Rotary D3450 Group Study Exchange 2012-13 from district 3450 hong kong/macao/mongolia to district 9640 QLD/NSW australia

The GSE Blog
Apr 8 Presentation at the joint-club meeting of RC of Murwillumbah, RC of Murwillum Central, RC of Mt Warning AM
Apr 8 Presentation at the joint-club meeting of RC of Murwillumbah, RC of Murwillum Central, RC of Mt Warning AM
Apr 8 Wonderful Visit to the organisms at the Hastings Shoreline
Apr 8 Wonderful Visit to the organisms at the Hastings Shoreline

 

Apr 7 Bushtucker Walk – a walk to learn about the native fruits and their benefits
Apr 7 Bushtucker Walk - a walk to learn about the native fruits and their benefits

 

Apr 7 Visiting the potter’s gallery and his studio
Apr 7 Visiting the potter's gallery and his studio
Apr 6 Having fun at the Aquatic Centre
Apr 6 Having fun at the Aquatic Centre
Apr 4 Vocational Visit to the Moby Dick Motel and Angourie Resort
Apr 4 Vocational Visit to the Moby Dick Motel and Angourie Resort
Apr 3 Vocational Visit to Harwood Sugar Mill
Apr 3 Vocational Visit to Harwood Sugar Mill

     

Apr 3 A visit to the Rainforest
Apr 3 A visit to the Rainforest
Mar 30 Visit to the Crystal Garden at Ballina
Mar 30 Visit to the Crystal Garden at Ballina
Mar 25 Host families at RC of Goondiwindi

Group photo of the GSE team with the host families at RC of Goondiwindi

Mar 25 Presentation at Regular Meeting of RC of Goondiwindi

Time flies; we will be in tears again to move on from Goondiwindi soon!! Lovely that we all had a great time with RC Goondiwindi in the past few days!! Lets our friendship rocks!! 🙂

Mar 24 Leisurely boat trip on Macintyre River

A leisurely boat trip up the Macintyre River on a Sunday afternoon… what a life! And… Edwina caught a fish!

Mar 21 Visits to various farms at Boonah

  A visit to Bunny Bites Farm where vegetables are sliced and diced.  All of us cried at the onion processing line. Franco pointing at the cows at McInnes Dairy – owned by President Ross of RC of Fassifern.  We even had a chance to milk the cows!!    

Mar 21 The “Rock Doctor”
Mar 21 The "Rock Doctor"

Home of Dr. John, an exploring geologist, who is also a painter!  Isn’t his art amazing?  

Mar 21 Sunrise at Boonah

What a joy to start a day with this lovely sunrise at Boonah, Australia! Recharged! 🙂  

Toasting from RC of Ashmore
Toasting from RC of Ashmore
Mar 18 Ashmore regular meeting – photo with the host families
Mar 18 Ashmore regular meeting - photo with the host families

Without our host families, our stay would not have been the same. Thank you!

Mar 18 D9640 Rotarians Experiencing D3450 – writing Mongolian
Mar 18 D9640 Rotarians Experiencing D3450 - writing Mongolian

DGN Wendy and her husband Charles learning to write Mongolian!

Mar 18 Fundraising for D9640 – at RC of Ashmore
Mar 18 Fundraising for D9640 - at RC of Ashmore

Rotation Elaine won the lucky draw – the prize is a Chinese charm of luck, fortune and peace!  We raised A$91 tonight for the GSE program of D9640 in the next Rotary year.

Mar 18 Free n easy at Natural Bridge
Mar 18 Free n easy at Natural Bridge

General and the warriors at Natural Bridge, Springbrook National Park. Rotarian Graeme (host of Franco) took the members for a hike

Mar 18 Visit to Institute of Glycomics
Mar 18 Visit to Institute of Glycomics

GSE team taking lesson… with fashionable sun glasses? Our ‘lecturer’ Chris showing us how carbohydrates can be used to cure flu… one of the application of the study of glycomics. Dr Chris Davis is the General and Business Manager at the Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University

Mar 17 Sunday casual dinner at the O’Keefe’s
Mar 17 Sunday casual dinner at the O'Keefe's

Edwina and her lovely host family, Catherine and David! From left: our caring club coordinator, Ian; Matthew; Edwina; and Franco with his generous host family, Graeme, Jill and Clea; our

Mar 17 Cruising on Brokewater
Mar 17 Cruising on Brokewater

Rob took us to a beach on the boat. It’s a sunny day!

Mar 16 Host family of Bolor
Mar 16 Host family of Bolor

Bolor with the wonderful hosts, Neil and Lynn