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About Australia · 10 June 2026
Men's Sheds
The Shed opened in 2012 and has a large kitchen/socializing area, well-equipped wood and metal workshops and a veggie garden.
Activities:
Socialising, woodwork, metalwork, vegetable garden, walking group & art group.
Our shed places a high priority on companionship, and the kitchen/socializing area is the hub of the shed.
Morning tea is always popular, and the kitchen crew make fresh scones for members who come on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
We have excellent wood and metal workshops with a wide range of equipment, and a veggie garden with produce given to the members. We have a ukulele group, a guitar group, and an art group.
To raise funds we make and mend stuff in the workshop, hold garage sales, sell woodcraft through the local craftshop and do a couple of Bunnings BBQs through the year.
We also do a few caravan or fishing weekend trips and go out for the occasional lunch.
Phone and website are the direct paths. To send a written enquiry, use the form below; we will forward it to Paynesville Men's Shed Inc immediately.
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