Author Archives: The Entrance Men's Shed

Today (the 18th of December 2009) The Entrance Men’s Shed held it’s Christmas BBQ. There was a good turnout for the occasion with Shed members, partners, children and grandchildren. Even the rain couldn’t dampen the attendees spirits and everyone enjoyed a banquet table loaded with food. The young ones enjoyed lolly bags and ice-blocks whileContinue reading “Christmas BBQ 2009”

Shed member Michael has been keen to make a chopping board for his Mum. He enlisted the assistance of shed member Bob and together they have: cut and dressed the timber, glued and clamped the components and turned the edge and polished the board on the lathe. Well done Michael!

Following the The Entrance Men’s Shed committee meeting at 9am on the 11th of December 2009, the newly elected committee for 2010 is as below: Robert Ihlein President Robin Eschbank V.President Geoff Dunn Treasurer Allan Kember Secretary Michael Matus Committee Peter Collins Committee Peter Whitehead Committee

Members and friends of The Entrance Men’s Shed, you are invited to The Entrance Men’s Shed Christmas BBQ. The BBQ will be held on the 18th of December 2009 at 12 noon at The Entrance Men’s Shed. Sausages and cold drinks will be provided. Please RSVP to Kim by email or phone 0414855943.

Australian Hearing dropped in to The Entrance Men’s Shed today to perform hearing tests on five of the men in The Shed on the day. A couple of our members were referred on to their testing centre in The Entrance for a followup consultation. This is a good reminder that we need to keep upContinue reading “Hearing tests at The Shed”

The Entrance Men’s Shed would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors, listed below.

The Official Opening of The Entrance Men’s Shed was held in the grounds of The Entrance Community Centre on the 27th of November 2009. Here’s some images and impressions captured on the day. The plaque commemorating the shed opening was unveiled by The Mayor of Wyong Shire, Cr Bob Graham. Thanks to shed members Bob,Continue reading “Official Opening of The Entrance Men’s Shed”

The Entrance Men’s Shed was a hive of activity this morning as Shed members prepared for the Official Opening later in the day. Shed member Rob cleaned the windows while other members assembled sandwiches on the large bench. Thankfully shed supporter Jo had put in the hard work the day before shopping and preparing ingredientsContinue reading “Last minute opening preparations”

The following is an edited text of a speech delivered by The President of The Entrance Men’s Shed at the Official Opening of The Shed on the 27th of November, 2009. The idea of a Men’s Shed at The Entrance was probably first floated at a public meeting called by Wyong Shire Council at theContinue reading “The history of The Entrance Men’s Shed”

On the last operational Shed day before the Official Opening (on the 27th of November 2009), it was all hands on deck to ensure that all new equipment was assembled and operational. Shed member Bob assembled the new planer while shed members Peter (hampered by a fractured arm) and Allan checked the Triton work table.Continue reading “Projects for official opening”

The committee and members of The Entrance Men’s Shed take great pleasure in inviting you to the Official Opening of The Entrance Men’s Shed. The opening will be held at 12 noon on the 27th of November 2009, at The Entrance Men’s Shed, located in The Entrance Community Centre, Battley Ave, The Entrance. At 12:30pmContinue reading “Official opening of The Entrance Men’s Shed”

In an earlier post we highlighted local fundraising champ Dave Betts, who has been kayaking from Port Macquarie to The Entrance to raise funds for Men’s Sheds and support the “Let’s Nail Depression” initiative. Shed members from the Central Coast turned out today to welcome Dave Betts and his team as they paddled into TheContinue reading “Dave Betts welcomed at The Entrance”

A group of men hosted by The Samaritans organization visits The Entrance Men’s Shed on Fridays. Peter, Allan, Billy, Fred, and Trent have all been busy working on projects, including: assembling wine racks, making photographic place mats, and applying finishes to other projects. Some of their projects are drying by the gates in the imageContinue reading “Projects by Samaritans group”

A Kayak Journey from Port Macquarie to The Entrance raising funds for Men’s Sheds. In October this year, Dave Betts is undertaking a kayak paddle from Port Macquarie to The Entrance in his kayak–aptly called “The Hammer”, to raise money for Men’s Sheds. A journey of over 300km, Dave is aiming to raise in excessContinue reading “Let’s nail depression”

Shed members recently attended the official opening of The Entrance Community Centre. A number of people turned up on a beautiful spring day to see the facility provided by Wyong Shire Council. President of The Entrance Men’s Shed, Kevin Armstrong, took the opportunity to thank the Mayor of Wyong Shire, Bob Graham, and Wyong ShireContinue reading “The Entrance Community Centre opens”

The mobile men’s shed has been doing good work up at Swansea Men’s Shed. The mobile shed can be towed to events and facilities and setup to raise the profile of men’s sheds. The Swansea Men’s Shed team have used it for a number of weekend events and also taken it to the local shoppingContinue reading “The mobile shed returns”

The Entrance Men’s Shed recently purchased and installed a second sawdust extractor system. With more projects being worked on in The Shed, the new extractor will make operating the table saw and linisher safer and cleaner.

The Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA) have recently issued The Entrance Men’s Shed an official Certificate of Membership. The framed certificate now hangs proudly on the southern wall of The Shed.

Shed members have been busy during July working–amongst other things–on new benches for The Shed. In the images below Shed members Geoff, Alan, Rob, Peter, and Michael are constructing benches and considering the old saying “measure twice, cut once”! Thanks to generous donations The Shed now has a good selection of timber for turning onContinue reading “Recent projects (July 2009)”

Mingara Recreation Club have generously donated two noticeboards to The Entrance Men’s Shed. Shed members had the noticeboards quickly installed and they are now doing their job of displaying notices and photos for shed members. We’d like to thank Dave Betts from Mingara Recreation Club who not only organized the donation but also loaded theContinue reading “New noticeboards for The Shed”