Who are we
About us
A vibrant group of about 40 people from diverse professional and ethnic backgrounds, since 1972. We espouse Rotary’s motto of “Service Above Self” and live by Rotary’s 4-way Test.
Our focus is to serve humanity through our various projects in the local community, international, vocational, and youth programs. We build relationships with other community organizations, and charity groups.
Our projects are funded primarily by our Market at North Rocks which we manage every Sunday morning. Our voluntary work is done in the spirit of fellowship and fun.
Please join us Tuesday evenings, or on a Sunday morning at our Market.
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Presidents message

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Carlingford

President’s Message

It is a privilege to be the Club President as we come together from diverse professional and ethnic backgrounds to give back to our community,

The Club is 53 years old. We serve to support our local community, undertake vocational programs, support youth and local schools, are involved in international projects to improve the lives of others.

Funding for our projects predominantly comes from our Sunday market at North Rocks, going directly to our humanitarian work.

We all serve on a voluntary basis enjoying each other’s company, and we have a lot of fun along the way.

We meet most Tuesday nights at the Vikings Sports Club. You are welcome to come along and see if we are a group of people you would like to work along to help.

We take action to unite people and to create lasting change to people in our community and abroad.

Chris Johnson

President

Rotary Club of Carlingford
Upcoming Events
Club Information
Welcome to our Club!
Carlingford
We meet In Person
Tuesdays at 6:30 pm
Vikings Club
35 Quarry Rd
Dundas, NSW 2117
Australia
Order dinner at the bistro from 6.15pm. Official meeting 7.00 to 8.00pm.
Our Projects
Rotary Carlingford Pride of Workmanship Awards 2026
 
The Rotary Club of Carlingford is pleased to recognise the following individuals for their outstanding vocational service in their respective fields:
 
Jennie Beeston (Not for Profit Volunteer - Days for Girls Ryde) - nominated by Fay Kitto.
 
David Yi (Pharmacy - Terry White Epping) - nominated by James and Trudy Stevenson.
 
Jamie Khazzhou (Fitness Trainer - Plus Fitness) - nominated by Philip Newall AM.
 
The 2026 Awardees were presented with their Awards by Club President Chris Johnson and Vice President Martha Jabour OAM at a special club meeting held at the Vikings Sports Club, Dundas on Tuesday June 2nd 2026.
The Ryde Days for Girls team were present to support and celebrate with Jennie Beeston.
 
Philip Newall AM received the award for Jamie Khazzhou (an apology due to work commitments), and then presented the award to Jamie subsequently.
 
Special thanks to Dexter Tabeta, Club Vocational Director who coordinated the Pride of Workmanship Awards for the club this year.
 
Bali Toilets Project - 2026
This year's joint project with the Rotary Club of Bali Bersinar, is to have toilets installed in poor rural households in Sambangan Village and Selat Village on the island of Bali, Indonesia.  The ground breaking ceremony was held recently and construction has immediately commenced.  This project is funded by the Rotary Club of Carlingford with a matching contribution from the Rotary Foundation, by way of a district grant.  One of Rotary's key causes is the provision of clean water, sanitation and hygiene education as a basic necessity for a healthy environment and a productive life.
 
 
 
Samoa 2026
Cristy and I just spent a week in Samoa working with the Senese Centre for the Deaf - assessing the hearing of children and adults and fitting donated hearing. It was our 27th trip since 2008.
 
I saw 27 people and fitted 28 donated hearing aids. Cristy assessed the hearing of 29 people. There were many very deaf adults on the group. We made the first earmould in Samoa and left all the kit to make more.
 
On our trip the adults were very motivated to get a hearing aid. A lot of faces lit up. Great results from children too- we saw one little boy who was hard to test but we fitted him with a hearing aid. When he came back after a few days his mother said that he was not interacting with other children and liked the hearing aid. He tested well on the second visit and proved to have a severe hearing loss.
We nearly ran out of high power aids. 
 
Senese are doing a really good job. They are not receiving any government funding at the moment, which is very sad.
There are now more than 800 people in Samoa fitted with aids on our database and there were others before we began it.
 
Professor Philip Newall AM
March 2026