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February 2021
Anglicare Retirement Villages Computer Club Inc.
The Westside Garden Club
The Westside Garden Club administers the communal gardens located in the area on the west-side of the twin silos. All residents of Anglicare Castle Hill are eligible to apply for an allotment of land (“a plot”) on which to grow their own vegetables.
Membership of ‘The Club’ is a necessary pre-requesite, with an annual fee of $5. Club membership entitles residents to attend monthly meetings, join bus outings and use the propogation greenhouse as available.
We meet at the Gatehouse at 10.00 am on the 4th Monday of the month. Further information will be in the Compendium.
An informal get-together, weather permitting, is held at the Communal Gardens 10-12noon on the last Saturday of the month.
The Westside Garden Club has access to an area of approximately one fifth part of one hectare (about !/2 an acre). This area is divided into more than 50 separate allotments and timbered edging separate these.
Acting President: Ian Barnett 9634 2668 ianbev6@bigpond.com
Secretary/Newsletter: Carole Longhurst 0409 713 066 carolelonghurst88@gmail.com
Treasurer: Col McPherson 9659 4965 colsal75@bigpond.com
Bus Trips: Jilska Van Der Wall 9659 3896 aj.van@bigpond.com
Tours: Lyn McMillan 0414 515 760 landrmcmillan@gmail.com
Speakers: Doreen Pigott 0412 643 230 silverserver01@gmail.com
About the Gardens:
Allotment Supervisor: Harold Holden 9650 0744
Deputy Supervisor: Richard Hughes 0417 349 878 rhughes7691@icloud.com
Greenhouse Supervisor: Ian Barnett 9634 2668
ZOOM online meetings
For our monthly speakers
We encourage all members to join us
Meeting ID and Passcodes are emailed to members
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ARV Computer Club Inc
Castle Hill
Past Guest Speakers 2018-2021
- Clive Small (Former NSW Deputy Police Commissioner)
- Kathryn Gene (Beyond Blue)
- Rick McCosker (Former test cricketer and former Catholic Chaplain of the Port of Newcastle)
- Heather Lee (NSW Senior of the Year 2019)
- David Rosenberg (Pine Gap - The Inside Story of the NSA in Australia)
- Dr Brendan Nelson (Director AWM)
- Stephanie Dartnell (Family & Friends of Missing persons Unit NSW Dept of Justice)
- Katherine Greiner (RV Ambassador NSW)
- Christine Burke (International mountaineer)
- Greg Jackson & Pam Rodgers (Australian National Maritime Museum)
- Dr Munjed Al Muderis (World Acclaimed Orthopaedic Surgeon)
- Dr Suzanne Packer (2019 Senior Australian of the Year)
- Geoff Roberts (Commissioner Greater Sydney Commission)
- Julie Beadle & Michael Spikemans (MARC Institute, Uni Western Syd)
- Jim Gibbons (President RVRA, NSW)
- Hugh Mackay (Psychologist, sociologist & social researcher)
- Laura Reeves (Anglicare Nutritionist)
- Noel Braun (Walking the Camino Trail)
- Joanne Bolk (Arthritis & Osteoporosis NSW)
- Marie Palmer (Rediscovering Our Sydney Harbour Gems)
- Dr Kate Van Doore (Orphanage Trafficking & Modern Slavery)
- Dr Parsons (Compassion meditations)
- Geoff Gebhart (Online shopping and banking)
- Dr Catherine Barrett (Founder & Director, Celebrate Ageing)

Dr Petrina Barson Presentation
“Compassion”
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