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Calendar of activities and events
(Past, present & future)
AGM and lunch - held at Mermaid Waters Hotel, Cnr Markeri St & Sunshine Blvd, Mermaid Waters, QLD 4218. Gather in the Oriana conference room by 11:30am.
Order your lunch before the AGM, at the conference counter on arrival.
Open to all Blokes Lounge members.
Venue website link: https://www.mermaidwatershotel.com.au/
Blokes Lounge Zoom sessions - Meet and chat with other Blokes Lounge members on Zoom from the comfort of your home. Open to all current Blokes Lounge members, regardless of interests, or participation in other BL groups.
As a member you will find more information Here.
Coordinator: Gary Musty
Blokes who lunch together.
Fortnightly on Mondays at 12.00 noon at Burleigh Bears Leagues Club, 80 Pacific Avenue Miami.
(Previously, Varsity Lakes Tavern, 2 Santa Maria Ct, Burleigh Waters QLD 4220).
Golf, every Monday. Members should check the website 'Golf Blog' for any changes or find more details here: Golf
Coordinator: Peter Knight, 0424 642 869.
Location: Club Musgrave, 104 Musgrave Ave Southport QLD 4215.
When: Weekly event.
Week 1: Monday fortnightly (day before BL lunch) 2pm.
Week 2: Tuesday fortnightly (day after Monday Munchers) 2pm.
See link: Calendar
Team Tortoise rides from Southport and Carrara.
Members can find location; date; and time details here:
Blokes Lounge Inc - Cycling TT web page
Calendar
Ten Pin Bowling at Ashmore Bowling Centre, 137 Currumburra Road, Ashmore.
Tuesday fortnightly. Commencing at 1.30 pm.
Members: for further information go to the Ten Pin Bowling page.
Join the 500 session, arrive 1.30 pm on Wednesdays at the Surfers Paradise Golf Club. Other games considered.
Beach Walk & Brekkie - You can walk the beach or the footpath. Weekly on Thursdays.
Blokes meet for tennis at PCYC Monaco St Broadbeach every Thursday morning from 9am to 10:30am followed by social session at Coffee Sisters and every second Tuesday evening from 7pm to 8:30pm followed by drinks. $5 charge for each session.
Bowls, fortnightly on Thursdays at 3.00 pm.
Address: Moana Park Bowls Club, Kalimna Drive, Broadbeach Waters.
Bowls from only $7.00 per day if you join the Bowls club with an annual fee of $140 and play say 20 games a year. (there are no green fees) but for non-members it costs $15.00 per game.
Members Bowls page.
More information here: Darts
Guitar Guys meet Wednesday fortnightly, 10 am - 11 am approx.
Activity group coordinator details here, for member access.
Coordinator: Ross Hawkins.
Meets at 10am on the second Tuesday of each month, at Surfers Paradise Golf Club, 1 Fairway Dr, Clear Island Waters QLD 4226.
Member's group page: Share Discussion Group.
In-person meeting:
Meet at Emerald Lakes Golf Club, Monday fortnightly.
For Coordinator contact details and further information go to the BLACS members only Activity group page.
Not held on this day:
23 May 2022
BL General meeting and lunch, held at Mermaid Waters Hotel, Cnr Markeri St & Sunshine Blvd, Mermaid Waters, QLD 4218. Meeting commences at 11:00 am in the downstairs Oriana conference room, so please arrive earlier if possible. Lunch must be ordered before the meeting.
2pm for 2:30pm start
Court hire is $5 and bat hire is $6
Come along for some fun and a drink afterwards!
Co-ordinator is Ross Hawkins. 0402 858 227
Blokes Lounge lunch - held at Mermaid Waters Hotel, corner Markeri Street and Sunshine Boulevard, Mermaid Waters QLD 4218. Order lunch on arrival at conference counter, enjoy tea/coffee and fellowship from 11:00am in the downstairs Oriana conference room followed by lunch and drinks at 12:00pm in the Courtyard.
Open to all Blokes Lounge members, pending members, and potential members.
Venue website link: Mermaid Waters Hotel
Committee meeting.
Held at Mermaid Waters Hotel, Cnr Markeri St & Sunshine Blvd, Mermaid Waters, QLD 4218.
After ordering lunch at conference reception counter, go downstairs to the Oriana conference room by 10:00 am. Please use table furthest away from tea/coffee stand.
Lunch follows at 12:00 in the Courtyard.
Monday 11 August - Logan - Redlands - Scenic Rim.
The Royal Queensland Show is more popularly referred to as “the Ekka Show,” “Ekka” being a kind of abbreviation for “exhibition.” The show is held annually for 10 days straight in early to mid-August. It was originally called “the Brisbane Exhibition,” and it is still held on the Brisbane Exhibition Ground in Bowen Hills, a suburb of Brisbane only about a kilometer from the city center.
City of Brisbane only - Wed 14 August.
City of Gold Coast.
Friday 29th August to Sunday 31st August 2025
Broadwater Parklands Marine Parade Southport.
https://goldcoastshow.com.au/
In Queensland, ACT and Tasmania, the holiday is officially titled the Birthday of the Sovereign and was more informally known as the Queen's birthday.
The Queen's actual birthday was April 21, 1926.
King Charles III was born on November 14, 1948.
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