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The 31st 4 Wheel Drive Trip

Thanks to Gordon for this contribution on the highlights from The 31st Four Wheel drive trip held on the 9th of January.

The day started under thick cloud cover with the visibility heading to the The Old Man Range limited to about 3m. Fortunately the sun did shine at the Obelisk which gave us encouragement to proceed. Some 20 minutes later there was a significant improvement in visibility and we continued. All saw the location of the old Alpine mine which travellers were given information on. Lunch at Boundary Hut was pleasant. But there was a challenge of some 100m meters down a tussock slope if you wished to visit it and its facilities

The afternoon drama was a flat tyre. Made more so by the owner not knowing where the wheel brace was located. Denis did well sorting this.

After the 8 hour trip, including stops, we were ahead of schedule at the well organised BBQ at Bannockburn inlet.

Thank you Craig and his wife, Pamela and Neroli for putting this on.

Also a BIG thanks to Denis and Loraine acting as Tail End Charlies.

Loraine has now qualified for a degree in gate closing.

A great way to end to another outstanding 4 wheel drive trip with a BBQ at Bannockburn Inlet

Summer Book Sale

The Summer Book Sale, proved to be a very popular event in the busy Cromwell event calendar a couple of weekends ago. We sent out a huge thank you to our generous community for helping us to raise $15,800 for individuals and groups in our community. A portion of the funds raised will also support Rotary Foundation.

A fundraiser such as this relies on a huge amount of work behind the scenes, so many thanks to the committee for their tireless efforts in the lead up to the event and together with other members and friends of the Cromwell Rotary Club for their time over the extremely hot weekend to run this very successful event.

We can advise members that we are opening the Rotary Book Exchange Container at Freeway Orchard again from Sunday 26^th January as the collection point for books. So please pass on the word that we welcome contributions from that date onwards for the King’s Birthday weekend book sale.

Once again many local businesses and organisations gave their support to enable us run this event. Our sincere thanks to R&R Hire Ltd, Contact Energy, Freeway Orchard, Golden View Lifestyle Village, Cromwell Lions Club, and The Cromwell Bowling Club.

Gang patches!

Happy crowds enjoying a break from the heat outside.

Nothing better than getting absorbed in a good book.

The 2025 Rotary International Convention promises excitement and insight

The gathering in Calgary, Canada will deliver inspiration in a spectacular

Italian selected as next Rotary International President

Francesco Arezzo will become the third Italian to lead the global membership service organization.

Francesco Arezzo of Italy selected to be 2025-26 Rotary International President

The Board conducted a special session following the unexpected resignation of RI President-elect Mário César Martins de Camargo on 8 June. Based on RI code and policies, the Board selected the new president-elect from a pool of candidates who were considered by the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in August 2023.