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  “Founding VIEW Clubs is the best thing I have ever done…I hope VIEW will become the greatest voice of women in Australia.” George Forbes, 1970
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Gympie VIEW Club

About

Gympie VIEW Club was formed in 1995.

Currently, the Club sponsors three Smith Family Learning for Life students and is actively involved in fundraising activities to raise donations for The Smith Family programs.

We have regular Coffee and Chat morning teas at local cafes; and lunch at local restaurants, or drive to local towns, tourist venues or parks. We have a monthly theme, so March will be Easter bonnets and April will be autumn colours.

We are always open to new members, so please get in touch today and come and see what it's all about.

Please access our Welcome To Gympie VIEW page

Location

When: Meeting Day on 3rd Friday each month
Time: At 11.00am
Where: Gunabul Homestead,
Address: 9 Power Road, SOUTHSIDE QLD 4570

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Contact

President: Julie 0418 151 999
Email: viewclubgympie@gmail.com

Club News

Meet Our 2026 Committee

In January, we welcomed Rhonda, VIEW QB02 Councillor, to chair the Annual General Meeting and announce the new Committee for 2026. Rhonda spoke to our members about the aims and traditions of VIEW and the importance of our contribution to the welfare and education of children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Spring Time 2026

In August President Julie was interviewed on our local radio station 91.5 FM Gympie. For a whole hour, Julie chatted about VIEW, its meaning, goals and activities.

August brought out the Cowgirls of Gympie, pictured right, in Country theme and the September theme Spring flowers showed us in our flowery dresses and clothing.

Photo on the left shows our newest member Gail being inducted by secretary Lyn.

Christmas In July 2026

Our Club has been busy in the last few months - Santa, pictured, visited us in July for Christmas in July theme.

Celebrating 31 Years of VIEW

Party Time for Gympie - 31 Years Young

Our Club celebrated their 31st birthday on 19th June, at Gunabul. We were so pleased to welcome all our members, past members, visitors and representatives from View Clubs, Quota and Older Women's Network, who can be seen enjoying the day in the accompanying photo.

VIEW special guests were National Vice President Angela Carrol, National Councillor Christine Foster, Zone Councillor QG02 Rhonda Jones, and QB01 Di Kennedy were welcomed by all.

Our Club has 39 members and supports three Learning For Life students. In our 31 years, we have raised $131,000 for the disadvantaged children through The Smith Family. Nationally, The Smith Family's programs have reaches over 178,400 children and young people, supporting the education of more than 67,000 children.

Presentations on the Day

Angela presented long service badges to Jean - 30 Year Badge, and Barbara - 20 Year Badge. What wonderful service these ladies have given to Gympie VIEW Club and the Smith Family.

Photo L-R: Babara (20 year badge). Jean (30 year badge), and National Vice President of VIEW Angela.

Entertainment for 31 Year Celebrations

Entertainment was provided by Gympie Moonshine Cloggers who can be seen in the accompanying photo, and a fun contest of identifying the Baby Photos with Gympie Members.

Gunabul provided a delicious luncheon with individual Birthday patty cakes. For our 20th birthday, Carol Tonagh wrote new words to the music of What a Wonderful World as a Gympie Birthday Song. Today, on our 31st birthday, Carol, Deb Minter and Pat Smith sang this special song again for us.

May 2026

Photo of Members catching-up for a coffee, at Bauple.

March and April 2026

Our Club has started the year with lots of fun and calories. Monthly Morning Teas and Lunches are enjoyed by all the Gympie Girls and visitors.

Raising money for the education of our Smith Family students is our main aim in VIEW but our other aim is to connect with local women for social, friendship, communication and welfare connections.
If you have a few hours to spare and wish to connect with like-minded women, please contact Gympie VIEW Club by phone or email as can be seen in the page above; you will be most welcome.

Accompanying photos: Left - A group at the Woolooga Hotel; Top Right - At our April Meeting; and Bottom Right - On Platform 2 of the Rusty Nails.

Celebrating Easter 2026

Photo of many of our Members showing their bunny ears and Easter bonnets for a fun Easter gathering.

February 2026

At our February Meeting, the guest speaker was Sean Connelly, a local gentleman who promotes communication as a valuable tool for clubs like ours, for social interaction and for mental health.

Communication via online social media spreads the word to those with similar interests. (True information!) Sean is a great supporter of our Gympie Club.

Accompanying photo shows our Members who attended the February meeting, taken in the beautiful grounds of our General Meeting venue , Gunabul on Power Rd Southside, Gympie.