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We have rooms available for your private parties,conventions or meetings.Lounge, Sports Hall, Edelweiss Dance Hall and Beer GardenFor Party Bookings:Contact Chef/Manager: Boby 0429 887 111or our booking liaison officer: Marlene Porzig 0400 575 201The views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the Club or theEditor but of the respective authors.2

Extraordinary Members’ Meeting Sunday,18th November 2012 3:00pm Edelweiss HallAlterations to the Rhein-Donau Club Inc.Constitution and Rules 2012SECTION 34 : DISSOLUTION:Delete Section 34 as in present Constitution: “Dissolution of ……..Replace it with a new Section 34: “Dissolution of the Club may takeplace if or when the membership decreases to such an extent that theClub ceases to be able to exist, i.e. if it cannot meet its financial obligationsany longer. In such a case the property of the Club shall besold or put up for sale by public auction and the proceeds there from –after deducting all expenses and meeting all obligations – shall begiven or transferred to another association incorporated under the Actwhich has similar objects.orfor charitable purposes.which association or purposes, as the case requires, shall be determinedby resolution of the members.”SECTION 35: SALE, LEASE, EXCHANGE:Line 2 Delete “two-thirds (2/3) andReplace it with “ three-quarters (75%) “.Followed by an Ordinary Members’ MeetingAgenda as per Par. 27, Members’ MeetingStan Nowak OAMSecretaryThe Rhein-Donau Club (Inc.)7

The Rhein-Donau Club OktoberfestBEGINS AGAINEvery Friday and Saturday in OctoberEntry only withprepaid Tickets:Bookings :Office Tel: 9330 6488orMae Tel: 9330 4423OKTOBERFESTFRIDAY September 28th 2012DOLOMITEN TRIOTickets: Members $7 Guests $10Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.OKTOBERFESTSATURDAY September 29th 2012AEROTEC-DOLOMITEN TRIOTickets: Members $10 Guests $15Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.8

OKTOBERFESTFRIDAY October 5th 2012DOLOMITEN TRIOTickets: Members $7 Guests $10Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.OKTOBERFESTSATURDAY October 6th 2012AEROTEC-DOLOMITEN TRIOTickets: Members $10 Guests $15Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.OKTOBERFESTFRIDAY October 12th 2012ALPEN DUOTickets: Members $7 Guests $10Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.OKTOBERFESTSATURDAY October 13th 2012MERCURY—NOVA ECHOTickets: Members $10 Guests $15Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.9

OKTOBERFESTFRIDAY October 19th 2012ALPEN DUOTickets: Members $7 Guests $10Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.OKTOBERFESTSATURDAY October 20th 2012MERCURY—NOVA ECHOTickets: Members $10 Guests $15Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.OKTOBERFESTFRIDAY October 26th 2012ALPEN DUOTickets: Members $7 Guests $10Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.OKTOBERFESTSATURDAY October 27th 2012Die Lustigen Jung’s(The Jolly Good Fellows) — NOVA ECHOTickets: Members $10 Guests $15Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.10

SUNDAY October 28th 2012Family DayFree entry 2pm to 6pmMusic by the Alpen Duo11

Welcome to our newest Members:BEIWINKEL UrselBEIWINKEL AlbertBROWN Mark RaymondCASTRO DanielLOEFFLER MariuszLOEFFLER ShirleyPARMAR KushalSHERLOCK KennethSHERLOCK RitaSTENVERS SvenWHYTE RobertTickets: Members $8 Guests $10Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.SATURDAY November 3rd 2012DOLOMITEN TRIOTickets: Members $8 Guests $10Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.SATURDAY November 10th 2012THE HEIMAT CHOIR presents AEROTECSATURDAY November 17th 2012THE EAGLE EYE AIR RIFLE GROUP presents ALPEN DUOTickets: Members $8 Guests $10Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.12

FRIDAY November 16th 2012THE TABLE TENNIS GROUP presents QUIZZ NIGHT• Tables of Six• Lots of Prizes• Door Prize• Hamper• Raffle• Spot PrizesCommencing 7:30p.m.For bookings please contact the Rhein-Donau Club office orJoyce Williams Tel: 9316 4790Look forward to seeing you all!Please DO NOT bring your own drinks or refreshments into the Club!Tickets: $10Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.Sunday,18th November 2012Extraordinary Members’ Meeting 3:00 pmEdelweiss HallFollowed by an Ordinary Members’ Meeting(see page 7 for details)13

Tickets: Members $8 Guests $10Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.SATURDAY November 24th 2012WEST COAST RHYTHMTickets: Members $8 Guests $10Kitchen & Bar open from 6:30p.m.SATURDAY December 1st 2012MERCURYSUNDAY December 2nd 2012142 p.m.KINDERWEIHNACHTSFESTTickets: Children $10(present included)Please book and pay at the office by the 20th of November.Father Christmas + Connie the Clown will be coming.Kitchen & Bar will be open.

MODEL RAILWAY GROUPMeeting Fridays -19:00/7.00pmContact President Cornelis de Grootfor further information.During the Oktoberfest, we are open onFridays and Saturdays from 19:00 toapprox. 21:30 --– 7.00pm to approx.9.30pm andthe last Sunday, Children’s Day,28/10/2012 : early afternoon.The group continued with tracklaying,total easily exceeds 400m, or 0.4km Theelectrical boys must be very close to haveconnected 2kms of wiring and are stilladding. Now they are in the process ofmaking the DC/DCC lines fully automaticand face the challenge of alternatingtrains at the platforms, and further, withthe testing task of all signals being successfullyoperationally installed.Landscaping is now well on the way, butthere seems to be another four to fiveyears of work ahead, and then more refining.One of the changes was a bigbare hill on the left side, (seen behindHeinz), now a fully landscaped showpiece.Also look for the new large city, with thetram trundling from station, through thebusy street, to a well-frequented café, allobviously enjoying the Oktoberfest fare.(to be continued)The latest addition: illuminated, sheltered,flowered and peopled platforms.Showing Heinz Runge and KurtKappeler in the very bare stages ofthe layout.The club is very keen to have new members.The club has members of manydescents: Austrian, Swiss, Dutch, Polish,Hungarian, Danish, and, of course, Australian,but oddly no German members. Itmatters not what your interests are, thereis a place for you! Also we are interestedin members who just want to run trainsand to just have a social evening andmake use of our extensive library.Old members, please report for helpingout at the Oktoberfest. (RdeG)15

SKAT GROUP REPORTOnly 6 players attended our JulyPreisskat.The results are:1. Klaus Leonhardt 2156 pts2. Hans Sagenschneider 1902 pts3. Fred Brosen 1888 pts9 players attended our AugustPreisskatThe results are:1. Arthur Deck 2735 pts2. Wolfgang Leonhardt 2294 pts3. Klaus Leonhardt 2200 ptsGut Blatt - good luck for the nextPreisskatYvonne ReggeYOGA GROUP REPORTThe Yoga Group meeting willbe held on Tuesday,9th October at 7p.m.I hope that date will be suitable soall members can attend.Welcome back to Brenda and Ruthand also the YOGIES who havesuffered from winter health problems.Hopefully they will be able toenjoy the Yoga classes again.We welcome anyone interested inYoga to come along and see if theywould like to join us.Practising YOGA has lots of benefitfor Body and Mind.See you all on TuesdaysregardsEmmy KurzMembers of theYoga Groupready to presenttheir musical floorshow on the“Night of theAmazons” heldSaturday 21stJuly, 201216

SENIORENBERICHTAm 7. September machten wireine Fahrt nach Hillarys BoatHarbour.Alle Senioren, die mitkamen,hatten viel Spass. Einige konntensogar einkaufen zu verbilligtenPreisen.Ich bedanke mich bei allenSenioren, dass Ihr alle sopünktlich gekommen seid.Einen besonderen Dank geht andie Organisation „die Brücke“, dieuns mit einer Spende von $200.00für diese Ausfahrt unterstützt hat.Wir kommen jeden Mittwoch von10.30 - 15.00 Uhr in der Karl’s Barzusammen zum Spielen undBingo.Neue Mitglieder sind herzlichwillkommen.Rita ZellerSENIOR GROUP REPORTLast Wednesday we made a bus tripto Hillarys and all the Seniors whocame along had a good time. Somemembers even could buy somethingfor a bargain.Many thanks to all of you for arrivingon time!A special thanks goes to the organisationof the “Bridge” for a donationof $200.00 towards this outing.We come together every Wednesdayfrom 10.30 a.m. to 3 pm. to playcards and Bingo.New members are always welcome.Rita ZellerPUZZLE17

EDELWEISS DANCEGROUPWell, if you weren’t at our annualAlpengaudi on Saturday, September8 th , you missed a fantastic evening.We celebrated the 50 th anniversaryof the foundation of thegroup with many past memberskicking up their heels. The atmospherewas wonderful. And did Imention the superb entertainment?Past members not only joined inwith a great rendition of “Edelweiss”on the bells but also slapped eachother silly in the “Watschenplattler”and flirted their little cotton socks offin the “Figuredance”.Our honorary members were alsothere, Regina, Dieter, Sieglinde andof course Hans “Schwarzenegger”Nimmerrichter.Fortunately for the group, the threelatter are still very active. It justgoes to show that dancing keepsyou young!We were thrilled when we were ableto book Nova Echo for the eveningas both Gill and Erwin were with thegroup way back when. Unfortunately,due to ill health, Erwin wasunable to play but Gill still came andhelped us celebrate. On behalf ofthe group, I would like to wish Erwina very speedy recovery and hope tosee him back playing and keepingGill in line. And on that note, we areindebted to both Anne and Ross(Alpen Duo) for stepping in at thelast moment and providing us withan evening of lovely music.We are now getting ready for themarathon that is the “Oktoberfest”.Hope to see many of you at the clubenjoying the food, beverages (did Ihear someone say Schnapps?) andentertainment.Finally, I would like to say a BIG thankyou to everyone in the group for all theirhard work, practice and dedication particularlyin the lead up to this specialAlpengaudi.Keep tripping the light fantastic!Julianne Pulver18

HEIMAT CHOIRWe had a very successful eveningwith our Sing-a-Long , the themebeing “ Hurrah for Hollywood”. Apresentation of songs from variousHollywood musicals. A specialperformance by Susan and GlennRogers added the extra glitz andglamour.We are performing at the Club’sAnniversary, followed by our ChoirDance in November 10 th and theChristmas Celebration of the Club.How quickly the year goes by andlooking back it has been a goodyear for the choir. We hope to seeall our members for the Half-YearlyMeeting on Tuesday 9 th . October,to plan for next year.EAGLE EYE AIR RIFLEGROUPThe Air Rifle Group is busy withpreparations for the busy Oktoberfest!Come and try your aim when youattend the club’s Oktoberfest functionsand say hello to the Air RifleGroup members and their leader,Sophie Bayley.A prize will be awarded to the bestShooter!All our members who are absent ornot well, we wish all the Best.Marlene Porzig.CHESS GROUPMeet every Wednesday at 7pmin the Karl’s Bar.New players more than welcome!To all RDC News Journalists:The closing date for contributionsto Dec/Jan 2012/3 issue is:10th of November 2012Please send all contributions tothe Club office:rheindonau@iinet.net.au19

Mandolin Orchestra Group ReportAs we approach the end of an unusuallybusy year for the Orchestra, weare preparing our final concert to beheld at the Club on Sunday 4 th Novemberat 3 PM in the EdelweissRoom.This concert will have a few significantaspects to it. First it will be the finalconcert with Robert as conductor. Heis stepping aside after 14 years at thehelm to allow Ana Milas to come inand wave the baton. Robert will excusehimself and join the ranks ofplayers to see what it looks like fromtheir perspective.The music program has a seriousGerman bent in that the main chosenpieces are all German composerswho have specialised in writing for theplucked string family.We are engaging ayoung soloist AllisonJacobs to play Wolki’sConcerto for Oboe andOrchestra to concludethe program. So thisshould be an afternoonnot to be missed.The Orchestra will finish the yearwith a Wednesday night Wind-upevening on 12 th December andhave invited the WA Youth MandolinOrchestra to present somenew music for their entertainment.The photo shows two youngplayers who travelled all the wayfrom port Hedland to attend ourbig Mandolin Festival in July. AndrewLenton (left) and DavidClarke enjoyed a week of musicmaking and were often the lastones to bed!!Robert SchulzThe usual raffle will takeplace and all are invitedto eat before or after theconcert.20

TABLE TENNIS GROUPTHEATRE GROUPDear Members,The Table Tennis group meetingshave been well attended during thelast months.We have 24 members, plus casualplayers.We are in the process of getting anew table.The State Titles were held at theW.A.T.T.A. Centre—congratulationsto John Drombrose who won theover 40yrs drawn Doubles.I, Joyce, won the over 70’s womensingles and runner-up in the over60’s.Keep the 16th November free forour Quiz Night. We are lookingforward to having a good attendance.Joyce WilliamsGroupLeaderPOOL GROUPOktoberfest has snuck up on us onceagain. The snooker is still open onFriday nights right thru Oktoberfest.Come on down and support the Cluband the snooker during the festivities.ProstMarioDear Friends,Hopefully you are all better now asthe warm weather arrives and wecan move faster. Our get-togetherwill be announced soon and I hopeyou will all come to discuss ournext dance.Our children’s Christmas Party ison the 2nd December and I hopeyou are coming with yourgrandchildren.Don’t forget the Oktoberfest startson the 28th September andfinishes on the 28th October. Wewill get a table together for ourgroup on a Friday. Please let meknow what date suits you.Till then, auf Wiedersehn, Servus,Ciao.Fritzi WatersQUOTE:“We are more inclined to hate one anotherfor points on which we differ, than to loveone another for points on which we agree.”Charles Caleb ColtonThe Pool Group's Scottish Night was a greatsuccess with the children’s dance group puttingon a beautiful performance for all who attended.21

RHEIN-DONAU CLUB RADIOSENDUNG IN DEUTSCHER SPRACHE11 BIS 12 UHR JEDEN SONNTAG6 EBA FM AUF WELLE 95.3MHZMODERATOREN: WOLFGANG A.LEONHARDT, MARIELUISE SCHMIDT,KLAUS S. LEONHARDT, ADALBERTENGEL AND CHRISTINE HUGSTUDIO TEL:9227 5953DEUTSCHE BERATUNG(ehemalige Deutsche Info Gruppe)Jetzt im Neerlandia Club, 230 Cambridge Street, WembleyJeden 1. und 3. Freitag im Monat von 11 bis 13 UhrCARLA LENZ berät Sie beiÜbersetzungen, Rentenangelegenheiten,Behördenbriefwechsel, usw.Anmeldungen unter Tel: 9275 0562Carla LenzDie Brücke - Städte Rätsel win goes to Wodonga!Puzzle Nr. 3 Lösung - Mein Name: Berne - SwitzerlandStädte (City) Puzzle Nr. 4By what name am I known? (see page 17 for photo)Closing Date: 26th of October 2012Send to: Die Brücke PO Box 157, Georges Hall NSW 2198Include: Name, Address, Club, Membership Number22

GROUP LISTAir Rifle (Schützen)Sophia BayleyCard (Skat)Manfred HoppeChess (Schach)Ewald FroendChoir (Heimat Choir)Marlene PorzigGroups Telephone Meeting TimesEdelweiss Dance GroupJulianne PulverModel RailwayCornelis de GrootPerth Miniatures GamersPete WarePistol (Pistolen)Cherry AlfordPoolWerner WellmannSeniors (Senioren)Rita ZellerTable Tennis (Tischtennis)Joyce WilliamsTheatreFritzi WatersWA Mandolin OrchestraRobert SchulzYogaEmmy Kurz9417 2640 Friday 7pm08 6296 7867 Friday 7pm9337 2295 Wednesday 7pm0400 575 201 Tuesday 7.30 to 9.30pm0433 159 984 Sunday 5 to 7pm9447 1939 Friday from 6pm9528 2851 Wednesday 6pm9574 6527 Wednesday 7pm9330 4423 Tuesday & Friday 7pm9457 2784 Wednesday 10.30 to3pm9316 4790 Tuesday 7pm9314 2812 Friday 7pm9337 4109 Wednesday 7.30–9.30pm9581 3483 Tuesday 6.45pmTo join any Group, you must be a member of The Rhein-Donau Club Inc. Please contact the GroupLeader.23

The Rhein-Donau ClubRestaurantUnder management ofSAVANA FLORANCE CATERERSChef/Manager: Boby CletusMob: 0429 887 111• á la carte menu including aselection of authentic Germanmeals.• Caters for private functions for 30 -220 guests.• Open Wednesday, Friday andSaturday evening from 6:30pm• Sunday 6pm to 8pm.You won’t be disappointed, onlyinspired! And your guests will becaptivated!24