Happy New Year to one and all!

I hope everyone was able to enjoy some time with family and friends over the festive period. I was lucky enough to enjoy our Christmas Eve family party here with my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren present and then, on Christmas morning, I left for Brisbane and enjoyed the day with children and a grandchild.

This year has not started happily… Read More...

Many thanks to everyone involved in the organisation of our Christmas lunch last November – it was a great success, as usual. Gayle Carroll sought the limits of our knowledge with her quiz, and didn't have to look very far. And congratulations to the lucky winners in the raffle: Inger Anderson, Elaine Hurst, Fran… Read More...

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the first of the bombing raids on Darwin; it may well be the last milestone anniversary to involve survivors of the raids and two weeks of special events have been organised to commemorate the occasion.

On 19 February, the date of the first raid, the Australian American… Read More...

One of our members and her husband come to Darwin every year to catch up with their grandchildren and extended family. If you are going away any time between March and September and are looking for someone to look after your home (and pool, garden and pets) during your absence, you might like to contact… Read More...

Further to the talk given by Rosemary Jacobs last November, if you're interested in looking further into the aspects of the law as it applies in the Northern Territory, click here

Just a reminder that the program for the Festival – which takes places from 2 to 5 February - is available at the BCC Cinema, Mitchell Street or here

Akin to DYSLEXIA (an impairment of reading and writing function and ability) is an affliction called DYSCALCULIA (the inability accurately to deal with numbers)?

Using fingers and other aids for simple arithmetic additions is fine, but long division, multiplication, percentages and so on are often impossible… Read More...

Our Christmas lunch will be held on 24 November at Kantilla's Function Room in Marrara stadium. You'll find the reservation form on page 6. Attached to this Newsletter is a booklet of Raffle Tickets. The sales of these tickets help boost U3A funds which are used to subsidise our various activities such as the 'fifth… Read More...

New regulations applicable from 1 November require all residential premises in the Territory to be fitted with photoelectric smoke alarms which are able to detect smouldering fires that are not as quickly picked up by the old-style ionisation type of alarms.

The property owner is responsible for installing the new… Read More...

As usual, Teresa Lugg will be running our annual sweep on the day of the Melbourne Cup, 1 November. Raid your wardrobe and wear a hat to get into the spirit of the occasion.

As the end of the year approaches, it's time to think about renewing membership for 2012. The cost remains at $10, and the renewal form is on page 8 of the newsletter.

...to Therla in Chris Burns' office and Rebecca in Jane Aagaard's office for all their help during 2011. Without their assistance it would be impossible to produce this Newsletter.

The second annual Mango Festival takes place from 9am to noon on 30 October at the Berry Springs Reserve, next to the school. There'll be heaps of mango-related activities on offer: mango cricket, mango and spoon races, and mango chutney, pickle and relish competitions. For further information call 8988 or 8988… Read More...