Over 50 women gathered at the CWA Hall in Robertson Park on Sunday, July 14 to participate in the CWA Central Western Group’s ‘Four in One’ Bastille Day celebration.

Our Agriculture, Cookery, Cultural and International officers blended their work into one French-themed day which was both informative and fun.

The agricultural component involved access to more information about our study areas of fauna (microbats), flora (fungi) and foe (fire-ants) plus our primary product area of study (seaweed!).

We ate French beef and chicken dishes, with a side of pumpkin and mushroom risotto… the cooking of which had been demonstrated on stage. Of course, crepes and profiteroles were also on the menu.

Via ‘post-it note poetry’, we created a variety of “Oh to be French” poems. All required the inclusion of French people, places, things, food or drink. Some poems were good. Some not-so-good. Some hysterical!

We’re looking forward to finding out which country, flora, fauna, foe and primary product we’ll be studying next time and to having CWA Central Western branch members come together for another celebration of our agriculture, cookery, culture and international studies.

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