This meeting will be our AGM and will be held in the hall and online via Zoom. The talk will follow.
You can download an AGM agenda and committee nomination form here.
Photo by Adam E Moreira
Speaker Tim Albert says: “In this talk I look at the great country from an unusual perspective – two road trips on Greyhound buses half a century apart.
“I draw on diary entries and original photos (no selfies!) to show how in 1969, as a 22-year-old student, I was blown away by the sights I saw and the people I met.
“In 2019, by then a retired journalist, I was ambushed by a crazy notion to go back and do it again. It was too good an idea to pass on, though I quickly realised that I would have to make allowances for a 72-year-old’s antiquated skills and aching body.
“On the second trip I took photos on my mobile phone and wrote a book. I still loved the country and its people, though this time the divisions were so bitter and so resolute that I felt I was travelling through parallel universes.
“I came back with many questions about the country’s future, and this invariably leads to an interesting discussion at the end.”