I am pleased to inform you that I now have 20 persons confirmed attending our annual CNY dinner at  Nanyang Flavour Kitchen located at Lot 1/15 Andersons Creek Road, Doncaster East, VIC 3109. Assembly time at 7.15 pm for a start at 7.30 pm. For those of you who have not been to this restaurant before, and if you are approaching from the South that you need to shoot past the restaurant signboard for another 75 meters or so and then turn left to access the restaurant. I'd like to thank Harv for his assistance in getting sufficient starters for the dinner. Thanks, Harv. 
The following persons have now confirmed attending: -
•    Coral Page (1)
•    Judith Eadon (1)
•    Althea Barr (1)
•    Russell & Sue Warmington (2)
•    Ian Armstrong (1)
•    Stuart Williams (1)
•    Rob & Wan Jackson (2)
•    Mike Finke (1)
•    Wendy Oliver (1)
•    John Lynch (1)
•    Harvey & Margaret Lane (2)
•    Bob & Judy Laslett (2)
•    Peter Schoner (1)
•    Glenys Grant (1)
•    Bev Hoskins (1)
•    James  Tan (1)
In case any person has  paid your money to confirm you will be attending, but for some urgent reason you have to cancel your reservation at the 11^th hour, please nominate someone else to attend in your place as I won't be able to find another person to attend in your place. 

Finally, I shall be grateful if you have confirmed your attendance, please make your payment to my bank account at your earliest convenience at:-
Name of Account:    JKS & WCF Tan or just James Tan
BSB:    014526
Acct No:    568300188

Just a reminder……the restaurant will be imposing a nominal corkage charge on you if you bring any alcoholic beverage to the dinner. I strongly recommend if you wish to drink wine or any other alcoholic beverage to bring your own. Also if you order any non alcoholic beverage during the dinner that you kindly settle your bill once the beverage is delivered to you. At the conclusion of the evening I hope to be paying the restaurant $1400 only. 

That will be all for the moment and let's all look forwarding to an enjoyable and great evening on Wednesday, 25 February 2026 to celebrate the Year of the Horse https://chinesenewyear.net/lunar-new-year-guide/

Beverley Hoskins celebrated a major birthday milestone recently. One of the guests at her party was Louise Popowitz, a former Exchange Student from Denmark that Nunawading hosted. Louise now lives in Sydney. Here are some thoughts that she shared with everyone that evening.

Dear Bev,

First and foremost, happy birthday!

When we spoke on the phone a few weeks back, you subtly said to me that I'd be representing all the exchange students you've hosted throughout the years. That would be  13!, so quite a responsibility to take on.

I can only imagine how much it takes to open your home to a young person from across the world, who comes with a different cultural background and most likely does not speak your language, at least not to begin with. But Bev, without having spoken with the other 12 students you've hosted throughout the years, I have no doubt that I am speaking for all of us; that year changed our lives more than we could have possibly imagined!

The fact that I am standing here today, not only as a Danish citizen, but also Australian, I think says more than words about the impact the year had on me. Not only did I find an extended family in you and Bob, and my other host-families, I found a home and 16 years later, my Australian life partner. I cannot imagine what my life would look like if it hadn't been for that year back in 1999 / 2000.

Bev, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for everything you've done and been for me these last 26 years. I, and I'm sure the 12 other students, will forever be grateful that Bob and you opened up your home and lives to us.

Thank you. Lots of love.

Louise. 💗
 

The AFL Football season starts on Thursday 5^th March with Round 0! There also further changes in the fixture with “Floating Finals (TM)” leading to more revenue for the AFL and more gambling ads on TV.

Again, we will be supporting Hope Katolo Nursery School with 50% of the entry fees being donated to the school.

This year:

• Entry fee is $40.00 per tipster to be paid into the Rotary account. (Details provided on entry).
• We will only play the 25 rounds of the normal AFL fixture.
• We will not use the “Joker” feature
• Tipsters win an extra point if they get all games correct in a round.
• If a game is drawn, you only get 1 point if you specifically tip a Draw.
• There will be a weekly prize for the highest score per round. The prize is shared if there is a tie.
• At the end of the season; 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes will be awarded

If we get 40 tipsters, the Prize pool will be $800, distributed as follows:

Prizes will be adjusted based on the final number of entries.

This year, we will be using iTipFooty.com.au which has fewer advertisements (especially on the mobile app).

=============== HOW DO PEOPLE JOIN THE COMP? ==============
1) Go to iTipFooty and register a user account if you don't already have one.
2) Login with your user account and click the 'JOIN COMP' button.
3) Enter Comp # 115889 and Comp Password Rotary3131!
4) Click 'Join Comp'......and start tipping!
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John Lynch