Narooma VIEW Club

The drawing of our IWD major raffle took place to reveal the winner, who was Zone Councillor Anne. 

This wonderful prize was supplied by The Oaks Ranch at Mossy Point. and is a nights accomodation at the resort and meal voucher to the value of $200.  So congratulations Anne. 

Photo shows some of the huge attendance at our International Women's Day event, which included a Silent Auction.

Our Zone Delegate and ex-President Glen Pisanos was the winner of the 'Most Stylish Christmas Hat Competition' as judged by Santa.

Laurelle Pacey agricultural scientist, author, journalist and historian spoke at our October meeting on the history of the All-Saint’s Church in Bodalla. Laurelle was a freelance journalist over 15 years and as the was honoured with an OAM for her service to the community and to local history.

Laurelle spoke of her fascination with investigating questions that need to be answered which led her to take a deep dive into the reasons why the All-Saint’s Church was built in stages. In an effort to gain insights into what was happening in the life and times of the church and its people she discussed many interesting details of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his many pioneering interests, including the establishment of the commercial production of cheese in Australia, and Edmund Blackett, an ecclesiastical architect.

It was particularly interesting to note that it was Maryanne Mort, (second wife to Thomas), who ultimately drove the completion of the church with the help of Edmund’s architect son and many largely unknown / un-named locals.

It was a very enjoyable step back in time for us all.

Thank you Laurelle

Our September meeting saw a warm and generous presentation by Dr John Brown, who spoke of his 50-year career as a general practitioner, cruise ship and hospital medical officer. John spoke of his time working in Papua New Guinea, Mudgee, Narooma, and on the “Fairstar”, a career which is soon to come to an end, as he plans to retire in November.

Dr Brown spoke about working across the life     span or ‘from womb to tomb’ and of the challenges and joys of working in rural, remote and isolated communities.

Members were entertained with stories of cruising illnesses, life in PNG, and medical developments such as keyhole surgery and improvements in maternity care. Dr Brown recognises his good fortune in having developed some lasting relationships with high level specialists which he was able to translate into improved access to medical care for regional and remote patients. He spoke with fondness of what he sees as the privilege of having provided medical services to so many people throughout his working life.

He also mentioned at the end of his presentation especially for Margie Ryan (who secured him as our speaker at the last minute) that many patients, as they leave the consulting room comment that there was often “just one more thing”, which usually translated into much more…

Dr Brown offered words of appreciation for his family, for the Narooma area, which he has called home for 22 years, and he acknowledged the importance of VIEW Club in the area and the value of our efforts in supporting The Smith Family.

We are thankful for John’s contribution to our community and wish him (and Larry) all the best on his upcoming retirement.

A big VIEW Club thank you to Rachel McInnes who this month shared her experiences volunteering for WIRES. WIRES focusses on the rescue, rehabilitation and release of native wildlife. Rachel shared stories of 15 minute and 2 hourly night time feeding of baby mammals and the joy of raising tiny birds who fail on their maiden flight. Members were encouraged to contribute sheets or pillow cases to be used to make pouches. Some members even took patterns to crotchet wool baskets.

Accompanying photo of:   Di, Rachel and Marg