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Official bulletin of District 201Q2 District Governor Allan Hansen Lower Herbert Halifax Lions Club Issue 12 : June 2019 Good morning Lions, Lionesses and Leos The last month of the 2018-19 year of District Governor Clubs. I would like to remind all clubs that there is still has arrived. Early May I attended the MD Convention in Flood Assistance monies available to assist those in need as Geelong, Victoria along with many other members from now that time has passed and further assessment has been our District. Geelong is a thriving city and the waterfront is made more help may be needed. Please make application a must visit when ever you get the chance. DG Kim Forrest to District if your club needs assistance in meeting these from Q1 was elected as 2019-20 Council of Governors requirements. Chair. Congratulations DG Kim. Leo of the Year went to As this is my last letter to you as District Governor prior Lion/Leo Ruth Spence from Q4. Well done Ruth. Please all to our change-over I want to thank all my Cabinet for their clubs watch for important information being sent from MD continued support during my illness as the District would office re Child Code of Conduct. This code is still being not have operated so successfully without your extra developed and will contain some new requirements when added input during this time. Special thanks go to my complete. Convention was attended by over 1100 executive your efforts alone kept the District operating members and guests during the Townsville this year. Sadly over Flood Crisis which 400 members were occurred during my respectfully most serious time of remembered at illness. No words of Sunday’s Service. To thanks can ever the 2018-19 Council of express my Governors many appreciation for your thanks for your combined efforts kindness and help during this time except during convention that to say I am honoured allowed me to to call you friends and participate in all wish every coming events. I am proud to District Governor have met and served could have such a loyal with everyone on Manning (and womaning!) the Q2 check-in at the Geelong National and trusted executive. council. Convention—Cabinet Secretary Garth Gleeson, Zone 1 Chair Norm My best wishes for a I was able to visit McMullen, Lion Ellie and District Governor Allan Hansen. successful 2019-20 with Clubs again on my year to DGE Gary Young return. My thanks go to those clubs for their co-operation and wife Pat. I know DGE Gary will give 100 percent to the at such short notice and my apologies to those clubs I was position and will be ably assisted by Pat as this really is a unable to visit. This month sees Change Over Dinners for two-person commitment. many clubs. I hope to be able to attend all invitations Thank you to all members for allowing me to serve you received. New Members were inducted at Cardwell and during the 2018-19 Lions year. Alice River’s Changer Over Dinner. It is great to see new members joining Lions. unfortunately many more are DG Allan Hansen needed to increase our overall numbers as our count Ph: 07 4777 8288 ● Mobile: 0427 778 288 continues to fall. All Clubs visited are working hard in their Email: [email protected] communities, upholding the Ideals and Purposes of Lions 201Q2 District Governor’s Bulletin Page 1 June 2019 From the Cabinet Secretary’s desk ... Hello Lions, Lionesses and Leos April has certainly been a busy month coping with Zones 9 and 10 login to the MyLci database. Since downloading the (MACKAY): Jubilee MyLion app, some secretaries, including myself, have Centre — Sarina Room, experienced difficulties in logging in to MyLci to please advise 2VDG complete their membership reports. The latest update Audrey Kenny of your of the Activities caused some problems but it seems to Club members be improving. attendance. Email: For any secretary still having problems, please follow [email protected] the next two stages to login. Reporting on membership is still very poor. One good 1. Register for My Lion. note, the proposed new Cairns Marlin Coast Lions club is getting close to chartering with 20 members agreeing to 2. Enter your email address. join. Well done to ZC Norm McMullen for his great effort 3. Enter a new password (Do not use any existing and the Cairns Lions club who is the sponsor Club; most password you had for the former MyLci site). Once you likely to charter in late August 2019. have entered and saved password you should have DG Allan & Ellen have been doing a few visits. Allan’s access. Any problems please call me on my mobile 0407 health has improved so that he can visit some clubs and 044 963. attended a changeover night last Saturday at I have been sending out reminders to all Lions and Thuringowa Alice River Lions club. Lioness clubs regarding the District Incoming Officer and This is my last report as Cabinet Secretary. I thank all Leadership Training 1st & 2nd June 2019. THIS the Lions & Lioness clubs for your support for the last 12 weekend!!! months. I wish incoming Cabinet Secretary Norm Zones 1, 2 and 3 (CAIRNS): Sheridan Plaza Hotel McMullen and DGE Gary an enjoyable year for 2019- function room; please advise Jo Lynes of your Club 2020. members attendance. Email: [email protected] Regards Zones 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 (TOWNSVILLE): TBA; please PDG Garth Gleeson advise DGE Gary Young of your Club members Cabinet Secretary 2018-19 District 201Q2 attendance. Email: [email protected] M: 0407 044 963 ● E: [email protected] DG Allan and Lion Ellie visit Yungaburra DG Allan and Lion Ellie Hansen recently paid an official visit to Yungaburra Lions and Lioness Clubs. Pictured at the Peeramon Hotel are DG Allan with Yungaburra Lioness President Ronda Gleeson and Yungaburra Lion President Dick Nyland. 201Q2 District Governor’s Bulletin Page 2 June 2019 PLEASE NOTE: The Convention committee has been able to reduce the cost of the Saturday and Sunday breakfasts from $24 to $20. For those of you who have already registered and paid, you will be refunded the difference at the Convention. 201Q2 District Governor’s Bulletin Page 3 June 2019 201Q2 District Governor’s Bulletin Page 4 June 2019 The Tablelands—an abundance of waterfalls Our District incorporates a vast range of climates and Millaa Falls, is located in an area famously known for the while many of our southern zones are struggling with incredibly delicious and bio-dynamic dairy products of continued drought, here on the Atherton Tablelands we Mungalli Creek Dairy. You can swim in pools both above have been blessed with an abundance of rain over the and below the falls. Make sure to visit the Dairy Café for past months. As a result, our a scrumptious morning or waterfalls are looking afternoon tea or healthy lunch. spectacular and well worth MT HYPIPAMEE NATIONAL visiting while you’re here. PARK BARRON FALLS Less than an hour from Rising from the rainforests of Mareeba, this park is centred Mt Hypipamee National Park, around a diatreme or volcanic the Barron River winds 60km pipe, thought to have been across the Tablelands, entering created by a massive gas the Barron Gorge outside explosion. A platform at the end Kuranda, half an hour’s drive of a 400 metre walking track from Mareeba. The Barron Falls through the rainforest provides drops 250 metres to the an uninterrupted view of the lowlands, before flowing remaining crater. The Crater is through to the Coral Sea. Millaa Millaa Falls almost 70 metres across, with MALANDA FALLS sheer granite walls. 58 metres below the rim is a lake over 70 Just 40 minutes from metres deep. Mareeba, Malanda Falls is surrounded by rainforest and a On the same walking track and good spot for a swim. There are before you get to the Crater, walking trails through the forest, Dinner Falls is a series of so keep your eyes open as you cascades from the headwaters could see one of our Lumholz of the Barron River. Picnic tables tree kangaroos which live in the are provided in the circuit and— area. if you’re really lucky—a possible visit from a cassowary could be THE WATERFALL CIRCUIT on the cards. Start with Millaa Millaa Falls, The sky reflected in The Crater Lake HIGHEST TOWN—WIDEST just over an hour from Mareeba. This is an incredibly SINGLE-DROP FALLS photogenic waterfall of 18 A few minutes past Ravenshoe, metres, where you may be lucky Queensland’s highest town to see a platypus at the base of (home of Queensland’s highest the falls. pub!) and just over an hour from Only 7.5km from Millaa Mareeba, you will find Millaa Falls, you’ll find its louder Millstream Falls. arguably the sibling, the remarkable Zillie widest single-drop waterfall in Falls. At the bottom of the falls, Australia. Situated at the there are rock pools made for beginning of the Savannah Way, Millstream Falls wallowing in. an area rich with volcanic caves, cavernous gorges and Ellinjaa Falls is a further 3km along the circuit. There gemstones waiting to be discovered. The Millstream are BBQs and picnic tables provided. The pool at the area was used as a campground for soldiers during base isn’t deep enough to swim, but there’s a hidden WW2 and relics are often discovered around the falls. spot behind the waterfall to sit and take in the beauty.
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