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Battery Hill Comeback

Renowned local historian Marten Syme was a recent guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Port Fairy. Marten spoke about the history and restoration of Battery Hill - a well-known historic site in Port Fairy.

As its name suggests, Battery Hill is the site of a battery of six cannon established between 1867 and 1889 in response to the threat of Russian invasion and to protect gold shipments along the coast.

Marten Syme

In recent years the Rotary Club has helped out with a major vegetation

restoration effort over the Battery Hill Reserve.

Coronavirus Response

The spread of the COVID-19 virus is creating challenging times for everyone. The Rotary Club of Port Fairy's greatest priority is the health and safety of our members and the community.

Club president, Sue Robertson has announced that from 16 March the Club will be implementing some changes to the way we operate. These changes will remain in effect for the foreseeable future.

It was resolved that the Club will suspend all Rotary activities with face to face contact. It was also resolved that Rotary meetings will be suspended for the time being and be replaced by fortnightly electronic meetings. The District Governor has been notified of these decisions.

Folkie Fun

Every year in March thousands of music fans descend on Port Fairy for the world famous Folk Festival. Like most of the town, the Rotary Club gets involved with the staging of the big event.

This year the Club put on a BBQ adjacent to the ticket exchange on the first day of the Folkie. A great way to kick off the Festival with a sausage! Throughout the four days of the event Rotary volunteers manned to gates to check the festival-goers into the arena. Members of the Friends group also volunteered for this task.

Jill, Hester and Ann-Marie serve the fans

Rob on Board

Posted by Michael Crowe on Nov 27, 2019

New member Rob Grendon was welcomed to the Rotary Club of Port Fairy on 25 November. Rob had a long career in horticulture and farming, including a stint as Manager of the University of Melbourne's Agricultural College dairy farm at Glenormiston. Following this Rob managed a research project at the university focussing on the profitability of farming systems. Rob and his wife Pam moved to Port Fairy in 2012.

Rob and Pam Grendon with Rotarians Tony Bawden and Sue Robertson.

Parkrun Plus

Posted by Michael Crowe on Nov 25, 2019

The Parkrun five kilometre run or walk happens every Saturday morning at the Russell Clark Reserve. Recently members of the Rotary Club of Port Fairy where up early to volunteer as officials for the day. Club member Hester Woodrup acted as race director and Tony Bawden, John Ellard and Michael Crowe manned the registration, stopwatches and finishing line.

Parkrun is a world wide event that organises free weekly 5km timed runs. They are open to everyone, free, safe and easy to do. Parkrun has been going in Port Fairy for three years and has proved popular with locals and visitors alike.

The Club has also donated a sign for Parkrun that has been erected in the Russell Clark Reserve to help promote the event.

Gardens on Show

Posted by Michael Crowe on Oct 31, 2019

The last Sunday in October is the traditional time for the Rotary Club of Port Fairy's Open Gardens day. This year the four local gardens on display attracted hundreds of interested patrons. Over $5000 was raised to support Rotary's community projects.

Many thanks to the generous owners who made their gardens available for the event, and who presented them in tip-top spring condition. This year's owners were Rachel and Gerard Thomas, Lyn and Allan Brown, Margaret and Franco Cavalieri, and Rebecca and Andrew Sharp.

Thanks also the the dedicated team of Rotarians who organised the event: Margaret Whitehead, Jill Gleeson, Maureen Beattie and Hester Woodrup.

Movie Moguls

Posted by Michael Crowe on Sep 15, 2019

Brothers and film makers Edvaard & Haavard Christie were recent guest speakers at the Port Fairy Rotary Club. Hailing from Hamilton they spoke about their 2 ½ year project

to make a feature film titled “Hang on to Your Hangers On”. The film was made in Hamilton and local community members featured as actors and in behind-the-camera roles. The film was made on a budget of about $5000 and Edvaard and Haavard did all aspects including scriptwriting, filming and directing. They recently screened the film three times at the Hamilton cinema and each session was sold out. They are now seeking wider distribution for the film by entering various film festivals around the world.

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Port Fairy is a historic, intimate harbour village in the south west region of Victoria in Australia. The town is famous for its annual Folk Music Festival, held in March each year, which has been running for nearly 40 years and has expanded to include not just folk music but blues and roots music to suit all ages.

Port Fairy is a friendly town that relies greatly on tourism and therefore welcomes visitors from all parts of the globe. Therefore, if you are visiting Port Fairy, then we invite you to join us at our weekly Rotary Club Dinner meeting held each Monday evening. Details on meeting times and venue are on the Home page

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