Welcome
Welcome
Lions President Andrea
Bowman extends a warm welcome to visitors to our Club Website. Lions
of the Queenscliff - Point Lonsdale Lions Club are members of
Lions Clubs International, a community service organisation dedicated to the
idea that the men and women who live in a community are in the best position to
know who needs help and why.
Fellowship, good times,
meeting people, building friendships, service to the community, learning new
skills, leadership and personal development - these are just some of the
benefits of being a member of the largest service club in the world.
Lions have been a part of
the Australian community since1947,and a proud part of the Queenscliff; Point
Lonsdale and Marcus Hill communities since June 1961.
They have been helping to
serve the community without promise or want of reward and are people just like
you!
About our town's and district
Our
town's proud history (Courtesy Queenscliff Historical Society Inc)
The site of the township of Queenscliff has been known to Europeans since
the discovery of Port Phillip by A/g Lieut, John Murray in 1802 and the visit by
Mathew Flinders shortly after, but the only recorded early landing on the town
site was by scientists from Flinders party.
European settlement dates back to 1838 when George Tobin built huts on the beach
and began pilot operations with a whale boat and four men.
The early origins of
Point Lonsdale
date back to 1863 when the first lighthouse for mariners was erected with the
area now occupied by the township was established as a battery reserve used in
the defence of the then young colony.
Today, both towns host a small permanent populations, with fishing and tourism
the key industries, yet both town's play host to many visitors from intrastate,
interstate and overseas. Indeed both Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale are popular
with many Melbournian's and people from other towns and cities who have
established holiday homes.
While
Queenscliff
is the terminus of the
Bellarine
Highway (B110)
a scheduled daily passenger / vehicle ferries provides a link to the Mornington
Peninsula township of Sorrento offering visitors the opportunity to
circumnavigate Port Phillip Bay.
The
Bellarine Peninsula Tourist Railway
a narrow gauge railway which operates frequent services between the towns of
Queenscliff and Drysdale is a very popular tourist attraction.
Are YOU interested in
becoming a Lions member?
To Join a Lions Club is by
invitation; however applications are encouraged from all interested members of
the community.
The Club extends an
invitation to all prospective new members to attend one of our dinner meetings
as our guest, and without obligation. If you are interested in being a member of
Lions Club, you are joining the world?s largest and most active service
organisation.
Membership is open to men and
women over the age of 18 years and of good moral character and reputation.
If you are interested in joining Lions and reaping the
benefits of fellowship, and wanting to share in the strong sense of achievement
and reward resulting in serving your community, click on the link
to be put in touch with a
local Lions Club in your area.
Click on this link to be put
in touch with the
Membership Committee of the Queenscliff - Point Lonsdale Lions Club.
Lions Clubs
offer people the opportunity to give something back to their communities, whilst
having fun at the same time.
Our Club Charter.
The
Queenscliff - Point Lonsdale Lions Club was chartered on the 12th of
June, 1961 is a mixed Club with both male and female members.
The Club
is actively involved in community work within the Borough of Queenscliffe, and
distributing more than $75,351 in the past seven years to charities, welfare and
community groups.
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