Lithgow VIEW Club

On Wednesday 11th June our Club celebrated our 56th Birthday and the Anniversary of VIEW Clubs of Australia with a Sparkling in Blue theme.

What a wonderful day we had. Special guests were Federal member for Calare Andrew Gee MP, State Member for Bathurst Paul Toole MP, Councillor Maree Statham, and President & General Manager of The Workies Howard Fisher, and Geoff Wheeler. We also had friends join us from Richmond-Windsor, Springwood, Upper Blue Mountains, and Bathurst VIEW Clubs as well as local service clubs. 

83 members and 24 guests had a wonderful time at our birthday celebration. There were lots of lucky winners of the lucky door prizes and raffles. We were blessed with music and singing by our Guest entertainer Annali.

Beryl and Cheryl received their 20-year decade pins. An inaugural member Deirdre, and our 2 newest members Elly and Maggie, had the honour of cutting the beautiful cake made by our member Bev. 

At our May monthly meeting, Members were treated to a performance by students from Lithgow Public School.

The children had performed in the Schools Spectacular late last year and are hoping to perform again this year. We were delighted to hear the choir sing 3 songs for us, being: The School Song; Waltzing Matilda and Favorite Things from the Sound of Music.

Thank you to their teachers for bringing the children (who can be seen in the photo) to perform; they were the Highlight of our meeting

77 Members and guests attended our meeting. Guest Speakers were Nathan and Kathy from LINC (Lithgow Information and Neighbourhood  Centre), who spoke about their community programs and services and told of the need for more volunteers to help run these successfully.

Maggie received her Member Badge and Marilyn is celebrating 10 years with VIEW. Elaine and Joyce are celebrating a milestone birthday. Ruth spoke about the Women's Land Army working at Rydal during the war.  

Our Members Lyn, Nola and June represented our club at the local ANZAC ceremony in Lithgow. It was wonderful to see our community remembering the men and women who served our country.

Some of our members had a wonderful day on a recent mystery bus trip to Australiana Pioneer Village at Wilberforce followed by lunch at the Clarendon Tavern at Richmond. It's always fun when you do not know where you are going.

This month we presented our new member Elly with her badge. Our Guest Speaker was Rachael Ford from The Transformation Hub a division of the UWS Campus. It was amazing to hear about their work with the youth in our community.

There were many great creations today for our Easter Hat Parade. Our guest speaker Rachael judged the hats and announced the winner of the most beautiful hat was Jenny.

Our guest speaker Rachael judged the hats and announced the winner of the most Innovative hat was Debbie.

Many ladies participated in the fun of an Easter Hat Parade.

Well done!

Members extended Congratulations to Jenny for 10 years membership.

who gave a very informative talk about the gallery and its role in our community. Gang Gang GalleryPast Zone Councillor Lyn present our newly elected Delegate Patricia, with her position pack. Our Guest Speaker was Sharon Howard from Gang Gang Gallery.

At our March meeting we had Trivia for all to enjoy.

The Governor of NSW Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC held an afternoon tea for VIEW Clubs of Australia to celebrate their 65th Sapphire Anniversary.

Our club was represented by our Vice President Anna and Delegate Patricia. 

Several Members enjoy a social luncheon at the Workies club to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

Our Program Officer Faye arranged a few fun activities to everyone to enjoy. Tis the Luck 🍀 of the Irish.

Several of our Members attended and enjoyed a live stream of the Premiers Gala Concert held during Seniors Week, at the Lithgow Workies.

A complimentary afternoon tea was served for CEO’s Seniors Week.  

Our Club was honored to receive the NSW Seniors Festival Community Achievement Award 2025, for our Electorate, from Paul Toole MP.

Some of our members gathered and were very proud to accept this award. It is wonderful to be acknowledged for the work we do to support The Smith Family and the Learning for Life Student Program.

Our Guest Speakers for October were the Lithgow Leles Ukulele group who entertained us with songs from various Artists.

Fay received her 20 year Decade Service Pin and we participated in an Emoji Trivia quiz. 

Photo shows Helen, Diane (centre) and Maggie, enjoying the wonderful entertainment of the Ukulele group.

We acknowledged our dear member Joyce who not only celebrated her 100th Birthday, but also Joyce was given a Certificate for Inspiring Woman of VIEW. Joyce has been a member for 41 years.

We all wish you the very best on this special day. Happy Birthday and Congratulations.  Accompanying photo shows President Sue with Joyce.

Our Guest Speaker for this month was the Artist and Author, Mr John Barnes. John brought along some of his illustrations and mentioned where each was drawn.

It was a truly inspirational talk about how Lithgow has changed.