Red Hats in a small West Australian town

@JudyEv (382412)
Rockingham, Australia
October 14, 2025 9:49am CST
We’ve spent a couple of nights, though not consecutively, in Mukinbudin. For a small town, it has a few nice attractions. The caravan park is well-appointed. It has a laundry with 2 washing machines and two dryers. We saw these three red hats on a street corner so I guess there is a Ladies’ Red Hat Society in the town. The Red Hat Society (RHS) was founded in 1998 in the United States. Originally it was intended for women aged 50 plus but now it is open to women of all ages and is an international organisation.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14790)
• Ireland
14 Oct
@judyev Are you in the red hats? Sounds like it could be fun but I don’t have the figure for it.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct
No, I'm not. I know ladies who have the figure for it (!) and they enjoy the outings but I can never be bothered going out unless I have to.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502724)
• Italy
15 Oct
I never heard of The Red Hat Society, I am going to research to know more about RHS.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502724)
• Italy
15 Oct
@JudyEv - I researched and (according to Wikipedia) it seems the "Club" is also present in Italy. Incredibly I never heard of it.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct
@LadyDuck They wear red and purple. Did you find the poem that someone wrote about wishing she'd done more silly things before she got too old? Here is a link to it:
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct
I think the original intention was for ladies to have a social 'club' just for themselves that didn't involve raising funds or looking after others or whatever.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135910)
• Marion, Ohio
14 Oct
Those are cute. I have heard a little about that society
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct
One of the ladies in the village has joined and has really enjoyed the outings and company.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (98072)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Oct
I love those hats so cute,
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct
They are good-looking hats but made of metal.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
14 Oct
I saw on the Simpsons a group called the Cherry Tomatoes. Now I know where the idea came from
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct
Sounds about right.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222728)
• United States
15 Oct
My friend in MN used to belong to the Red Hats.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct
It seems a fun group to belong to.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222728)
• United States
16 Oct
@JudyEv Yes. I don't know why she quit.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (121018)
• United States
14 Oct
I read a book about the Red Society about 20 years ago. I thought it was cool. And so is your picture!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct
They formed a group in a nearby town and it was supposed to be just getting together and enjoying the company and outings etc which I think is the purpose of the society but it wasn't long before they were fund-raising for this, that and the other.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (209093)
• United States
14 Oct
Well, that's a site you don't see every day.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct
There is a Men's Shed in the town so I guess they did the hats.