Next Club Event:

General Meeting 8pm this Friday (10th September 2010)

 

The meeting will begin with the official AGM. Club elections will be held, all committee positions will be declared vacant. Don't think that just because you turn up - you will be given a job. Turn up even if you don't want one because we plan to get the boring official stuff done fairly quickly and move on to our guest speaker's talk!

 

Our guest speaker this month is Bob Bubic from GAA. He will be speaking on the topic of Corundum and the Beryl family. For those of you who don't know Bob - he's a current lecturer in Gemmology at GAA.

 

 

Where: Cheong Park Gem & Mineral Club, Clubrooms. Cnr Eastfield & Bayswater Rds.

 

 

VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME.

 

To find out more about joining the Club click here.

 

 

 

2010 ROCK SWAP & TREASURE MARKET

Sunday 21st November 2010.

 

Where: Cheong Park. Cnr Bayswater Rd & Eastfield Rd, Croydon.

When: from 9am onwards.

 

Come along to see our version of a gem show!!!

 

You will find a market where you can buy:

 

Fossils, Gems, Jewellery, Minerals, Lapidary Materials & Equipment, Trash & Treasure, Sausages, Tea & Coffee & much much more...

 

Our clubroom facilities will be open. Come see our equipment and our specimen displays.

 

Members will be available to answer questions about the club and what we do.

 

We open for business at 9am.

 

Stalls are still available if you are interested. Stall fees are $20 per stall. ($10 discount available if the storeholder is self-insured and has proof of insurance with them.) Stallholders must arrive at 7am.

 

Click here to download our A4 poster

 

Click here to download our mailout flyer (same as the poster but 2 x A5)

 

For more information contact:

John Isherwood: Ph. 9728 5930

 

 

Workshops

Workshops are a fun way to learn lapidary skills.

 

There are several classes offered. These include: Faceting classes, Cabachon classes, Silversmithing classes, and an Opal course.

 

Workshops are held at the Clubrooms (Cheong Park, Cnr Bayswater & Eastfield Rds, Croydon, 3136) most Saturdays.

 

At 11am most Saturdays, everyone takes a short break from using the machinery while an information session about a gem/mineral is be held. A different gem/minerla will be covered by our resident gemmologist (Pien) each week.

 

Workshop times:

Saturday:

10:00am - 1:00pm cabochon instruction is available.

1:00pm - 4:00pm cabochon (no instruction), and silversmithing (some instruction available but we're all still learning).

 

Visitors Welcome.

 

The workshop is also open Tuesday evenings 7:00-10:00pm.

Use of machinery on these evenings is restricted to those who have already completed basic courses, so that the person who uses the machinery can work independently.

Use of slabbing saws on Tuesdays will have to fit in with the requirements to prepare rocks for the rock swap.

 

You can confirm when/if the workshop is on by calling Henk Holmer. PH: 9870 9336

 

General Meetings

General Meetings are usually held at 8pm every 2nd Friday of the month at Cheong Park (Cnr Eastfield & Bayswater Rds, Croydon 3136).

VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.

 

In 2010, they are scheduled for the following dates:

12/2/10 8pm

12/3/10 8pm


16/4/10 8pm (NB: due to Easter this is the 3rd Friday of the month instead of the 2nd.)

14/5/10 8pm

18/6/10 6pm for annual Club casserole dinner, followed by Club General Meeting.

SUNDAY 11/7/10 2pm

August: no general meeting (club luncheon to be held on 15th August instead).

10/9/10 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

8/10/10 8pm

12/11/10 8pm

10/12/10 12 noon (Xmas BBQ)

Field Trips

 

Our next field trip has been cancelled due to an influx of water where we want to be. Unfortunately none of us are trained scuba divers!

 

We have some combined club field trips planned for upcoming months though.

 

Field trips are only open to club members - so they are not advertised in full here.

 

If you are interested in coming to a field trip you need to contact us.

 

It is essential that anyone who comes is a member of a gem/mineral club in order to be covered by insurance.

 

Most field trips also require the member to have a miner's licence on them at the time of the trip. Miner's Rights can be purchased for about $28 for 2 years.

 

 

 

Other Upcoming Gem & Mineral Events:

11-12 September
Bendigo Gem Club Exhibition
Kangaroo Flat Leisure Centre, Browning Stree, Kangaroo Flat.
Contact John Carey: (03) 5443 7135 or Sandra Anderson (03) 5443 3479



18-19 September
Waverley Gem Club Annual Exhibition
Brandon Park Community Centre. 645 Ferntree Gully Road, Brandon Park (Behind the fire station). Mel Ref 71 C8
Contact Gwen Dunstan: (03) 9808 7510 or 0407 512 883



9-10 October
Mordialloc Lapidary Club Inc. Gemfair.
Moorabbin Senior Citizens Hall. 964 Nepean Highway, Moorabbin.
Contact the club: (03) 9580 0401 or email mordialloclapidaryclub@gmail.com



16-17 October
Nunawading Exhibition.
Beaumont Hall, Blackburn High School.
Cnr Springfield & Williams Road, Blackburn North. Mel Ref 47 K7
Contact Phil Tolan: (03) 9761 3169.



13-14 November
Geelong Gem & Mineral Club Annual Gem & Mineral Show.
Centenary Hall, Cox Rd. Corio. Mel Ref 432 A10.
Contact Carol Kirby: (03) 5229 7825



21 November
Cheong Park Gem & Mineral Inc. Rock Swap & Treasure Market.
Cheong Park, cnr Eastfield & Bayswater Rds. Croydon.
Contact John Isherwood: (03) 9728 5930 or contact us through our webpage details



March 2011 (exact date TBA)
Victorian Gemkhana.
Ballarat Greyhound Racing Club, Morsehead Park, Rubicon Street Ballarat.

 

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2010 Upcoming Cheong Park Gem & Mineral Club Annual Events:

10/12/10
Club End-Of-The-Year Breakup BBQ, Cheong Park.