EDEN MEN'S SHED INC.

Well the Eden Whale Festival is nearly upon us! And I think it has been worth the wait! It is to be held on the weekend 13-15 October 2023, with the main festivities on at the Barclay Street Sports Grounds on 14 October. There will be fun and game for the whole family, plenty to eat and drink and lots for you all to buy, even from  Eden Men's Shed. We are now with Return & Earn as one of their listed charities. So, if you have the inkling to return your bottles and cans at one of their depots and feel in the mood to donate the funds, think of Eden Men's Shed Inc. Lastly ... the passenger cruise ships are returning on 23 October 2023 - with the first ship in being the Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas. As usual Eden Men's Shed Inc. will have a stall outside Twofold Arcade, Imlay Street Eden. Lastly, Christmas on Imlay is also nearly upon us. It will be held on Thursday evening, 14 December 2023. Should be lots to see and do ... and EMS will have a stall then as well

 Hey hey hey Folks. I know, it has been a while ... but since the ships stopped sailing in (excuse the pun) not much has been going on! Well that was a tiny little fib. Eden Men's Shed has actual been flat out!!! We have been trying extra hard to make and create things to sell, but have been inundated with a huge amount of requests from all over the place. The biggest has been a request by the Eden Port Authority to make and install 10 huge, heavyweight benches to go into the wharf precinct in and around the Eden Visitors Information Centre at Snuggle Cove. These have to be completed by 16 October 2023 - a week before the first cruise ship of the season arrives on 24 October! The first of these are just about ready to be installed! Couple this with requests to refurbish/repair a side table, musical jewellery box, restore a 75 year old baby stroller, design and make a plinth for a model boat and everything else that came in through the door and TRYING to make items to sell to the pa

 Hey Folks Well the cruise season has finished for 2022-2023, and we here at Eden Men's Shed Inc. had a very successful first year. The new season does nor start for a few months, so it will give us time to re-group and start imagining, creating and manufacturing more stock to sell to you good folk out there. Our goodies can still be purchased at Art on Imlay which is situated at the Seahorse Inn, Boydtown (just south of Eden) or at the Shed itself, at 21A Maling Street, Eden. Be mindful that they make presents, so don't be shy and grab something that has been hand crafted from donated and recycled materials. Hop to see you all soon. Lou

  Well folks ... the first ever Eden Men's Far Shed South Coast Men's Health Muster was held yesterday. 55 blokes from 10 Men's Sheds ranging from Narooma and Nimmitabel down to Bemm River in Victoria attended. No members of the general community attended - their bad luck, as it was a very informative day indeed. There were 9 stalls manned (or womanned ... my joke) by a variety of organisations Organisations ranging from dementia Australia, the Eden Access Centre, Meridian Aged Services amongst others. Young Heidi Sharples provided the entertainment for the day, and did an excellent job at it ... everyone enjoyed her singing and guitar playing - and want her back! Speakers were from varying backgrounds - including a pharmacist, Meridian Aged Services, and Wayne Wigham from the Black Dog Institute., and, again, amongst others. The day was a great success for us at Eden Men's Shed and the main comments were that it should be repeated (one bloke said every 3 months ... err

 Well, only 16 sleeps until the Muster! It should be a good day - a few speakers, and couple of stalls (including ours where goodies will be offered for sale), a yarn or four about the different Sheds (and maybe a complaint or 2 as well) and food to keep us all going throughout the day. We may even be able to catch up on other Shedders that we have met over the years. Well here's hoping for a great day ... if it works out, it may end up an annual/biannual event. Here's lookin' at ya kids. Lou

 Sorry for not being around folks ... was overseas for a bit and have been busy doping Men's Shed stuff, like finishing boards and organising our Men's Health Muster that is coming up in March - yes you heard right, it is a GOER!!! Just about finished 5 new charcuterie/grazing/browsing boards that will be for sale - 4 of which will be on display at our March Muster. The remainder will be displayed for sale at the next Cruise stall next week. I will start making the next lot of charcuterie/grazing/browsing boards next week. It will be a mixed bunch - some for a special order (10 in fact) and the rest for general sale. Lots of other projects are also being carried out by Eden Men's Shed members at present as well, which includes a new line. We have also had a few visitors from other Men's Sheds over the last couple of months - glad to see them and hear how other Sheds cope with finding funds and new members to continue with their works. That's about it this time '