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To Download a PDF of the SKAL Club of Cairns History A concise history of Skål International Cairns “ Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ….. Mark Twain 1 Contents 1984 - 2006 - Researched & Collated by - Ngaire Rochford, Stephen Olle and Bob McGill. 2007 - 2020 - Updated by Cheryl Kelly Table of Contents Contents 2 THE HISTORY OF THE SKÅL CLUB OF CAIRNS 4 FOREWORD 4 FOUNDATION MEMBERS 5 PAST PRESIDENTS 5 SKÅLEAGUES OF THE YEAR 6 SKÅL INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA 6 SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS 6 THE HISTORY OF SKÅL 7 OBJECTIVES AND AIMS 7 THE FORMATION OF THE SKÅL CLUB OF CAIRNS By Les Smith 8 The True Beginning 8 FOUNDATION MEMBERS 11 PRESIDENTS’ REPORTS 12 1984 - Ron Entsch (Foundation Member -pre-charter) 12 1985 - Ron Entsch - (Foundation Member 13 1986 - Ian Urquhart - (Foundation Member) 14 1987 - Simon Foo - (Foundation Member) 14 1988 - Graham Gordon - (Foundation Member) 15 1989 - Denis Buchanan 16 1990 - Charles Woodward - (Foundation Member) 17 1991 - Mark Freeman - (Foundation Member) 17 1992 - Max Plummer - (Foundation Member) 18 1993 - Mike Burgess 19 1994 - Mary Messina 20 1995 - Ian Urquhart 21 1996 - Lloyd Smith 22 1997 - Peter Blackburn - (Inducted 1991) 22 1998 - Wally Takao 23 1999 - Peter Cryan - (Foundation Member) 25 2000 - Stephen Olle - (Inducted 1997) 26 2001 - Wayne Lapthorne - (Inducted 1997) 27 2002 - Charles Woodward - (Foundation Member) 28 2 2003 - Bob McGill 29 2004 - Bob Bastion - (Inducted 1988) 36 2005 - Ian Pike - (Inducted 2000) 38 2006 - Wade Bowen - (Inducted 1999) 40 2007 - Kim Thomas - (Inducted 2000) 42 2008 - Murray Worthington - (Inducted 2002) 45 2009 - Rosie Douglas - (Inducted 2002) 47 2010 - Carmel Angelino - (Inducted 2003) 50 2011 - Cheryl Kelly - (Inducted 2000) 53 2012 - Gaye Scott - (Inducted 1995) 56 2013 - Ron Livingston - (Inducted 2000) 57 2014 - Philip Slater - (Inducted 2000) 59 2015 - Kim Thomas - (Inducted 2000) 61 2016 - Gordon Wellham - (Inducted 2009) 63 2017 - Ivana Patalano - (Inducted 2008) 65 2018 - Ivana Patalano - (Inducted 2008) 69 2019 - Ben Woodward - (Inducted 2010) 72 2020 - Ben Woodward - (Inducted 2010) 76 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES 1984 - 2021 82 SPECIAL EVENTS, EXCURSIONS & EXPEDITIONS 88 * Port Moresby 10th Anniversary Celebration - October 1985 88 * Normanton or Bust - 1989 89 * 1915 or 1990 91 * World’s First Underground SKÅL Meeting - Chillagoe October 1991 92 * The Last Great SKÅL Lunch on the Last Great Train Ride - 1994 92 * Savannah Excursion 1999 – Submitted by Bob McGill 94 * SKÅL International Bali joint meeting with visiting Australian Clubs - May 2000 95 * Cooktown 2000 – Submitted by Bob McGill 95 * Kuala Lumpur 2001 – Submitted by Bob McGill 96 * Puerto Rico, A Caribbean Crusade 2001 – Submitted by Bob McGill 97 * Delegate Boosting, World Congress 2002 – Submitted by Bob McGill 98 * Manilla 2002 – Submitted by Bob McGill 99 * SKÅL-ABOUT Pub 2002 – Submitted by Bob McGill 99 * Chennai 2003 – Submitted by Bob McGill 100 * Durban 2004 – Submitted by Bob McGill 102 * Mediterranean Meanderings 2005 - Bob McGill 113 * Osaka - 2019 - Submitted by Phil Slater 130 3 THE HISTORY OF THE SKÅL CLUB OF CAIRNS To fellow Skålleagues wherever they be, Good Health, Long Life, Prosperity, SKAL! (The Toast used by SKÅL International Cairns 1984 - 2002) FOREWORD Our home since the Cairns SKÅL Club was formed is Northern Australia’s top tropical tourist destination, sitting right on the Great Barrier Reef and amidst World Heritage Rainforest. Since the early 1920’s our fellow Australians started to find this tourist destination and the explosion of international visitors commenced in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s with the advent of more modern transport. Word got out of our big game fishing exploits, of ultra-modern fast cruise boats and their luxurious pontoons perched right on the reef for diving and snorkelling. Not forgetting the Daintree Rainforest and cape Tribulation, our naturally air-conditioned green pastures of Atherton Tableland, the unique geology and geography of our accessible outback, and gateway to Cooktown and the wildness which is Cape York. The completion of Cairns International Airport in 1985 was the catalyst for a tourism boom and related infrastructure for Cairns and nearby Port Douglas, which has continued to this day. Tropical North Queensland is now in the forefront of the Australian tourism industry. It was only natural that such a destination should witness the birth of a SKÅL Club in 1985. History of faraway places always makes enjoyable reading, and I am sure that what we offer you now in this publication will be most enjoyable to all. Yours sincerely, Sir Sydney Williams PATRON 1984 – 2003 (deceased) SKÅL INTERNATIONAL CAIRNS #530 To fellow Skålleagues everywhere, Happiness, Good Health, Friendship, Long Life, SKAL! (The Official Toast of Skål International) 4 FOUNDATION MEMBERS Ron Entsch (Inaugural & Founding President) | Mick Borzi | John Johnston PAST PRESIDENTS Ron Entsch 1984/85 Kim Thomas 2007 Ian Urquhart 1986 Murray Worthington 2008 Simon Foo 1987 Rosie Douglas 2009 Graham Gordon 1988 Carmel Angelino 2010 Denis Buchanan 1989 Cheryl Kelly 2011 Charles Woodward 1990 Gaye Scott 2012 Mark Freeman 1991 Ron Livingston 2013 Max Plummer 1992 Philip Slater 2014 Mike Burchess 1993 Kim Thomas 2015 Mary Messina 1994 Gordon Welham 2016 Ian Urquhart 1995 Ivana Patalano 2017 Lloyd Smith 1996 Ivana Patalano 2018 Peter Blackburn 1997 Ben Woodward 2019 Wally Takao 1998 Ben Woodward 2020 Peter Cryan 1999 Stephen Olle 2000 Wayne Lapthorne 2001 Charles Woodward 2002 Bob McGill 2003 Rob Bastion 2004 Ian Pike 2005 Wade Bowen 2006 5 SKÅLEAGUES OF THE YEAR 1990 Ian Urquhart 2008 Bob McGill 1991 Ngaire Rochford 2009 Gaye Scott & Cheryl Kelly 1992 Charles Woodward 2010 Gaye Scott 1997 Charles Woodward 2011 Michael Woodward 1998 Wayne Lapthorn 2012 Ivana Patalano 1999 Peter Blackburn 2013 Peter Blackburn 2000 Bob McGill 2014 Stephen Olle 2001 Stephen Olle 2015 Fiona McFarlane 2002 Wayne Lapthorne 2016 Ben Woodward 2003 Wade Bowen 2017 Rhonda Coghlan 2004 Murray Worthington 2018 Clint Carroll 2005 Kim Thomas 2019 Cheryl Kelly 2006 Rosie Douglas 2020 Kylie Davies 2007 Rosie Douglas SKÅL INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA Ian Urquhart - 1997 & 1998 - National Vice President Australia 1999 & 2001 - National President Australia 2001 & 2002 - International Councillor **Awarded Honorary Member of Distinction on occasion of Club’s 20th Anniversary, 22nd January 2005 Bob McGill - 2003 & 2004 - National vice President Australia 2005 & 2007 - National President Australia Fiona Nicholl - 2014 - 2016 - National Vice President Australia (nee McFarlane) 2016 - 2018 - National President Australia 2018 - 2020 - Director Skål International SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS Ngaire Rochford Living Legend & Foundation Member - Awarded in 2017 by President Ben Woodward Stephen Olle Hall of Fame - Awarded in 2017 by President Ben Woodward 6 THE HISTORY OF SKÅL From its esteemed beginnings, SKÅL is the only international organisation that brings together all branches of the travel and tourism industry. Indeed it is the world’s largest travel and tourism association. Representing the industry’s managers and executives, SKÅL members meet at a local, national and international level, in an environment of friendship, to discuss subjects of a common nature and interest. Although SKÅL is not a business association, nor can it be used as a forum to conduct business, it does encourage SKÅL members to conduct business with other SKÅL members and supporters. The first SKÅL Club was founded in Paris, on 20 December 1932. Travel trade managers had recently been on an ‘educational’ tour of Scandinavia, and the concept of international friendship gained such popularity that in 1934, the Club achieved international status with the formation of the ‘Association Internationale des SKÅL Club’ or AISC. This was on the initiative of the first president of the Paris SKÅL Club, the man now considered the ‘Father of SKÅL’, Florimond Volckaert. Now known as SKÅL International, the association now boasts over 25,000 members, in over 525 Clubs throughout 80 nations on Earth. The World Congress is an integral part of SKÅL Club ethics. A five day event is hosted in a different country each year and consequently offering members and their companions the opportunity of observing, first hand, the travel and tourism potential of other countries. As the Scandinavian drinking toast suggests, ‘SKÅL’ the Club is founded on friendship around the world. OBJECTIVES AND AIMS SKÅL has activities in over 525 Clubs in 80 countries throughout the world. The worldwide reason for the Club’s being is to bring tourism executives together in an atmosphere that encourages friendship and to share professional concerns. The SKÅL Club strives to: • Develop friendship and common purpose between personnel in the travel and tourism industry. • Foster goodwill and mutual understanding worldwide through international tourism and travel. • Encourage and assist in the professional development of all, but especially the young people working in, or training for, the travel and tourism industry. The activities of SKÅL International highlight the following activities — Worldwide movement of SKÅL Club members between various sectors of the tourism industry, and participation in conferences, social events, friendship tours, congresses, assemblies and humanitarian aims. 7 THE FORMATION OF THE SKÅL CLUB OF CAIRNS By Les Smith A False Start In a letter to David Morrey-Jones Secretary of the SKÅL Club of Sydney dated the 22nd September 1981, in which he tendered his resignation from the Clubs’ Executive Committee because of his imminent move to Cairns to join Bush Pilots Airways, Les Smith wrote the following: “It is also my intention to explore the possibilities of forming a Club in North Queensland given the opportunity, and in this connection I shall be seeking the National Secretary’s advice and assistance.” And in a letter sent on the 14th October to David Morrey-Jones in his capacity of Secretary of the SKÅL Clubs of Australia, Les followed with: “No doubt you have been eagerly awaiting this.
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