HISTORY

In August 1986 two members from Acacia Ridge Rotary Club, Thor Ward and Bill McKenny met to discuss the formation of a new Rotary Club in the Sunnybank Hills area. On the seventeenth of February1987 an Extension Planning Committe meeting was held. From the 31st March 1987 weekly meetings were held with a club bulletin being produced and an emphasis placed on member recruitment. On the 28th of April 1987 a constitution was adopted, the name Sunnybank Hills Rotary Club established and boundaries set. Formal lodgement for membership of Rotary International was made on the eleventh of May 1987 and admittance subsequently formalised on 27th May 1987. The first official club meeting took place with a Gala event at the Runcorn Tavern on Tuesday evening of the sixteenth of June 1987. 160 people attended with District Governor Bill Mann presenting the club with its charter.

LOCATION

The club is situated in the southern suburbs of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. It is also approximately 70 kilometres north of Surfers Paradise (45 minutes by car).
Brisbane is a sub-tropical city with 1.5 million residents. Temperature varies from 25-35°C in summer from December through to Febuary and 10-25°C in winter from June through to August.

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MEETINGS