We look forward to seeing you at our outings...
2024
Our Christmas activities update.
December -Thursday 2nd: We will meet at the Club room as usual at 10:00am and then walk over to the Royal Oak School for their Christmas Choir entertainment. After which we will return to our meeting venue for a club funded Special Christmas Morning tea and general socialising.
We look forward to seeing you at all these events.
2025
February - Thursday 20th: we are looking to have a post- holiday season get-together. By popular demand it will be at the Alex Bar & Eatery, Alexandra Park, Greenlane Rd. Meeting at 11:30am. There is counter food and a varied Board menu. It is at own expense and drinks are available. Good parking and buses on Manukau and Greenlane Rds
Past Trips
2024
November - Thursday 21st: Christmas Lunch at the Howick Club.
October – Thursday 17th.
Chelsea Sugar Factory Tour.
Chelsea Bay Refinery, Chelsea Bay. Includes train ride round the site, Devonshire tea, Factory tour, then off to lunch in Birkenhead. We will leave by bus at 9:00am from Manukau Rd.
We will arrive 15 min before the tour and split into 2 groups, the train only takes 18 people. The first group will take the 1hr tour, while the 2nd group will have the Devonshire tea, time to look around the shop etc. then swap. Visitors MUST wear long sleeve tops and trousers and closed in flat-soled footwear. Other factory safety gear will be provided and must be worn at all times as instructed.
Following the second group tour we are back on the bus for lunch at the Birkenhead RSA.
Lunch is at own expense.
Cost - $45. This includes Bus, Chelsea Sugar Refinery train around the site and Factory tour and Devonshire tea.
September – Thursday 19th –
Fabulous Yum Cha Lunch
Menu will include 10 delicious dishes eg: combination meats crispy noodles chow mein, green beans stir fried, prawn dumplings, pork dumplings, Taro puffs, Spring rolls, sticky Chinese sausage rice in taro leaves, Roast Pork buns, and Ice-cream ball to finish. Chinese tea and cold water on the table.
August- Thursday 15th:
Social Lunch
get together for members at Little Urban, 653 Manukau Rd across the road from the One Tree Hill Domain entrance. There is a light café menu and counter food Cost is at own expense.
July -Thursday 18th:
Visit the Bohemian Village of Puhoi.
Bus leaves Royal Oak, Manukau Rd at 9:30am. We have morning tea at 10:30 at Puhoi ‘Cottage Tea Room’ - (Scone with Tea / filter coffee). 11:15am Back on the bus to visit for a tour of the Heritage Museum housed in the former Convent School
and the 1880 Catholic Church
with 22 stained glass windows.
At around 1:00pm we will go to lunch at the 1879 “Classically Colonial Pub” which has an interesting bar. There is outside seating if the weather is fine. (It was!)
You can then visit the little gift shops across the road before boarding the bus at 2:30pm for the trip back to Auckland hopefully beating the traffic.
June - Thursday 20th:
Mid-Year Lunch. Wellingtons Restaurant. Waipuna Lodge,
Mt Wellington. 12:00pm
This is a Buffett Lunch – including Soup, Seafood, Salad, Hot offerings of Chicken, Fish, Ham and assorted Vegetable dishes. Also a choice of 5 desserts.
May - Thursday 16th:
Cambridge , Velodrome and Cambridge Stud and Heritage Centre.
Leave Royal Oak at 9:00am and stop for morning tea at Fixate Eatery, Rangirir - Share a Jumbo
Scone and Muffin plus Tea or coffee.
On to Velodrome for an hour tour – behind the scenes look at
NZ ‘s high performance sports set up, learn about track racing, history of the Velodrome and view one
of team NZ’s bikes up close.
Lunch at Bikery Café- seasonal local food, both counter and Menu.
Pay your own or bring your own and sit in the stands.
Then on to Cambridge Stud Heritage Centre. An introductory talk with interactive displays, photos
and memorability that tell the story of Sir Patrick Hogan and Sir Tristram’s contribution to the
NZ and international racing industry. Present and future operation of Cambridge Stud and its
world -class facilities offering a fascinating insight into the world of thoroughbred horse breeding and
racing. A possible view of the stables – (sorry no horses).