Rotary Club of Canberra Burley Griffin Thursday Luncheon Club
Our Club meets at the Canberra Yacht Club, Yarralumla Bay, Yarralumla, ACT each Thursday at 12.20 p.m. for 12.30 p.m. for lunch. The meeting ends promptly at 1.30 p.m. If you would like to join us for lunch and a make-up and need transport, we are happy to pick you up. Please call our secretary:Phil Hawke Ph: 0412 289 544 or
Graeme Howieson Ph: 0414 547 525.
Our History
Our Club was chartered on 10 March 1987 when twenty five businessmen who had common interests in the ideals of Rotary, joined to form a luncheon club. Without any history or cultural restraints, the Club ambitiously developed programmes which were new to Rotary and was the first Club in Canberra to introduce women members including Rotary's first indigenous woman secretary in 1988.Some of the projects which were enthusiastically committed to by the Rotary Club of Canberra Burley Griffin in those early years, included PolioPlus, Life Education; the development of twinning agreements, particularly with the Rotary Club of Nara, Japan, and extensive international programmes, particularly in times of natural disaster. We were the first Canberra club to assist villagers in Sri Lanka with new fishing boats.
Our Club has grown to a membership of thirty two men and women who continue to search for new opportunities in pursuant of Rotary's ideals of world peace.
We welcome newcomers to Canberra and hope that you will join us for lunch to share our enjoyment of Rotary.