Rotary Club of Canberra Burley Griffin News Notes 16th February 2026 -
Notes on the Run
It was great to see everyone back at the golf club last week, even if we had to dodge the occasional unruly Lexus golfer! I also hope everyone is feeling more secure with their online safety.
Looking ahead, we have parking at the Canberra show next weekend. We also have several upcoming events, including the peace walk and the community service awards.
Have a great week!
President Warrick.
Last week's speaker - Ruth Oettle - "Anything Tech - Keeping Safe On Line"
We were delighted to welcome Ruth Oettle at our last meeting to give members tips on how to stay safe online. Ruth has been a scout leader for over 20 years, a Rotary youth exchange participant, an ABC Radio producer and currently runs a work-integrated social enterprise, Allara Creative, which employs refugee women and provides training and mentoring.
Ruth presented a very informative and at times thought provoking talk about cyber safety.
Key messages and tips for staying safe online
Technology is a great enabler but is important that we learn how to stay safe online.
There are two main ways that people are negatively affected: being hacked (=burglary, having your identity stolen) and being scammed (=being fooled, losing money, assets etc).
Passwords are key to staying safe. They must be unique, long and strong and totally random.
One password for one thing. Every account matters if you don’t want to lose your identity.
There is no need to remember passwords. Either write them in an indexed notebook or stored electronically (password protected Excel document, using apps: Google Password Manager, Apple Password).
Turn on 2 factor authentication if using Facebook so people can’t take over your Facebook account.
There are several warning signs re a scam email: e.g. pressure to act quickly, dodgy URL (email address), poor spelling/grammar, too good to be true.
Check out the Australian Government ScamWatch website to learn about scams and report them. https://www.scamwatch.gov.au
Our ‘to do’ list
*Update 1-2 passwords a day by going to each of your account sites and pressing ‘forgot password’ and updating.
Astrida
International Women’s Day Breakfast Friday 6 March
Soroptimist International Canberra is hosting its annual fundraising breakfast on
Friday 6 March from 7.00 am to 8.30am. Everyone is warmly welcome! The funds raised support refugee and migrant women studying at Canberra Institute of Technology.
The guest speaker will be Ms Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner for Australia. There will be a cooked breakfast and beautiful live music.
Where: Canberra Deakin Football Club, 3 Grose St, Deakin
Astrida thanking Ruth for her very helpful and informative presentation.
A good example of a password? - DoorCuboardWindow5350
We have all suffered from Spamming - slow down, check details!
Next weekend
A big effort from our Club members next weekend helping the parking at The Canberra Show. Cross your fingers for benign weather!
Coming Up - Club lunch at Annie’s Place, Thursday, 19 February
Next Thursday, 19 February, we have a Club outing to Annie’s Place, a drop-in centre that serves food and distributes groceries to disadvantaged people in Queanbeyan.
We’ll meet at the usual time – noon onwards for a formal start at 12:30 pm. Cost will be $30 per head, all of which will be donated to the work at Annie’s Place.
BYO alcohol is welcome.
Spouses and family members are also welcome to join us.
Annie’s Place is part of St Benedict’s Community Centre, at the corner of Anne and Brigalow Streets, Queanbeyan (bottom right of map below). Off-street parking is available on Brigalow Street and the entry to Annie’s Place is from Anne Street. The easiest way to get there from the ACT is to head towards Queanbeyan, turn right at Donald Road (second set of lights at the bottom of the hill); left at Anne Street, and left at Brigalow Street to park off-street.
Coming up
Our following Club meeting is on Thursday, 26th February at the Royal Canberra Golf Club. Please respond to Eric and Ross’s email invitation ASAP if you have not already done so. Our programme for the next 4 weeks is below. Please note your tasks.
Club member to Introduce, Thank and send write up to Bulletin editor.
18th February
Board Meeting at Warrick’s office
Papers and matters for discussion should be forwarded To John Little, Secretary beforehand.
19th February
Social lunch at Annie’s Kitchen – Chairperson Stephen provided details.
Chat about club plans
Eric
26th February
Luch at Golf Club – Chairperson Stephen.
Phil Domaschenz update on the work of the NTA in West Timor (beneficiary of our donation)
Liz
5th of March
Lunch at Golf Club
Russell is Chair
Tony Muscio - The Age of Astronomy is Now
Michael
12th March
Lunch at Golf Club – Russell in Chair
Russell presentation on flight over Antarctica
Bill
Next month preview
Russel will take the Cair throughout the month of March. His first presentation will be about his recent flight to Antartica on QANTAS - something that is on many of our Club members' wish list. Here he is searching for a Snow Dome Shop while buzzing the penguins.
