To celebrate Probus month this year, the four Noosa Probus Clubs joined forces for a picnic by the Noosa river, said Anne Oxley, the immediate past president of the Noosa Combined Probus Club which celebrates its 25th Anniversary next year.
Anne and her husband Tony are long time Noosa residents and past presidents of Noosa Rotary. It was during Tony’s time as president of Rotary, that all four Noosa Probus Clubs were inaugurated.
Probus was founded by a group of Rotarians in England. They were all in very busy jobs, not looking forward to their pending retirements and at a loss as to how they would manage to fill their days. Probus Clubs were created to assist retirees to ease into retirement whilst enjoying the camaraderie of like minded people. Picnics, BBQs, golf days, bowls, darts, billiards, theatre outings, luncheons, cards, mah-jong and rummikub are just some of the activities available to Probus members.
“Probus is all about fun and friendship”, Anne said. “Our Rotarian founders offer their services to local community organisations and are responsible for raising funds, whereas Probus is all about fun and friendship in retirement. We are a not for profit organisation and do not raise money for worthy causes.
Probus Clubs meet monthly and usually have an interesting guest speaker to either entertain or inform members on issues of importance to the aging population. We are here to make sure retirees are not left sitting at home all day by themselves and becoming depressed.
For more information phone the Probus Association of Queensland on 0477 000 645 and they will direct your enquiry to the nearest club, best suited to your needs.
