This document provides updates from several ports including Port Kembla, Fremantle, Townsville, and Wallaroo. It also announces that representatives from five centres met in Port Kembla to work on drafting a new hospitality training course to help staff better serve seafarers. Additionally, it reminds readers that Sea Sunday is approaching and resources are available to celebrate.

1. GLAD TIDINGS No. 10 PART E
In this edition:
• Port Kembla’s gift
Port Kembla’s Gift • New hospitality course
taking shape
John Kewa tells us that the Kembla. Also, it has just been
centre, which recently received announced that Port Kembla is • Fremantle’s own flying
a generous donation from a to be offered for sale to private angel
long time supporter and local interests and the mission will
• Townsville latest
union identity, plans to use the need to keep a close eye on
funds to upgrade the centre’s developments here. The
• Wallaroo
shop area which will prove of excellent relations and support
great benefit to seafarers that we enjoy with the current
• Sea Sunday
anxious to purchase necessities staff of Port Kembla Port is highly
in the short time they have on valued, and we hope that
shore. This is particularly true for future developments do not
the increasing numbers of coal jeopardise this important and
and car ships visiting Port happy reality.
New hospitality course taking shape
At the invitation of the people volunteer, being a good
Australian Council, volunteer and enjoying it to the
representatives from five of our max, life on a ship, the Maritime
centres met in Port Kembla last Labour Convention (Seafarers
month to work on a draft for a Bill of Rights), welcoming ‘the
new training course on the art stranger’, a profile of the
of hospitality. The course, modern sailor, some recent
although still in its early stages of maritime studies/surveys,
construction, is designed to help cultural & religious differences
prepare our staffs to better amongst seafarers, the seafarers
greet and care for the needs of family, embracing new
seafarers. It will cover areas technologies and helping
such as- the MTS family, why seafarers with the simple and
practical stuff in the centre.
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2. New hospitality course taking shape continued
All interesting, worthwhile give it a go. So all those
and stimulating topics. happy to be test dummies let
It is hoped that the new us know. The more the
course can be ‘test run’ at merrier! We aim to get the
one or two of our centres in course accredited as well so
both the west and east in the that participants receive due
second half of this year. It acknowledgement for the
should provide great benefit effort.
and considerable fun and
enjoyment to those ready to
Fremantle’s own flying angel
Ann Robinson was one of the for and nurture the wounded
working team meeting in Port ones. Ann also coordinates-
Kembla to help draft the new around the clock- the
hospitality course. Ann, as running of the seven
Fremantle’s very own high seafarers buses up and down
flying angel, ‘mothers’ the coast, and to and from
hundreds of lonely, sick, the airport so her role is a
depressed and worried super busy one. We
seafarers passing through appreciated very much her
Fremantle port. The upstairs attending the Port Kembla
rooms of the Club often look workshop and her valuable
like a hospital’s recovery insights and contribution over
ward as Ann and her team of the two days.
dedicated women care
Townsville latest
The Townsville MTS committee has very
kindly offered to host the 2013 national
conference, probably in July or August. It is
over 10 years since one was held in the Far
North and a very memorable one at that so
the old timers (long servers) recall.
and the port users sector- some as far away
It is expected that the Australian Council as Brisbane and Mackay.
will be able to give more detail in a month Following the golf, the mission bus takes the
or so. For the present, Graham Miller is golfing contingent to Dairy Farmers Stadium
diligently working on his golf swing as where the local Townsville Cowboys go into
Townsville MTS prepare to host their annual battle with the visiting Brisbane Broncos.
fundraising Golf Day this weekend. The big Rugby league is the game they play in that
day on the green is supported by the nine beautiful part of the world. Let’s hope the
Townsville shipping agents with many golf day is a resounding success (and that
friends coming from the shipping industry the rampaging Cowboys triumph).
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3. Wallaroo
Wallaroo port is no longer the Wallaroo’s chaplain Martyn
sleepy little port some believe it Robinson held a very successful
to be. Recently, the editor on his ‘open house’ to promote our
way to Thevenard port took this new centre a few months back,
photo from the ferry pulling out of and given the increasing number
Wallaroo on its way across the of ships expected this year,
Gulf to Lucky Bay. As well as the Martyn certainly needs some
ship in dock loading, another willing volunteers to share the
three (the weather turned too load.
nasty to take a photo of them)
were at anchorage waiting to
come in to load.
Sea Sunday
Please do not forget that Sea Sunday is
close at hand. Central office always
provides Sea Sunday materials and
resources and this year is no different. To
check out what is available visit
www.seasunday.org/about-sea-sunday
Please join in and enjoy the celebrations.
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