New Little Penguin (or Fairy Penguin) nesting boxes, made by members of the Rotary Club of Palm Beach, WA, have the potential to revolutionise artificial nests worldwide, according to club member and bird specialist Rick Dawson. A heat trial of the boxes has been running on Western Australia’s Penguin Island...
Run the Runway
Getting up at the crack of dawn to complete a five-kilometre fun run might not be some people’s idea of how to spend a Sunday morning, but add in the fact that you get to do so on an airport runway and the Rotary Club of Fairfield’s event certainly has...
Hastings Karamu Cocktail Party
Photos: Kirsten Simcox Photography From sausage rolls to a major cocktail auction, the Rotary Club of Hastings Karamu Cocktail Party has supported the local community for three decades, pumping much needed funds into a number of charitable endeavours. Past Community Director Angus Thomson says the event has gone from strength...
A new chapter for domestic violence survivors
The Rotary Club of Brookfield, Qld, has been an avid supporter of the charity Broken to Brilliant over the years. The organisation assists domestic abuse survivors on the road to recovery. The Rotary Club of Brookfield was honoured to be invited to write a testimonial for Coerced to Courageous, the...
Eye Care for Africa
What do you do with more than 1,300 pairs of disused reading glasses? The answer for Havelock North Rotarian Niall McCormack was simple – repurpose them and then take them to Africa where they are greatly needed. The Hastings-based optometrist quickly got club members on board with the project to...
From mentors to friends
By the Rotary Club of Adelaide Light, SA Who could forget the images of millions of people scrambling desperately for safety outside Kabul airport in Afghanistan after the Taliban took control? Simultaneously, some 10,000 kilometres away in Adelaide, SA, members of the Rotary Club of Adelaide Light were undertaking training...