U3A Bundaberg

A great view of the U3A Bundaberg classrooms and office too!

Remember when the streets looked like this? The video rental store on the corner of Woongarra and Maryborough Streets, a popular Friday night activity was going to choose your videos for the weekend 📽 Christ Church Anglican Church on the left. (Bundaberg Tourism collection, bun07907)

Free Forum in September

🌿 Healthy Ageing Forum – Healthy Brain, Healthy Body, Healthy Life

Join us for an engaging and informative morning focused on healthy ageing and living well at every stage of life.

📅 Thursday, 17 September
🕘 9:00am – 12:30pm
📍 Bundaberg Neighbourhood Centre
💚 FREE to attend!

This special event brings together health professionals, community organisations, carers, and older adults to share practical knowledge, evidence-based strategies, and everyday habits that support healthy ageing across all stages of life.

The forum will focus on the strong connection between brain health, physical wellbeing, and quality of life. Participants will gain valuable insights into keeping the mind active, improving mobility and strength, supporting emotional wellbeing, and building healthy routines that contribute to living longer and living well.

Whether you are an older adult, family member, carer, health worker, or simply interested in positive ageing, this forum offers an opportunity to connect, learn, and be empowered with practical tools for a healthier future.

Registration details are available on the flyer below. We’d love to see you there! 🌸

The lunch for August is at the Young Australian Hotel 59 Perry Street North Bundaberg on Friday 14 August. They offer a small range of discounted lunches for pensioners for $20.00. Parking is at the rear of the building.
This is a good way to get to know members of other groups and to make friends if you are new to town. All members welcome to attend. Please contact Jenny on 0447 176 713 with numbers for booking.

Census help at the Library

The wonderful ABS Census team were at Bundaberg Library this morning to help people complete their census forms.

Do you need Census help or advice? Staff from the Australian Bureau of Statistics will be on hand again at Bundaberg Library from 9.30 am – 12 pm on:
Wednesday 5 August
Tuesday 11 August

It's Homelessness Week and ABS staff are ensuring everyone has the opportunity to fill out the Census. However, assistance is available to all, and Census staff will be on hand again tomorrow and next week (Census night is Tuesday 11 August).

For more information, visit https://info.census.abs.gov.au/help

Thanks to Erin for organising the Mahjong Wednesday and Friday combined groups lunch at the Bundy Tavern. A great meal was enjoyed by the 36 people who attended. (No vacancies in this class this term sorry).

Here is a video explaining the test of the National AusAlert system that will happen at 2pm on Monday July 27th.

AusAlert: National test 27 July 2026 [Auslan] [CC] Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Edwin Faint, a dedicated volunteer tutor at U3A Bundaberg, who deeply loved his role and greatly enjoyed his time with us. Edwin was a former teacher and principal, becoming a teacher/librarian for 21 years. After his retirement he found great joy in sharing his love of our fascinating language. When he found that existing crossword dictionaries were neither deep nor broad enough, Edwin decided someone should do something about it, and he spent almost 5 years of his spare time compiling The Ultimate Crossword Dictionary into the most detailed and comprehensive book of its type—certainly in Australia and possibly the world. He also produced a book entitled ‘My Vocabulary Friend’, which outlines the correct usage and spelling of words, and also contains questions to make you think.
In over 20 years of membership with U3A Bundaberg, Edwin tutored a class called “Living with Language” and helped with the Bird Observers group as well. Edwin said that what he liked most about his work as a volunteer tutor was that he was always learning things from other people.
Edwin’s funeral will be held on the 29th of July at 1:30 PM at Christ Church Anglican Church, corner of Maryborough and Woongarra Streets, Bundaberg.
His family has suggested wearing pale blue as it was Edwin's favourite colour.

Joyeux 14 Juillet to all our French students 😀🇫🇷

Thanks U3A Pine Rivers 😃