President 2016 - 2017                                         

  David Lowder    

Our Prez breathing fire

           Our Prez playing the violin

Our Prez at high noon

Our Prez as a kid!

 Our Prez on a bad day

                Our Prez

Man of Steel

              Doing the macarena  

                                         Having a yawn 

Joy O'Callaghan        President 2015 - 2016                   Click Here  for My thoughts about the Year

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• We started our Web Site. You're looking at it
• We did lots of Trips & Tours. See Trips & Tour photos
• We went to many theatres
• We had lots of lunches .... oh dear!
• Our Activity groups were well patronised
• Our membership reached capacity
• We all had lots of fun

A short note on my 12 Months as President.

At the AGM when I was inducted I told the Members my aim was that the 3 F’s of Probus were to become Fun, Fun and more Fun.

                                       Ron’s 3 F….. ‘s       FUN, FUN, FUN

                                          (not what some of you thought)

                         Better than some of Ron's Jokes!

 I tried to achieve this by streamlining our General Meetings, such as cutting back the lengths of some of the reports, thus allowing more time for some sing-a-longs and jokes.

Ann,      who was our Guest Speaker Organiser, helped out by ensuring most of them were from an entertainment background e.g.

Greg Champion(of The Coodabeen Champions),  

                          Dorothy Baker (Singer IMT)                                          

Don Jones(Comedian),                       Brian Smith(Channel 9 Newsreader)

   The Dunny Man    

 The 12 months flew   and there was so much more I would like to have achieved

     but time beat me.      

                                I was still working on ways to create

                    a manageable waiting list.

         As Vice President I pushed for raising our Membership

                                      from 120 to 130.

This created strong debate at our AGM 

      but ended up being  passed .

Outing highlights were: (Once again the Committee were responsible for organising great activities).

               The King & I                    Les Miserables 

The Rocky Horror Show                Glenn Miller Tribute Concert

                          Anything Goes        I did get George to

                                organise a Melbourne Cup                                           Sweep and a day at 

                           the  races which were                                    embraced by the

                            Members.

And let’s not forget our Christmas In July where the Bikers provided us with a good old fashioned meal.

and me being the DJ tried to get a Barn Dance going. 

 Talk about organised chaos. 

                       Then there was our usual Christmas Lunch

where once again I arranged for a good old fashioned meal to be served.

               But as it happens every year the highlight was

                          the Caravan & Camping Holiday.

And I must say I was embarrassed by the appearance of my sister and her friend who did their best to make fools of themselves with their outrageous behaviour.

When you look at the above and add Movies, Dineouts,

       The Book Club, 

    The Coffee Club, 

                 The Walking Group 

                    and Table Tennis  

to name a few. It’s a wonder we’ve got any time left to pursue activities outside the club.

           Ron Potgieter

President of Montmorency Petrie Park Probus (2014-2015)

The Chairman had a nightmare

and decided the Club

needed a web site and

so it was to be!

 The Chairman of the Board thought we should have a Bungy Jumping Group and

so it was to be!

 The Chairman of the Board thought we should have a Lonely Hearts Club and

so it was to be!

       2013 -2014 

      President 

       Judy Keighran   

Speakers: Mark "Squizzy" Squirrel had us all paying attention.

       Anyone still alive?

               Practical Things:

We purchased a new

portable microphone.

 One of our tours was to Apollo Bay to see a seal colony

 A Bubbly Brunch at Samson  Hill Winery was Yummy!

 Julie Fechner and her dingoes entertained us. One of our members wanted to take the dingoes home.

 The Werribee Mansions Rose Garden was magnificent. They have 4,500 Rose Bushes.

Agatha Christie's "A Murder is Announced" kept us on our toes!

           Brian Herrett                         Brian's Breakfast

 Brian in Crocodile Country

 Brian moonlighting

as a Bus Driver.                 

     2010 2011 President

        Dianne Fletcher

 Dianne started the Live Theatre Shows and Movie Club

                                   Read about 

    Her passion for

    Live Theatre

     & Movies 

Di is not at her best until she has had a coffee or two in the morning. To meet this need she ..... well, you can read about it here.     And so we have "THE COFFEE CLUB". 

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Our First President George McMurtry