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THE ROTARY CLUB
OF
MOOLOOLABA INC,
53rd Year - Volume 53
24 Nov 2025
Website www.mooloolabarotary.org
facebook.com/RotaryMooloolaba
President Sandra Harrington

Last Monday night Poppi Mendes (our outgoing Rotary Youth Exchange student) and Pelle
Lausen our Exchange student from Denmark joined our Club for dinner. Poppi provided
information about herself and her plans for going to Brazil and Pelle gave us an update on his
recent activities - trip to New Zealand, playing football at Immanuel Lutheran College and
the Surf weekend at Coolum. Both students will be joining all other ingoing and outgoing
Youth Exchange students in the District for a Sunshine Safari. Mary-Anne and I will meet

with the students before leaving on the Safari on 8 December at Bulcock Beach in Caloundra.
Our guest speaker, Kirk Milson for the evening explained the focus of exercise physiologists
and the services they can provide. Some Rotary Clubs in New South Wales have initiated the
Falls Prevention Project and the Rotary South Pacific Falls Prevention Committee has
teamed up with world leading experts and organisations to prepare a Rotary Falls Prevention
Project, which focuses on the message that falls can be prevented. They are developing a tool
kit and website that clubs can access to share evidence-based, every-day falls prevention
actions with their local communities - from strength and balance exercises to removing trip
hazards and more.

Falls by Australians aged 65 and over is a major public health issue and cost to the health
care system with 400 Australians over 65 ending up in hospital due to a fall every day. As at
June 2020, 4.2 million Australians were 65 or over (17% of the population) and a third have a
fall one or more times a year. This costs the Australian health system $3 billion annually.
Prevention strategies include exercise programs, home safety modifications and regular
health checks. www.aihw.gov.au

Next Club Meeting

The next Club meeting 24 Nov 2025

Our next club meeting will be held at Helimods, Pathfinder Dr, Caloundra. This will be a
Vocational Visit to Helimods who are a progressive aerospace technology company with
world leading capability in Advanced Digital Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing.

Vocational Excursion Date: Monday 24th November 2025 Time:4.00pm-5.00pm Business
visited: Helimods. Address: Pathfinder Dr, Caloundra West QLD 4551 (Caloundra Airport).
Afterwards dinner: 5.30pm Venue: Caloundra RSL Services Club Inc 19 West Terrace
Caloundra QLD 4551