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In early August Clive Tubnor, one of our long standing members, attended a function where the new member for Dobel, Emma McBride MP was present.  He introduced himself & in the course of conversation the activities of Men’s Shed movement were discussed.  Emma showed keen interest in what he had to say & asked if […]

The shed has formed a strong relationship with the Central Coast Amateur Bee Keepers & have been working with them on their experiments to increase bee & insect population. 2 of these experiments are shown below. A Swarm Box is the start of a Bee Hive Racks inside the swarm box; there are about 7

AGM results for Bateau Bay Men’s Shed Inc. Held 9 August 2016  Present were 45 Financial Members as well as John Sharples (AMSA – NSW Secretary/ Public Officer) & Colin Henson representing ADSSI Home Living  Australia our major sponsor. As there were only enough nominations to cover the vacant positions the members were not required

AMSA sent us an Email with an invitiation to take advantage of the BBQ Plumbing Plus would be hosting to aid a local Men’s Shed raise funds. The participating store in our area    Eagles Plumbing at Long Jetty.  They were to provide everything  but asked us to have a few members organise the cooking

Mission Australia pre-school at Tumbi Umbi, asked if we would be interested in making a Mud Kitchen for their playground. Nowdays pre-schools are being encouraged to opt for natural wood products  & to educate children in the outdoors wherever possible.  One of our newer members Jim Dickason, reckoned it would be a bit of a

Ross Jenkins went on the Postman’s Riverboat Cruise up the Hawkesbury River recently & brought in some information for the boys to read.  After much interest & some phone calls it was decided by the members to go on this excursion before if became too cold to enjoy. Members were informed that this outing could

More New Equipment As promised here is the rest of the equipment we purchased with our grant through AMSA. Our newly installed (double drum) Drum Sander This Sander will enable us sand large flat items in a very fast manner & eliminate the tedious use of a belt sander. The metal lathe suds pump  

Yahoo!! This is the first of our purchases with the grant ($3500) from the Federal Government through AMSA the head body for Men’s Sheds Australia. A new Makita Compound Slide Saw with a 305dia blade. It’s basically the same size as the saw it replaces but Makita have addressed all the faults (which were many)

Another  Fundraiser   Early January some of our members were discussing raising money for various Charities.  We raised quite a lot last year for the Prostate Foundation Big BBQ ($1424), so it was suggested we support The McGrath Breast Cancer Foundation this time.  Since our members love their BBQ’s we decided to have one for

Larissa is a lady who had serious health problems.  Her doctor has brought her back to be as healthy as possible.  She wanted to show her appreciation for his efforts & asked if we could make a box to house the torch she had bought. As he is a keen surfer, she wanted an inscribed