2022 RSL ACTIVE EVENTS

RSL ACTIVE AND MILDURA RSL

The year 2022, saw the introduction of RSL Active into the Mildura Area. RSL Active is a social, emotional, wellbeing project offering veterans and their families programs and activities to improve physical and mental health, while helping build relationships.

  • The introduction of RSL Active into the Mildura area, invited Veterans and their Families out to connect with others and find like-minded people. The Mildura Dragon Boat Club (MDBC) hosted the very first event in Mildura for RSL Active on Saturday February 12, 2023. The first event saw 40 participants come and have a go at Dragon Boat Racing, it was a great first event with many veterans and their families all having a go.

 

  • The Second activity was a bus tour through the old Soldier settlements. The Sunraysia area has a proud military history spanning back as far as the Boer War. Many of the districts in Sunraysia were settled by returned soldiers from the First World War, and their legacy still lives on today. A guided bus tour through the soldier settlements of Red Cliffs, Nangiloc, Carwarp and Yelta, where these soldiers worked together to clear the land, establish townships and propagate farms, both irrigated and dryland. The tour included lunch along the way and a history lesson that delves into the beginnings of our districts.

 

  • The Mildura RSL and RSL Active invited veterans and their families to come and take part in a simulated field clay target shoot, which was held at the Sunraysia Field and Game complex. there was a great turn out for this event, with five groups of six people, they made our away around the field, having a go at all of the different stations and targets. Noting that all participants hit at least one target!

 

  • July the Mildura RSL and RSL active hosted a family fun day playing outdoor lawn bowls. The day saw a variety of guests with the age of attendees was ranging from 4 years old to 87 years old.

 

  • Next Veterans and their families were invited for a fun morning at Arnnies Laser Force, for a friendly game of laser tag. The event saw 20 participants come and have a fun morning.