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DESCRIPTION:Are you ready? Ready to treat yourself to a weekend in beautif
 ul Ballarat? The 2023 District Conference will take you to various parts o
 f our magnificent city\, so that you get a taste of the different parts th
 at make up our community. Friday On Friday afternoon\, register from 4pm a
 nd stay on to enjoy catching up with friends or making new ones. This part
  of the conference will be held in the newly completed Alfredton Sports & 
 Community Club 89A Cuthberts Rd\, in the suburb of Alfredton – DG Kathy
 ’s home suburb. We will provide canapes from 6pm and a multicultural mar
 ket for you to peruse and to discuss their wares with our community member
 s\, A choice of meals will be available from the food truck\, catered by m
 embers of our African community. The cost of the meal is included in your 
 conference fee of $220. Drinks are available at bar prices Saturday On Sat
 urday we will meet at the wonderful Mercure Ballarat – Hotel and Conv
 ention Centre - 613 Main Rd\, Golden Point\, Ballarat  The Mercure is 
 set amongst three hectares of beautifully manicured gardens and complete w
 ith its own ornamental lake. Conveniently located opposite the multi-award
  winning Sovereign Hill\, the Mercure provides an extremely convenient loc
 ation in close proximity to the historic centre of Ballarat. During the da
 y you will be inspired\, informed and entertained by a variety of speakers
 \, all with the theme of Imagine. Speakers who have survived life-changing
  events and those who have assisted them and speakers who have seen a need
 \, imagined what could be\, and done something about it. The post lunch se
 ssion will include renowned author and educator – John Marsden followed 
 by Jelena Dokic\, former world class tennis player and current commentator
  who has triumphed over many hardships to be where she is today. The day 
 session will conclude with afternoon tea leaving you time to have a quick 
 look around Ballarat before preparing for your evening entertainment. Dinn
 er dance Join us for a night of fun\, food\, frivolity and fancy footwork!
  The Mercure will be transformed for the evening into a myriad of travel d
 estinations\, so get in the travel spirit by dressing ready for your favou
 rite travel destination and be in the running for individual and group pri
 zes. Pre-dinner drinks and canapes will be served from 6.15\, courtesy of 
 The Mercure. As you chat and renew acquaintances\, pre-dinner entertainmen
 t will be provided by Jack Stacey. Neurodiverse since a young age\, as a c
 hild Jack enhanced his understanding of the world around him and expressed
  himself through the connections he made with music. He has since travelle
 d and studied abroad and completed his degree of Bachelor of Music at the 
 University of New England\, Armidale in August 2020. He has performed with
  David Helfgott and more recently with the Ballarat Symphony. A two course
  dinner will follow with music provided by local legends – Mad Cow! Mad 
 Cow have enjoyed a reputation for delivering fun\, dynamic and professiona
 l entertainment to Ballarat and regional Victoria for almost 20 years. DG 
 Kathy will send a list of songs to each club\, so make your choice before 
 the conference and it will be added to the set-list! Then be prepared to g
 roove the night away to the selected songs from the 60’s until today. Su
 nday Come fly with me.  No\, not really\, but we will take you to the Ba
 llarat Airport – Airport Road Wendouree\, Ballarat for our Sunday s
 essions. You will have pre-booked your two choices of three options for th
 e morning\, so you will be doing two of – a Rotary Mystery bus tour\, a 
 hands-on project with Lyndon Galea\, founder of Eatup\, making sandwiches 
 for hungry kids\, or learning from the Firefighting Vocational Training Te
 am to Portugal. The RC Ballarat East Book Fair will also be open all morni
 ng\, so you can also grab a bargain or two to take home with you. After th
 e morning sessions you can sit and enjoy some last minute catching up\, or
  grab your boxed lunch to go with you as you head home. Of course you are 
 most welcome to make it a long weekend or week in our beautiful city – c
 heck Visit Ballarat for ideas of things to do and accommodation options. W
 e can’t wait to see you and share our fabulous community with you.   
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p align="center"><span style="color:#800080\;
 "><strong>Are you ready?&nbsp\;Ready to treat yourself to a weekend in bea
 utiful Ballarat?</strong></span></p>\n\n<p align="center"><span style="col
 or:#800080\;"><strong>The 2023 District Conference will take you to variou
 s parts of our magnificent city\, so that you get a taste of the different
  parts that make up our community.</strong></span></p>\n\n<h2><span style=
 "color:#800080\;"><strong>Friday</strong></span></h2>\n\n<p>On Friday afte
 rnoon\, register from 4pm and stay on to enjoy catching up with friends or
  making new ones. This part of the conference will be held in the newly co
 mpleted <strong>Alfredton Sports &amp\; Community Club 89A Cuthberts Rd\, 
 in the suburb of Alfredton &ndash\; DG Kathy&rsquo\;s home suburb.</strong
 ></p>\n\n<p>We will provide canapes from 6pm and a multicultural market fo
 r you to peruse and to discuss their wares with our community members\, A 
 choice of meals will be available from the food truck\, catered by members
  of our African community. The cost of the meal is included in your confer
 ence fee of $220. Drinks are available at bar prices</p>\n\n<h2><span styl
 e="color:#800080\;"><strong>Saturday</strong></span></h2>\n\n<p>On Saturda
 y we will meet at the wonderful <strong>Mercure Ballarat&nbsp\;&ndash\;&nb
 sp\;Hotel&nbsp\;and Convention Centre&nbsp\;- 613&nbsp\;Main Rd\, Golden&n
 bsp\;Point\, Ballarat&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n\n<p>The Mercure is set amongst
  three hectares of beautifully manicured gardens and complete with its own
  ornamental lake. Conveniently located opposite the multi-award winning So
 vereign Hill\, the Mercure provides an extremely convenient location in cl
 ose proximity to the historic centre of Ballarat.</p>\n\n<p>During the day
  you will be inspired\, informed and entertained by a variety of speakers\
 , all with the theme of Imagine. Speakers who have survived life-changing 
 events and those who have assisted them and speakers who have seen a need\
 , imagined what could be\, and done something about it.</p>\n\n<p>The post
  lunch session will include renowned author and educator &ndash\; John Mar
 sden followed by Jelena Dokic\, former world class tennis player and curre
 nt commentator who has triumphed over many hardships to be where she is to
 day.&nbsp\;The day session will conclude with afternoon tea leaving you ti
 me to have a quick look around Ballarat before preparing for your evening 
 entertainment.</p>\n\n<h2><span style="color:#800080\;"><strong>Dinner dan
 ce</strong></span></h2>\n\n<p>Join us for a night of fun\, food\, frivolit
 y and fancy footwork!</p>\n\n<p>The Mercure will be transformed for the ev
 ening into a myriad of travel destinations\, so get in the travel spirit b
 y dressing ready for your favourite travel destination and be in the runni
 ng for individual and group prizes.</p>\n\n<p>Pre-dinner drinks and canape
 s will be served from 6.15\, courtesy of The Mercure. As you chat and rene
 w acquaintances\, pre-dinner entertainment will be provided by Jack Stacey
 . Neurodiverse since a young age\, as a child Jack enhanced his understand
 ing of the world around him and expressed himself through the connections 
 he made with music. He has since travelled and studied abroad and complete
 d his degree of Bachelor of Music at the University of New England\, Armid
 ale in August 2020. He has performed with David Helfgott and more recently
  with the Ballarat Symphony.</p>\n\n<p>A two course dinner will follow wit
 h music provided by local legends &ndash\; Mad Cow! Mad Cow have enjoyed a
  reputation for delivering fun\, dynamic and professional entertainment to
  Ballarat and regional Victoria for almost 20 years. DG Kathy will send a 
 list of songs to each club\, so make your choice before the conference and
  it will be added to the set-list! Then be prepared to groove the night aw
 ay to the selected songs from the 60&rsquo\;s until today.</p>\n\n<h2><spa
 n style="color:#800080\;"><strong>Sunday</strong></span></h2>\n\n<p>Come f
 ly with me.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;No\, not really\, but we will take you to the <st
 rong>Ballarat&nbsp\;Airport&nbsp\;&ndash\; Airport&nbsp\;Road&nbsp\;Wendou
 ree\, Ballarat&nbsp\;</strong>for our Sunday sessions. You will have pre-b
 ooked your two choices of three options for the morning\, so you will be d
 oing two of &ndash\; a Rotary Mystery bus tour\, a hands-on project with L
 yndon Galea\, founder of Eatup\, making sandwiches for hungry kids\, or le
 arning from the Firefighting Vocational Training Team to Portugal.</p>\n\n
 <p>The RC Ballarat East Book Fair will also be open all morning\, so you c
 an also grab a bargain or two to take home with you.</p>\n\n<p>After the m
 orning sessions you can sit and enjoy some last minute catching up\, or gr
 ab your boxed lunch to go with you as you head home.</p>\n\n<p>Of course y
 ou are most welcome to make it a long weekend or week in our beautiful cit
 y &ndash\; check Visit Ballarat for ideas of things to do and accommodatio
 n options.</p>\n\n<h1 style="text-align: center\;">We can&rsquo\;t wait to
  see you and share our fabulous community with you.</h1>\n\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>
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