KILMORE & DISTRICT

PO Box 550 Kilmore 3764

President:  Elaine De Gabrielle 

                                                         Secretary: Mark Perrott   0436331395

JULY 2025

Winter has now arrived but despite the inclement weather, the U3A classes are well attended and our members continue to enjoy learning new skills and socialising. The ukulele group and the recorder ensemble are putting together a programme for a combined recital, singalong and afternoon tea to be held later in the year. These events are always a lot of fun for all and we are practicing madly to get the musical pieces just right. Watch this space for more details in the coming months.

The Tuesday Luncheon club continues to be a roaring success and bookings must be made early to ensure a place. Recently they attended the Epping RSL which served great food, was very reasonably priced and the senior’s meals included just the best banana fritter. The latest outing was a lovely get together at the new Vietnamese restaurant Minh Khoi on a cold miserable day in Kilmore. The timetable for the rest of the year is on the website so if you wish to come along, contact the convenors.

Indoor bowls meet on a Wednesday afternoon at the JJ Clancy Community Hub and also continue to be very popular. There is plenty of room for more members so if you are interested in joining them, contact Elaine, the convenor. They are a very social group and the afternoon tea alone is worth coming along for.  Elaine also looks after the darts class and their players are getting very skilled and competitive now. They could do with a few more members so why not give it a go?

The U3A history of Kilmore Group at their last meeting learned about the abandoned Heathcote Junction to Bendigo train line. Sections of this line still exist, much of it on private land. The class watched a very interesting and instructive Youtube video which can be found here:                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf3B5Jo_TEo

The group convenor then highlighted the changes that have happened since. The History class meet on the first Monday of every month from 1.30 until 3.00 pm. The convenor has a lot of local knowledge and the class is very informative.

U3A is open to people over 50 who are no longer working full time and is a fun and cost effective way to learn new skills, to meet like-minded people and to socialise. Check out the website at              https://u3akilmoreanddistrict.com.au/  or contact us at info@u3akilmoreanddistrict.com.au

Cheers, Amanda Oades