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Hanover (Germany) 2011

hanover-5-w100Monday 21st March: week began when 9 ladies from Hannover arrived in Mount Gambier on a drizzly Monday afternoon. Ambassadors Kirsten and Elisabeth were guests on local radio station 5GTR FM for part of the German program.

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North Moreton 2011

mount gambier north mortonFrom May 30th to 5th June Doreen & I (Alistair Kennedy) had a wonderful time on this visit to a city I didn't really know – a city quite a bit bigger than Adelaide with lots of high-rise. That's Brisbane.

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Pikes Peak Regions 2010

pikes peak regionFriday 12th March: eleven ambassadors arrived by coach at 5pm on the 12th March 2010 and after many hugs and greetings were taken directly to a private home for a light meal.

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Eastern Turkey 2010

global exchange-1I recently had the opportunity to lead a Global exchange to Eastern Turkey. Ambassadors were American, Canadian, New Zealanders and Australians. In total we were 19 members.

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Hanover (Germany) Brasov (Romania) 2010

hanover brasov-2Sunday 4th July: 12 members of the Mt Gambier FF flew off to Munich where we boarded our charter bus to begin our short tour to Hannover for our first journey (alias exchange).

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Ottawa, North Colorado and Medicine Hat 2009

ottawa-1The Mount Gambier Outbound Journey (alias Exchange) to Ottawa, North Colorado and Medicine Hat was strongly supported by Adelaide (4 members) and Gold Coast (3 members).

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Newcastle 2009

newcastle-14Some Mount Gambier Friendship Force members had been to Newcastle for FF and Lions Clubs events in recent years and said how friendly their people are, so when we were encouraged to go "on a domestic", thirteen of us set off to Newcastle.

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Malang (Indonesia) 2009

malang-1Ten Ladies from the Friendship Force of Malang visited us from the 28th April till the 5th May.

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Lethbridge Alberta 2008

lethbridge-1Mount Gambier welcomed twenty four ambassadors from Lethbridge, Alberta on Sunday 2nd November 2008 after they had travelled by bus from Adelaide.

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Wellington New Zealand 2008

wellington-122 Wellington ambassadors arrived from their week in Melbourne via the Great Ocean Road at 4:30pm on 27th April 2008.

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Sunshine Coast 2008

sunshine coast-1Nine ambassadors from Mount Gambier and three from Melbourne left Melbourne in brilliant sunshine and arrived at the Sunshine Coast airport on a rainy afternoon in July 2008.

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Omaha, NE and Oklahoma City, USA 2008

omaha-4The Mount Gambier Friendship Force had a wonderful journey (alias exchange) in the USA being hosted by the Omaha (Nebraska) club and also the Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) club.

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Hamilton New Zealand 2007

hamilton-3On Tuesday 11 September, we welcomed 15 ambassadors from the Western Waikato and Hamilton Friendship Force clubs. They had previously had a week with the Adelaide club.

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