Defibrillator for Community

It is with much pleasure the North West Masonic Benevolence Society Inc. donated a Defibrillator through its contributing Lodge, Devonport Masonic Lodge to the Baptcare Orana Respite and Social Centre located in East Devonport in January 2024. This facility provides a caring and supportive environment where older people who live at home come to enjoy […]

International Woman’s Day Breakfast

Lodge Lauriston 72T.C. provided the catering yet again for the International Woman’s Day Breakfast organised by Soroptimist International George Town. The event was held at the Graham Fairless Centre and after preparing for the event the night before, the Lodge members assembled at 5am and worked diligently to serve a full English breakfast at 7am […]

The Masonic Medical Research Foundation and MND Tasmania

On Saturday 12th October the Masonic Medical Research Foundation (MMRF) held a Gala Dinner in support of Motor Neurone Disease Tasmania. The aim of the event, and ongoing events, is to raise $40K to “Banish the Beast”. The fund raising idea was pitched to the MMRF by WBro. R.G. Paterson, a Past Master of Macquarie […]

Dynamic Taekwondo Demonstration

WBro. Darren Hyland presented a fantastic evening demonstrating Shim Jang Taekwondo at Roland Lodge’s November Meeting. Darren is a 7th Dan Black Belt in the discipline and has trained the position of Assistant Grand Master  in the  World Shim Jang Taekwondo Academy. WBro. Darren has been training in the art for over 20 years and […]

Roland Lodge’s March Meeting

The Roland Lodge’s March meeting was a special event to two reasons. Firstly, due to the fact that there were three official visits, from Wynyard Poulett, Burnie Emu Lodges and Lodge of Peace. In addition, there were several individual visitors. The second reason was the labour of the evening – the initiation of Brother Colby […]

Worshipful Brother Corey McGrath

Worshipful Brother Corey McGrath was installed into the chair of Lodge Lauriston on the 12 April. Attendance numbers were up on past years, so much so that additional chairs had to be placed in the lodge room. In total there were 23 visiting Masters and 26 Grand Lodge officers, in addition to members and visitors. […]