Media Release

Melbourne, Jul 5: The District 73 of Toastmasters is comprised of four states of Australia - Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Geographically, this district is the largest in the world. The distance between its two main centres, Melbourne and Perth, is 3,000 kms!

The District 73 is a very active district with over 140 clubs.

On Friday, 3rd July, 2009, the District Changeover Dinner was held at the Hotel Radisson in Melbourne.

Bert Naik, of Mangalorean origin, who was elected earlier, took over as the Division Governor of the Metropolitan Division.

The Metropolitan Division is the leading Division of the District 73. It has over 20 clubs spread across the Melbourne Metropolitan region as well as the whole state of Tasmania. This Division has sent the most contestants to the International contests of any Division in the District.

Bert also was the sole recipient of the Distringuished Toastmaster award (DTM), the most coveted of Toastmasters awards, at the District Changeover Dinner.