The guest speaker at the February 2023 meeting was Jude Walter from Brainfit World. After the meeting, Jude wrote on the Brainfit Facebook page, “Thank you for having me, Rebus West Auckland. It was great to share some of the Read more…
Wednesday 22 February 2023 has been selected as the Gold Card trip to Waiheke Island date. The plan is to catch the 11:00 am, Fuller’s ferry to Waiheke Island. It goes to Waiheke Island via Devonport. Those travelling on the Read more…
At the January 2023 meeting of the Club, Mensto De Roos showed members the film, “Roads to Roam.” It was made by the National Film Unit in 1967 and the director was Hugh McDonald. The film has been described as, Read more…
Dacre cottage is located on a historic reserve close to the water’s edge at Karepiro Bay. The story of how bricklayers, Ernie Mullaney and Neil Castle, rebuilt the cottage in 1984 is in this newsletter. The cottage was in a Read more…
We have combined with the Point Chevalier and Avondale Historical Societies to make a booking at Ryders Cinema and Dining Venue on Riversdale Road. Ryders only caters for groups and has a minimum requirement of 25 people. On the eve Read more…
The December 2022 newsletter reports Alan Verry’s presentation at the November monthly meeting. Alan Verry was a long-serving President of the Railway Enthusiasts Society and Bill Mutch was his secretary. There is an item on the SeaLink ferry trip to Read more…
There is an outing to Pine Harbour on Wednesday 23rd November and it is a Gold Card trip. That means we use the Gold Card to get to Britomart, walk over to the Ferry Building, and then use the Gold Read more…
There are reports on the James Webb Space Telescope presentation by Dr Chris Benton from the Auckland Astronomical Society, a trip to Auckland Zoo held with Waitakere Combined Rebus, and a coffee morning at Esquires Café in Henderson, in the Read more…
At the September monthly meeting, there were eleven visitors. They had come to hear James Duncan give the third of his three talks on Auckland’s tram system. James described how one man’s effort to save a tram resulted in the Read more…
There were two guest speakers at the August monthly meeting. Retired Senior Sergeant Bob Barrett talked about his early days in the NZ Police. Not to be outdone, former St John Ambulance Officer Lindsay Roberts talked about working for St Read more…