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It was a sad November/December for our Shed with the demise of 2 longstanding members. Bob McIlroy passed in November & Errol Hvass in December.Both these members death was a shock to us.  Although they had ongoing health issues they still attended the Shed on a regular basis & both were large as life the […]

Once again all Eagles Plumbing Supplies stores supported the Men’s Shed movement by holding their annual Tradies fund raising golf day. It was well attended & the proceeds were distributed to various Men’s Sheds on the Coast. We were one of the lucky ones chosen & received much appreciated donation of $1100. A big thank

Another large project we undertook was a set of outdoor bench seating for the Berkeley Vale Community Garden. After helping them gain the necessary funding from C.C.Council we were given the go ahead to make them to their special requirements.  It was a shed community effort with the boys in the metal shop (Clive Tubnor,

     BATEAU BAY MEN’S SHED INC                                                                                       9th Annual General Meeting PRESIDENT’S REPORT                         Date 07/08/2018    Welcome  to our 9th Annual General Meeting                    We have 2 special guests attending this morning John Sharples & Kylie Frazer. John is representing AMSA NSW, Zone 8. He is our ex-president & one of the founding

As can be seen in past posts, one of our members Ros Jenkin’s hobby is making various items from leather. He normally enters the Royal Easter Show with whips, hat bands, knife pouches & the like with great success.  He made this whip & generously donated it to the Shed to raffle. After discussion with

As in the past, every year we endeavour to select a different charity for cash donations. This year the members decided to support the training of Guide Dogs for the blind with a generous donation of $500 from Shed funds.  We also found our way clear to donate to the Country Womens Association for the

This is the first experimental swarm box we made for  Barbara Elkins The idea is to attract bees & encourage them to make a temporary hive which can be transported to a more suitable location where they can be re-housed.  The short video shows the activity in & around the box which is far better

As well as supporting our local schools we have now linked up with Armidale Public School. Some of John Mills family live up there & he was asked if we could make a small Library Book Box to be installed in the playground. They only wanted it undercoated as the children would decorate it themselves.

WE do our upmost to support important charities. In the past we have raised funds & given to The Cancer Council $850, The Prostate Cancer Appeal $1250 as well as support for our local schools. We have supported the Samaritan’s Purse for children for 9 consecutive years. Last year we donated $750 for transport costs

Here it is …Our new Pride & Joy After a couple of attempts for funding from the government grants via AMSA we finally cracked it & bought this new Deluxe Router Table.  It will replace the old one we had & is much more upmarket & easier to use.  The old router table was handed