Pinjarra Rotary

02/06/2026

✨ The Alcoa & Pinjarra Rotary Art Exhibition and Sale!! ✨
A heartfelt thank you to all the patrons who visited our Art Exhibition over the weekend. Your support, enthusiasm, and appreciation for the incredible talent on display made this event truly special.
This exhibition simply wouldn’t be possible without the generosity and commitment of our sponsors, participating artists, and dedicated volunteers.
Our Sponsors
• Alcoa
• Shire of Murray
• Rotary Club of Pinjarra
• Murray Arts & Crafts Society

🎨 Art Show Winners

Best in Show:
• #159 – “The Water Garden” by June Pastore

Highly Commended:
• #167 – “Ballee Island – Yunderup” by Jacqueline Quantock
• #174 – “Destruction of the Forest” by Teresa Rocchi
• #178 – “After the Rain” by Julie Silvester

Local Artist Awards:
• Best Local Artist – #118 “Bush Surprises” by Helen Lock
• Local Artist – Highly Commended – #189 “I Can Find Anything” by Everlyn Sturges

Art Show Judges - Helen Wildy, Joanne Baitz, and Richard Fry

🏫 Pinjarra High School Winners
Best in Show:
• Linocut – Photocopy by Ammm Kornkunya

Highly Commended:
• Linocut by Shavannah Gliddon
• Cyanotype Leaves by Taylor Hasch

Judges Encouragement Award
• Bust – Paper Clay – Glaze by Pauline Litterick

High School Judge: - Jason Santospirito

🏆 People’s Choice Award
• # 48 Among Friends – Angelina Crotty

Thank you to our wonderful community for your support, your presence, and your ongoing encouragement of local arts. Events like this thrive because of you, and we are grateful for every visitor, volunteer, artist, and sponsor who helped make this year’s exhibition such a success.

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30/05/2026

The Alcoa and Pinjarra Rotary Art Show will remain open throughout this long weekend. We open at 10am and close at 4pm.
Come along and see lovely Art works, try our morning tea, and by all means bring your friends.

27/05/2026

Happening THIS WEEKEND!
The Alcoa & Pinjarra Rotary Art Exhibition and Sale is back and bursting with amazing local talent.

🕙 Open 10am–4pm — Sat, Sun & Mon
☕ Delicious refreshments: tea, coffee, Milo
🍰 Scones with jam & cream
🥣 Soup & sandwiches
🎨 Stunning artwork for viewing and purchase

Come down, bring a friend, and enjoy a relaxed community atmosphere.

27/05/2026

We’ve changed our name to 5 Rivers NRM — find out why. Welcome to the 5 Rivers NRM Join our newsletter People (Baalap) An Engaged and Active Community Places (Boodja) A Healthy Catchment that Supports Life and Livelihood Knowledge (Kaadadjan) Science and Knowledge Underpin Natural Resource Manag...

27/05/2026

Danielle Eyre (Regional National Resource Manager) from the Peel Harvey Catchment Council was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Pinjarra.

The Vision and Mission of this organisation include people working together to create a healthy environment.
$5,000,000 is provided by the Federal Government, with additional funding from the State Government, to conduct various local projects.
Some of the projects include Nutrient Analysis Data, testing water quality, cockatoo nesting status, fish population studies, and more.

The Peel Harvey Catchment Council will shortly be renamed as 5 Rivers NRM (Natural Resource Management).
Details about the projects can be found on the website

We’ve changed our name to 5 Rivers NRM — find out why. Welcome to the 5 Rivers NRM Join our newsletter People (Baalap) An Engaged and Active Community Places (Boodja) A Healthy Catchment that Supports Life and Livelihood Knowledge (Kaadadjan) Science and Knowledge Underpin Natural Resource Manag...

24/05/2026

Our region is full of amazing geology, rich culture, and deep Bindjareb history — and at our recent Rotary evening, we were reminded just how special it is.
We were lucky to hear from Allan Briggs, President of Geoparks WA, who shared his vision for the Bindjareb Geopark and his hope that it will one day achieve UNESCO Global Geopark status.

It’s a big dream for our community — and one worth getting excited about.

Thank you, Allan, for sharing your passion and inspiring us all to see our region in a new light.

Follow this link for more information: https://australiangeoparksnetwork.org/bindjareb-peel-region-geopark/bindjareb-peel-geopark-geodrive-trail/

31/03/2026

Meet Poppy, Pinjarra Senior High School’s new therapy puppy. Her name is more than just adorable, it carries a special meaning that connects us to the spirit of the ANZACs.

Just as the red poppy grows resiliently on battlefields and serves as a symbol of remembrance, courage, and hope, our Poppy embodies the same qualities in our school community. She reminds us every day to be brave, kind, and steadfast, and to support one another through challenges, values that honour the legacy of those who served and inspire our students to carry that spirit forward in their own lives.

Poppy is proudly supported by the Rotary Club of Pinjarra.
Pinjarra Rotary

24/03/2026

On 17th of May, a Time Capsule was buried at Rotary Park Pinjarra. The site will be marked by a large rock, which will bear a plaque indicating that the capsule is to be retrieved in the year 2050.
The Club extends its appreciation to all who have contributed items that have been placed into the capsule. A catalogue of the items has been made, and will be retained by the Shire of Murray, as well as within the Club’s records.
The contents include the past years issues of the Murray Community Newsletter, and contributions from Pinjarra Football and Netball Club, Pinjarra Cricket Club, Murray SES, Murray Music and Drama Club, Pinjarra Hockey Club, Murray Districts Rangers Soccer Club, Coolup Volunteer Bushfire Cadets, Pinjarra Bowling Club, and Pinjarra Croquet Club. The Rotary Club of Pinjarra also included items of Club memorabilia including a letter addressed to the 2050 Pinjarra Rotary Club.

The Club wants to acknowledge the assistance given to ensure this project has been completed by Lisa Ingram (Shire of Murray), Pinjarra Senior High School, Tuckey’s Mitre 10 Hardware, and members of the Rotary Club of Pinjarra. Thank you all!

In the photo below, Rotary Club of Pinjarra Members Adrian Fawcett, Stephen Mewett, Kevin Pollard, John Tuckey, Lisa Ingham (Shire of Murray), Robyn Brown, Don Marshall, with Aiden Warwick, and David Pellew (in the excavator) after burying the Time Capsule.

24/03/2026

The Rotary Club of Pinjarra was delighted to recognise Mr Les Giles as the Club’s 2025 Vocational Service Award Winner, in the Category: “Service Above Self”.
Les has been a very active member of the Bedingfeld Aged Care Home Board of Management for the past 28 years and has recently retired from this role. He is a licensed electrician and has been running his own business in Pinjarra. Les has applied his electrical expertise to all kinds of work around the aged care facility - both maintenance jobs and various new work. He has also provided the annual electrical tagging check for electrical equipment in the residents' rooms - both Bedingfeld and personal equipment. Les also completes the annual electrical tagging for our own Rotary Club.
Beyond Bedingfeld, Les continues to give generously of his time and skills through other community groups, including the Lions Club of Pinjarra, and the Pinjarra RSL Club. His service is
consistent, humble, and always centred on helping others.
Les was presented with a plaque, framed certif-icate and a $100 pledge was made on Les’s behalf to Pinjarra Lions Club.

Les responded and thanked the club for the award. He said he was surprised by the nomi-nation as he has enjoyed the service he has done. Les then told us a couple of stories from his time volunteering at Bendingfeld.

26/02/2026

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Summer, our school dog, is getting a sidekick!

We are so excited that our new puppy will be joining us soon, and we need your help to choose the perfect name.

Students, please visit the library and help us name her.

Pinjarra Rotary