Month: September 2018

U3A Office Officially Opens

U3A’s oldest member, Valerie Buckley, aged 95, will cut the ribbon to officially open our new office at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 9 October, as part of the Victorian Seniors Festival. The new U3A SurfCoast office is located at the Senior Citizens Club, 16 Price St Torquay. Surf Coast Mayor Cr David Bell and a […]

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Shokoofeh Azar, Iranian-born journalist speaks in Torquay

On Friday August 31st Iranian-born journalist, Shokoofeh Azar was ‘in conversation’ with U3a SurfCoast President, John Bartlett. A large number of U3a members and friends heard the story behind Azar’s recent novel ‘The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree’ which was this year shortlisted for the Stella Prize, Australia’s most prestigious writing prize for women. The […]

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