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 12th August.
If you are not a member but would like to receive these free newsletters yourself, just sign up.
Our 2024 term 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Veronica’s room are Thursday, 19th September and Sundays, 8th and 15th September.
Is Susan actually Susan, a self-possessed college student in 1973? Or is she Veronica, a conflicted young lady of 1935, desperately believing herself to be a later Susan? What begins as a seeming mission of mercy ends up a terrifying crisis of self-doubt amongst malevolent forces, with the audience no less certain of Veronica/Susan’s identity than she is.
Veronica’s Room is a thriller by Ira Levin, author of Deathtrap and Rosemary’s Baby.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
Peter Wegner is a Nillumbik figurative painter, sculptor, and draughtsman. In 2021, he won the 100th Archibald Prize for his portrait of fellow artist and previous Archibald winner Guy Warren, also in his 100th year.
Peter started the Centenarian Series in 2013 with the first drawing of his Aunty Rita (who reached the age of 104). Since then, he has drawn more than 100 centenarians who were still living lives with mobility, curiosity and purpose. Each drawing was completed from life in an afternoon or morning with little alteration to that first impression – they are moments captured within a time allowed. The exploration of aging, and how we age, is central to this project.
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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