At John’s memorial ceremony PP Blair gave a eulogy on behalf go our club: John Nelson moved to Mosman with his wife Sandra and family in 1980 and quickly settled into community life in this urban village. Shortly after establishing his accountancy practice “The Village Accountant” in September 1987, John […]

On Monday 13th January many of our members attended The Mosman Rotary Annual Picnic to kick off 2025.  Some 22 members, partners and friends met at Clifton Gardens from 5pm for our BYO Everything Get-Together where Dom and Di’s White Christmas and Brian and Shirley’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cake was […]

After many years of Kennards providing free storage a change in their policy has meant we have had to vacate the store. many long held items have had to be thrown away but we have preserved a number of essentials spread between Blair’s storage cage, his farm and Richards garage. […]

Thanks to major sales efforts at the Twilight Market and the Coal Loader our turnover this year exceeded all expectations. As a result we have been able to donate $12000 to Mary’s House. We have just received a letter of thanks: Wow – we are so impressed and appreciative of […]

On Thursday Ross and his team of helpers had a great twilight market. According to Ross: Thanks to all who worked on the Mosman Twilight market today .   It was a most enjoyable and successful afternoon / evening. We had great summer weather and the atmosphere at the market  was […]

Our Christmas party was held at Balgowlah Golf Club with most members and their supposes attending. Special guests were Chris and Elizabeth Gotham, Sharon Kerr and Marlene Reed. A great time was had by all Many thanks to Blair and Di for organising the evening with the invaluable assistance of […]

This book giving assembly was made possible by the Rotary Club of Mosman’s ongoing support of Books in Homes.  Books in Homes is a charitable foundation that provides books-of-choice to children living in remote, disadvantaged and low socio-economic circumstances, ensuring crucial early literacy engagement and the development of reading skills […]

Donna Braye is the Local Studies Coordinator, Mosman Library.  A position Donna has very efficiently held for a number of years. Back in our early Mosman Jigsaw Puzzle planning days, Donna was extremely supportive when the Project Team approached her for assistance with selection of early Mosman photos from the […]

We have received the following from Chris Pigott, the manager of Mosman Library: I am very late this year, but want to pass along the thanks of the Mosman Library team for your support of this year’s Mosman Youth Awards in Literature (MYAL). We had over 300 entries this year, […]

Further to our recent donation of $750 to assist our local charity, OneLand, to take goods to Mungindi [10 hrs driving from Sydney via Moree], PP Di reports: This is to extend a BIG THANK YOU to all those who contributed clothing to OneLand for the annual trip to far […]

Yvette will be coming to update us on Mary’s House following our recent donation of $5000 and our Christmas Raffle fundraiser dedicated to Mary’s House. Yvette is a strong, values-based leader, passionate about Mary’s House Services’ core message. She has a track record of warmth and engagement. Yvette’s background includes […]

President Ruth and Immediate Past President James laid a wreath at the Mosman Cenotaph at 11am on Monday 11th November. And thanks to PP Di for the following: On this day in 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the […]

Following Wednesday’s Board Meeting there will be an update; this will include details of a proposal to increase the club’s digital visibility by new member David Fergusson. This will include action being undertaken by David to update and enhance the club’s website.

Dr Peter Scougall and his team have just returned from their latest teaching trip to Vietnam. This is a long standing project of our club; we generally assist in travel arrangements and cover part of the cost of the trip – this year we have contributed approx $9000 of which […]

A report from Ross: The one good thing about today , was that on the law of averages , December markets will be sunny and dry !   On a very wet day we sold one jigsaw puzzle and 4 tea towels.  In talking to other stall holders , they sold […]

Thanks to Pali, John, Derek, Halyna, James and Di for filling a combined 10 hampers for OneMeal’s Christmas Hampers appeal. These form a small part of the 3000 hampers, each containing basic foods sufficient for 11 meals, to be donated to worthy causes on the North Shore. We may be […]

Brian has registered the Rotary Club of Mosman Team for the 10km Mary’s House Walk. At the moment the team comprises just PP Derek but anyone who wants to join in can do so at the walk’s website https://mhswalk-2024.raiselysite.com/t/rotary-club-of-mosman Thats also the place we’re you can add to the total […]

15 Rotarians and partners from Clubs including Mosman, Crows Nest, Beecroft, Windsor, Turramurra, Warringah and Kincumber A very full agenda – Rotary Australia has 140+ projects underway in Timor-Leste •Attending 10th anniversary of RYPEN –  held at Hera •Attending 15th anniversary of RYLA – held at Tibar •Inauguration of pre-school […]

‘It was my pleasure to invite Jakob and Josh to our meeting today.  Both young men are outstanding and have a bright future.  Jakob told us about his experience at the NSW Youth Parliament Camp, which he found confidence building, a bit challenging at times but made many new friends.  […]

A brief report from PP Richard in Timor Leste There was a grand 4 hour celebration to mark the conclusion of the construction phase of the Hera pre-school, with singing and traditional dancing and honours for Barry Starr and myself and of course in absentia to Graeme Robinson and all […]

Dear Rotary, We’re visiting our son who lives here now with his family. One of the highlights of our visits here is walking along the esplanade – a pleasure in any circumstance, but the pleasure has increased tenfold with the discovery of the beach status sign above the wishing well. […]

Report from Ross on today’s sales activity at Bridgepoint: Today we had a  table at Bridgepoint , selling our Jigsaws and tea towels .  Sales were on the slow side due to long weekend and school holidays.   In the Mosman market itself , foot traffic was light.      Our results were  […]

Christian with Domingo’s at the Pre-school He was at the RYPEN opening yesterday; looking forward to the pre-school opening. The mural is painted by one of the Hera team and is a wall in the Pre-school library – 3 of the Rotary International themes  

PP Richard and PP Barry will be in Timor next week as part of the celebration to open the building for a Primary School in Hera, a village outside the capital of Dili. This is the end of a highly successful project run by our club over the last 2 […]

Mary’s House Services was founded in 2015-16 by a dedicated group of residents from Sydney’s northern suburbs. The Mary’s House refuge was established to address the significant gap in government funded services and to save lives in the region by providing support for women and children impacted by domestic and […]

On Monday Presidents Ruth and Halyna welcomed Miriam and David to our club. It is with the greatest of pleasure that our Club welcomes Mariam Fergusson and David Fergusson as our newest members, inducted on Monday 23 September. Mariam and David recently retired and have returned to their home in […]

It Is that time of the year when we have to start thinking about our major fundraiser – The Christmas Raffle  The  beneficiary is to be Mary’s House – a charity in the northern suburbs that provides support services to women and children that are suffering from domestic and family violence […]

Ross organized another day at the market: Thanks to all who helped at the Mosman Markets today [Ross, Therese, Richard, Graeme, Brian, Ruth and Halyna]. Particular thanks to Derek who transported the Market stand and goods from/to Kennards at Artarmon to the  Market. At the market we sold 1 jigsaw […]

On behalf of Pacific Dermatology Limited (PDL) and our Chairman, Tim Wills, I would like to thank you and the Mosman Rotary Club, for your generous donation in helping Ian Jackson and our board undertake dermatology training at the Pacific Dermatology Training Centre, aiming to improve the management of skin […]

As our latest exchange student, Christian has been inducted into the collection routine at the Domestic Airport. Every month or so he and Barry will be at the airport to empty the currency collection bin. The proceeds are then used to fund part of the cost of the student exchange […]

On Monday 5 August it was with great pleasure that President Ruth, together with PP Blair awarded fellow Rotarian Richard, a PHF for his outstanding contribution to Rotary. Richard was International Service Director from 2018 to 2021 and served as President in the 2020- 21 Rotary year. Highlights of his […]