Conferences and other events

2024 State Conference and Annual General Meeting
8 and 9 August 2024, Port Lincoln
Theme – Life is for Living

Day 1

  • Sam Telfer MP – open conference
  • Mike Damp – Life as a rural surgeon
  • Claire Webber – Life in the fishing industry
  • Lynne Walmsley – Life with a visual impairment
  • Talent spot – Out By Ten ukulele group
  • Sarah Prime – Life in the agricultural industry
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Member award presentations

Day 2 – Bus tour

  • Visit to abalone and oyster farm with Tom Hyde
  •  Visit to Poonindie Church with Josie Hage
  •  Mosaics presentation at Cummins Institute with Wendy Holman
  •  Visit to seaweed farm with Andy Christian

2023 Get Online Week Project

We held our Get Online Week event ‘Beyond Nutrition – Health is Wealth’ via Zoom on 16 October 2023. Members can watch the presentation on the WAB YouTube channel. Thank you to our presenter Megan Watt, Accredited Practicing Dietitian, Mt Gambier and to Be Connected for funding this event.

2023 State Conference and Annual General Meeting
9 and 10 August 2023, Kalangadoo

Day 1 – 9 August 2023, 9.30am to 3.30pm

  • Kalangadoo Branch’s 100th Birthday celebrations, Riddoch Memorial Institute
  • Morning high tea and sit down lunch
  • 1920s theme

Day 2 – 10 August 2023, 10.00 am – 3.00pm

  • Annual General Meeting
  • Member award presentations
  • Zoom presentation of donation to Dementia Australia, Community Fundraiser Jade Rockliffe
  • Guest speaker for WAB sponsor Good Country Physio – Sophie Dunnet, Women’s Health Physical Therapist
  • Visit to the Kalangadoo Railway Museum

2022 State Conference and Annual General Meeting
6 and 7 August 2022 at The Hub, Mannum

  • Launch of the new WAB Archiving Policy
  • Guest speaker for Thomas Food – Morna Young, Group General Manager HR-Compliance
  • Zoom presentation of donation to Glaucoma Australia, CEO Richard Wylie
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Short presentation of Get Online Week project ‘My Family File’
  • Guest speaker from Monarto Safari Park Robyn Bishop, on their Aboriginal Learning of Country Program
  • Evening activity – visit Mid Murray Dark Sky Reserve and presentation by MM Landcare Group
  • Sunday – cruise the River Murray on PW Mayflower and an escorted visit to Mannum Museum