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Orange Sustainable Living Week starts on Sunday 29 October 2023 with the Sustainable Living Expo, which brings together exhibitors providing information and ideas on how you can be more sustainable. They include reducing waste, increasing recycling, more efficient use of water, electric vehicles, biodiversity, climate change and the environment.

There will also be a range of speakers at the Expo, including talks on electric vehicles, local energy saving programs and water and waste management in the Orange City.

If you are interested in being an exhibitor, download a SustainableLivingExpo_ExhibitorsPack_2023 or request an Exhibitor’s Pack from the Rotary Club’s Secretary by emailing contact@rotarycluboforange.org.au

During the week following the Expo, activities include a School Sustainable Cooking Competition, Wetlands guided walks, Community Revegetation planting and further activities that will be added as they are confirmed. Check out our Rotary Club of Orange NSW Facebook page for updates.

On the last Friday of each month, the Rotary Club of Orange sells BBQ lunches at the Orange Health Service (The Hospital) on Forest Road. We will be near the back entrance to the hospital, and if it is raining, we may not be there at all. Come and buy an egg and bacon roll or a sausage sandwich (with free onions if you like) and a drink between 11 am and 1.30 pm.

Keep an eye out for the program for the 2024 Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry Festival to be held in the Orange and Cabonne region from Saturday 17 February (Banjo’s birthday) to Sunday 25 February 2024, including the Poetry Performance Competitions on Friday 23 February 2024. More details and the 2024 competition entry forms can be viewed HERE

Results of the 2023 National Bush Poetry Performance Championships can be viewed on the Australian Bush Poets Association website.

Here are some of the poems from previous competitions for your enjoyment:

2015

Len Banks – “The garden wedding”

2016

Celia Kershaw – “Career Change”

2017

Doc Derek Bland – “Australia on the Moon”

2018

Celia Kershaw – “Jill and Perce”

Mayor Reg Kidd – “What he would say”

Jim Lamb – “Norman and the snake”

Doc Derek Bland – “The undead swaggie”

2019

Jayne Miller – “Grafton’s NIMBY bridge”

Mark Marusic – “Feline frolics”

Ian Butters – “The way things used to be”

2020

Eric Yeomans – “The veteran”

Dinka Dekaris – “Refugee”

Elliot Stuart – “I used to live in the city”

Lucy Ward – “Our family holidays”

Ian Butters – “No laughing matter”

David Bolstad – “Bride and Groom”

Guided tours of Emmaville Cottage can be arranged on request. Please contact Len Banks on contact@rotarycluboforange.org.au or on 0428 459 117.

The Rotary Club of Orange welcomes new members. If you are interested in doing some hands-on community service while getting to know a wider circle of friends, then give us a call. We welcome men and women of all ages with no obligation to join until you are really satisfied that it is for you. Check out the range of activities we are involved in throughout this web site.