Scale Plan 1:500

This Scale Plan 1:500 was prepared to show the route for Power and Water to The Shed

Nambucca Men's Shed

Nambucca Men's Shed has a wide range of activities that include woodworking, boatbuilding, welding, auto-work, arts & crafts, literacy & numeracy training.

The Nambucca Men's Shed was started when a worker in the community services department at the Nambucca Shire Council realised that the loneliness faced by many retired men is made worse when they move into a retirement home - and lose their shed.

This is the inspiration for the men's shed, a community workshop where people can use tools and share ideas.

Geraldine Doogue presented a item about the Nambucca Mens Shed on Life Matters.


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KUC ok KMS

Congregation Meeting of the Kincumber Uniting Church agreed to Kincumber Men's Shed.

Cottage Meeting

Cottage Meeting about Kincumber Men's Shed resolves to ascertain needs in the community of Kincumber.

Berry Men's Shed

Make Friends. Live Longer

Research by the Centre for Ageing Studies in Flinders University, South Australia suggests that a network of close friends is more important than close family ties in prolonging life among older people. Click on the title of this post to access the original article.

Shed houses support for rural men

Posted Sun May 22, 2005 6:33am AEST

A campaign has begun in rural New South Wales to establish a series of men's sheds where retired or lonely men can gain skills, friendship and help.

Representatives of nearly 20 towns from around the state have attended a seminar at Grenfell, in the state's central-west, to see how a men's shed is operating in a disused railway goods shed.

Men from the town are provided with tools and equipment, a lounge area to relax in, as well as health advice and counselling.

Organiser Len Wallace says many Australian blokes need a shed, particularly as the drought takes hold.

"There's a lot happening out there, emotionally and in people's lives which hasn't surfaced yet," he said.

"You know, guys are not real good at getting some things off their chest.

"There's a lot of pressure on a lot of fellas out there at the moment."

Mr Wallace says the idea is not just for rural areas.

"Men are men no matter where they are and they all suffer from the same issues," he said.

"From a bloke's perspective, their role in society now is basically undefined and that's more so with a lot of younger males in society.

"You'll find they no longer know what their role is."