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Business Break-through
Posted by Michael Crowe on Nov 12, 2022
Business Break-through
Local business development has received a boost with the establishment of Commerce Moyne.  Speaking at a recent Port Fairy Rotary meeting, Ashley King outlined progress on the establishment of the organisation which has been kicked off by the Community Bank and the Moyne Shire. 
Commerce Moyne will be a co-ordinating point for local businesses and an advocate for grants and projects. 
The first initiative has been to create a paid Program Director for the Moyneyana Festival which should ensure a bigger and better event over the up-coming holiday season.
 
 
Great Garden Gallop
Posted by Michael Crowe and Mllee Cox on Nov 14, 2022
Great Garden Gallop
The rain held off and Port Fairy Rotary's annual Open Gardens day took place on Sunday 30 October with five great gardens on display.  The event was a fundraiser for Australians 4 Women's Health, this being President Graeme Cox's major charity for 2022/23.  Nearly six thousand dollars was raised for this cause by ticket sales on the day and by the associated raffle.  The Club would like to thank the owners who made their gardens available and put in the work to have them in tip-top condition for the day.
Special thanks also go to main organiser Jill Gleeson and her assistants, including the Friends of Rotary.  Thanks also to Maureen Beatty and her helpers who organised the morning and afternoon teas and served them on the day.
 
 
 
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Volunteering Venture
Posted by Michael Crowe on Nov 12, 2022
Volunteering Venture
Local identity Nicole Dwyer was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Port Fairy.  Nicole has established Belfast Volunteering, a new not-for-profit group aimed at connecting volunteers with groups and clubs in Port Fairy and the surrounding district.  This is a most welcomed initiative given the difficulty faced by all groups in recruiting volunteers and the importance of voluntary work in our community.
If you are an individual looking for volunteering opportunities or a group looking for volunteers, you can register with Belfast Volunteering by emailing info@belfastvolunteering.com
 
 
 
Recycling Guide Goes Live
Posted by Michael Crowe on Nov 01, 2022
Recycling Guide Goes Live
Port Fairy Rotary has released a guide to all things recycling, re-homing and re-using for Port Fairy and district.  The Guide was put together by local resident Fiona Phillips and covers 39 categories of household goods with everything from bicycles to garden tools to video games. The Guide also provides detailed information on what you can put into the familiar yellow, purple, green and red bins collected by Moyne Shire each week.
You can download a copy of the Guide from the Home Page.
 
 
Centenary Salute 
Posted by Michael Crowe on Oct 17, 2022
Centenary Salute
Port Fairy Rotary's tribute to the Centenary of the operation of Rotary in Australia has been unveiled.  On a recent sunny morning District Governor Kathy Rivett cut the ribbon on our Centenary project, a 300 tree plantation on the Port Fairy to Warrnambool Rail Trail.   DG Kathy cut the ribbon on a sign and a seat that mark the location and significance of the project.
The trees for the project were purchased with the aid of a grant from the Moyne Shire Community Carbon Offset Program.  Port Fairy Rotary is grateful to the Rail Trail Committee on Management for providing access to the site and to the Rail Trail volunteers who assisted with site preparation and the tree planting.  Rotarian Tony Bawden was the driving force behind behind the project, showing great persistence through the tribulations of COVID. Thanks to all.
 
 
 
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Salvos Support
Posted by Mllee Cox and Michael Crowe on Sep 08, 2022
Salvos Support
Salvation Army member Barry Clarke was a recent guest speaker at the Port Fairy Rotary.  Barry is the Southwest Team Leader, Homelessness and heads up a team who deliver the Homelessness Program.  The program assists an average of 45 people per month and over past 12 months there have been 518 households  present for assistance.
 
 
Barry Clarke with President Graeme Cox
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Rotarians Dig In!
Posted by Harry Bracegirdle on Aug 30, 2022
  A small, but intrepid group of Rotarians spent an hour or so this morning on the Port Fairy to Warrnambool Rail Trail Bicycle path.
 
  This was to help the Rail Trail committee volunteers plant over 200 trees along the stretch of the trail near Sun Pharma on the Princes Highway.
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Tandem Team Tumble Weeds
Posted by Michael Crowe on Jul 21, 2022
Tandem Team Tumble Weeds
In trying conditions the weed team, Port Fairy Rotarians Bill Moore and Michael Crowe, set to work weeding the Barclay Street garden beds.  Two big bags of weeds later the job was done.
With the blessing of the Moyne Shire Port Fairy Rotary has volunteered to keep the weeds at bay at this prominent site.  These garden beds were established by the Shire as part of the recent upgrade of the church end of Barclay Street.
 
 
New battery recycling facility launched in Port Fairy
Posted by Harry Bracegirdle on Jul 14, 2022
The Rotary Club of Port Fairy was keen to promote a battery disposal facility in Port Fairy and, as part of its research, we discovered that a company called EcoBatt, were already in the process of installing disposal centres in various IGAs and Home Hardware shops in south west Victoria.
 
The Rotary Club is therefore pleased that our town's first recycling box has now been installed in Brookes Hardware store in Sackville Street.
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Numbers Hold Up
Posted on Jul 02, 2022
Numbers Hold Up
There are an estimated 2.3 million, or 42% of Victorians over 15 years of age who volunteer in Victoria.  However the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted volunteering in Victoria, cutting the participation rate in half.  Fortunately the Rotary Club of Port Fairy has been able to maintain its numbers over the COVID period.  The Club's Annual Report released this month revealed the membership holding up at 22.  
 
The Club's most recent recruit is Annie Ridgway.  Annie is a Port Fairy resident and works in the field of human resources.
 
 
 
Annie Ridgway with Graeme Cox and Bill Moore
District 9780 Conference 2022
Posted by Michael Crowe on May 04, 2022
District 9780 Conference 2022
It was a big weekend for a small town when the Rotary District 9780 Conference 2022 was held in Port Fairy on 18-20 March.  Over a hundred delegates attended with more following the Conference proceedings on line.  
District Governor John Clue said that the Conference was a great event and he had received complimentary feedback from Rotarians across the District for the way it was run, the quality of the speakers, the Conference Dinner and the Welcome function.  Several visiting Rotarians said it was a memorable and motivating conference that reinforced the Conference theme of Resilience, Renewal and Regeneration
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Drinking Fountain Feature
Posted by Michael Crowe on Mar 22, 2022
Drinking Fountain Feature
In recognition of the Centenary of Rotary in Australia and the Port Fairy Rotary Club's 60th anniversary, a new drinking fountain has been installed in Rotary Park (Charles Mills Reserve) on the eastern bank of the Moyne River. The Club appreciates Moyne Shire Council's support on this project. Later this year the Council will construct a new path along the river bank, adjacent to the fountain. 
 
Rotarian Tony Bawden was the driving force behind the drinking fountain project, with Milee Cox contributing the artwork for the fountain signage.
 
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Pop-up raffle
Posted by Michael Crowe on Dec 22, 2021
Pop-up raffle
Port Fairy's night market is a highlight of the annual build up to Christmas.  Rotary set up shop and held a one-night raffle, the prize being a hamper of Christmas goodies.  The winner was local Renee Brown who was thrilled to take home the big basket.  President Jill Gleeson presented Renee with her prize at the end of the night's trading.
 
 
Summer Raffle
Posted by Michael Crowe on Feb 14, 2022
Summer Raffle

Rotary's Summer raffle was part of the action at Port Fairy's Saturday markets over January. With three prizes up for grabs the Club sold nearly 500 tickets, making the raffle a very successful effort.  The winners were:

  • 1st Prize: Wilma Preston Painting valued at $150: Anita Chivell of Cobden
  • 2nd Prize: $100 gift voucher from Bennings Boutique:  Glenys Murray of Port Fairy
  • 3rd Prize: $50 gift voucher from Baleka Homewares:  Donna of Croydon Hills

Thanks to these donors for supporting Rotary's fund raising. 

Wilma Preston with Harry Bracegirdle

 

 

Sea Scouts Cleanup
Posted by Michael Crowe on Dec 13, 2021
Sea Scouts Cleanup
The Rotary Club of Port Fairy recently undertook a cleanup of the back yard of the Port Fairy Sea Scout's hall in Bank Street.  The first job was to remove the old ute that has been parked in the yard for a number of years.  On 5 December the team of Adrian, Graeme, Milee, Jill, Peter, Bill, Reg and Michael moved in with brush cutters to tackle the long grass and remove some large items of rubbish.  The job was finished off the following week with the removal of some rocks and other small items so that the grass can be safely mowed in future.
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Battery Hill Renewal
Posted by Michael Crowe on Sep 19, 2021
Battery Hill Renewal
Port Fairy Rotary's contribution to the renewal of Battery Hill continued with  tree planting at the historic site.  This effort was part of a long-term project to return native vegetation, improve public access and restore the historic elements, co-ordinated by the Shire and local historian Marten Syme.  Rotary is one of several community groups that have provided volunteer effort to the project over a number of years.
 
On a recent Sunday morning with rain and storms threatening Rotarians and Friends got down to the job of planting trees and shrubs.  The work was done in small groups in order to comply with current COVID 19 regulations.
 
 
 
 
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District 9780 Changeover
Posted by Michael Crowe on Jul 19, 2021
District 9780 Changeover
On 10 July local Rotarian John Clue was inducted as Governor of Rotary District 9780 for 2021/22.  The event was held in Port Fairy and was attended by 100 Rotarians and friends from across the District, which stretches across western Victoria and into eastern South Australia.  This is a high honour for John and the first time that the Rotary Club of Port Fairy has provided the District Governor.  In accepting the office, John said that he and his wife Heather are excited to now start the District Governor’s journey over the coming year and look forward to meeting with clubs in person over the coming months.
 
 
 
John Clue
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Port Fairy, VIC 3284
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Graeme Cox

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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 over 40 years and has expanded to include not just folk music but blues and roots music to suit all ages. It also has a Winter Weekends Festival running on specific weekends from June to July.

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 Rotary Club Dinner meeting held on the first and third Mondays of the month (6:00pm for 6:300pm start).  Details on meeting times and venue are on the Home page

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Speakers
Past Speakers
District Governor - Kathy Rivett
Oct 17, 2022 6:30 PM
An introduction to the DG's plans for 2022-23
Mark Powell (Operations Manager - WRAD)
Oct 03, 2022 6:30 PM
An overview of WRAD services
Barry Clarke
Sep 05, 2022 6:30 PM
Role of Salvation Army in SW Victoria
Nina Fitzsimmons (NYSF candidate)
Jun 06, 2022
My experience at the National Youth Science Forum - January 2022
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Club Directors
President
Graeme Cox
President Elect (Shared role)
Jed Macartney
Secretary
Mllee Cox
Rotary Foundation
Jill Gleeson
Treasurer
Jeffrey McLean
Community Service
Michael Crowe
Environment
Michael Crowe
Youth Services
Geoff Coxall
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Geoff Coxall
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Jill Gleeson
Membership
Bill Moore
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Harry Bracegirdle
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