Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Concerts
Initiated by the late PP and founding club rotarian Rex Adams Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Concerts have long been a Walkerville Rotary Event. Created to provide entertainment for our senior citizens they have also provided artists with an opportunity to perform before a live audience.
Our next event will feature the SAYGE or South Australian Youth Guitar Ensemble on the 16th of March 2025
Our Christmas event in 2024 featured the Payneham Town Band and was enjoyed by a record crowd for this event..
Walkerville Art Show
The Walkerville Art Show is held annually at St Andrews School Gym Hall, Cnr of Smith Street and Church Terrace, Walkerville. Any artist interested in displaying art works in next year’s Show, please visit our ‘Art Show’ page.
Youth Projects
For some years now we have been sponsoring students to attend NYSF, RYLA and RYPEN
One and All Rotary Sailing Challenge
The Walkerville Rotary Club has been a regular supporter of the Rotary Sailing Challenge and we have sponsored at least one participant every year since it was launched as a district 9510 project. Please contact the club if you are interested in applying.
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Calperum Station and a Healthy River is a District Rotary Project that Walkerville Rotarians have supported over a period of years.
In a new initiative Walkerville Rotarians have visited Calperum Station to experience the venue and consider ways Walkerville Rotary Club can support this facility. Members are looking to work with Prospect and Regency Park clubs to renovate a cottage that will provide additional rental accommodation at the complex.
The Health of the River Forum is scheduled to runfrom MONDAY 27th June – Friday 1st July 2022. We will hope to be encouraging Year 9 and 10 students to attend this forum. Held near Renmark the focus on a healthy river is of vital concern for south Australians and Victorians and NSW people located in the down stream parts of our iconic Murray Darling system.
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Revegetation and Tree Plantings
The programme was substantially encouraged by the strength of environmental concerns evident at the time of our club’s charter. PM Bob Hawke made a significant environmental statement at Wentworth in July 1989 and an objective of planting a billion trees was announced.
Whole program was aimed at being sustainable and required the construction, initially of temporary nursery at the back of wilderness and later our own nursery at the Council depot. This includes a propagation space and several water tanks and a connected irrigation system.
In all it has been a partnership between the Club, Wilderness School, Council, Walkerville Primary and Environments by Design. Recently nearby St Andrews School has joined the project.
PDG Allan Wilson applied for and received a number of substantial grants for the club to continue the work and it the sale of trees has been a major source of funds over a number of years.
The club has been involved for many years in revegetation projects in conjunction with our local schools. Most of these projects are ongoing.
Our first planting was at Kapunda, Eudunda and Robertstown (1990) followed by Langhorne Creek, Milang, Finniss River and Scales Park (1991-2004). In addition, we have donated and assisted with planting trees in the fire-ravaged areas following the Port Lincoln fire of 2005, Sampson Flat in 2015, Pinery area in 2016 and following years and Cudlee Creek in 2020.
The first major planting program was at Langhorne creek. This was for wind breaks and to correct water table problems.
Another major task was the closed road at Milang. Work spread over 5 main years. Included acting as a wind break and provided substantial diversity for native flora and fauna.
The Port Lincoln tree planting was set up by the late Rex Adams and Allan Wilson as a Disaster Recovery project following the devasting 2005 bushfires in which nine people died. It ran for 4 years and about 24 students from Wilderness accompanied us. It was a one-week program each year and in all up to 10,000 trees were planted.
Much of the propagation and planting has been conducted with the assistance of Wilderness Senior College and by Wayne Brown of Environments by Design who has been with us through the thirty + years our programme has been running. Wayne has opened up sales opportunities for us through his work alongside our burgeoning wind and solar energy developments.
The Vale Park Primary students have been revegetating the old Walkerville dump site at Scales Park and it is now well covered.
In 2021 our focus moved to St Andrews School where garden beds have been established. It is hoped to expand this to other primary schools in the region. These will include exotic and native foods and butterfly gardens.
The Wilderness School students have been involved in the whole process, from planting the seeds to planting the young trees on-site at Milang, Port Lincoln, Cudlee Creek and Langhorne Creek. The seed propagation is done at the Walkerville Council Depot, the site of our shade house. Approx 7000 seeds from native species are planted each year.
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RYLA
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is Rotary’s leadership training program for young people. RYLA participants can be aged 18-30, but we choose to focus on a narrower 18 -26 age range. Our young RYLA students spend a week at camp.
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RYPEN
Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN) is another of Rotary’s leadership training programs for young people that we support. It is a fun packed leadership experience for 14 – 17 year old’s at a dynamic weekend residential camp. It is an opportunity for them to experience a weekend of learning activities and new friendships.
For information on our club involvement email Richard Bentley on: rbentleybisa@gmail.com
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NYSF
National Youth Science Forum is another of Rotary’s programs for young people that we support. It is a 12 day residential program for students entering Year 12 who are passionate about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The NYSF program aims to show participants a wide variety of study and career options in STEM fields.
For more information visit the NYSF website at www.nysf.edu.au
For information on our club involvement email Richard Bentley on: rbentleybisa@gmail.com
Walkerville Fair
The Club runs a BBQ at the Walkerville Fair each year on the Levi Park Oval selling sausages, veggie burgers and drinks.
Celebration of Learning Awards
The Club presents Celebration of Learning Certificates to students in Primary Schools in our district. These awards are presented annually to students in each year level selected by their teachers. In addition to a certificate, the students receive a book voucher from Peggy Williams Bookshop.
Christmas Hampers
Christmas hampers are donated each year to St Vincent de Pauls or other suitable charity. We buy these from Foodbank and the club members also donate goods for a special larger hamper.
BBQs at Bunnings
A regular fundraiser is our BBQ at Bunnings – Windsor Gardens. We sell snags and drinks from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm in the carpark of Bunnings.
Catering at Ronald McDonald House
A team of Rotarians and Friends supply, prepare, cook and serve meals to the guests at Ronald McDonald House in Melbourne Street three of four times a year.
BBQs at Eynesbury College (paused while college closed due Covid, restarted 2024))
Another regular fundraiser are our BBQs for the International students at Eynesbury College. We cook halal sausages and patties and the college provides the drinks and salads for 3 or 4 lunches a year.
Indigenous Health Scholar
For some years now we have been sponsoring an indigenous scholar to study at tertiary level in the health sciences or medicine. In addition, the club supports indigenous scholars at Adelaide University with the provision of laptop computers.
Used Stamp Collection (on hold)
Members, friends and local businesses collect used stamps (on paper) in association with District 9810 in Victoria. The project was started in 1991 and has supported a wide variety of national projects. To date, the collection and sale of used stamps has raised $114,900. The current project is a 2 year fund raiser to assist the ‘End Trachoma’ project in Central Australia. Here are some recent figures:
2015/2016—–$7650.00—–ROMAC (Rotary Medical Aid here for o/seas children)
2016/2017—–$6859.00—–ROMAC
2017/2018—–$10,005.00—–End Trachoma (2yr project)
2018/2019—–$ 1050.00 —– End Trachoma
Conducted by PDG John Pohl but has been redundant since his passing.