Nillumbik University of the Third Age (U3A) welcomes retirees and semi-retirees to join our friendly community. We offer opportunities for members to engage in great learning, sporting, artistic and social activities without a need for formal educational qualifications – all that’s required is a love of learning and a friendly outlook.
Our newsletter
We send out regular newsletters (Gibber Gabbers) to around 1,800 people in total. You can read these newsletters on our newsletter page.
Our latest Gibber Gabber was sent out on 9th September.
If you would like to submit an article for a future Gibber Gabber, or discuss the possibility of so doing, send an email to the editor
If you are not a member but would like to receive these free newsletters yourself, just sign up.
Our 2024 classes
We currently run around 90 different courses each term.
These cover a wide range of subjects including languages, physical activities, cards & puzzles, and classes related to music, art, literature, history and science.
Our Office & 2024 term dates
Our Office is at Eltham Central Pavilion, 18 Panther Place. Map. It is open (during term times only) on Mondays, 1-3pm and Thursdays, 10am-midday. Email: office@nillumbiku3a.org.au. Tel: 0468 300 764.
| Term | Start | End |
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| T1 | Mon, 5 February | Thu, 28 March |
| T2 | Mon, 22 April | Fri, 28 June |
| T3 | Mon, 22 July | Fri, 20 September |
| T4 | Mon, 14 October | Fri, 6 December |
Membership
Membership is open to all retired and semi-retired people and we have no age limits. We have around 920 members.
Our annual fee is just $55 a year and participation in classes is then free.
Our upcoming events
Jim Connor will provide a presentation about his personal reflections on the cessation of the Shire of Eltham and the establishment of the Shire of Nillumbik, which occurred in December 1994. This was a significant change and Jim’s insights come from his role as a former Eltham councillor, then a community member of the Nillumbik Planning Special Committee and chair of the Disability Advisory Committee, under the commissioner’s administration, in the early days of Nillumbik.
Note that this talk is Jim’s personal perspective and not an Eltham District Historical Society presentation.
Nillumbik U3A member Rachel Brak will talk about her holiday in Mongolia. Here is her introductory description of the talk.
I (Rachel) had so many questions. Would I find my way back from the toilet block in the middle of the night? What would a diet of dairy and meat do for me? Would I pull a face when drinking the politely offered fermented mare’s milk. My friends just asked ‘Why Mongolia?’
Mongolia has more horses than people, with around a quarter of the people being nomads. It is one of the sunniest countries in the world but with one of the shortest summers. Known as ‘the land of the blue sky’, its capital has registered the coldest winter on earth. It has the sixth largest desert in the world (with very little sand), where the first fossilised dinosaur eggs were found. And it had a founding father who established the second largest empire in the world.
And it is the most interesting holiday that I have ever been on.
Our class blogs
Many of our classes blog on this website, including our art classes, choir, golf, jazz appreciation, our walking groups and our writing groups.
Look at some of the art produced by our members.
Or stories from our Collaborative Writing Group, our Writing Workshop and others.
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