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Remember that wonderful trip you all went on together to Lord Howe Island? Here’s to many more great adventures in the future for your club.</p> <p><strong>JUNCTION, NSW</strong></p> <p><img src="http://probussouthpacific.org/probus/files/Club_news/April_May_2016/Junction.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="296" /></p> <p>The wonderful walking group at the Combined Probus Club of the Junction are here taking a breather at Merewether Beach.</p> <p><strong>CANBERRA LAKES, ACT</strong></p> <p>Mavis Kimber, Marie Maher and Mary Higgs from the Canberra Lakes Probus Clubs loved playing bowls at the Probus Autumn Bowls Day in 2000. The club was formed on 16 March in 1993 by the Rotary Club of Canberra City.</p> <p><strong>CARSELDINE, QLD</strong></p> <p>It was game on for the Carseldine Probus Club at Barefoot Bowls Day in 2008. Love those gorgeous purple socks on the green combined with the colourful visor!</p> <p><strong>CHATSWORTH- CARINDALE, QLD</strong></p> <p><strong><img src="http://probussouthpacific.org/probus/files/Club_news/April_May_2016/Chatsworth.JPG" alt="" width="448" height="336" /><br /></strong></p> <p>A brilliant day was had by the members of the Chatsworth-Carindale Probus Club at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in 2004.</p> <p><strong>EASTLAKES, NSW</strong></p> <p><strong><img src="http://probussouthpacific.org/probus/files/Club_news/April_May_2016/Eastlakes.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="299" /><br /></strong></p> <p>The Eastlakes Probus Club all boarded a bus for a wonderful road trip to Mittagong, which also included a pit-stop at the Floride in Canberra.</p> <p><strong>KU-RING-GAI WEST, NSW</strong></p> <p><strong><img src="http://probussouthpacific.org/probus/files/Club_news/April_May_2016/Ku-ring-gai_West.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="299" /><br /></strong></p> <p>Happy members of the Ku-ring-gai West Probus Club loved picking juicy cherries during a trip to Young in 2009.</p> <p><strong>LONSDALE, VIC</strong></p> <p><strong><img src="http://probussouthpacific.org/probus/files/Club_news/April_May_2016/Lonsdale.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="299" /><br /></strong></p> <p>A group of happy hikers from the Combined Probus Club of Point Lonsdale at lovely Wilsons Promontory National Park in 2008.</p> <p><strong>SOUTH PERTH, WA</strong></p> <p><strong><img src="http://probussouthpacific.org/probus/files/Club_news/April_May_2016/South_Perth.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="300" /><br /></strong></p> <p>Members of the South Perth Ladies Probus Club got into the festive spirit at the Christmas lunch in2007.</p> <p><strong>SUNBURY, VIC</strong></p> <p><strong><img src="http://probussouthpacific.org/probus/files/Club_news/April_May_2016/Sunbury.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="300" /><br /></strong></p> <p>Sunbury Combined Probus Club President Veronica O’Farrell donned a fabulous costume at her club’s Christmas lunch in 2008, much to the amusement of her fellow members.</p> <p><strong>SPRING GULLY, VIC</strong></p> <p><strong><img src="http://probussouthpacific.org/probus/files/Club_news/April_May_2016/Spring_Gully.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="298" /><br /></strong></p> <p>Hazel Simpkins, photographer at the Spring Gully Combined Probus Club, had a wonderful time warming up her ‘audience’ during a trip to the National Film and Sound Archive in 2000. </p>", "newsletter_name" => "noughties180516", "printed" => null, "created" => "2016-05-11 20:17:57", "modified" => "2016-05-11 20:17:57", "url" => "e6755616", "short_id" => "e6755616", "url_part_2" => "A_blast_from_the_past_the_2000s_", "total_views" => "516", "intro" => "<p>Do you remember the early noughties when we all survived the Y2K bug, Sydney hosted the 2000 Olympics and the first generation iPhone was released? 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A blast from the past: the 2000s
18 May 2016
Do you remember the early noughties when we all survived the Y2K bug, Sydney hosted the 2000 Olympics and the first generation iPhone was released? Here is what Probians around Australia were doing at that time.
APPLECROSS- ATTADALE, WA
The lovely members of the Applecross Ladies Club enjoying a fantastic cruise in 2009.
Last year, the Applecross and Attadale Ladies Probus Clubs joined forces and are now operating as one club. Good luck for the future, Probians.
ATTADALE, WA
In 2005, the Combined Probus Club of Kalgoorlie-Boulder visited the Combined Probus Club of Attadale in their hometown. Here they are all together at Kings Park.
HELENSVALE, QLD
Here are several members of the Helensvale Probus Club, picking fresh fruit at a strawberry farm during one of their outings.
HOBART MACQUARIE, TAS
In 2008, the lucky members of the Hobart Macquarie Probus Club visited the Tasmanian University Radio Telescope in Cambridge. What a fascinating trip.
SYNDAL, VIC
Hello to the wonderful members of the Syndal Probus Club! Remember that wonderful trip you all went on together to Lord Howe Island? Here’s to many more great adventures in the future for your club.
JUNCTION, NSW
The wonderful walking group at the Combined Probus Club of the Junction are here taking a breather at Merewether Beach.
CANBERRA LAKES, ACT
Mavis Kimber, Marie Maher and Mary Higgs from the Canberra Lakes Probus Clubs loved playing bowls at the Probus Autumn Bowls Day in 2000. The club was formed on 16 March in 1993 by the Rotary Club of Canberra City.
CARSELDINE, QLD
It was game on for the Carseldine Probus Club at Barefoot Bowls Day in 2008. Love those gorgeous purple socks on the green combined with the colourful visor!
CHATSWORTH- CARINDALE, QLD
A brilliant day was had by the members of the Chatsworth-Carindale Probus Club at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in 2004.
EASTLAKES, NSW
The Eastlakes Probus Club all boarded a bus for a wonderful road trip to Mittagong, which also included a pit-stop at the Floride in Canberra.
KU-RING-GAI WEST, NSW
Happy members of the Ku-ring-gai West Probus Club loved picking juicy cherries during a trip to Young in 2009.
LONSDALE, VIC
A group of happy hikers from the Combined Probus Club of Point Lonsdale at lovely Wilsons Promontory National Park in 2008.
SOUTH PERTH, WA
Members of the South Perth Ladies Probus Club got into the festive spirit at the Christmas lunch in2007.
SUNBURY, VIC
Sunbury Combined Probus Club President Veronica O’Farrell donned a fabulous costume at her club’s Christmas lunch in 2008, much to the amusement of her fellow members.
SPRING GULLY, VIC
Hazel Simpkins, photographer at the Spring Gully Combined Probus Club, had a wonderful time warming up her ‘audience’ during a trip to the National Film and Sound Archive in 2000.
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