Conferences and other events

2026 State Conference and Annual General Meeting
22 and 23 July 2026, Copper Coast

Wednesday 22 July – YP Field Days site, Paskeville

9.30 am – 10.15 am     Morning Tea and Registration

10.30 am – 12.30 pm   Guest Speakers

Ros Talbot, Mayor of Kadina – Official Opening
Bob and Heather Bradley:  Blaze Aid
Caroline Smith: Good Health through the Power of Plants
Leah Holman: Kokoda Trail- Aussie Camino Trek

Lunch: 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm

1.30pm                        WAB Annual General Meeting

1.30pm – 4pm             Men’s tour: T-Ports and Nautical Museum, Wallaroo

4pm                             Afternoon Tea – YP Field Days

DINNER: 6 pm           Bellagio Restaurant, Kadina
Guest Speaker: Graham Hancock – Mining History

Thursday 23 July   

9.30am – 11.30 am

Moonta Mines Church
Pasty Making Story
Moonta Mines Church History
Cornish Bard Ceremony

11.30 am – 1 pm          LUNCH at Moonta Bakeries and Cafés
Street walk at your leisure

1.30 pm – 2.30 pm      Tour through YP Country Times, Kadina

3pm FINISH

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