It was a pleasure to welcome back Eddie Rava to our club last week. Eddie was our outbound Rotary Youth Exchange student, spending 12 months living and studying in Belgium. Eddie spoke enthusiastically about his exchange and described Belgium as the “best country in the world”. Eddie stayed with three host families during his exchange […]
On the 6th March 2018, our normal meeting was preceded by an Information session for students and parents interested in Rotary’s Youth Exchange (RYE) Program. We welcomed David Roach (Chair – District RYE), Jenny Dowdy (Sunrise Club), David Fuller, Gary & Robyn Oakes (Rylstone– KandosClub), exchange students Chiari Risso (Italy), Julianne Hjellup (Norway) & former […]
In the meeting on the 20th February, our exchange student, Julienne gave us an update about her activities during the six weeks school holidays. Particularly a very enjoyable holiday in Fingal Bay with her host family. Julienne is now staying with a new host family, in a farm, near Gulgong. Experiencing a farm life in […]
Our Norwegian exchange student, Julianne Hjellup attended last week’s meeting and presented President Sof with a pennant from her sponsoring club, the Rotary Club of Strommen. After Christmas we will get Julianne back to a Club meeting to update us on how her exchange year is progressing and we will reciprocate with a presentation of […]
Last week Julianne Hjellup, our exchange student from Norway, spoke about her country, culture, food, the northern lights and her home town Strommen, which interested members. Meanwhile, Sergeant Athol wasn’t allowed to get away with his normal antics last week. New member, Elly, took centre stage and turned the tables on the Sergeant.
On Tuesday 23rd February, Pernille (our Rotary YEP student) spoke about her recent trip to Canberra, visiting a number of attraction in the capital such as the AIS, questacon and the Danish embassy. She thanked Bob and Sally Colley for taking her there. Pernille showed a short video of the trip which she prepared. Please click […]
The president of the Rotary Club of Mudgee, Tim Bickford formally presented a Rotary Blazer to the outgoing rotary exchange student from Mudgee, Keely Iles. Keely will go to Canada, representing Mudgee and Australia. Photo: Monique Iles (sister), Karen Iles (mother), Tim Bickford, Keely Iles and Tony Iles )father)
(Photo: Catherine Flack (mum), Lauren Flack and Peter Windeyer during the presentation on Tuesday night) Lauren Flack shared her experience as a Rotary exchange student in a Mudgee Rotary dinner on Tuesday night, She was allocated a spot in Germany, which she took based on wanting to learn more about cultures outside Australia, rather than selecting […]
(Photo: Pernille presented a plaque of Odense Sct. Knud Rotary Klub, to Mudgee rotarian Val Webb) Our youth exchange student, Pernille Christiansen from Denmark, talked on Tuesday night dinner about her experience since arriving in Australia and she has attended a school in Mudgee for a week. Pernille spoke about interesting aspects of Denmark, her family, […]
President of the Rotary Club of Mudgee, Jan O’Brien presented a momento (a rotary plaque) to Sydney Fritch and Magdalena Bachurska during the farewell dinner on Tuesday 30th January 2015. Both students are extremely thankful to Rotary for the opportunity to learn and experience Australia during their one year study. Birgit Smith, the president of […]