PRESIDENT Barry welcomed back Gordon Dunbar from his arduous house-sitting duties in Maui as well as prospective members Elizabeth and Cecil Aaron and alerted members to the ill health of Doug Telfer and Helen Henderson. Doug is scheduled for surgery tomorrow to repair his hip fracture.
An update from our medical correspondent late on Thursday 24th October -
Helen is OK she is home. Lesley is continuing to slowly improve according to the Drs. Beryl reports Doug is OK and on a few pain killers, they are talking of moving him to South Perth rehab sometime in the next few days and will let club know when this is confirmed. He is at Fiona Stanley now, visitors are welcome.
Next week we will welcome the new Mayor of Melville, the Hon. George Gear, and our member and reelected Melville Councillor Matthew Woodall. Former member Tomas Fitzgerald was also elected to the Melville Council.
Eighteen members and partners had an enjoyable trip to Bunbury for an inter club visit with the Bunbury Leschenault Rotary Club. We were very fortunate that they meet at the Dolphin Discovery Centre (DDC) that has recently had a $12 million upgrade.
On arrival we were greeted by DDC CEO and Rotarian David Kerr who gave us an extensive tour of this world class attraction. This was followed by a delicious lunch in one of the function rooms overlooking Koombana Bay.
Bunbury Leschenault President Bridget Green gave us a warm welcome and invited President Barry to present to the meeting on Applecross Rotary's major project, AMR Aware.
Barry informed the meeting of the need to form a Rotary Action Group to get the International focus required to drive the required awareness both by the community and Governments. He was very pleased to report on the email he had received on the way to Bunbury from Chief Veterinary Officer of Australia and Rotarian Mark Schipp. Mark reported he had a very positive response to an invitation he had sent to OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) delegates, who he knows a number of them are Rotarians, inviting them to join a Rotary Action Group.
Associate member Dave Palmer continued his story about the F-111*. 
Gordon Dunbar paid his arrival tax, and reminded members of a Hawaiian proverb: only sit on a donkey facing its head so you don’t get to see all the crap you are leaving behind. President Barry paid to extol the exercise benefits of dog ownership, and Chris Whelan expressed his happiness at having attended Australian of the Year Craig Challen’s excellent presentation at All Saints’ College about his part rescuing the Thai junior soccer team from their flooded cave. The event was organised by Melville Rotary and attended by many other Rotarians.
Chris Whelan reported that preparations for this year’s JacFest only need the trees to blossom to be totally ready for the crowds on 23 November. He said he wanted to make sure we fully engaged with the public attending the Festival and Mal Taylor suggested a good way to do this would be to have members clean the tables in the food area, and engage in pleasant conversation with those dining.
