Rotary Gladstone Sunrise

21/06/2026

Here are the top 10 myths about Rotary that we’ve all seen and heard a million times….

Myth 1 - Rotary is for men only

Myth 2 - Rotary is for old people

Myth 3 - You have to attend every week

Myth 4 - Rotary is only for Doctors, Lawyers and CEOs

Myth 5 - Membership is not by invitation

Myth 6 - Rotary is a religious organisation or a secret society

Myth 7 - All Rotarians do is cook barbecues

Myth 8 - You’ve seen one Rotary club, you’ve seen them all

Myth 9 - You cannot discuss your business or profession in Rotary

Myth 10 - Rotary is an “old fashioned” organisation, with boring and ritualistic meetings

Like to meet real members and see what Rotary is really all about? Send us a message with your phone number and we’ll get you along for a morning meeting to show you how you can help contribute to your local, national and global community 😊

19/06/2026

Our club was a proud supporter of an NFP House initiative to work with local Toolooa High School students, in a program called Canva for Change. The students were given the job of increasing their digital marketing skills for three local not for profit groups - ARTmatters at Creative Gladstone Region Inc. , the Maritime Museum and our club, by designing a post using Canva, highlighting the organisation’s activities. They then posted these on to the club’s pages to measure the engagement and reach of their work. Our post highlighted our Bikes to Wheelchairs program and it performed higher than average for our page, reaching audiences as far as the USA and Zimbabwe.

Club members, Gloria Holmes & PR person Shane McLeod, attended their wrap up lesson and certificate presentation to celebrate the student’s great work and results. Thank you to Alliyah for her great work on our post design and implementation. This was a great program to sponsor and we thank Doug and the NFP House crew for including us in it.

19/06/2026

We’ll be on deck tonight and tomorrow with our Sunrise Burgers, snags on bread, a cold drink, lolly bags for the kids (and big kids) and for the first time, hot pies and sausage rolls 🤤 See you at the drags 👍🏻

🔥 **ROUND 3 – BENARABY DRAGWAY** 🔥

We’re back NEXT WEEKEND and Round 3 is shaping up

👉 **Get your nominations in NOW to lock in early pricing**
⏱ Final hours before the late fee kicks in

🏁 **FRIDAY NIGHT – OFF STREET DRAGS**
Race ya mate – unlimited runs
⏱ Racing 6PM – 9PM*
🚪 Gates open 12PM
🔧 Scrutineering & office from 3:30PM
🍔 Food: Culinary Craze

🏆 **SATURDAY – CQDRA CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3**
⏱ Qualifying from 11AM
🚪 Gates open 8AM
🔧 Scrutineering & office from 8AM
🌭 Food: Mr & Mrs Spud

☀️ ** Rotary Gladstone Sunrise onsite all weekend**

Big energy. Real drag racing.
Don’t sit this one out 💣

Queensland Energy Resources
Autobarn Bundaberg
Ocean Tyres
Tuned by Chop
Harbour City Motorcycles
Alpha Performance Engines
Ash Wicks - Jim Baron Realty
McNui & Co - Commercial and Property maintenance services
Harbour City Harley-Davidson
Jim Baron Realty

19/06/2026

Big thanks to Emma and Barry from Gladstone Chaplaincy NightWatch program, for giving our club an insightful look at the service the group provides our community. The NightWatch Chaplains, a volunteer street outreach program run by the charity ChaplainWatch. Every Friday and Saturday night, the crew patrols the Gladstone entertainment precincts to provide a safety net, first aid, and assistance for anyone in need or crisis. They do a great job keeping our community safe and cared for, in what can be some quite challenging situations, with a limited budget.
If you’d like to know more about what they do, volunteering opportunities or make a donation, you can see all their details here: https://www.chaplainwatch.org.au

14/06/2026

We’ll be on deck this weekend with our Sunrise Burgers, snags on bread, a cold drink and for the first time, hot pies and sausage rolls 🤤 See you at the drags.

🔥 **ROUND 3 – BENARABY DRAGWAY** 🔥

We’re back NEXT WEEKEND and Round 3 is shaping up

👉 **Get your nominations in NOW to lock in early pricing**
⏱ Final hours before the late fee kicks in

🏁 **FRIDAY NIGHT – OFF STREET DRAGS**
Race ya mate – unlimited runs
⏱ Racing 6PM – 9PM*
🚪 Gates open 12PM
🔧 Scrutineering & office from 3:30PM
🍔 Food: Culinary Craze

🏆 **SATURDAY – CQDRA CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3**
⏱ Qualifying from 11AM
🚪 Gates open 8AM
🔧 Scrutineering & office from 8AM
🌭 Food: Mr & Mrs Spud

☀️ ** Rotary Gladstone Sunrise onsite all weekend**

Big energy. Real drag racing.
Don’t sit this one out 💣

Queensland Energy Resources
Autobarn Bundaberg
Ocean Tyres
Tuned by Chop
Harbour City Motorcycles
Alpha Performance Engines
Ash Wicks - Jim Baron Realty
McNui & Co - Commercial and Property maintenance services
Harbour City Harley-Davidson
Jim Baron Realty

11/06/2026

🚨 CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! 🚨

Want to be part of Ride4Lives Gladstone?
They do such great work for support and awareness of su***de in our region.

11/06/2026

A sincere thank you to Sandra and Reg Pugh for delivering such an insightful and meaningful presentation on Rare Ovarian Cancer.

We’re proud to support the Great Queensland Rail Trail Adventure – Ride for Research 2026. This July, an inspiring group of riders will cycle over 600 kilometres from Gladstone to Brisbane across five days, following three of Queensland’s historic rail trails.

This incredible journey is about more than the distance—it’s about raising vital funds and awareness for Rare Ovarian Cancer Research, helping drive life-changing breakthroughs and working towards a cure for women and girls impacted by this disease.

If you’d like to donate and help with the much needed research for this important cause, you can do it right here: https://www.rocinc.org.au

11/06/2026

Fantastic work from our sponsored Rotakids at South Gladstone Primary School

Here are the Rotakids passing on the donated food from the Food Drive to Mim from the Salvation Army.🙂 These students are super stars 🌟 Thank you to the great parent support! Look how full the back of the van is!👏🏾

09/06/2026

Look at how our local community turned bikes into wheelchairs! 🚲♿

Sunrise Rotary are building basic, robust wheelchairs with the help of Toolooa State High School art students and Gladstone South State School.

These robust wheelchairs are sent to developing countries, given freely to those who need them. Simple wheelchairs like this will completely change the life of a disabled person and their family, as it allows both the disabled person and their carer to be more independent and productive.

Get involved and join the program! Comment “sign me up” for more information on how to get involved!

This post was made by high school students as part of the 'Canva for Change' program by NFP House and headspace Gladstone

08/06/2026

Big thanks to Jo for dropping in a bike helmet to add to our helmet drive for a project we are heading up, to send bikes to remote schools and assist with school engagement with the local kids.
Got one in good or new condition sitting at home? We’d love the donation. They can be dropped if at the REMAX Gold office at 2 Mellefont Street during business hours Monday - Friday.
Thanks again Jo