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Welcome to U3A Maryborough Qld

Are you in Maryborough, Queensland and looking for something to do with your leisure time? U3A offers the opportunity to attend activities with like-minded people. Our classes are run by volunteer tutors and presently include exercises, tai chi (various groups), yoga, cards, jive and partner dancing, line dancing, creative writing, musical keyboards, ukulele group, mahjong, ballet for seniors, and sing-a-long. See our class list for full details. A wide range of other classes are available to members at Hervey Bay and Howard with whom U3A Maryborough has a reciprocal arrangement for financial members. U3A Online also have a large range of classes, both tutored and self-paced that you can undertake in the comfort of your own home. Check it out!

We are always looking for willing tutors and new classes, so if you have something to offer, please get in touch. Courses can be run for any period of time a tutor considers suitable. Cost is kept to a minimum to allow greater access for members. Most activities are held at the Senior Citizens Hall in Alice Street where brochures and information can be obtained.

The Management Committee is eager to return to more normal activities but only want to do this when it is completely safe to do so. At a meeting on 8th September held together with tutors and hall management, it was decided that classes could not restart until 2021 at this stage. The Health Department recommendations for seniors is still the 4 square metre rule, and there can be no shared equiment. (i.e. cards, mahjong tiles etc) We understand that many members may be disappointed, however it is for the health and safety of all that this decision was made.

The current advice is that it is that social distancing must be maintained and with the nature of U3A Maryborough’s activities and numbers per class, this is not feasible at the present time. The Senior Citizens Centre and St. Stephens Auditorium would not allow sufficient numbers for the classes to be conducted with the members registered.

Another meeting will be held with tutors to determine how we can recommence in 2021. All fees paid will be transferred over to 2021 and the scheduled increase for new memberships next year will not proceed at this time.

Thanks
Pat Dorland (President)

Also, the 30th Anniversary Luncheon will be postponed until 2021. Further details will be provided once arrangements have been confirmed.

Any queries please phone Pat on 0417632596.

Term Dates - 2020 - Suspended at as 16th March 2020 until further notice.

Term 1 Tuesday 28 January to Friday 3 April
Term 2                Suspended
Term 3                 Suspended
Term 4                 Suspended