PROBUS CLUB of Gosford West: November 2016

On Thursday 24th November at 8 a.m. fourteen of our PROBUS members boarded a coach at the West Gosford RSL to travel to Tobruk, that is the sheep station on the Old Northern Road via Berowra to Wisemans Ferry.

We were met at the gate by Tash the Jillaroo who welcomed us with a cracking stock whip.

We were greeted warmly by Tash and her dog Bandy and invited to morning tea consisting of damper fresh out of the dutch oven and spread with lashings of “ cocky’s joy”.

She demonstrated the use of the stock whip and added some variations which she said are only useful on a stage to impress tourists.

This was followed by a narrative in the use of various boomerangs developed by indigenous Australians and then a demonstration of throwing a light boomerang into the wind to ensure it returned to her feet. ( Mick you shoulda been there mate).

THEN

We witnessed the herding of a mob of sheep into the pens ably assisted by Bandy who did all the work followed by a brief history of shearing in Australia and actual shearing of a ewe by Tash.

We were given a substantial lunch and tea coffee etc.

plus the bar was open.

We inspected the farm stay cottage and then said our goodbyes. We returned to Gosford via the Wisemans Ferry and all enjoyed the day out.

See a few photo's below
I was away on R&R and unable to attend this outing.
The story and photo's were given to me compliments of Alan Gibb (Past President).
Thank you Alan.......

Welcome to Tobruk Sheep Station

The Mob with Bandy working hard....

The end of a great visit to Tobruk Sheep Station" under the beautiful old Jacaranda tree

Some old ewes at Tobruk, waiting for a good looking shearer. ????

Some Probus ewes and rams with Tash and Bandy

On Thursday morning 10th Nov. 2016 our annual awards were held.
We had a good roll up of members plus the six student from the three schools we give these awards to and their families, friends etc and the teachers who represented each of the schools.
There were some very proud family members who watched the various students receive their awards along with some equally proud teaching staff..
This was the 33rd year of our awards and as far as we know we are probably the only PROBUS club in the world who go to the trouble of rewarding students with these very special awards.
We know that we are the only club in Australia doing this. Thankfully our Good Citizenship awards were started by a group of Probians 33 yrs ago, who decided it would be good to reward students for good citizenship because many of these student went un- noticed.
These awards do not take into account scholarly or sporting achievements, we simply want to reward "GOOD CITIZENSHIP"
We have been advised by previous recipients of our award that prospective employers were very impressed on seeing this award in a job seekers CV.
We so often hear about the down side of our young people but these students chosen by their various schools to receive our award really show another side of the coin..
It is very uplifting to hear of their good deeds at school and in the community and it lets us know that the future of the world is in pretty good hands after all.
Those who met and interviewed each student and parents and then presented them to the president of our club did a great job .
Our presenters were John Edgington, John Starr, Judi Edgington, John Vaughan, Ros and Barry Turton and at the last minute Lyn Hicks helped Ros out because Ros wasn't well.
A HUGE Thank you to you all and to all those who work hard behind the scenes making sure these awards days are a success. Thank you to Ros and her catering team for the lovely morning tea. that was enjoyed by all.
The students chosen by their various schools were Aaron B and Emily W. from Glenvale school,
Kasey B and Floyd J from Point Clare primary school
Jessica A. and James H. from Henry Kendall High School.
(I havent included surnames of the student in respect of their privacy.)
The three school were represented by the Deputy Principal of each school and also a careers advisor from Henry Kendall High.
There were 43 family members and friends in attendance .
Photos of the morning are below.