Author: Peter Coates

29 August 2024 -Dining Out – Taco Bill

29 August 2024 -Dining Out – Taco Bill Taco Bill – Sunbury Tutor/Leader: Jill Dyson/Trev CannLocation: Taco Bill,101 O’Shanassy St, Sunbury Date: Thursday 29th AugustTime: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pmDelivery: Face to FaceNumbers: 20 Dining out for August is Mexican flavours at our local Taco Bill restaurant, 101 O’Shanassy St.The restaurant is fully licensed but […]

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2024 AGM

U3A Sunbury Invitation to Annual General Meeting 5th September 2024 The 2024 AGM is fast approaching, and it is time to re-appoint the committee. This means that all the executive positions are vacant and up for re-election. Nominations close on 15th August 2024 for the following positions: Now is the time, we ask everyone to […]

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The Last Time we Went to Mont De Lacey.

These images are from a recent tour one of our members did to the heritage site, Mont De Lacey. One she enjoyed very much. Its a great outing and we have included it in our Bus Tour outings for October, click here for the details for this scheduled outing, or here to see a summary […]

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More Geology

Title: More Geology Tutor: Peter CoatesSessions: 5 Plus Optional Field TripsDay: Monday, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PMDates: 24 Oct 2022 – 5 Dec 2022Venue: Dulap Wilim Hub Meeting RoomLeichardt StSunbury 3429 Delivery: Face to FaceNumbers: 15 An introduction to Geology, focusing primarily on Australia. We will continue to look at the big picture of what […]

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Barefoot Bowls

Hello all, I thought I would show you all some snaps of this years first Barefoot Bowls meeting. It was held on 25th Feb, with a lunch and then a game of bowls at the Sunbury Bowling Club. I expect this could be run again in the near future, so keep an eye out on […]

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A Little of Old Sunbury

This page is under development The Hume council have released a 20 year plan for the development of the land between and including the tip and the current Mt Holden Reserve, so many kilometres of new walking tracks for our children and grandchildren. Click on this text to have a look at the drawing and […]

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Science for the Curious – Geology

Title: Geology – What rock is that and where did it come from.Tutor: Peter CoatesSessions: 5 Plus Optional Field TripsDates: 14 Feb to 28 Feb 2022Time: Monday’s 2:00 to 3:00 pmVenue: Dulap Wilim Hub, Meeting Room Leichardt St, Sunbury 3429Delivery: Face to FaceNumbers: 12 Prerequisites: A magnifying glass or geologist/jewellers loupe. An introduction to Geology, […]

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Star Gazing

Tutor: …………. Peter CoatesSessions: ……. Depends on the weatherDates: …………. First Session 15th Mar, 2022. Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct. 2022Time: …………… First Session Only 1:30 to 4:00 pmThen: …………… Nominally 8:00 to 10:00 pmVenue: ………… To be advisedDelivery: …….. Face to FaceNumbers: …… 20 Prerequisites: First session only: Laptop not Mac, with the ability to […]

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Science for the Curious

You might have never taken a science course in your life, but you are fascinated by how Science explains our lives, so this course is for you!. You do not need a background in science, just a keen interest in finding out how things work. Luckily we can do it by Zoom to start. We […]

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Astronomy and the Cosmos – aka Beyond Earth

Tutor: Peter CoatesDuration: 1 hour.Dates: Semester 2, 3 and 4.Time: 3:00 pmVenue: NADelivery: ZoomNumbers: 25 Prerequisites: None This course is a revisit to the entire suite of Peter Coates’ astronomy zoom presentations. Assembled from the three astronomy courses run in 2020 and 2021. It will cover the Cosmos and astronomy from A to Z. From […]

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