Gympie VIEW Club
About
Gympie VIEW Club was formed in 1995.
Currently, the Club sponsors six Smith Family Learning for Life students and is actively involved in fundraising activities to raise donations for The Smith Family programs.
We are always open to new members, so please get in touch today and come and see what it's all about.
Location
- When: Meeting Day on 3rd Friday each month
- Time: At 11.00am
- Where: Gympie Bowls Club
- Address:16 Bowlers Drive, SOUTHSIDE QLD 4570
- Location on Google Maps
Contact
Jill on 0458 416 881
Email: viewclubgympie@gmail.com
Club News
Meet Our 2024 Committee
A well-attended AGM, including Retiring Zone Councillor QB02, Lainie, Incoming Zone Councillor QB02, Christine and Jean, National Councillor QB01 and QB02, saw Esme once again take the helm for 2024.
Photo shows: L-R: Retiring Zone Councillor QB02 Lainie, Treasurer Michele, Programme Officer Jan, Vice President Nannette, Assistant Secretary Lyn, New branch member Sue, Programme Officer Sharan and Publicity Officer Pat. Absent: President Esme
Social Outing to Welcoming 2024
Social Outing to Welcoming 2024
Members are now back into the swing of things, with around 16 of our group braving the rain to have lunch at Kingston House in January. We were all pleased to see Annie and Marcia join us for the first time in many months.
Photo shows Christine, Carol and Marcia
2023 In Review
And what a year 2023 turned out to be! An International Women’s Day lunch in March was the first of our ventures, followed by our fun Home among the Gum Trees themed Birthday celebrations in June, a big weekend for various members manning our Craft and Quilt Show display in July, and tree decorating for the Winter Trees on Mary and Heart of Gold Festival events. Interspersed with all this, we have had our monthly lunch meetings, with a variety of guest speakers and entertainers, including amongst a great array, Ambulance Superintendent, Wayne Sachs, Poet extraordinaire, Noel Stallard who performed for our Birthday celebrations, local author, Liz Rimmington and Abbie Grant-Taylor from Gympie Community Place. Monthly morning teas at members’ homes and local cafes have been held giving members opportunities to become better acquainted, and who could forget our annual Soup and Crusty Bread Day! Other social days included visiting and dining out at Cooloola Berries, a trip to Tin Can Bay, attending a Melbourne Cup function as a group, as well as attending the National Councillor, Jean Gala at the Brolga Theatre in Maryborough.2023 has certainly turned out to be an interesting one, full of fun and fellowship, all the while giving members the opportunity to raise funds to support the Smith Family charity, in its endeavour to help children of disadvantage to reach their full educational potential. As William Butler Yeats said, Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
Christmas 2023 Meeting
Christmas 2023 Meeting
Our Christmas breakup saw local musician, Troy Dwyer, entertain Members with his easy-to-listen-to guitar playing and singing, whilst at the same time stretching our memories to recall the words to that all-time favourite, Twelve days of Christmas. It had us all shaking our heads at not being able to remember it all.
Thank you Jean
Thank you Jean
One of the highlights at our Christmas luncheon was the presentation, of a Certificate of Appreciation by President, Esme, to long-standing member, Jean, who has been a member of VIEW since 1996 and has taken a very active part in the Club for all those years.
Christmas 2023 Luncheon
Christmas 2023 Luncheon
Members enjoyed a fun meeting to finish the 2023 year, with a delicious lunch, served up by the hard-working ladies at the Southside Bowls Club, along with competitions, raffles and other entertainment, and the attendance of past members who made a special effort to be there for the day, all made for a very memorable occasion.
Photo shows Pat, Joy, Kaylene and Esme enjoying the day.
Spring 2023
Spring 2023
September saw quite a few Members attend the Legacy Morning Tea, and a group of our Members took a trip to Cooloola Berries for lunch, where some feasted on strawberries whilst picking their own for purchase.
Our monthly luncheon was held at the South Side Bowls Club, where our guest speaker was the delightful and informative Wendy Flikweert, from the Gympie Family History Society. Members were decked out brightly to conform with our theme for the meeting: Spring.
Spring Attire 2023
Spring Attire 2023
New member, Jodie, was chosen as the winner of the Best Spring outfit. Our Getting to Know You segment featured Joy, a Member since 1997, who told us that when she enquired, many years ago, as to what Margaret, a friend of hers, was doing these days, her husband told Joy that she was in a club, and he thought it was a camera club. This elicited a chuckle or two.
Heart of Gold Festival
Heart of Gold Festival
A number of Members, plus some prospective Members and supporters, attended the Quota Club Spring MT for the Heart Foundation and a fun time was had by all.
Photo shows Charmaine decorating the Heart of Gold Tree
Soup and Crusty Bread Day 2023
Soup and Crusty Bread Day 2023
Our always-looked-forward-to Soup and Crusty Bread Day was held at Elwyn’s home, with a number of prospective members joining us as well. The soup was plentiful and delicious, the desserts divine and the fellowship most enjoyable.
New Members for 2023
New Members for 2023
July 2023 Craft and Quilt Spectacular
July 2023 Craft and Quilt Spectacular
We were really pleased with the response we had from the public, with around 50 cards being given out on the Saturday morning and then quite a number of pamphlets handed out over the rest of the weekend. It was quite amusing, actually, as we gave out quite a few cards and pamphlets to people from out of town, as there were people there from Gladstone, the Gold Coast, Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and out as far as Charleville. Hopefully, the clubs in those areas will get some new Members.??