Guest Speaker:

Major General the Honourable Michael Jefferey AC, AO (Mil.), CVO, MC (Retd)

The Answer lies in the soil!

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, Adelaide Oval, King William Rd, North Adelaide.

Major General Jeffery was born in Wiluna, Western Australia in 1937 and educated at Kent Street High School and the Royal Military College, Duntroon.  After a significant career in the army he retired in 1993 to assume the appointment of Governor of Western Australia, which he held for almost seven years.  On his retirement as Governor in 2000 he established a not for profit strategic research institute in Perth – Future Directions International (FDI). 

On 11 August 2003 he was sworn in as the twenty-fourth Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, serving in that capacity until 5 September 2008.  Upon his retirement as Governor-General, he served as Chairman of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Outcomes Australia, the Global Foundation and the Diamond Jubilee Trust Australia.  He was appointed the National Advocate for Soil Health in 2013 and is (among many other things) presently the Chairman of FDI and Soils For Life.

Note: Members and guests are encouraged to pre-book online or come early to the registration/welcome desk, to ensure you get a spot!

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Royce Rowe, Motor Cycle Racer

The International Isle of Man Tourist Trophy

Royce Rowe is a 24 year old motorcycle racer with a passion for road racing on the famous Isle of Man road circuit.  After competing there for three years he's experienced the thrills of breakneck speeds and the spills of the unforgiving course.  He has seen the highs and lows of the sport and all the effort the team puts in to make it all happen.  He will tell the story behind where his initial thirst for adrenaline came from and what his plans zre for future endeavours. His talk will finish off with a few minutes of on-board footage of his laps around the mountain course.

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: John Bastian

Did Sir Thomas Playford get it right with industrial development in the `50s?

John Bastian was educated at Unley High School and what is now the University of South Australia.  After seven years with PA Management Consultants mainly working in capital intensive industries, he spent fifteen years with Sola Optical, firstly as International Marketing Manager and GM of the Sunglass Lens Division, then eleven years as CEO of Sola Optical Australia.  He has spent the last twenty years as a company director, mainly in agribusiness, and has done some work for the State Government including being Deputy Chair of the inaugural  Economic Development Board and chairing a task force on Regional Development.  He is currently a director of SA Water, chairs a farm machinery import/distribution company and chairs a syndicate of chief executives for the CEO Institute.  John’s passions are international business and economic development.

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Club Assembly

All Members are kindly invited to attend the Club Assembly

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Mario McDonagh, Marketing Director Screening on Site

Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace - tackling the issues

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Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Rotarian Steve Larkins

ANZAC Battlefields in Europe

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Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Stan Kontos, Executive Chairman STAR Pharmacy Group

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