Our General Meeting has Guest Speakers nine times a year.
Past speakers and their subjects have been:
2025
May: Greg de Moore, an Associate Professor of Psychiatry based at Sydney's Westmead Hospital spoke about Tom Wills - flawed genius, sporting libertine, fearless leader and agitator, Australia's first great cricketer - and the man most often credited with creating the game we now know as Australian Rules football.
June: The guest speaker for June was Mrs Preet Chouhan, Customer Care Specialist for Services NSW. Preet’s role as a Savings Finder Specialist is to assist and support customers and communities with savings available by applying for current rebates, vouchers and grants that they may be eligible for.
July: Maureen Bartlett spoke on 'The Book in You'. Her presentation was aimed at sharing up-to-date experiences from the time of deciding to write a book through to publishing, the book launch and marketing.
August: Mrs Preet Chouhan - Customer Care Specialist - Services NSW spoke on the topic “Preparing for the Seniors Driving Test” - what is involved in the Seniors Driving Test and what we can do to prepare for it.
October: Martin Thomas – a highly qualified and respected engineer in the electricity generating field and a Member of the Order of Australia for services to energy and engineering (and a Life Member of the Turramurra Probus Club) spoke on Nuclear Power.
2026
January: Bill Avery spoke on "Walking in Greater Sydney", sharing his enthusiasm for Sydney as the best walking city in the world. He revealed some of the lesser-known secrets and beauty spots of our city and provided information on how to access Walking Volunteer maps.
March: Judith Dunn, OAM FPDHS, spoke on the topic “Hoofbeats in History”, regarding early horse racing in the colony of NSW. Judith is a tour guide and sought-after public speaker, who received an Order of Australia medal for services to history and heritage and holds a Parramatta and District Historical Society Fellowship (FPDHS) for researching and recording Parramatta history. The beginnings of horse breeding and racing gave the populace fun and entertainment, was rich in incident and adventure, giving some owners prestige while bankrupting others. It improved the breeding of horses in the colony and was particularly evident in the Parramatta area.