President Carol, welcomed special guests, Emeritus Professor Ian Harper AO, until recently a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Monetary Policy Board, guest speaker to be introduced later by President Elect Branko Panich and speaking on ‘The Economic Development of Australia: How Did We Get Here?’ and Emmanuela Amos shortly to be inducted as a Club member.
Rotary Melbourne member David Kram and violinist Rosa Matos are organising a charity concert for Nepal, supporting those affected by the recent devastating floods. It will take place on Saturday 17 October 26 at 5 pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (22 Parliament Place, Melbourne).
Rotary Melbourne welcomes Arshad Samsudeen (Arshad) who was inducted into the Club on 29 July 2026 with the classification Finance - Accounting. He is a member of the Malvern Group.
Rotary Melbourne welcomes Dan Durik who was inducted into the Club on 16 September 2026 with the classification Community Services - Management. He is a member of the Malvern Group.
Thank you to Peter Dakin for last week's reflection, on Wednesday 30 September 2026.
Rotary Melbourne is proud to support SecondBite. In their first year since merging, SecondBite and FareShare rescued a record 25 million kilograms of food, cooked 2.8 million meals and supported more than 1,000 charities, reaching an estimated 700,000 Australians every week as demand for food relief keeps climbing. Click read more below to read the FY2025 Annual Report.
ROMAC provides surgical treatment for children in Australia and New Zealand from developing countries from our Pacific Region in the form of Life Giving and/or dignity restoring surgery not accessible to them in their home country.
To read the latest ROMAC articles on successful medical cases for September 2026 please click read more below.
Explore 18 private, landscape designed gardens across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula. Choose a $80 Weekend Pass for every garden over both days, a fully catered Bus Tour (places are limited), or individual tickets from $10.
Click read more below for details and bookings on the Garden DesignFest.
Its is a long held tradition that if you come to lunch on your birthday you will be tagged “the Wearer of the Carnation” A little out of favour in modern days a large spectacular rose for each of our Spring babies. President Carol, Mimmie Watts and Ian Harper celebrated their birthdays.
Happy Birthday Peter Bailey, Austen Burleigh, Rob Helme (TODAY!), Sana Malik, Nick Pelham.
The Melbourne Peregrine Falcons, at 367 Collins Street Melbourne, now have 3 hungary floofs (an informal, playful slang term for something or someone that is exceptionally soft, puffy, and fluffy) mouths to feed. Hopefully the fourth egg will hatch on Monday. It has been amazing how the parents have managed to look after the floofs during the extremely wet weather over the last few days.
Rotary Melbourne’s Robert Fisher is lacing up again - challenging himself to walk 250 kilometres during October to help create a polio-free world. Since 1988, wild polio cases have fallen by more than 99.9%, but until transmission stops everywhere, children remain at risk. Every dollar raised through Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign is matched 2:1 by the Gates Foundation, tripling its impact. We are incredibly close - but close isn’t finished. Click read more below to support Robert’s challenge and help Rotary finish the job.
For 22 seconds, the world loses its weight. Rotary Melbourne Bulletin Editor Patricia von Matuschka, known as Tita, experienced that moment 31 times as a member of a research team flying with the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The team was investigating health phenomena that affect astronauts in space.
This week’s duties: Robert Fisher, Dores Schembri (Reception), Stephen Mandie (Raffle), John Peberdy (Photographer), Karen Kim (MC), TBD (Reflection).
Club Guests Ian Harper (Speaker), Emma Amos (Inductee).
Visiting Rotarians Nancy Boctor (Cairo Cosmopolitan, Egypt), Diane & Stephen Fisher (Box Hill Central).
Guests of Members Greg Clayton (Anthony Austin), Rachel Cameron, William Youren (Deb Yin Foo), Carrlo & Ian Jack (Sue McDonald), Ella Rimpau & Ilona Platon (Irena Bauer), Rosemary Syme (Robin Syme).
Owen Parnaby's book Australia's First Rotary Club tells the story of Rotary Melbourne since our 1921 foundation, its influential members, and the projects that shaped Victoria. It has long been part of the new member joining pack, giving every new Rotarian a direct line to the Club's history and figures such as General Sir John Monash.
Copies have now run out. A reprint would take time and come at real cost. If you have a copy at home, please bring it along to a lunch or drop it at the office. Your donation helps ensure new members can still discover the story that connects us all.
