2024 MONTHLY OUTINGS 

* Sometimes dates and venues need to be changed due to unforseen circumstances. Please check the monthly diary on the blog to keep up to date.

**Details about each outing will be published in the monthly diary as they approach.

Tuesday 23rd April  - GPO Heritage Tour

Tuesday 21st May - Female Orphan School

Tuesday 25th June - Gosford Regional Gallery

Tuesday 23rd July - Christmas in July ( Wentworth Falls)

Tuesday 20th August - NSW Art Gallery Archibald tour

Tuesday 24th September - Watsons Bay Hotel Lunch

Tuesday 22nd October - Quarantine Station (North Head)

Thursday 21st November - Manly Skiff Club

                           APRIL 2024 

MEETING - Friday 12th APRIL 2024

Committee Meeting @ 11am

Light Luncheon @ 12pm All welcome

Guest Speaker @ 12.45pm 

General Meeting @ 2pm to 3.30pm

# For those members wishing to participate remotely (via ZOOM), please email to register at 

rtazoom@gmail.com 

GUEST SPEAKER Amar Singh - Turbans 4 Australia

Amar Singh believes in helping others and founded the charity Turbans 4 Australia. He understands that such assistance should not be limited by religion, language or cultural background.

This organisation distributes grocery hampers to people who are experiencing food insecurity in Western Sydney. It has also delivered hay to farmers confronted by drought, supplies to flood victims in Lismore and bushfire-impacted people on the South Coast.

Mr Singh will talk about these and other charitable activities that Turbans 4 Australia involves itself in at our next RTA meeting.

 MONTHLY LUNCHEON - Wednesday 17th April 2024

Location - Club York @ 12pm

Contact Chrys to reserve your seat or if you have any questions.

Chrys 0427 188 126

MONTHLY OUTING - Tuesday 23rd April 2024

GPO Heritage Tour

1 Martin Place, Sydney (former Sydney GPO)

Time - 10.00am - 11.30am

Cost - $20 per person

Lunch - in their restaurant, at your own expense

*The tour is limited to 15 people so please contact Max Prince to book your spot

 Max - maxprince@optusnet.com.au or 0431 473 983

 

 

 SYDNEY RETIRED UNIONIST GROUP

Syd RUG is a Greater Sydney network of retired unionists who want to make a difference.

NEXT MEETING -  Monday, 8th April, 2024

TIME - 11.00am to 1.00pm

ADDRESS - Teachers Federation House, 23-23 Mary Street, Surry Hills

TALK - War and Peace - US vs China. Is AUKUS the best idea?

Talk given by Dr David Brophy, Senior Lecturer in Modern Chinese History, University of Sydney

*Stay after the meeting for a pub lunch

One of the bodies we are affiliated with is the CPSA. Their aim is to promote the rights of pensioners, superannuants and low income retirees and to improve their quality of life.

Click on the link to go to their informative website.

https://cpsa.org.au/

 

 MARCH 2024 

MEETING - Friday 8th March 2024

Committee Meeting @ 11am

Light Luncheon @ 12pm All welcome

Guest Speaker @ 12.45pm 

General Meeting @ 2pm to 3.30pm

# For those members wishing to participate remotely (via ZOOM), please email to register at 

rtazoom@gmail.com 

GUEST SPEAKER - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SOL QURASHI

Dr Qurashi went to Randwick Boys High School and attended NSW and Newcastle Universities. He qualified as a doctor in 2000.

After commencing clinical practice in 2001, he spent the next nine years specialising in orthopedic and trauma surgery.

Associate Professor Qurashi has spent time in Europe which has included working at the Charite Klinik in Germany. He is now based in Sydney and has a special interest in hip and knee replacement surgery. He is also involved in the management of sports-related knee injuries. Dr Qurashi practises in both the private and public health systems.

 MONTHLY LUNCHEON - Wednesday 13th March 2024

Location - Club York @ 12pm

Contact Chrys to reserve your seat or if you have any questions.

Chrys 0427 188 126

MONTHLY OUTING - Tuesday 19th March 2024

COMMONWEALTH BANK VAULT MUSEUM (Redfern) starting at 10.00am

The museum is located in the building named 'Axle', in the Eveleigh Workshop area.

The tour goes for an hour and we will have lunch in the cafe next door.

TRANSPORT - Catch a train to Redfern Station. Exit the station from the newly constructed walkway and exit to Marion St or from the corner of Lawson and Gibbons St. Follow the signs to The Foundry and  Axle past the Innovation Centre. Once you walk into Locomotive St, turn right and walk straight ahead to The Foundry. To get to Axle, continue walking along Locomotive St past the eateries and turn left. Walk down the stairs or take the lift. The entrance to Axle is on the corner of Davy Rd and Central Ave.

For more information contact Max - maxprince@optusnet.com.au or 0431 473 983

FEBRUARY 2024 

MEETING - Friday 9th February 2024

Committee Meeting @ 11am

Light Luncheon @ 12pm All welcome

Guest Speaker @ 12.45pm Matt Murphy - Rum in Australia

General Meeting @ 2pm to 3.30pm

## For those members wishing to participate remotely (via ZOOM), please contact Terry at 

rtazoom@gmail.com 

GUEST SPEAKER

Matt Murphy is a firefighter who has also become an author, part-time historian and a teacher. Matt has written two books, namely, Weight of Evidence (2013) and Rum: A Distilled History of Colonial Australia (2021).Matt will talk about the role that rum has played in the history of Australia since 1788. His talk should be both informative and entertaining.

MONTHLY LUNCHEON - Wednesday 14th February 2024

Location - Club York @ 12pm

Contact Chrys to reserve your seat or if you have any questions.

Chrys 0427 188 126

MONTHLY OUTING - Wednesday 21st February 2024

RIDE THE METRO - Chatswood to Tallawong with lunch at Rouse Hill Food Court

Meet at Chatswood Station (Platform 3) to catch the Metro to Tallawong - Metro departs at 10.53am.

After arriving at Tallawong, we will catch the Metro back to Rouse Hill where there will be a walk of approximately 200m to the Rouse Hill Food Hall. Lunch will be at your own cost.

After lunch, we will return to Chatswood via the Metro.

For more information contact Max - maxprince@optusnet.com.au or 0431 473 983

 

 

 Some recommended reading from Federation Library.

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