Swiss Express 65

ISSUE MAR/APR
 2018
SWISSNo.65
EXPRESS

SWISS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

FRINGE AND ADELAIDE FESTIVAL PLUS
EVENTS BY SWISS ARTISTS
Swiss
2018 events calendar Business
Special
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SWISS EXPRESS

CONTENTS

Mar/ Apr

Image source:www.graechen.ch 2   + 4
President's Note

3  
Events overview and key contacts

5
Fringe events

8
Comics & Games Corner
Jokes and spot the difference

9 
Swiss Summer Meals and Easter Egg
Decorating
Fresh easy recipes and traditional
techniques

9
Expression of interest for SwissCham
Business Event 

11
Position Vacant
Honorary Consul based in Adelaide

12
Event Photos

13
2018 Calendar of Events

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President's Note 21

New Year, New Adventures 36

Dear Members, Contributors

We are so lucky to live in such a vibrant place and it is this time of the year when Fabian Muller President 
people from all over the world come to Adelaide. We are also noticing more Swiss Sarah Hill Vice President
migrating to Adelaide which is great.
4 8Sarah Hill Editor
Past Events Deputy Editor
Annual General Meeting - it was great to have your support & encouragement at Edith Baker
the AGM as well as suggestions on how we can continue to improve the club. Isabelle Schnider Travel

We really want to get better at the newsletter, and it will be printed for the We would like to thank our valued  
members who request a printed version. This year we are going to slightly change sponsors for their continued support.
up the AGM to make it more accessible to attend, and also have a great dinner Melann's Fabric and Sewing
where we are able to all sit together after which we feel is important so we can Centre, Schweizer Kobras
chat both formally & informally. Lawyers, Gunadoo Massage Studio &
Micycle.
Kuitpo Forest Grilling
Last year we had extreme rain, this year was a total fire ban so we couldn't enter Reading this and not a
the National Park - but that didn't stop us again from having a really great time! member?
Turn out was huge, and we moved the event to the nearby local park in Meadows
which actually turned out really well. There was plenty of food and Sepp made Join & support your
delicious traditional Swiss Buerli which were incredible. I was amazed at how community for a small cost.
proud you are of the club, and how you invited some extended family & friends.
Both kids & adults loved the games we played, including the three legged race & Contact our
tug of war! Overall, I was really impressed how organised it all was despite the treasurer Paul for further
last minute move of location.
details:
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Contacts Listen up!

President  21
Fabian Muller [email protected]
m:0418 359 763 Swiss Corner Community Radio
Vice President  5EBI 103.1 fm
Sarah Hill
[email protected] 6pm every3e6very Saturday
m:04038 808 557
Secretary Monthly Meetings
Edith Baker
[email protected] Schwyzer
m: 0412 837 098 h: 70709062 Frauenchraenzli/Swiss Women’s
Treasurer meeting:
Paul Hill 1st Monday of each month ,
[email protected] Contact Rosemarie Copeland: 8336 5932,
m: 0433221274 [email protected]
Web Manager & Newsletter Editor  Hockete/Casual get-together:
Sarah Hill 1st Friday of each month, 6.30pm
[email protected] onwards for a meal/chat @ The Austrian
m: 0403808557 Club,11/17 Torrens Road, Ovingham
Public Officer Freitag Jass/Friday Card games:
Sarah Hill @ The Austrian Club after Hockete
Newsletter editor:
Sarah Hill SWISS EXPRESS   |   3
Event committee members:
Herbert Gall, Isabelle Schnider, Marlene
Guillaume
Honorary Auditor
Vacant
Honorary Consul
Rene Pfister 
h: 8271 8854 

Welcome
to the committee

Marlene

Continued from page 1 2018 Thank you event for the South Australian Multicultural
Affairs and Ethnic Commission (SAMEAC)
Sammichlaus Brunch
Set amongst the huge gum trees in the Morialta Fabian meeting the new German Club president,
Conservation Park in the Adelaide Foot Hills with Philipp Lenzenhuber
perfect weather, it couldn't be any different than
celebrating in the cold in Switzerland inside. The huge
table with all different types of food was incredible -
you put in so much effort. Samichlaus & Schmutzli
arrived in style, wearing their very traditional clothes.
The children read out poems & gave some special
words to Samichlaus. We had beautiful background
music & signing by one of our attendees, Dave.

This year the children received SIGG drink bottles and
delicious traditional biscuits baked by Sepp. The
Pinata was very popular amongst the children as
always, and so was playing in the creek. It was so nice
to catch up with all of you and I was really surprised
with the turn out, over 60 of you made this event a
success with lots of new people coming to Adelaide. It
was so interesting to hear everyones story about their
first arrival to Adelaide and why.

Coming up
Business Networking Event
SwissCham - a Swiss Business Network in Australia is
looking at hosting an event with us in Adelaide in the
next months. This event will be about connecting
people and helping businesses answer questions,
there will be a guest presenter also. Details are being
finalised and will be available in due course. If you are
a Swiss Business, Entrepreneur, Professional or
Researcher interested in attending, reach out to us.

Ciao,

FABIAN MULLER
President of Swiss Club of SA

Sarah and Herb at the SAMAEC event

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MARCH
MADNESS
SWISS ARTISTS

By Isabelle Schnider Another creative Swiss mind to follow is
Mats Staub. His exhibition, as part of the
As the nights slowly Adelaide Festival, is called ‘21:
become cooler and the sun stays high in Memories of Growing Up’.
the sky for a littler longer make every
effort to get amongst the local festival He has interviewed over 100 people to
spirit. ask them what they were doing at the age
of 21. He records them then plays it back
Everyone is out and about, and the city to them a few months later, filming their
starts to come back to life after the expressions. The result is an absorbing
winter. People start making plans again window into a stranger’s life and
and actually sticking to them. This first experiences. Staub has interviewed
little taste of hot weather has us people of all ages, some remembering a
thinking about the festival season. time of war and Nazis, others talking
“Mad March” as it is affectionately about the invention of Facebook and
called can be quite overwhelming. mobile phones. You can spend as little or
Brochures and programs are already as long as you like engrossed in the
printed and circulating, shows are stories and move through the exhibit at
already being booked. It seems to be your own pace.
getting bigger each year.
Adelaide comes to life in March, with so
Artists and performers travel from all many different things to see and do. We
over the globe to come to Adelaide, encourage you all to get involved and
making it a huge multicultural arts hub. enjoy our city with the great things it
There are even a couple of Swiss artists offers.
making the trip in 2018 so we thought
we’d tell you a little about them so you Aurora Borealis
can support them. Where: North Terrace, Adelaide
When: 16 February – 18 March
Dan Acher is a Genevan artist that How much: Free
works with sound and lights to create www.adelaidefringe.com.au/news/the-
large-scale art in city landscapes. As parade-of-light
part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival he
is transforming North Terrace by 21: Memories of Growing Up
projecting lasers and haze to recreate Where: Institute Building, State Library
the Northern Lights. His exhibition of South Australia, North Terrace
‘Aurora Borealis’ will occur every When: 2 March – 18 March
night of the Fringe so you can take your How much: $20
family out for a stroll past the museum www.adelaidefestival.com.au/2018/21-
and the old university buildings and see memories-of-growing-up
the skies lit up. No more travelling to
the deep dark corners of Scandinavia to SWISS EXPRESS   |   5
see the lights, we will have them right
here in our own backyard thanks to
Dan Acher. His exhibition runs for all

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EVERY EDITION

SPIEL ZEIT

You gotta diSffpeortetnhcee
be Joking!

Q:“Why do so many Swiss
banks have bars on their

windows?”

A: “That’s simple, it’s to help
the bank directors get used to

the idea of them.“

Did you know?

There are more than 1500 lakes in
Switzerland containing around 6% of

Europe's fresh water stocks. The
largest of these lakes are Lake Geneva,

Lake Constance and Lake Maggiore.

GAME & JOKE SECTION SWISS EXPRESS   |   7

Decorate your eggs
this easter

DELICIOUS POSTMODERN
SUMMER PAINTING. Stella
DESSERT alternately paints in
oil and watercolor
Ricotta-Creme mit Feigen / Ricotta Cream with
Figs SWISS EXPRESS   |   8

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Serves 4 (using 200mL serving glasses)

250 g Ricotta (or coconut yogurt)
2 TL Zitronensaft / 2 teaspoons of lemon juice
3 EL Akazienhonig / 3 tablespoons fo hone
4 Feigen, in Schnitzen / 4 figs (quatered)

Ricotta, Zitronensaft und die Hälfte des Honigs
glatt rühren, in die Gläser füllen. Feigen darauf
verteilen, restlichen Honig darüberträufeln.

Place ricotta, lemon juice and half of honey in a
bowl and mix until smooth. Place into serving
glasses, top with figs and drizzle with remaining
honey. 

If you have an experience or story you would
like to share with us in the Swiss Express,
submissions can be made to the
editor Sarah at [email protected]  

FEATURE

CALLING ALL BUSINESS OWNERS 

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST NOW OPEN www.swisscham.com.au
FOR SWISSCHAM BUSINESS EVENT
POSTMODERN
Are you interested in building and expanding your PAINTING. Stella
network with the support of the Swiss Business alternately paints in
community? oil and watercolor

SwissCham is planning networking events in Adelaide. Please send your
expression of interest
SwissCham Australia was founded in Sydney in 1985.   and any questions you

It’s purpose is to support, strengthen and grow may have to
members' businesses and their reputation in Australia by Carmen Trochsler,
providing exposure, information and networking.
ctrochsler@csa-
SwissCham has been active on the east coast for many years. oceania.org
New CEO Martin Scarpino recently visited Perth for a business
lunch and evening  event and is planning to do something SWISS EXPRESS   |   9
similar in Adelaide this year.

If you are a Swiss Business, Entrepreneur, Professional or
Researcher this might be for you. You don’t need to be CEO
of a big company to take part, inclusion is the goal.

Confirmation of the date and more details will follow.  

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Job Vacancy Enrolments close on 26 May 2018.
René Alini can be contacted on 07
Position of Honorary Consul, based in Adelaide
as of 01 January 2019 3848 7519, 0408 982 025 or
emailed [email protected] for any
Interested parties are kindly requested to submit their
application (including a detailed curriculum vitae and further queries.
a letter of motivation) by 31 March 2018 to:
All details are on the event website
Consulate General of Switzerland, PO Box 282, which is: www.swissclubqld.org.au
Bondi Junction, NSW 1355,
[email protected] SWISS EXPRESS   |  11

The Consulate General of Switzerland in Sydney is
seeking a qualified candidate based in Adelaide. The
appointment for this honorary position will be made
by the Head of the Federal Department of Foreign
Affairs of Switzerland and is subject to approval by
the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs.

Profile:
You are a Swiss national living in Adelaide with close
links to Switzerland. Your professional activity is
compatible with official mandate requirements of an
Honorary Consul. You have an established and
extensive network in the fields of business, politics,
science and culture but also have good contacts with
authorities as well as the local Swiss community.

You are familiar with local current affairs. You speak
at least one Swiss national language fluently and are
interested taking on the position for a minimum of
four years. You are able to provide free of charge the
necessary business infrastructure (office space,
telephone/ computer/ fax/ internet access,
administrative services etc.) in order to carry out your
official duties.

Morfeacpehobtooos oknp oaugre Event photos

Christmas 2017 at Morialta Park

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2018 SWISS CLUB EVENT DATES

South Australian Public Holidays March 2018
12 March Adelaide Fringe - Swiss Artists

March holiday 24 March
German School of SA
30 March - 2 April Ostermarkt (Easter Market)
Easter
25 April 5 May
Fondue Night
ANZAC Day
1 August
11 June Swiss National Day Luncheon
Queen's Birthday 4 August
Swiss National Day Raclette Night
Read our newsletter, social media
and listen to the Swiss Radio for 16 September
Annual General Meeting
further event details.
21 October
1 October Forest BBQ
Labour day 2 December
Christmas Brunch
25 - 26 December
Christmas SWISS EXPRESS   |   13