The Rotary Club of Hervey Bay City welcomes you to the Fraser Coast.
Chartered August 16th 1984
District 9570
The Rotary Club of Hervey Bay City meets every Wednesday at the
Hervey Bay Hotel, Watson St, Pialba.
Fellowship starts at 6pm: Dinner 6:30.
This page last updated, on the 27-
Past Club President 2010-
We would like to extend a warm welcome, for you, to attend one of our meetings.
Come along and visit our club, either just to see what Rotary involves, or with a view to join with us to help our community ... locally, nationally, internationally.
Club Office bearers for 2011-
President Les Barry
Vice-
Secretary Gerry Meijer
Past President Richard Watt
President Elect Paul Overton
Treasurer Ross Boles
Club Administration Donna Doyle
Rotary Foundation Allan Risk
Public Relations Paul Overton
Membership Development Bob Beer
Service Projects Ian Waite
George Begg
George Begg 1930-
Hervey Bay is about 300 kilometres north of Brisbane, Queensland's capital city. Hervey Bay is renowned for its natural features and environment including calm waters and beaches, the annual whale migration, world heritage listed Fraser Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef. Hervey Bay has a relaxed lifestyle and more recently has established a strong reputation for economic growth and development activities. The city has a population of approximately 55,000 and is one of the fastest growing areas in Australia.
Hervey Bay........ Whale watching capital of the world
Look in for a visit
What is Rotary?
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
Rotary is the worlds first service club. It was founded in Chicago Illinois USA on 23 February 1905.
Rotary is some 1.2 million service-
Rotarians meet weekly for fellowship and interesting and informative programs dealing
with topics of local and global importance. Membership is by invitation and reflects
a wide cross-
Rotarians plan and carry out a remarkable variety of humanitarian, educational and cultural exchange programs that touch peoples lives in their local communities and our world community.
Rotary is the Rotary Foundation, which each year provides some US $60 million for international scholarships, cultural exchanges and humanitarian projects, large and small that improve the quality of life for millions of people.
Rotary is Polio-
Contact Information
Club Secretary (07) 4124 0085
Webmaster (07) 4125 7678
Postal address
PO Box 460, Pialba,
Queensland, 4655
Electronic mail
President, Les Barry:. lesbarry@dodo.com.au
Secretary, Gerry Meijer: gameijer@bigpond.net.au
Webmaster, Ian Waite: info@abbeylane.com.au
Make up at other clubs.
Hervey Bay..................................Tuesday 6.30pm Hervey Bay RSL
Hervey Bay Sunrise...................Thursday 6.30am Hervey Bay RSL
Maryborough........................Thursday 6.15pm Carriers Arms Hotel
Maryborough Sunrise................Wednesday 6.30am Arkarna Motel
Maryborough City.................Wednesday 6.00 Carriers Arms Hotel
Childers......................................................... Thursday 6.30 Isis Club.
needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions.
Your contribution will help Rotary raise $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants received from the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation. The resulting $555 million will directly support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to
infect and paralyze children, robbing them of their futures and compounding the hardships faced by their families.
As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk. The stakes are that high.
Also at the International Assembly, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Jeff Raikes announced they would be donating an additional US$50 million to support Rotary's continued efforts to end polio. "Without Rotary, the global effort [to eradicate polio] would never have come this far, and we would never have gotten involved," he said
At the International Assembly, 17 January 2012, San Diego, California, USA, Rotary Foundation Trustee John F. Germ announces that as of 13 January, Rotarians have surpassed the US$200 Million Challenge to end polio. "We have an opportunity to make history by eradicating a disease and creating a world where no one will ever need to be vaccinated against polio," he said.