Albury City Councillor, David Thurley gave us an insight into the world of Astronomy, in particular the Transit of Venus, which took place on the 6^th June 2012 … (if you recall those history lessons from long ago that is what James Cook observed in Tahiti prior to discovering Australia in 1770 !) David informed us that the next Tansit would be on the 11^th December  2117 in case anyone of us is still around !! As President of the Albury Wodonga Astronomical Society David indicated a strong bond with CSU encouraging scientists and other speakers of note to visit the border for mutual benefit.  David is a graduate of the University of Tasmania and has worked as Technical Manager for a large company, Industry Advisor to the Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Director of a consulting company. He has worked in several overseas countries including France, Malaysia, Greece, Brazil, Canada, Sweden and Finland. I addition to him being President of the Astronomical Society he is also a board member of Age Concern. For a period he was an Honorary Probation Officer for the Victorian justice system. Every week he does an hour of science with students at two local schools in a hands-on environment with great experiments and fun while learning about science.

Albury Hume member and Member for Albury, Greg Aplin, presented our club member, Barry Young, with a NSW Government Community Service Award. A wonderful achievement and richly deserved … congratulations to Barry from us all.