Taree countryside with Manning River in the foreground
Taree
One of the major towns on the rivers of the New South Wales Mid North Coast,
Taree is idyllically situated on the Manning 
River 317 km north-east of Sydney.
The Pacific Highway runs right through the town taking a sharp turn on either
end of the bridge over the Manning River before heading north and south. It is a
big, modern, attractive town servicing the surrounding rural industries and
driven by the tourists and travellers who pass through the town. It is located
16km inland from the mouth of the Manning River and consequently has tended to
develop more as a service centre and stopover point than as an actual tourist
destination.
In 1770 when Captain Cook first
sailed up the eastern coast of Australia he identified and named 'The Brothers',
a group of three mountains - South, Middle and North Brother Mountains. At the
time the Biripai, Ngamba and Worimi Aborigines were well established in the
district and it is probably from them that the word 'tareebit', which supposedly
is the name for a local fig tree, comes. The Aborigines lived off seafood and
fish from the river as well as tropical fruits which they found in the
rainforest which characterised most of the area.
HONOR ROLL - PAST
PRESIDENTS
Melvin Jones along with other business men in central Chicago's business
community, who needed a way to improve communications within the community,
formed the Business Circle of Chicago in 1908. The Business Circle of Chicago
changed its name, in March 1917, to Central Lions Club of Chicago -and
eventually to LIONS INTERNATIONAL.
The Lions Club of Taree was set up in on the 22nd of
September 1954 - the 34th Lions club to be set up in Australia.
Listed below are the Presidents of the Club since inception.
IN APPRECIATION
In
recognition of the contribution of the Lions Clubs of Turkey, especially Lion
Dr. Enzar Tore, in providing free web page hosting for Lions Clubs everywhere,
the Lions Club of TAREE Inc.. proudly displays the flag of Turkey on our
site.
Click on the flag to go to the web site of Lion Dr. Enzar's home club - the
Lions Club of Canakkale.
As an extension to the
Turkish Lions' contribution, the Brisbane Ekibin Lions Club of MD 201 Q1
(Australia) offer assistance to Lions Clubs who want to take advantage of the
Turkish Lions offer, but are not familiar with web publishing. They've already
set up many sites for Lions Clubs world-wide, using Lionwap.
If your club wants to be on the internet, and would like some help, leave a
message in the Ekibin Guest Book by clicking on the image above. This is a FREE
SERVICE, so you don't spend a cent for their work. As Lionwap is also FREE, this
means you get a web site that you NEVER have to pay for. - Is that a deal or
what?
All your Club has to do it have some-one update and maintain your page, which
needs not take more than a few minutes each month. The Ekibin Lions will even
give you some tips on that!
