May Program
EVENTS ON THIS MONTH
Coordinator: TBC
Thursday 1st May
Picnic in the Botanic Gardens
John C.
Meet at 12.00pm noon for a picnic lunch in the beautiful Wollongong Botanic Gardens.
Park in Madeline Street for 2 hours free.
Bring your own chair, lunch and drinks
Activity Sheet
Tuesday 6th May
Tuesday Tunes at the Builders Club
Carole D.
Join us in the Basement at the Builders Club for this months Tuesday Tunes. This month we will be entetained by Christine Tyrell and Nick Bava
Doors open at 11.ooam and the show commences at 11.30am.
TICKETS ALREADY PURCHASED!! If you would like a ticket you must do it rhrough the Guilders club.
Please note to purchas a ticket for the next month you must pay Carole on the Tuesday Tunes the month before!!
Thursday 8th May
Australia's Biggest Morning Tea
Jennifer & Col M.
Details to come!!
Wednesday 14th MAY
Restaurant Night
ORAGANISER NEEDED!!!
Select your favourite restaurant and invite members to join you!!!
Tuesday 20th May
IOC Meeting Night
All Welcome!
The meeting commences at 7.30pm downstairs in the Sunken Lobby at the Fraternity Club, Fairy Meadow.
Members, guests, and visitors are welcome to join us for the meeting or come early and join us for dinner from 6.00pm in the Fraternity Bistro.
Don't forget to wear your IOC name badge to win a prize and help us to get to know each other.
Thursday 22nd May
Belvoir Theatre at Surry Hills presents "The Wrong Gods"
John C.
This month's production is “The Wrong Gods”. This play is set in India It is a gripping new play by S.Shakthidranan. The struggle of mother and daughter with progess and worshipping.
You can either walk from Central or catch the Light Rail. You must have a pension card and ID to attend the performance.. Queue for tickets at 11.00am then have lunch before the show at 1.00pm.Trains: Dapto 8.43am, W'gong 9.07am, Thirroul 9.18am. Meet upstairs in the second last carriage. Activity Sheet
Friday 23rd May
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. "A Midsummer Nights Dream"
Christine S.
Our IOC member Don(ald) Ezzard is performing in this Shakespearean comedy at the above venue at 11 am.A theatre party is organised with train travel. It is a short walk from Casula station arriving at 10:02 am, to the Powerhouse. Train departing Albion Park Rail 7.33, Dapto 7.40, Wollongong 7.57, Thirroul 8.06, Wolli Creek 9.27, upstairs 2nd last carriage. On arrival we can have morning tea prior to the performance and after this lunch. The Powerhouse is a monumental transformation from a brutalist electricity complex to an imaginative and functional Theater and Exhibition space and Liverpool Art Gallery, all worth seeing. Returning train at 14.44 arriving back in The Gong around 4:30 ish. Tickets $25 . Come and see our Thespian, a master of disguises.
Names and money by the May meeting. Activity Sheet
Saturday 24th MAY
CARD AND GAMES NIGHT AT THE BRIDGE CLUB FIGTREE
Col W.
Join us for a fun night of cards and games at the Bridge Club Hall in Figtree.
Cost is $5 per person.
Please bring a small plate of nibbles to share for supper. No hot food as there are no heating facilities.
Doors open at 6.30pm for 6.45pm start (don't be late!)
Address: 11 Princes Highway, Figtree.
Approach can be from either north or south. Turn into the park on the north side of Figtree shopping centre carpark.
Activity Sheet
Sunday 25th May
Indoor Lawn Bowls at Warilla Bowling Club
Col W.
Come and join us for a fun 2 hours of bowls with no sun, wind or rain or bumps in the grass.
Meet in the foyer at at 12.00 noon for lunch and at 1.30pm play bpwls.
Cost is $8 for bowls and green hire.
Socks, bare feet or bowling shoes must be worn on thr green. After the game enjoy a coffee or cool drink and a chat.
Activity Sheet.
