News and Notices

Linley Earnshaw: Bell Bird

News

President’s Column – April 2026

Andrea and I had a great holiday in Australia. We spent time in Sydney, Darwin and Adelaide. One of the highlights was staying in the Innes National Park at the bottom of the York Peninsula in South Australia. At some time I will let you know about the park having a connection to New Zealand during one of our mini talk sessions.

The day after coming home, I attended the Castle Hill field trip that was organised by John and Chris Smith. It was good to spend the day there, hopefully making some images for our upcoming exhibition. Thank you John and Chris for organising this.

At the time of writing this we have our first introductory session for new members which I am sure will go well. I am looking forward to hearing how this goes. I am also looking forward to our weekend field trip to Waiuta and catching up with members attending.

I hope that many of you got to submit photos for our club set in the Trenna Packer Salon. I look forward to seeing our entry and all the other club entries in July.

Our Committee is in the final stages of setting up our members survey. We will send out a link to this survey in a seperate email shortly after our next club meeting. When it comes out please do spend time completing it as it will help us ensure we are meeting your needs and society members

Regards

James Thompson