Welcome Rotarians and friends to the Golden Jubilee year of the Rotary Club of Glenferrie.  I would like to thank Peter Moore and his Board again for the successful year they had last year and for the very good state in which they have left the club. In recent years, our club has grown considerably in its diversity. We now have close to equal numbers of men and women as well as a growing number of members from different cultural backgrounds. These factors have contributed to our club developing a broad and forward looking outlook.

Thanks to the efforts of Club Foundation Director Joanne Shentu and Youth Service Director Chris Raw, the Rotary Club of Glenferrie will mark Rotary’s global commitment to peace and understanding with the installation of a Peace Pole at Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak, this September — as part of a ceremony to mark the International Day of Peace on September 21st.

The Peace Pole will serve as a permanent symbol of hope and harmony within the school community and beyond — a quiet yet powerful reminder of the importance of peace in our daily lives and the shared future we all contribute to.

But what exactly is a Peace Pole?

The Rotary Club of Glenferrie has been an enthusiastic supporter of RIMERN (Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network) since we commenced providing four volunteers each month more than three years ago. 

So much has happened during that time. More than twenty social support agencies now refer clients and RIMERN provides items of furniture, white goods, bedding etc. to several clients per week. A truck for collecting donated goods has been purchased and there is a long lease on the warehouse.

With the Rotary Club of Glenferrie changeover from 2024-2025 now complete, it is an opportunity to reflect on the Board’s activities over the last twelve months under the leadership of President Peter Moore and his team of club directors covering the breadth of the Club's activities. Peter provided excellent leadership in managing the many club Board issues that arose, with considered thought and judgement across many diverse topics, whilst ensuring that all director's views and opinions were part of the mix in making decisions. Corporate governance through the Club’s Constitution, was integral to Peter’s leadership on those deliberations. 

If you didn’t catch the Rotary Radio Show on 94.1FM on June 27th, where radio host extraordinaire PP Charles Tran interviewed our very own Immediate Past President Peter Moore — don’t worry! You can listen to the full interview now via the link below.

For those of us involved in RORP (Rotary Overseas Recycled Playgrounds) over the last four years, Bob Allardice from the Rotary Club of Nunawading died on the 11^th June 2025 after a long battle with cancer.

Along with Peter Cribb (Rotary Club of Flemington Kensington) they had the vision to start RORP. Bob was the heart and soul of RORP and its convenor in Victoria for all districts.

A (mostly) true tale from the wild frontiers of the Farmers Market

It was a crisp Saturday morning when the mist rolled in across Patterson Reserve, curling around the gum trees and hanging low over the fruit stalls. The early birds were out, clutching keep cups and canvas bags, but all eyes soon turned to the horizon.

Through the fog, they appeared—two figures on a mission. Akubras cocked, boots dusty, and with expressions that said, “We’ve seen things… like rogue zucchinis and runaway dim sims.” Their names? We can’t say for sure. Some call them Ian and Rob. Others simply whisper: The Men from Boroondara.