GSE team is off!

The team headed off Easter Monday at 9:30pm from the Tullamarine Airport with a number of GSE dignitaries seeing us off. Our sincere thanks to Mani, Sherwani, Peter, Alan, our clubs and families for giving us such a warm send off.

Our flights over were all good - with the only incident being that Rod "lost" his glasses before we set off from Melbourne!! Alas he did find them in his bag when we arrived at Dubai - not before he wore Leah's pair of glasses so he could read on the plane.. yes, he did look pretty..

After a 14hour flight we arrived at the Dubai airport looking a bit weary... and then lined up again to travel to Manchester (7.5hr flight)

Upon arriving at Manchester, we were warmly greeted by Richard Bird, John Ward and Geoff Oldham who kindly drove us to the Barton Grange Hotel, where we were to stay for the night.

GSE Alumni dinner - 13th March 2010

On Saturday night our team attended a GSE Alumni dinner in Yarrawonga. At the dinner we were able to meet with past GSE team members, Rotarians, GSE chair and the incoming / outgoing GSE teams (USA and UK).

We all had a great time with lots of laughs and fantastic conversations.

For our team, it was also a great opportunity to meet and get to know the UK team. It was great to be able to discuss their experiences in GSE / Rotary here in Australia (district 9790) and find our more information about the district 1190!

Presentation at Benalla Rotary Club

Our team was invited by the Benalla Rotary Club to attend their meeting on the 21st January, to share our presentation that we will be using when we visit District 1190 in April.

This was the first run through our presentation to a live audience (not to the computer screen or the blank wall at home!)

We received fantastic feedback and tips on parts that we could add in and advise on areas that we could improve on.

The night was also a great opportunity to wear our new uniforms!