Image credit: Minum Barreng: Indigenous Eye Health Unit, The University of Melbourne, 2016. The photo is of a community mural in Warburton, Western Australia, featuring Clean Faces, Strong Eyes and Milpa the goanna, painted by Adnate in collaboration with community.
Australia is now the 30th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem, validated by the World Health Organization. For Rotary Melbourne, this milestone reflects one of our leading projects over the past decade alongside the National Rotary Trachoma initiative EndTrachoma.
Thank you to Robert Fisher for last week's reflection on Wednesday 29 April 26.
A wonderful Central 2 social evening at Tazio on Flinders Lane, with engaging conversations, great food, and a relaxed, social atmosphere. Thanks to Karen Gornalle for organising.
Club Guests: Don Farrands (Speaker), Caroline Pilot (Inductee), Abiola Akinbiyi.
Visiting Australian Rotarians: Quentin Parker (Kununurra, WA).
Guests of Members: James Panagiotopoulos (Deb Yin Foo).
We are delighted to invite you to a special Rotary Melbourne event featuring one of Australia’s most influential public policy leaders, Professor Graeme Samuel AC.
As many will know, Graeme led the independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act—work that ultimately shaped Australia’s most significant environmental reforms in a generation.
An email has been sent to all Rotary Melbourne members to check their online Directory data in preparation of the 2026-2027 printed Directory. Please ensure you have checked both the hardcopy and online directory and advise any changes including updated photos. Please send your updates to the Directory Editor directory@rotarymelbourne.org.au
Wednesday 3 June 2026 is the date scheduled for Rotary Melbourne’s 6th Annual World Environment Day Lunch.
Our confirmed guest speaker will be Professor Graeme Samuel AC, and his topic will be “Developing a Fit for Purpose Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act – A 7 year project.”
Have you ever thought about the great network that you could advertise your company to. Rotary Melbourne is currently seeking advertisers for the next edition of the members Directory 2026-27. The cost to advertise is $900 for colour and $450 for B&W full page advert. Contact Jo at the office if you are interested.
