Term 4 2024 commences  on Tuesday 15 October with Tai Chi and morning tea at Jan's place, Grevillea Close Cowra.

Thursday 17 October 9.30am Tai Chi, 10,50am Weekly Trivia, 11.00am Brain Games.

some of subjects on offer in term 4 are Obscure events that changed the world, Visits to Art Gallery, Slide Show, Halloween & Bats, Australian Women, Cathedrals, Guest Speakers, Melbourne Cup, Christmas and much more.

 Today at Cowra U3A we found out about the Chinese Treasure Fleet of over 300 vessels that made 7 voyages between 1405 and 1433. Some of the vessels were over 110 metres long.

 

Timetable for Cowra U3A

Tuesday 17 September 2024  9.30am Tai Chi, 10.30am Morning Tea, 10.50am Weekly Trivia, 11.00am Bring flowers from garden for a flower identification quiz.

Thursday 19 September 2024  9.30am Tai Chi, 10.30am Morning Tea, 10.50am North/South Trivia, 11.00am Bring information about Red pandas to share

 

Sarah Frances "Fanny" Durack

Great session at Cowra U3A on Thursday 12 September 2024 looking at the life and career of Fanny Durack and her friend Mina Wylie.

Watch out for information on next weeks topics 

 

 Hello Everyone.

It has been a long time since we posted but Cowra U3A is still meeting at Cowra & District Senior Citizens Club in Railway Lane, Cowra NSW on Tuesday and Thursdays from 9.30 am till 12.30 pm.

New members are always welcome so drop in and collect a brochure and timetable.

We start each day with Tai Chi at 9.30 am, Morning tea and short trivia session at 10.30am

Thursday 12 September our topic at 11.00pm is Fanny Durack, the first Australian woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

Term 1 2018

Cowra U3A is looking forward to another terrific year. We meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Senior Citizens Club in Railway Lane. Activities start at 9.00am with Tai Chi, Morning tea at 10.30 am and courses commence at 11.00 am.

 

The program for Term 1 includes a new course on The World's Greatest Geological Wonders: 36 Spectacular Sites. This looks at volcanoes, mountians, caves etc. This course will run over several terms as we look at two sites each term. Below is Santorini, a Greek Island with an active volcano.

We willcontinue with Archaeology and as with the Geological Wonders we will do a couple of sessions each term.

We began Women of Flowers in 2017 and this will continue as we look at the lives and works of 19 and 20th century women who collected and painted Australian native flowers.

Other series that will continue this term are Great Artists featuring Monet, and Australian Explorers.  Other activities are the Festival of International Understanding country - Nepal, visits to the Art Gallery, discussions on books we are reading, travel, painting and brain games. Anual membership is $30.00 per person over the age of 50 and we contribute $2.50 per morning to help with running costs. We encourage all our members to also join the Senior Citizens Club as we use their premises.

APOLOGIES Due to printing problems we were unable to present this topic so watch out for a future date.

Over the past few years Philomena has been presenting a seies on the History of Everyday Things. There are so many fabulous inventions that we use in our daily life without thinking about their origins. This time Phil is looking at Paper and Ink. If you would like to learn about the origins of Paper and Ink come along to the Senior Citizens Centre on the 24 July at 11.00. You will be very welcome.