The Rotary Club of Port Macquarie West

Rotary's Mock Council Meeting
2025-11-17 09:15 - 11:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, 17 Burrawan Street, PORT MACQUARIE, NSW, 2444, Australia
Heritage School will participate in Rotary’s Mock Council Meeting for 2025.
The Mayor Adam Roberts will join with students from Heritage Christian School at the Council Chambers to conduct a Mock Council Meeting with students representing as Councillors, debating on important Local Government issues and working together as a team to identify a solution.
Learn more about our Youth Activities – https://www.rotarypmwest.org.au/youth-projects-of-the-rotary-club-of-port-macquarie-west/

Board Meeting
2025-11-11 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-12 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-07-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Port City Bowling Club, 4 Owen St, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444, Australia
Monthly Rotary Board Meeting for Directors.
Members of the Rotary Club of Port Macquarie West are welcome to attend.
Please notify inability to attend a Board Meeting to the President or Secretary. Where applicable, Assistant Directors are encouraged to attend and present business on behalf of the Director.
Thank you

Port Macquarie Foreshore Markets
2025-11-08 08:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-11 08:00 - 12:00, 2025-09-13 08:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-09 08:00 - 12:00, 2025-07-12 08:00 - 12:00 | Westport Park, 18 Park Street, PORT MACQUARIE, NSW, 2444, Australia
Our Club attends the Port Macquarie Foreshore Markets each month to showcase our Rotary projects and rattle the bucket to raise funds for the community.
Volunteers are needed.
Work: rattle the bucket and meet and greet people as they enter the markets.
Contact Mike Schulzer to volunteer: mschulzer@bigpond.com

Melbourne Cup Night with Rotary Club Laurieton
2025-11-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Laurieton United Services Club, 2 Seymour Street, LAURIETON, NSW, 2443, Australia
The Melbourne Cup festivities ‘Rotary style’ will be celebrated and hosted by the Rotary Club of Laurieton. Our Club forfeits a dinner meeting each year to join in the fun with Laurieton Rotary.
Please confirm your attendance with Brendan Seed by 30 October by contacting: rotarypmqwestpresident@gmail.com or 0424 228 049

Vocational Night - Camden Haven Surf Life Saving Club
2025-10-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Camden Haven Surf Life Saving Club, 128 The Parade, North Haven, NSW, 2443, Australia
Vocational Night will feature a trip to Camden Haven Surf Life Saving Club.
Dinner will follow at the Laurieton United Services Club.
Carpooling is encouraged as part of the experience.

End Polio Night
2025-10-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Port City Bowling Club, 4 Owen St, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444, Australia
End Polio will be the focus for Tuesday night with local guest speakers in the club showcasing Rotary International’s campaign to stamp out polio worldwide.
See a clip on Rotary International’s efforts by visiting the link: https://www.endpolio.org/

Board Meeting
2025-10-14 17:15 - 19:00 | Port City Bowling Club, 4 Owen St, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444, Australia
TIME CHANGE – 5:15 PM START
Monthly Rotary Board Meeting for Directors. We have been invited to join the Rotary Club of Port Macquarie Sunrise for dinner at Port City Bowling Club Bistro, hence the earlier start.
Members of the Rotary Club of Port Macquarie West are welcome to attend.
Please notify inability to attend a Board Meeting to the President or Secretary. Where applicable, Assistant Directors are encouraged to attend and present business on behalf of the Director.
Thank you

Neami Community Cup
2025-10-08 09:00 - 14:00 | Findlay Park, Findlay Avenue, PORT MACQUARIE, NSW, 2444, Australia
Annual Neami Cup is a free community event for community services, consumers and the public to take part in a round-robin soccer competition in support of Mental Health Month in October. The event is about raising awareness on mental health with a day of soccer, some lunch, information stalls, kids and activities and much more.
Rotary cooks a barbecue and provides food for the event.

Dinner Meeting- Guest Speaker Betty Kitchener, Chair of D9660 Australian Rotary Health
2025-10-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Port City Bowling Club, 4 Owen St, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444, Australia
Our guest speaker for this evening will be Betty Kitchener, Chair of District 9660 Australian Rotary Health.
Betty will discuss the role of Australian Rotary Health and the organisations impact in tackling mental health through research and awareness campaigns.
Take a sneak preview now by visiting: https://australianrotaryhealth.org.au/

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)
2025-10-04 08:00 - 2025-10-11 17:00 | Yarra Adventure Park, 366 Grassy Head Rd, Grassy Head, NSW, 2441, Australia
Postponement from May due to Flooding Disaster
Date: Sat 4th – Sat 11th October 2025
Venue: Yarra Adventure Park, Stuarts Point NSW
We are accepting further applications for this date.
The revised application form is available on the D9660 webpage link:.
https://bit.ly/3dgIkQk

We will also be asking those participants already enrolled to complete an updated application form to confirm their attendance & acknowledging the change in date. All sponsoring Clubs & employers have been notified.
However, due to a limit on accommodation first in will be first served. We also advise that we only have a few places for female accommodation, but the male accommodation is ample.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE FRIDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2025

Dinner Meeting - Atticus & Abel from HSC Westport Campus
2025-09-23 18:30 - 20:00 | Port City Bowling Club, 4 Owen St, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444, Australia
Time: 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm start
Location: Port City Bowling Club (Upstairs), 4 Owen Street, Port Mac
Guest Speaker: Atticus Starr and Abel Jones from HSC Westport Campus
Topic of Discussion: National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) visit.
RSVP: Moira Magrath through Google Calendar (preferred) or 0411 152 598

Special General Meeting
2025-09-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Port City Bowling Club, 4 Owen St, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444, Australia
A Special General Meeting is reserved for tonight to approve the Club By-laws and amend our Constitution.
Sunrise Rotary Club Member (TBC) invited to share the highlights of Rotary International Conference 2025 Calgary, Canada.

Rotary Barbecue - MHERV
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-07 | Bunnings Warehouse, 18 John Oxley Drive, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444, Australia
The Rotary Cluster will be coordinating a Bunnings Barbecue on 6-7 September 2025, with all funds raised donated to the Men’s Health Education Rural Van (MHERV)
Please see the link to find out more about MHERV’s health checks: https://mherv.com.au/
Volunteers are needed for this event.
Please contact Mike Schulzer, Club Community Service Chair for times.

Heritage Christian School Father's Day Barbecue
2025-09-04 07:00 - 08:30 | Heritage Christian School, 33 Mumford Street, PORT MACQUARIE, NSW, 2444, Australia
Rotary has been ask to cook a Father’s Day Barbecue at Heritage Christian School to say thank you to our hardworking, loving Dad’s for everything they do to support their family.
Time: 7:00 am to 8:30 am, plus clean up.
Location: Heritage Christian School, 33 Mumford St, Port Macquarie
Work: Cooking Bacon & Eggs plus cleanup. Barbecues and food provided
RSVP: Mike Schulzer – 0467 005 857 or mschulzer@bigpond.com

Rotary Dinner Meeting
2025-09-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Port City Bowling Club, 4 Owen St, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444, Australia
Tuesday, 2 September – Dinner Meeting
Time: 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm start
Location: Port City Bowling Club, 4 Owen Street, Port Mac
Guest Speaker: Robbie Lloyd and Loris Hendy from the Port Macquarie Community College
Topic of Discussion: Community College – Aunties, Uncles and Grandparents Volunteer Support Program. The program finds people who can act as mentors and role models to help students with their studies.
RSVP: Moira Magrath through Google Calendar (preferred) or 0411 152 598

Vocational Night - Port Macquarie Astronomical Observatory
2025-08-26 18:00 - 19:00 | Port Macquarie Observatory, Rotary Park, 1A Stewarts Street, PORT MACQUARIE, 2444, Australia
Vocational Night this month will be held at the Port Macquarie Observatory, followed by dinner at Port City Bowling Club downstairs bistro.
The Port Macquarie Observatory members are a vibrant, volunteer-based not-for-profit registered charity dedicated to promoting knowledge and understanding of our universe and science generally through Open Nights, Telescope Only nights, special events, displays, exhibitions and invited speakers.
Meeting Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Rotary Park, 1A Stewarts Street, Port Macquarie
RSVP: rotarypmqwest@gmail.com
Learn more about the Port Macquarie Observatory, visit: https://pmobservatory.org.au/

Rotary Dinner Meeting
2025-08-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Port City Bowling Club, 4 Owen St, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444, Australia
Time: 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm start
Location: Port City Bowling Club (Downstairs), 4 Owen Street, Port Mac
Guest Speaker: Jack Carroll-Fitzpatrick, student from St Columba Anglican School Port Macquarie
Topic of Discussion: Jack was sponsored by our Club to attend RYPEN at Bonny Hills.
The aim of RYPEN is to provide an enriching and challenging experience for student in Year 7 to Year 12. The weekend camp is a balance of social interaction, speakers to assist the students in developing life skills, and challenging activities and adventures.
RYPEN assists young Australians aged 13-17 to:

develop a greater sense of self-awareness.
Appreciate diversity in society
Realise their own and other’s potential.

RSVP: Moira Magrath through Google Calendar (preferred) or 0411 152 598

2025 Homelessness Awareness Day
2025-08-08 08:30 - 12:30 | Glasshouse Port Macquarie, 30-42 Clarence Street &, Hay Street, PORT MACQUARIE, NSW, 2444, Australia
The Rotary Club of Port Macquarie West will be supporting 2025 Homelessness Awareness Day by holding a barbecue at the Glasshouse in Port Macquarie. Those less fortunate can attend the event and seek assistance from government and non-government services while a free barbecue is being served.
This is just another way that Rotary can serve and Unite for Good in our community.

Dinner Meeting - Guest Speaker Brad Trethewey from Essential Energy
2025-08-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Port City Bowling Club, 4 Owen St, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444, Australia
Tonight’s Rotary Dinner Meeting will feature Brad Trethewey from Essential Energy who will discuss the innovative technology in renewables (some world first) being installed in the Mid North Coast. All Welcome!
Please RSVP (One Week Prior) to rotarypmqwest@gmail.com

Vocational Night - Port Macquarie History Tour
2025-07-29 17:30 - 20:30
Vocational night will be held at St Thomas’ Anglican Church Port Macquarie.
A tour of the fifth oldest Anglican Church in New South Wales, built entirely by convict hands will be held tonight, along with viewing of artifacts dating back to 1828 when the church was opened, said to be erected on the Hill overlooking the town to save the souls of the convict sinners. The town relocated 1831 to surround the church.
The tour will take us to the top of the clock tower to overlook the breathtaking views of the town.
At the conclusion of the tour, members are invited to dinner at HomeSlice Pizza Bar on the corner of Clarence and Murray Street, Port Macquarie.
To find out more about St Thomas’ Anglican Church, please visit: https://stthomaspmq.org.au/heritage
To view the menu of HomeSlice Pizza Bar please see the link: https://homeslice-pizza-bar.square.site/
Please register your attendance at: rotarypmqwest@gmail.com

Social Night - Soul of Seoul
2025-07-22 18:00 - 20:30 | Sovereign Place Town Centre, 15 Chancellors Drive, Thrumster, NSW, 2444, Australia
Social night at Soul of Seoul Korean Restaurant is organised for tonight for members to try some new culinary delights, relax and have a laugh with members and friends.
All welcome, friends, partners and Rotarians alike.
BYO meal.
Bookings are essential through our email below.
Find out about the menu by visiting: https://www.sovereignhills.com.au/our-stores/soul-of-seoul
RSVP: rotarypmqwest@gmail.com

Rotary Emergency Services Awards
2025-07-15 18:00 - 20:30 | Port City Bowling Club, 4 Owen St, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444, Australia
The Rotary Club of Port Macquarie West and the Rotary e-Club of 9650 are hosting the Emergency Services Awards.
This event aims to thank our first responders for the exceptional support they provide our community while singling out those who have gone far above and beyond their call of duty, in the past year, to help someone in need.
Price – $25 (canapes)
RSVP: 8 July 2025
Contact: rotarypmqwest@gmail.com
A community event – come and support your emergency services.
Everyone welcome!

Rotary Community Centre Working Bee
2025-07-12 08:00 - 11:00 | Rotary Community Centre, 198 Hastings River Drive, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444, Australia
Saturday, 12 July – Rotary Community Centre Working Bee
Time: 8:00 am – 11 am.
Location: Rotary Community Centre, 198 Hastings River Drive, Port Macquarie
Work: Gardens, Railing on ramp, clean fans, change crockery in new cupboard. General cleaning
RSVP: PP Julie Constable – 0427 771 707 or ms.j.constable@gmail.com
