Bateau Bay Men's Shed

Dave arrives at The Entrance after paddling from Port Macquarie in support of Men’s Health.

Poor Kevin, a great Secretary but not so good on knowing which of the 3 trays have the sausages in them. Woolworths have for the month of Moevember (men’s health month) offered the Shed the opportunity to hold a fund raising BBQ in the store every Thursday for a month. Excellent sponsorship, thanks Woolworths.

Don’t smile Graham, do you know how big Kevin’s fingers are? If only Woolworths knew what the Mens’ Shed were up to before serving customers at a fund raising BBQ.

Ray is really working hard on his kitchen cupboards and when he has finished sanding down all the profiles he intends to lacquer the doors and bring them back to pristine condition. Each day he brings 1 or 2 doors in and before long will have sanded back all his doors. Of course it takes

Get Doug near a power saw, any saw, and he is as happy as a pig in mud. Here he is cutting some discs to be used in an imitation path for a small garden. The smell of freshly sawn Camphor Laurel is much nicer than that of 20+ working men.

Bob just loves to make the sparks fly in the Shed but he is always safety conscious and wears his safety glasses when using machines.

Our Shed is very grateful to the organisations who have made it possible to establish the Shed and to plan for the future with certainty.

On Thursday 19 November Shed members will be hosting the ADSSI Board of Management and Senior Managers when they visit for the first time. ADSSI staff have been following the Sheds development with interest and are keen to promote its use with their clients. We feel that as our “settling in & setting up” period

This is how a cheeky member views the leadership team. President John driving, Treasurer Nigel safe in the middle and Secretary Kevin riding shotgun in the back. Oh for some respect please.

John our “Wood Carver in Residence” concentrates as he carves a rope pattern along the length of his bushwalking stick. He still has to start on the animals he will carve toward the top of the stick before he finishes it all off with a turned knob on the top. Keep at it John you’ll