Conferences and other events

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 100^th Birthday celebrations, Riddoch Memorial Institute
• Morning high tea
• 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