We are an active voluntary club based near the centre of Newcastle, about 150 km north of Sydney. We are involved in community projects and raise money for various charities. Why not come along and see how we operate and what fun we have?

We currently have 25 members, thus reaching our target of 27 by June 2011. We anticipate a couple more before in November. This does not include our Friends of Rotary. We have members from various professions and industries, including, education, banking, ambulance service, insurance, accounting, web design, nursing, business consulting, construction, public relations, property and wine.

We hope to keep members, indeed, anyone interested, fully informed on what we are doing and what we have recently done via our weekly bulletin. You can subscribe here.

Trivia Night

A great sucess in June, raising over $1900, but being refined for the next one, which will be on the 24th February 2012.

Rotarian of the Year

Lyn Thorpe is our 2011 Rotarian. Over the past year her activities included assisting with cleft lips and palate repair operations or with general surgery, travelling to such places as Egypt in July and China in September  2010 and West Timor in January, Bangladesh in February. Read more...

Lyn has described her activities in China in this small file. 3 photos are in the gallery.

Cooking at Ronald McDonald House

Next cook-up is probably in February. On June 21st we cooked a very successful Mexican meal of bean, chicken and beef tortillas. Lots of fresh ingredients and even more good comments from the diners!

Read the Shelterbox Australia newsletter.

June 2011 (2.15MB)

"Haiti one year on" (277 KB)

"Shelter Box Year in Review 2010" (6 MB)

Prospective Members

If you are thinking of joining, your first visit is complimentary, i.e. the club will pay for your breakfast. Note: this is different to bringing along a guest and only applies to people interested in joining Rotary for the first time.

If you are considering becoming a member why not come along? Simply fill out our contact form to let us know that you will be attending. Be assured we will look after you. We are a very friendly club!

RAWCS?? What is it? We have a Flash video compiled by the Rotary Club of Salamander Bay, which is well worth watching. 13MB in size so only if you have a broadband connection. Click here to view.

Lyn and Bill have been working in China and Vietnam.