What we do

Submitted by Paul Blanksby on

Your Men’s Shed has been honoured to help many of the local charities and
organisations in 2508. From RSL Perpetual Awards to a SLSC rescue reel, the Glowworm
Tunnel Station replica sign and Fords Bakery oven, the Shed has helped keep our history
alive.
So we were very happy to work with the Helensburgh and Stanwell Park Country
Women’s Association to protect and prepare for display the 1950’s ‘Stanwell Park &
Coalcliff CWA’ metal sign. President Carol Pugh was very pleased with the results, and the

Got the Wobbles?

Submitted by Paul Blanksby on

A recent commission for one of our lovely coffee shops got us thinking. We were ‘removing
the wobble’ from some of the tables and we thought, hey, sometimes we get the wobbles.
My wife and I are quite active, walking or swimming and exercising at Alison’s Fluro Fun N
Fitness. Other friends enjoy time at the Burgh Healthy Hub, surf, bike ride, dance or garden.
Maybe they are enjoying learning to use the fitness equipment in Charles Harper Park, with a
coffee and muffin at Tradies afterwards (a Council health initiative running for six weeks

The Man from Baradine

Submitted by Paul Blanksby on

Rod is no ordinary bloke. If you can’t fix it with Sikaflex, or get it moving again with
Aerogard, well, it’s pretty far gone. From building houses, droving a mob outback, bore
sinking in the desert (capiwirra! – good water!) and racing a Mini Cooper at the speedway,
this bloke’s been there, done that.
And what’s even better, in the past he taught his skills, and now he shares them at the
Burgh Men’s Shed.
But it’s not just the big-ticket items he IXL’s at (and he loves his jam sangers too).

Why join a Men's Shed?

Submitted by Paul Blanksby on

Why not? Are you a male over 18? You don’t have to be retired to be a member because
the Shed is for all men from all backgrounds and skills. We have a healthy sense of humour
but sexism, racism, and bad language are not accepted.  Helensburgh Men’s Shed is a safe
and friendly place, one of over 1,200 sheds in Australia, where any man can come and find
something useful to do with other blokes. 
 Do you need skills to join a Shed? All you need is enthusiasm and a will to give it a go,

Kids Korner Block Box

Submitted by Paul Blanksby on

1998 was an excellent year. It was the year that Gilbert and Patricia De Vincenzo
changed their lives and their young familys direction and bought Kids Korner Preschool on
Laurina Avenue in the Burgh. Gilbert had worked as a Telstra engineer for many years and
was looking for a new chapter in his familys life. 
And since Gilbert and Patricias daughters Lisa and Yvette were involved in Primary
and Early Childhood teaching, the match with Kids Korner was understandable. And this

The Pentridge Cruiser

Submitted by Paul Blanksby on

John Bucknell. Ace wood carver, teller of martini-dry jokes, and always up for a story
over a cuppa and an Anzac or two. A few years back, JB brought his bedraggled pond yacht
into the Mens Shed. This little boat, about 50cm long, made of timber and various bits of tin,
had been made by an inmate at Pentridge Prison in the 1960s and gifted to 6-year-old John
through his father, William, a warden at the gaol.
But now? Oh dear. The mast and rigging were askew, the steering missing vital parts,
and the sails limp and tired.

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