Birthday Celebrations

Our 3rd birthday celebrations were a very happy affair with a lot of laughter and good food to follow.  Colleen our 'Shed Goddess' was on hand to cut the cake and to accept a pot of flowering Pansies on behalf of all the men in the Shed. No offence is meant between mentioning Pansies and our Shed members in the same sentence.

This was followed up with a BBQ for which at great expense we imported master chefs Monsieur John and Monsieur  Linden who we all know charcoal the best steaks and sausages on the Central Coast.

The connection between the Emergency Assembly Point sign and John and Lindens gastronomic skills is purely a coincidence.

Our Irish Link

Our links with the Killarney Shed in Ireland continue to grow and recently we sent this Certificate of Fellowship to them.


Mark, our resident creative member, designed a presentation certificate that linked our Sheds under the  nations flags and the combined  logos of the two Sheds.


We hope Killarney Men's Shed will display this framed certificate in a prominent place in their Shed as a reminder to all of the links we have developed.

Helping the Blind to Read

Bateau Bay Shed continues to work in support of Vision Australia and our latest project was to make a Braille Teaching Board.


This will be used with young blind children when teaching them the Braille alphabet.


During the design phase we learnt that when this alphabet was invented in France by Mr Braille he didn't use the letter "W" as it was not included in the French alphabet.  Thus the reason for the 4 white pins which now make the letter "W" on the bottom right hand side of the board.

Community Garden Off To A Roaring Start

 With the scrub cleared and pushed into a pile the next stage with the garden was to get rid of the unwanted cuttings in readiness for levelling the area before starting into the drainage.  What better way to get rid of a pile of bush than to invite the NSW Fire Brigade to set the bonfire alight and manage any threats to the surrounding buildings.
After a slow start the dry cuttings generated some spectacular photo opportunities but the heat prevented those who came prepared with mash-mellows from toasting them.
There were only 2 phone calls from neighbours reporting that the bush was alight and soon after the flames died down light rain began to fall.

Now That's A Saw!

The Lucas Mill demonstration at Alison Homestead was watched with great interest by a number of Shedders from across the Central Coast and beyond.  What a great piece of machinery that could be put to good use by Sheds who have access to logs or large pieces of timber they need reduced in order to make them manageable and in a state where they can be taken into the workshop to be further worked on.


Now all we need is a few thousand dollars and somewhere to store and transport the frame and cutters.

Australia is Safe

The Crew

Following the visit by members of Bateau Bay Men's Shed to Garden Island- our countries ultra secret Naval Station - it was pronounced that Australia is once again in safe hands. 


The crew from HMAS - BBMS are ready and willing to fight for our country so all Aussies can sleep soundly knowing they will be safe in their beds.


Poor misguided people.

Photo taken by Barry French aka The Cabin Boy

Santa's Workshop Down Under

There is just no stopping Santa's Big helpers as they continue to churn out toys of all types. What with Steve producing the base models and Norm providing the decorations the array of finished products is a testament to their skills.