"Caught in the Net'  by Ray Cooney.    Reported by Brenda England

Friday 11 November saw some Probus members at 'Caught in the Net' at the Gold Coast Little Theatre.

We weren't just caught up in the net but in stitches as well as we watched this two-timing taxi driver,  John, Leonard Smith try to keep his two families from meeting up.  He was reluctantly aided by his mate, Stanley Gardner who spun some amazing stories to cover up and getting himself ever deeper into some awful problems of his own.  Enter Stanley's dad who seemed to think the flat was a hotel near the sea and added to the confusion and mayhem. This elderly man had a wonderful ability to fall over his walking stick and stagger up again unharmed.  There must be an art to this.

The two teenagers, a boy and a girl who met over the internet and belonging to each of the taxi driver's households do eventually meet up.   As it turns out that one of them didn't have John, Leonard Smith as her father and that the wives have known all along and accepted the situation this farcical comedy ends well for the youngsters.  It was a very well acted play and how the actors could remember who was locked behind which door was amazing.  The taxi driver much deservedly did get his head banged on the wall and was tipped over an armchair on more than one occasion.  One can only hope the actor has plenty of stamina to see out the season of this very funny and entertaining play.

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Broadwater Boat trip 23-11-05   Reported by Doris Coe

Last Wednesday was no exception and by 9 a.m., we were all at the Runaway Bay marina, groceries purchased and ready to load and take off on our sailing boat for a day on the water.

Our wonder full hosts, an Anglican minister, undertaker and real estate agent (we were covered from every angle) gave us a lovely morning tea, fresh fruit and very nice fruitcake, plus tea and coffee.

As we cruised through the Broadwater, we were asked if we would like a ride on the Jet Ski, a magnificent looking machine with a turbo charged motor. What an experience, racing round the Broadwater at 110 Km p.h. After the first few volunteers said was a great time they had, nearly everybody decided to give it a go and all gave it the "thumbs up[".

We arrived at Couran Cove and made our way to a lovely picnic spot by a lagoon, and enjoyed an excellent chick and salad lunch, whilst watching a couple of wallabies who obviously call the place home.  A very relaxing time, one of our members was going to show us his canoeing skills, but decided it would take too long to bail the water out of the bottom of the canoe. Well, that was his excuse and he is sticking with it.

When storm clouds gathered we decided to head home and by the time we reached the Marina, it was as well out of the water and it was in the water, but we had had such a lovely day, nobody cared.

I nearly forgot, we thought we would have to pass the hat round (no pun intended) when bob's hat took off and floated away.  The lucky passenger on the Jet Ski had a longer ride, as the hat was tracked down and fished out. Result, one wet, very clean hat and one happy Bob.

Our money for the outing goes to S.A.I.L.S., "Anglican sailing adventures in life skills" which help's disadvantaged teenagers to acquire new skills, such as anger-management, self-esteem and much more, so it is nice to think we can contribute in this way.

Again, thanks Bob for all your work, I am sure we would all agree, one of our best trips and thoroughly enjoyed by all. Keep up the good work.

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