Busselton VIEW Club

At our September Meeting we welcomed one new member and 7 guests and learned we had signed up for our second Learning for Life child. When asked, many members enthusiastically volunteered to be buddies to assist our guests at future meetings.

Our guest speaker, Gizelle Salame a local Dance and Movement Therapist, spoke on how dance and movement can be used to invoke empathy and connection and then put a smile on all our faces when she persuaded everyone to join in some interactive dance moves.

Despite the wintery weather our August Meeting was well attended by members and we welcomed 6 new guests. Everyone was incredibly impressed by the raw stories told by our very own Barb (pictured) of how she managed to bring up a family whilst having a 66-year career in the legal profession.

The bring and buy table again proved popular and the meeting finished on a high note with the announcement that we now had enough in our coffers to start sponsoring our second child. 

On Thursday 17th July our Members hosted the Club's 1st Birthday at Shelter and what a birthday it was! Over 60  Members and guests attended, including Members from our sister VIEW clubs in Bayswater, Melville, Western Suburbs and Capes.

Zone Councillor, Mary, congratulated Busselton on their achievements in their 1st year and the fun that followed included high tea, music, a little dancing, raffles and some very excited, talkative ladies!

You can see more news from our first birthday and other activities by accessing our August Newsletter here

This story shown in the accompanying photo, was published in the Busselton Dunsborough Mail in July reporting on our sustainable Fashion Show

In June our Club met for a very special general meeting where we hosted a sustainable fashion show in partnership with St Vinnies Busselton. Guest speaker, Christine Sambell, St Vinnies Area Manager, spoke passionately about how all money raised by @St Vinnies in the past year was distributed to over 61,000 disadvantaged people in WA .

After the meeting formalities 6 of our brave Members proudly strutted their stuff wearing preloved fashions supplied by St Vinnies Busselton. 

Members met on 15th May for our Mother’s Day meeting where we welcomed 12 guests. Everyone was inspired by the stories of member Margaret and her legendary mother Maud Stanley, who can be seen on the left of the accompanying photo, who talked about their pioneering work with Riding for the Disabled and the value of volunteering.

Liz provided an update on her communications with our student, which included a lot of really good exclamation marks, and Members were thrilled to learn we will soon start sponsoring child #2

The Easter themed meeting welcomed 6 guests and what a variety of Easter Hats there was on show!

Our guest speaker was Dr Natasha Teakle, member of the Busselton Jetty Board, who gave an entertaining and educational talk about the Busselton Jetty and how Busselton Jetty sponges may play an important role in future cancer treatments.

Liz reported on her first communications with our child Joaquim and then we were entertained by life stories from members Elizabeth and Brina.

For additional information our please access our April 2025 Newsletter here.

Our Club celebrated International Women's Day, at the Tonic by the Bay and this was well attended by both members and guests.

All attendees thoroughly enjoyed hearing our speaker, Jo Harrison Ford, about empowering women from her perspective, based on 25 years’ experience in the public sector including 15 years at an executive level. All members were excited about the assignment of our first child!

The first meeting for 2025 was held at the Busselton Veteran Car Club.

Our guest speaker was Barry House who is a well-known local identity. Barry who can be seen in the accompanying photo, is a retired MLC, has a very long history in all forms of Government and involvement in our community. Barry’s discussion covered all forms of government, which was both interesting and thought provoking.

Our last meeting for 2024 was held at Tonic by the Bay and we put all formalities aside to get into the Christmas spirit. We were entertained by The Lady Bugs, an all-female ukulele group that was so much fun and brightened our day.

Our Guest speaker was Sue Riccelli, who discussed the prevalence of domestic violence in our community and Australia, which was appropriate timing as the annual White Ribbon march that was held the following week.

Please access our 2024 Newsletter here

Members were dressed to kill when they met at a member’s home to celebrate the Melbourne Cup. Food was in abundance as we all brought a plate; and maybe a different approach may have to be taken next year to prevent over catering.

Maria won the prize for best hat with an amazing home-made number that was constructed from the racing pages in the newspaper.