coast from 6 pm to 9 pm. It’s a great opportunity to catch up with Rotarians from all over the Sunshine Coast and learn about the world leading research being undertaken by PhD students at the University of the Sunshine Coast. My money is also on Alan W picking up another raffle prize.
- 25 May RYDA Training Day at Corbould Park Caloundra for Rotarians considering participating in one or more of the upcoming driver training days for our local Maleny State High School year 10s and other local schools during July. This project is one of our best and most impactful youth projects.
- 27 & 28 May Maleny Agricultural Show with Rotary Food Stall and gate duties. Roly N and Jim A are circulating their rosters looking for Rotarian and partner volunteers. We need as many Club members and their partners to participate as possible in one of our main fund raising activities for the year. Roly N is confident that our magnificent steak burgers will be the talk of the Sunshine Coast again this year.
- Rotary Bowelscan Qld will also be manning a stand in the Education Building beneath the Main Pavilion during the Show – much like that at the recent 9620 District Conference at Caloundra - so keep an eye out for it at the Show and for some local publicity about the program through social media, Facebook, GC&MN, SVG and MDSRC News.
MINUTES OF MEETING OF 20TH APRIL
President Greg opened the meeting with a ‘Welcome to Country’, with Ric T giving the Loyal Toast, and Neil A the Rotary Grace. Greg then welcomed our Guest speaker for the evening, Jill Lillingstone, and her husband Kelvin. Jared introduced our special guest Sam Hughes, the ‘Travelling Jackeroo’. We also welcomed Judy Frederiksen, and the partners Gillian Allen, Nancy Baker and Kelly Crane. David Arnot, President of RC of Katoomba, was also an apology due to COVID but a banner from his Club was presented to Greg W.
Greg then thanked all the Rotarians who helped out with the parking at Australia Zoo over the holidays.
Ric T introduced our surprise Guest, Sam, who thought that Jared was taking him out to dinner, so needless to say it came as a complete surprise when he found himself at the Rotary meeting. Sam was invited to give us a run down on his adventures thus far.
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Sam left Maleny a year and a bit ago. He eventually arrived in Darwin and has been there for about 6 months, waiting on parts and carrying out repairs on the tractor and the trailer. He was a little behind schedule, but according to Sam this was because the Rotary calendars slowed him down. He returned to Maleny when his Dad got sick with COVID, to help out on the farm for a couple of weeks over the Easter break. He was amazed at how much Maleny had changed in that time. The new garage did not escape his attention. Sam did acknowledge that Maleny is a wonderful town to come back to. So far in his travels he has covered approximately 7,000kms in his beloved tractor, reaching a top speed of 39kph. Patience is a necessity. His tractor is now fully repaired with a new turbo, and the trailer is almost ready to go again. Things move slowly in the NT. Apart from the Northern Territory, the initials NT also mean ‘not today, not tomorrow, and next truck’. The question was asked……How’s the dog? Apparently the dog has steak every night for dinner, and in fact when people enquire after Sam, it is usually in the order of – how’s the dog, the bird, the tractor, and how are you? So far Sam has raised just over $100,000 for his 3 charities. The Flying Doctors is his primary charity and he has raised over $50,000 for them. Dolly’s Dream is another of Sam’s passions and he has raised over $40,000 for this very worthy cause. Sam has a lot of gear……there is the tractor, which has a boat on the roof and a gyrocopter. The tractor tows the trailer which has a small car and a motor bike, and a plane on the roof. He goes out to stations and properties in the outback and in remote areas. Once there he sets up his movie centre at the local Pub, and spends his time sitting down and talking with the farmers about issues of suicide and depression. This is all about ‘Mental Health Awareness’. Some chats are short, and some can last for anything up to 5 hours. Sam is there to listen. He also goes to schools and talks to the students about bullying, hence Dolly’s Dream. The southern states and the Politicians still lie ahead for Sam. At the end of Sam’s talk, our Guest speaker Jill, paid tribute to him.
This was followed by dinner and a very robust fine session.
MALENY SHOW: Roly updated us on the Show rosters and the need for soup making.
ANZAC DAY: Chris B advised that all the services would go ahead as normal. The Dawn service at 4.28, followed by Witta Cemetery, then the Hospital, and lastly the main Service. Our Maleny hospital is one of the two War Memorial Hospitals, the other being St. Andrew’s in Brisbane.
JOINT MEETING – USC: This will be held at the Innovation Centre on the 11th May. Four Scholarships will be awarded. All recipients are female. One of the Scholarships is in commemoration of the 100 year Rotary Centenary. Maleny will be running the bar. We have 8 members attending - Malcolm B, Chris B, Renee H, Paulette S, Greg W, Alan W, Rick V, and Jeff C.
DV WEEK: Sherryl advised that the Candlelight Ceremony will take place at 5.00p.m. on 10th May in Tesch Park, and following this, food will be served at the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre.
Chris B introduced our Guest speaker, Jill Lillingstone, who took us on a fascinating journey through history. Jilll’s grandparents, William and Jessie Lillingstone from London, selected land in North Maleny Road on the 30th June 1887. Her father, Bill, was born in 1900 in Maleny, leaving in 1928 to join the New Guinea Police. In 1940, as an engineering draftsman on WW2 gun mountings, the Navy sent him to Melbourne. There he would meet the lady who was to become Jill’s mother. Jill was born in 1943.
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The Lillingstones arrived in Maleny on 3rd October 1886, and in February 1907 William and Jessie took their younger children to Canada. They returned in 1912. Dr. Penny Edwards, who lives opposite the Lillingstone land, provided Jill with details and showed her the land that William and Jessie selected in 1887. The exact spot of their home is still visible, matching her Dad’s old photos. William Lillingstone was Oxford educated in teaching, book-keeping and articled. He did the books for several Maleny businesses, was secretary of the Obi Obi Sawmill, and Schoolmaster for over 20 years.
The first school in the Blackall Range is recorded as ‘Blackall Range State School’ in 1886, later becoming ‘Wootha State School’ which closed in 1914. There is conflicting information about early schools, as they changed their name, or amalgamated, and also of course the outbreak of World War I in 1914 severely changed the scene. In 1887 William Lillingstone selected land, and on part of this he built the Maleny Provisional school, which appears to have become the Witta State School in 1895.
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Jill has been associated with Rotary from early childhood. Her Mum’s Uncles were Tasmanian Rotarians from the late 1920’s. Jill volunteered with Rotary at the Royal Melbourne Show, and continued assisting Rotary for many years. Jill introduced her daughter to Rotaract in Melbourne. She was also a leader for Rotary’s Youth Leadership Awards and worked tirelessly to establish the Monash Rotaract Club. She was inducted as Charter President in 2010, resigning in 2011 to move to Queensland. She won ‘Near North Coast Showgirl’ 2013 representing Maleny, and in 2014 she won ‘Near North Coast’ Rural Ambassador. Through country shows at this time Jill met Ivan Hankinson. Their grandparents had adjoining selections in the 1880’s. Jill has done an enormous amount of research and has gleaned information from far and wide. It was very insightful and in-depth, and wonderful to hear the diary entries, where people told it how it was.
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FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS
11th May Joint Clubs meeting at USC for Rotary Scholarships Dinner
18th May Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting
25th May Possible Board Meeting
1st Jun Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker TBA
BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY
4th Angela Griffin 15th Greg Williams 18th Cilla Vickers 22nd Peter McQuoid
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