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enjoy the outdoors and keep fit… Cross Country Walkers Volunteer Leader John Healy Join John and other members walking outdoors at various locations. Walking is for the moderately fit. John takes members on a walk 4th Monday of the month. Members are required to wear good walking shoes, hat and sunscreen for summer and […]
Dancing, fitness and fun… Pauline Morrow Pauline has been our celebrated volunteer line dancing tutor for eight years. Whittlesea U3A members have been lucky to have Pauline to teach and guide them through the steps of many old favourites as well as new line dances over the eight years she has been with us. All who […]
Learning about where you live.. HISTORY OF WHERE WE LIVE. Mernda History of the Area (Source Mernda Primary School Article) Mernda was originally known as Morang until 1893. The name came from the Parish of Morang, which was named after an aboriginal word thought to mean cloud or sky. It was then known as South […]
come along and enjoy the day.. Whittlesea U3A INC participated in the book launch at Mill Park Library on Sunday 25th May. At Whittlesea U3A Inc. we wish to be a catalyst for generating new knowledge and ideas. May all our members, and future members learn, create, connect and enjoy. All came along and helped celebrate […]
Working for the community… Busy Hands Circle Margaret, our fantastic leader of the Busy Hands Circle group, received a letter of acknowledgement for the donations of hats and scarves from Robin Curwen-Walker, the Cancer Survivorship Officer at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre. This Whittlesea U3A group meets once a week, knitting, sewing and […]
Find the letters here… Yola Dawson I joined U3A in 2002. Took the very first class that was advertised “learning Italian” conducted by Franca. A very talented and patient teacher.not many of us,about six but we enjoyed every lesson. Unfortunately our teacher passed away and we could not continue. Also joined the scrabble club, as […]
Whittlesea U3A Coach Tour of North East Victoria On a typical autumn morning in Melbourne forty seven Whittlesea U3A members huddled together to catch the coach for a three day trip. At the start of this three day adventure many members did not know other U3A members except Richard and Pam but soon were laughing […]
Learn about the computer.. So What is my Computer Hard Drive? Benjamin J Caruana Whittlesea U3A Inc Hard Drive The computer hard drive is primarily used for two purposes: First and foremost it is used to house the computer Operating System and Secondly is used as the primary storage area for your computer […]
Can I see the words… Is the Web Font too SMALL? Would you like to change the font size when surfing the internet? Well it is quite simple to do; all you have whilst in the Internet Explorer Page is to perform the following steps: Step 1: Select the then select and […]
what computer will I buy… What Computer should I purchase? NEW OR OLD? by Benjamin J Caruana Whittlesea U3A When purchasing a computer one has to determine the need for the computer. Although old computers are usually out-of-date, they are an affordable commodity and are more than likely good enough to meet your requirement. […]
everyone participates… Whittlesea U3A Quilted Banner Commenced 2008 and completed 2009 This U3A quilted banner was designed and put together by Whittlesea U3A members and families showing the ever-changing lifestyle of Seniors in the City of Whittlesea. The banner depicts examples of the many classes available in 2008 against a background of rolling hills, […]
Learn about the computer.. Protecting Documents with Passwords At times you may want to protect a document so that there is NO unauthorised reading and/or modification possible, and this is achieved by using password(s). There are three (3) ways that passwords can be allocated to a document, these being: Password to Open Password […]
Learn about tables…. SPLITTING a SINGLE CELL in a table into MULTIPLE CELLS When creating tables in WORD it is sometimes beneficial to split single cells into multiple cells. Normally a table is created with same size column cells as shown […]
check your memory…. MEMORY and BYTES READ ONLY MEMORY referred to as ROM Read Only Memory (ROM) is used to hold the memory required for basic instructions the computer needs to start up the computer and any other simple instructions it may need. some facts about ROM It cannot be written to […]
Using your mouse…. Left Mouse or Right Mouse LEFT MOUSE OR RIGHT MOUSE! The mouse is usually comprised of two buttons: LEFT or primary button and a RIGHT or secondary button. Note: The primary and secondary buttons can be switched around for […]