You may be retired from work, but not from life!
This can be the best time of your life to learn or do something different that stimulates the mind, keeps you active and healthy and also create new friendships.
Bribie University of the Third Age (U3A) is Bribie’s biggest business, with 154 different classes run by volunteers and attended by more than 2200 seniors every week, enriching their lives with lifelong learning.
Bribie U3A is recognised as one of the best in so many ways. U3A began in France in 1972, coming to Australia in 1984 and to Bribie in 1992. Now it’s in more than 60 countries worldwide, with 230 U3A’s throughout Australia and 37 in Queensland. Few have as many different classes on offer or as many students as Bribie U3A. The name university may concern some people; however it is not about examinations and hard study, but an opportunity to try new things for pleasure, with likeminded people and do something you have always wanted to.
The timetable of daily classes offers subjects for everyone. No tests or qualifications to get in and no exams or results at the end, just lots of fun and nice people. One of the following broad subjects may be of interest and there are many different levels and categories of classes in each topic.
LANGUAGES, EXERCISE, CRAFT, THEATRE, DANCE, HISTORY, MUSIC, ART & CRAFTS, GAMES, DRAWING, QUIZ, COMPUTERS, SPORT, GENEALOGY, BOOKS, SONG and SCIENCE.
CLASSES in 2025
You can view the daily timetable of classes on www.u3abribie.com.au, with outlines of content to see if the topic and time suits you. There are several new and returning classes on offer in Term 1 this year which include BRIBIE BEFORE US, DEBATE OUR FUTURE, SEEING LIFE DIFFERENTLY, SOCIOLOGY, POETRY WRITING and TRAVEL.
Bribie U3A is now closed until Term 1 classes resume on Tuesday January 28, 2025 which will run for 10 weeks until Friday April 4.
Membership of Bribie U3A is just $10 a year and the term of classes is $15. New members can join and enrol for any classes with vacancies in the first week of term at U3A in the Recreation Hall on First Avenue between 9am and noon or online.
The Third Age is a time in your life - not an age.
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