This information was updated on Mon 2nd Sept. 2002 from information sent from the clubs
Albury Wodonga Bonsai Society (N.S.W.)
Pres. Jeff Gates. ph (060) 215747
Sec. Danny Merat ph.(060) 212792
Meetings 3rd.Monday (ex Jan.), Albury Showground, Camera Club Building 7.30 p.m.
Armidale District Bonsai Society (N.S.W.)
Pres. Loise Chaffey ph (067) 72 8102
Sec. Jeannie Supple ph (067) 72 9964
Meetings 2nd.Wednesday, Dumaresq Shire
Council Building, Beardy St.
Armidale. N.S.W. 7 30 p.m.
Australian Associated Bonsai Clubs
Pres. Lindsay Bebb ph (07) 275 2290
Sec. Collin Hassall ph (06) 289 6208
Australian National Bonsai Association (N.S.W.)
Pres. Jim Scott ph (02) 416 4413
Sec. Barbara Thompson ph (02) 876 3584
Meetings Last Saturday (ex Dec.-Jan)
Epping Annexe, Ryde School
of Agriculture,T.A.E.F.,
Chelmsford Rd. Epping,N.S.W.
1-4 p.m.
Australian National Bonsai Association
(Canberra chapter -A.C.T.)
Pres. John White ph (06) 281 3458
Sec. Wallie Tietze ph (06) 295 3528
Meetings 2nd. Sunday Members Homes 10 a.m.
Bairnsdale Bonsai Group (Vic.)
Pres. Betty Widdas ph (03) 51523876
Sec. Mary Padula ph (03) 51579293
Meetings 2nd Tuesday (except Feb. ) at 2p.m.
Bairnsdale Neighbourhood House
Dalmahoy St. Bairnsdale.
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Beechworth & District Bonsai Society (Vic.)
Pres. Neil Padbury ph (060) 271824
R.M.B. 6471, Wodonga Vic. 3690
Sec. Bill Savage ph (057) 282696
Meetings 1st. Monday, Beechworth Neighborhood Centre, Ford St. Beechworth
7.30 p.m.
Bendigo Bonsai Club Inc. (Vic.)
Pres.David Allen ph (03) 5439 5605
(PO Box 889 Bendigo Vic. 3555)
Sec.Ellen Jenkins ph (03) 5441 2147
Meetings 4th. Friday (Feb-May & Sep-Nov) 7.30pm
4th Saturday (June-Aug) 1.30pm.
The Saints Church Hall
60 Halvin St. West. Bendigo
Beresfield School of Bonsai (N.S.W.)
Prse. Bill Pestell ph (049) 66 2174
Sec. Jean Pestell ph (049) 66 2174
Bimer Bonsai Club Inc. (Qld.)
Pres. Elaine Pollard ph (07) 264 1289
Sec. Bruce Harkness
P.O.Box 64.Geebung Qld.4034
NB. All mail to President
Meetings 1st. Saturday (ex. Jan), Church of
Latter Day Saints Hall,Jaquar St.
West Chermside. 1.30 - 5 p.m.
Bonsai Federation of Australia
Pres. Georgina Kretschmar ph (02) 636 4261
PO Box 32
Pendle Hill NSW 2145
Bonsai Reserch Group (N.S.W.)
Convenor. John Mathews ph (043) 28 5326
Meetings 1st. Saturday, Members Homes
1.30 - 4 p.m.
Bonsai Society of Australia Inc.(N.S.W.)
Pres. Dorothy Koreshoff ph (02) 634 2410
Sec. Jean Longhurst ph (02) 809 4902
Meetings 1st Tuesday (ex Jan)
Normanhurst Public School
Normanhurst Rd., Normanhurst NSW 8 p.m.
Bonsai Society of Ballarat (Vic.)
Pres Tom Cockram ph 03 5472 1096
Secretary Graham Freestone ph(03) 5334 4661
PO Box 215
Wendouree
Victoria 3355
Meetings 1st. Thursday, at 7.30 pm at Robert Clark Centre in the Botanical Gardens
Ballarat.
Bonsai Society of the Central Coast
President Milton Larven
Secretary Shirley Larven
Meetings
Gosford Arts Centre located in the Japanese Gardens East Gosford NSW 2250
Internet Contact Alan Rochester shellan@bigpond.com.au
Bonsai Society of Mount Gambier (S.A.)
Pres. Kathleen Finney ph (087) 232384
Sec. Gary Graham ph (087) 253379
Meetings 3rd.Tuesday (ex Jan.)
Girl Guides Hall, Hanson St.
Mount Gambier 7.30 p.m.
Bonsai Society of Queensland (Qld.)
Sec. Glenis Bebb
P.O.Box 220 Moorooka, Qld.4105
Telephone: (07) 274 1947
Meetings 4th.Thursday, Uniting Church Hall,
52 Merthyr Rd. New Farm 7.30 p.m.
Bonsai Society of Southern Tasmania (Tas.)
Pres. Noel Kemp ph (03) 62436296
Sec. D. Jones ph (03) 62342640
Meetings 3rd. Tuesday (ex Dec.- Jan.)
Bellerive Community Arts Centre,
17 Cambridge Rd. Bellerive. 7.30 p.m.
Bonsai Society of Western Australia Inc. (W.A.)
Pres. Nigel Atkinson ph (09) 3306242
Sec.. Greka Arkinson ph (09) 474 2361
Meetings Last Monday (ex. Dec.),South
Perth Community Hall 7.30 - 10 p.m.
Bonsai Tetsudare Hito Group (N.S.W.)
Pres. Richard Beeston ph (02) 428 3172
46 Karilla Ave. Lane Cove,
N.S.W. 2066
Meetings ?
Bundaburg Bonsai Club (Qld.)
Brian Inglis
Phone (071) 515949 or (07) 41515949 from November
Email :- brian@interworks.com.au
website:- http://www.interworx.com.au/users/brian
Meetings Saturday 1pm
15 Jocumsen St.,
Bunderburg 7 p.m.
Cairns & District Bonsai Study Group (Qld.)
Pres. V. Kidner ph (070) 54 4465
28 Hoad St. Earville Qld. 4870
Meetings ?
Campbelltown Bonsai Group (N.S.W.)
Pres. Stan Tyler
Sec. Frank Alton
Meetings Every Monday .
Ruse Community Hall
Oberon St,
Ruse
7.30 - 9.30 p.m.
Canberra Bonsai Society Inc. (A.C.T.)
Pres. Jim Miller
Postal Address P.O.Box 800, Woden A.C.T. 2606
Sec. Frank Kelly
Meetings 1st. Saturday (ex Jan.) - Hughes Community Centre
Act 2605
Canberra School of Bonsai (A.C.T.)
Pres. John White ph (06) 281 3458
Sec. Shirley White ph (06) 281 3458
Meetings Private lessons by appointment.
Cumberland Bonsai Society (N.S.W.)
Pres. Doreen Kelly ph (02) 674 1360
Sec. Linda Vall ph (02) 636 4281
Meetings 4th.Monday, Uniting Church Hall
Hammers Rd. Northmead 7.30 p.m.
Darwin Bonsai Club Inc. (N.T.)
c/- Robyn Ducat
69 Wellington Parade
Alawa NT 0810
Phone 08 8985 6680
Devonport Bonsai Society (Tas.)
Pres. Des Saunders ph (03) 6424 2128
Sec. Vanessa Haslem ph (03) 6424 4513
email:- hasday@southcom.com.au
Web Site -
http://www.devonport.tco.asn.au/bonsai/index.html
Meeting Devonport Public Library
7.30pm Second Friday of each month
Eastern Districts Bonsai Club Inc. (N.S.W.)
Pres. Nancy Taylor ph (02) 399 3134
Sec. Kate Osborne ph (02) 349 2458
P.O.Box 120. Kensington N.S.W.2033
Meetings 1st. Tuesday, Clarrie Martin Hall
61 Newlands St. Bondi Junction
7.30 p.m.
Geelong Bonsai Club Inc. (Vic.)
Pres. Bob White ph (052) 56 1490
Sec. Cassandra Perry ph (052) 23 1049
ellen@deakin.edu.au
P.O.Box 1175, Geelong Vic. 3220
Meetings 1st. Monday (ex Jan.) St Mary's
Hall,Myer St. Geelong 7.30 p.m.
Gold Coast - Tweed Bonsai Club (Qld.)
Pres. Rod Brown
Sec. Debi Cook
Telephone: (07) 571 5255
Meetings 2nd. Saturday.C.W.A.Rooms (next
to Winders Park & Air Sea Rescue
Station). Currumbin. 1.30 p.m.
Goulburn Bonsai Society (N.S.W.)
Pres. Pat Alford ph (02) 4821 8028
Sec. Chris Watson ph (02) 4821 5811
Meetings Last Sunday Members' Homes
10.30 a.m.
Goulburn Valley Bonsai Club Inc. (Vic.)
Pres. Marc Scanlon ph (058) 215474
Sec. Anne Timm-Murphy ph (058) 253231
Publicity Officer/ Editor, Mario Semeia (03) 57952852.
email, marios@eck.net.au
PO Box 612, Shepparton, Vic 3632
Meetings 3rd Sunday, 11a.m.
Chinese House
Parkside Gardens.
Sheparton .
Hastings Bonsai Group (N.S.W.)
Pres.Margret Trotter ph (065) 85 1463
Sec. George Porter ph (065) 83 1239
Meetings 3rd. Saturday, Branch's Nursery,
Table St. Port Maquarie 1 -3.30 p.m.
Illawarra Bonsai society Inc.(N.S.W.)
Pres Geoff Henderson
Sec. Jan Briggs
P.O.Box 294,Jannali N.S.W. 2226
Meetings 3rd. Monday, Gymea Community Centre
Gymea Bay Rd. Gymea 8 p.m.
Kempsey Bonsai Group Inc. (N.S.W.)
Sec. Colleen Cameron
Telephone: (065) 66 5166
Meetings 3rd. Saturday,Anglican Youth Centre
Marsh St.Kempsey 1 p.m.
Launceston Bonsai Workshop (Tas.)
Lynne Farrell ph 019971666
Manning Valley Bonsai Club (N.S.W.)
President Faye Pope
Meetings 3rd. Saturday,
Taree West Public School,
Old Wingham Rd. Taree West
12 noon-4 p.m.
Mitsubishi Bonsai Club (S.A.)
Pres. Tony Cotton ph 8382 1033
Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesdays;
1st Workshop
2nd Worksop / Critiques
Cafateria Mitsubishi Motors Aust. Ltd.
South Rd. Cloverlly Park 7.30 p.m.
McArthur Bonsai Group
(Campbelltown N.S.W.)
Sec.. Heather Shannon ph (046) 31 1243
Meetings 1st. Saturday,Members' Homes 2 -4 p.m.
Muswellbrook Bonsai Society (N.S.W.)
Pres. Terry Stephens ph (065) 42 3025
Towanni St.Muswellbrook N.S.W.
2333
Sec. Marianne Harwood ph (065) 43 3861
50 Maitland St.Muswellbrook
N.S.W. 2333
Meetings 4th. Saturday,Members' Homes
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Naracoorte Bonsai Club (S.A.)
Pres. Kathryn Hole ph (087) 62 1330
P.O.Box 48,Naracoorte S.A. 5271
Sec. Patricia Harrold ph (087) 62 3470
P.O.Box 887,Naracoorte S.A. 5271
Meetings 4th Tuesday (ex. Dec.) Guide Hall,
Porter St. Naracoorte 7 p.m.
Nepean Bonsai Society (N.S.W.)
Pres. Mark Dawson
0402 060 471
Sec. Colleen McCombie (20) 47395105
Meetings:- 4th Sunday
2 p.m.Kingswood Park Neighbourhood Centre
Kingswood Park
Newcastle Bonsai Society Inc.
Pres. Ron Mansfield
Sec. Bob Nieass ph .(02) 4955 5371
94ducati@coscom.net
PO Box 83 Wallsend 2287
Meetings 2nd Saturday,Guide Hsll Burton St.
Mount Hutton. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Northern Beaches Bonsai Society
Pres. Niki McCarthy
Sec. Shirley Reilly ph (02) 918 3264
P.O.Box 325. Newport Beach,N.S.W.
2106
Meetings ?
Queensland Bonsai Soc ( Goshu Bonsai)
Pres Glenis Bebb
ph (07) 3275 2290
c/- 310 Musgrave Rd.,
Coopers Plains
4106
Sakura Bonsai Studio Inc.
Pres. Georgina Kretschmar ph (02) 636 4261
Sec. Galen Gannon ph (02) 452 5420
Mail P.O.Box 174 Forestville 2087
Meetings 1st. Sunday, Japanese School,
112 Booralie Rd. Terrey Hills
9.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Sale Bonsai Club Inc. (Vic.)
Pres. Evelyn Warner ph (051) 444316
Sec. Rory Ester ph (051) 445997
Meetings 1st.Thursday,Sale Angling Club
South Gippsland Hwy.Sale.7.30 p.m.
South Australian Bonsai Society Inc. (S.A.)
Pres. Keith Warren ph (08) 2587291
Sec. Judy Neate ph (08) 3365787
Meetings 1st.Tuesday 8 p.m.,
3rd Tuesday 7.30 p.m.(ex. Jan.)
Illingworth Hall,Hampton St.
Goodwood.
South Coast Bonsai Society
(" Urimbirra".)
Pres. Tony Pezzutto ph (02) 4228 3450
Sec. Norma Naylor ph (02) 4297 5553
Meetings 2nd.Tuesday (ex.Dec.-Jan.)
A.P.A Hall, Princes Highway
Figtree NSW
7 p.m.
Southern Coast Bonsai Club
Club Organiser :- Melaine McQuillan
Contact No. 040 3144 092
Meetings at Parkview Nursery,
off Cockburn Rd.
Albany
e-mail : southerncoastbonsai@hotmail.com
Suiseki Australia
President Alan Rochester
Secretary Manja Morey
Meetings
Usually meets on the 3rd Wednesday night the month [ 8 times a year.]
for more information, please contact Alan Rochester
Internet Contact Alan Rochester shellan@bigpond.com.au
Summerland Bonsai Society Inc.(N.S.W.)
Pres. Stephen Stewart
P.O.Box 158. Lismore Heights,
N.S.W. 2480
Sec. Irene Sekalic
Meetings 1st Suturday, Lismore Public
School 1 p.m.
Bonsai Northwest Inc (Vic.)
Pres. Brad Smith
P.O. Box 222 Yarraville Vic. 3013
Meetings 8 pm 1st. Monday (ex. Jan.) Yarraville Community Centre,
59 Francis St., Yarraville
Website:
http://www.bonsainorthwest.com.au
Sunshine Coast Bonsai Society
President Browyn Wynn
07 5491 8179
Meetings 4th Saturday at School of Arts Hall
Woombye
Tamworth Bonsai Club (N.S.W.)
Sec. Doreen Goddard ph (067) 67 6216
Meetings 3rd.Saturday,23 Moaray St,
Tamworth. 2 - 4 p.m.
Taree R.S.L. Pun-Jing Bonsai Club.
President Gordon Pope Ph (02) 6551 0198
Email Contact Lynne Wright gennanaya@optusnet.com.au
P.O. Box 40. Taree 2440
Meetings at Sports & Recreation Club,
Beetson Pde,
Taree
3rd Sunday each month at 1.00pm
Tasmania Bonsai Group (Tas.)
Pres. Tony Hewer ph (002) 445336
5 Waverley Crt.Bellerive,Tas.7018
Sec. Gorden Mathers ph (002) 498149
8 Aldridge Crt.Austins Ferry,Tas.
7011
Note:. Mail to President
Meetings 2nd. Tuesday, Bellerive Community
Arts Centre, 17 Cambridge Rd.
Bellerive. 7.30 -10.30 p.m.
Tasmanian Bonsai Society (Tas.)
Pres. Michael McLaren
Sec. Neil Hardstaff ph (004) 31 5676
P.O.Box 1054,Burnie,Tas. 7320
Meetings Last Tuesday (ex. Dec. & Jan.)
Hellyer Matriculation College
Moorville Rd. Burnie. 7.30 p.m.
Tenterfield Horticultural Society Inc.
Bonsai Club (N.S.W.)
Pres. Nell Cowley ph (067) 36 1087
P.O.Box 264
Tenterfield,N.S.W. 2372
Sec. June Chalmer ph (067) 36 2500
Meetings 1st.Tuesday,161 Pelham St, or
Members' Homes 10 a.m.-12 noon.
The Bonsai Workshop (W.A.)
Pres. Ken Painter fax 08 92430761
P.O.Box 279,Scarborough,W.A.6019
Meetings 1st.Saturday,Guide Hall,
Cnr.Scarborough Beach & Hancock Rds.
Doubleview. 1 -4 p.m.
The National Capital Bonsai Group (A.C.T.)
Convenor John White ph (06) 281 3458
Meetings 2nd Sunday, Members' Homes 10 a.m.
The School of Bonsai (N.S.W.)
Pres. Pamela Dare
Sec. Joan Cam
P.O.Box 4510, North Rocks,N.S.W.
2151
Meetings
The Don Moore Centre
North Rocks Road
North Rocks
Internet contact Alan Rochester shellan@bigpond.com.au
Tokonoma Bonsai Society Coffs Harbour Inc.
(N.S.W.)
Pres. Tony Lea ph (066) 69 5650
Sec. Betty Crawford ph (066) 53 6370
P.O.Box 811,Coffs Harbour N.S.W.
2450
Meetings 1st. Saturday,C.W.A. House,
Little St. Coffs Harbour
1.30 - 4.30 p.m.
Toowoomba Bonsai Group Inc. (Qld.)
Pres. Ted Kerby ph (07) 4630 0711
Sec. Sylvia Webb ph (07) 4635 8114
PO Box 7359
Toowoomba Mail Centre
Toowoomba QLD 4352
Meetings 1st. Satuday 1.30 -5 p.m.
3rd. Tuesday 7 - 10 p.m.
Toowoomba Educational Centre
Baker St.,
Toowoomba.
Townsville Association of Bonsai Enthusiasts (TABE)
Contact: Adrian Alderson (077) 75 1394
Mary Brisbane (077) 71 6747
Meetings: 1st Sunday of month, Lazy Acres (behind Garden View Nusery)
Dalrymple Rd, 2pm
Tropical Bonsai Association
(Tableland Branch Qld.)
Pres. Barry Johns ph (070) 92 3857
Sec. Fran Truelove ph (070) 92 1441
P.O.Box 395 Mareeba,Qld. 4880
Meetings 4th. Monday,Tableland College
of TAFE,Tinaroo Creek Rd. Mareeba
7.30 p.m.
Twin Lakes Bonsai Society
Sec: Mick Balzary
Telephone: (044) 73 8615
Waverley Garden Club Inc.-Bonsai Group
(Vic.)
Pres. Ted Harris ph (03) 802 5145
Sec. John Rash ph (03) 95550476
PO Box 926, Mount Waverley, Vic 3149
Meetings 3rd Tuesday,St.John's Uniting
Church Hall,Virginia St.
Mount Waverley. 8 - 10 p.m.
Wagga Wagga Bonsai Society (N.S.W.)
Pres. Wendy Kotzur ph (069) 22 7788
Sec. Pauline McCallum ph (069) 22 5063
Meetings 1st Tuesday,A.R.C.C. Centre
Tarcutta St.Wagga Wagga 7.30 p.m.
Western Suburbs Bonsai Group (N.S.W.)
Pres. Barry Craven
Sec. Janet Yu
Meetings 1st. Friday, Five Dock Citizens Centre
422 Lyons Rd.,
Five Dock, Sydney
7.30 p.m.
Weston Creek Bonsai Group (A.C.T.)
Pres. Robert Maccioni
Sec. Ernie Moules ph (02) 6293 2515
email ernie_moules@yahoo.com
Postal Address:- PO box 3852, Weston
A.C.T. 2611
Meetings 2nd. Tuesday (ex. July & August)
Weston Creek Community Centre,
Parkinson St. Weston 7.30 p.m.