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Benalla Railway Station Design Update - Tuesday 4 March

9/2/2025

U3A Benalla are pleased to offer their members a meeting with Inland Rail on Tuesday 4th March 2025 at 10 am in Room 1 of the Benalla Seniors Community Centre.

Inland Rail are planning on commencing the Benalla Station Redevelopment in mid-2025 and wish to share their recent designs for the redevelopment with the Benalla community.

The presentation team coming to U3A will include a member from John Holland, the contractor. The community is being invited to have their input on seating, landscaping, lift shaft decoration design and the position of the signal box. There will be ample time for questions.

Please come along at 10 am on Tuesday 4 March, listen to the presentation and have your say.

Margaret Jenkins

Notices: Lost Archives Box; Position Vacant - Treasurer

2/2/2025

Lost – Box of U3A Archived Files

Box of U3A Benalla files containing documentation between 2006 and 2024. Originally this was located in the cupboard opposite the kitchen. Could anyone who has any information concerning the whereabouts of the box please contact Margaret Jenkins on 0424 454 313.

Position Vacant - Treasurer

Due to the retirement of Corrie Witlox, Treasurer of U3A Benalla, there will be a vacancy on the Committee for a new Treasurer as from March 2025. Corrie has done an excellent job as Treasurer and is retiring due to having held the position for several years. Contact Margaret Jenkins for a job description – 0424 454 313.

Program Update - 369 enrolments, with more still to come!

2/2/2025

At the time of publication, U3A Benalla has 369 members, with more enrolments to come.

New courses Colour Mixing and Watercolour Techniques – Botanical, Mahjong, Come and Learn Croquet, Train Buffs and American History are all starting with more than 15 members. Car Torque, Exploring Writing Children’s Books and French at the Table are also well supported.

We had 22 participants enrol for Mahjong which was fantastic. However, it was obvious that the group was not going to fit into Room 2. After consultation with Kay Blore, Mahjong is moving into the Auditorium and will commence at 11.15 am each Monday immediately after Exercises for Fun for 1 hour.

Colour Mixing and Watercolour Techniques – Botanical also had more people wanting to enrol than was anticipated. Margaret Zaal has kindly offered to run two classes so that all the members who wanted to come to her group can. Both groups will be on the second and fourth Wednesdays, with the 10am group being in the Auditorium whilst the group commencing at 1pm until 3pm will be in Room 2 on the second Wednesday and Room 1 on the fourth Wednesday.

In recent group updates, Spanish is now commencing on Saturday 8 February – we do apologise if the change of class time and date caused problems for some new class members. French at the Table with Carole Ruta is now commencing on Saturday 1 March.

A reminder also that Birdwatching, Bushwalking – Easy Walks and Lifeball commence in March, and that Birdwatching and Photography usually take a break during June, July and August.

Convenors are encouraged to contact Anne Nelson, Course Co-ordinator, on 0438 447 379 or email [email protected], if they need any support.

Benalla Railway Station Design Update - Tuesday 4 March

Notices: Lost Archives Box; Position Vacant - Treasurer

Program Update - 369 enrolments, with more still to come!

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