CMCA Bird Chapters
A Support network for Solo travellers
There are over 100 CMCA chapters, and to help identify those that are predominantly (but not exclusively) for members who travel alone, the use of bird names has been adopted as a standard. There are currently ten ‘bird’ chapters:
Marilyn Bromley 0417 317 217 marilynbromley2@gmail.com
QUEENSLAND: (4)
SE Qld Kookaburras
Patricia Austin 0408 701 688 pasq2792@bigpond.com
Rainbow Lorikeets
Alex Miles 0428 834 738
alexandermiles@bigpond.com
Sue Edwards 0407 173 406 nannysue16@gmail.com
Kingfishers
Janice Hills 0401 016 525
jansurf08@yahoo.com.au
Lynne McKinnon 0438 556 895 jag811@iinet.net.au
Cassowaries
Gordon Simons 0418 876 734 gord240@gmail.com
Fay Byrnes 0419 778 122 fay.byrnes@gmail.com
TASMANIA: (1)
Tassie Shearwaters
Geoff Reid
0409 946 238
viewbanks@activ8.net.au
Joan Arnol
0488 220 556 tassieshearwaters@gmail.com
VICTORIA (1)
Eastern Rosellas
Helen Sceney
0424 065 783
helensceney@hotmail.com
David Kerrisk
0447 328 999 secrosella@gmail.com
WESTERN AUSTRALIA (1)
Western Willie Wagtails
Margaret Hayter
0439 234 064
margarethayter8@gmail.com
Margaret Jordan
0488 521 176
westernwilliewagtails@gmail.com
Based
between Tweed and Grafton in north eastern NSW, the new chapter has monthly
gatherings and other less formal events such as lunches and tag-a-longs. Many
will also travel to the Solos Network rallies twice a year.
Come along to our gatherings, meet more people
in the area, share ideas and experiences and have fun.
Noelene Gibbs and
friends in motorhomes / campervans used to meet regularly in unofficial
gatherings. In September 2005, realising the benefits of CMCA, the group joined
the organization and became The Rainbow Lorikeets – the 76th
chapter. We are indebted to these enterprising members as it was the beginning
of a very successful group which has continued to expand. Averaging 45 vehicles
at each gathering there is much fun to be had with cards, board games and disc
bowls as regular events. Our gentlemen provide us with a sausage sizzle at each
meeting and usually we go to a club or pub for a meal on another night. Music,
dancing, ukuleles are also an integral part of chapter activities.
Our venues are often
Showgrounds in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast, Bowls/Country Clubs,
School grounds and always once each year back to Lake MacDonald where it all
began. It is the members who ‘make a chapter’ and we are blessed with an
amazing group from different backgrounds who are able to interact, support each
other and most importantly ‘LAUGH MORE, LIVE LONGER’.
We try in summer months to be where there is a lake or dam and in winter, we try to have a hall for shelter and in spring to be north for the wildflowers. We are not strictly solos and do have couples as members. We permit dogs but with rules that they must be well controlled at all times and on a lead, must not attend morning tea or any collective dinner but can attend happy hour. We are fairly unstructured, try to have one activity per meet but leave members to their own devices to play board games, cards, read, knit, walk, swim etc.