A trip to Auckland Zoo, a coffee morning at Huckleberry Cafe, and the March monthly meeting at the Friendship Hall, all feature in this newsletter. The many photographs from these events resulted in the email file size exceeding the maximum Read more…
On 30 April we are organising a 3-hour cruise on the Kaipara Harbour and Kaipara River aboard the 17m fun vessel the M.V. Kewpie Too. The boat leaves on the river from Springs Road, Parakai, Helensville, and goes up and Read more…
We are going to Huckleberry Cafe in Portage Road New Lynn for the next coffee morning. The date is Wednesday 31 March and the start time is 10.00 am. Ian Smith has chosen Huckleberry because it is convenient for those Read more…
The new date for the trip to Auckland Zoo is Wednesday 24 March 2021. Aim to arrive at 10.30 am and meet up at the Elephant Enclosure at 11.15 am. Admission to the Zoo is Adult (15 years +) $24; Read more…
We dragged five tables together to create one big enough to accommodate all of us who went to the Swanson Railway Cafe in February. Fortunately for a group of cyclists, suitably attired with fluorescent coloured clothing to make them highly Read more…
For the benefit of those not able to be there, the newsletters always provide a wonderful account of what the speakers talked about at the monthly meeting and this newsletter is no exception. At the January meeting, we had three Read more…
We are meeting at Swanson Café on 24th February 2021 at 10.00 am, for a coffee morning. At the Friendship Hall meeting, Ian Smith described it as a very nice café and one where you can go to on the Read more…
President Bill Mutch wrote in his President’s Prattle for this newsletter, “Our Christmas Meeting and Lunch at the Hall was not exciting; our caterer let the team down in a big way. Laurie (Vincent) was so disappointed as the menu Read more…
There were not many trips in the 2020 year due to the Covid-19 lockdowns, however, one trip members were able to make was to the Chelsea Sugar Refinery. If visitors to Auckland ask members who went on the trip, what Read more…
At the October meeting Grant Stevens, known best as the go-to man for computer repairs at Eden Computers, spoke on the life of Winston Churchill. This newsletter contains some gems about the life of Churchill, such as the fact that Read more…