Join everyone in our shady Spring garden for fresh baked scones, jam and cream with friendly companionship.  All existing members as well as any prospective members are welcome.

The recent change to warmer weather is prompting us to bring back "Pizzas under the Lights" in our garden area for this month's SCMS sundowner. We have again assured the services of our renowned "Pizza-King" Simon Benwell who will lead the Kitchen Team in the preparation of a selection of delightful pizzas. To satisfy the most hungry of diners, we will serve a pasta entree before bringing out the pizzas and we will finish the meal with a nice dessert. As usual, partners and spouses are welcome to come along and enjoy a lovely evening under the stars at the Shed! Cost for food will be $20 with beer and wine at standard prices.   To help us gauge demand, we require pre-payment with your registration.  You will be able to get a credit towards a future event if you cancel at least 24 hours before the event, Should you need to cancel, please send an email to wernerribul@mac.com. No-shows on the day will forfeit their ticket fee. We hope you will be able to join us. Best regards, Werner & Simon

All members are welcome to join our Art Group and explore their own artistic talents, try a new medium, have a go or just watch, chat and learn a little as other members experiment and create. No previous experience is necessary. We are a very informal group with a range of talents and abilities but just having a go - absolute beginners to "old" masters!

All Members who intend to be part of the Woodworking Group will need to complete this Power Tools Induction Training. There is a once off Cost of $10 for this Training Course, which can be paid when you purchase a ticket. Note: Members are required to complete the 'Yellow Dot' Shed Introduction session before taking part in a Red Dot training session. There will be a maximum of 3 persons for each Training Session.  If after booking, for some reason you cannot attend the training, please advise the Red Dot coordinator, Jeremy Wallace, on 0406927650 (SMS please), or email (jeremywallace5@outlook.com) as soon as possible, so we can arrange another session for you.  If you have trouble booking please contact Jeremy by SMS. The successful completion of the Red Dot Training is a pre-requisite to booking the Blue Dot Woodwork Machinery Course. Once you have completed this Training, your Membership Badge will updated to show a Red Dot and enable you to undertake any projects in the Main Workshop that utilise only Power Tools. 

Join everyone in our shady Spring garden for fresh baked scones, jam and cream with friendly companionship.  All existing members as well as any prospective members are welcome.

Scam Protection Our guest speaker for this pertinent topic is Mr Tim Thompson who is the Branch Manager of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) in Claremont. Tim will present on how to stay safe online. Scams and fraud are affecting more Australians every day. To help protect the community, CommBank is offering free Staying Safe Online seminars across the country. These sessions teach people how to spot and avoid scams. We will make it easy to join in, with plenty of time for questions and open discussion. For more Staying Safe online material, please refer to the below link. Staying Safe Online community event So come along and be informed on this vital area of our every day lives.  

All members are welcome to join our Art Group and explore their own artistic talents, try a new medium, have a go or just watch, chat and learn a little as other members experiment and create. No previous experience is necessary. We are a very informal group with a range of talents and abilities but just having a go - absolute beginners to "old" masters!

Hello Cooking Class Sheddies The Royal Show is over for another year. Well done to all those who volunteered at the Shed during the Show. I hope you will join me for the next cooking class on Tuesday 21 October at 9am. We will eat what we cook and lunch will be at about 12.30pm. We will cook two Greek dishes. The main course will be Chicken and Orzo Youvetsi (a hearty chicken, tomato and herb one pan dish served with olives and fetta cheese).  The dessert will be Greek lemon pie with phyllo pastry.  A fixed cost of $20 per person will apply to each class to cover ingredients. Beer and wine will be available for purchase on the day. Please purchase your ticket in advance. As always, I look forward to seeing you on the day. All the best Michael Henderson

Join everyone in our shady Spring garden for fresh baked scones, jam and cream with friendly companionship.  All existing members as well as any prospective members are welcome.

Our new 'Artisan Bread Baking Group' will be preparing some delicious sourdough breads this afternoon, ready for baking on Thursday morning. This time, Werner Ribul will be teaching us how to bake the best "Focaccia in the West'! To achieve this, we will be baking the focaccia in our trusted Wood-fired oven. You will be able to smell and sample the 'spoils' of this effort if you visit the SCMS Kitchen on Thursday at lunchtime.

The delayed Wine Appreciation monthly meeting for October will be a battle of Mediterranean grapes varieties, with Australia represented by 4 wines from the Barossa Valley (courtesy of the Artisans of Barossa) pitted against the same varieties from their traditional regions in Italy and Spain. Whilst I appreciate the meeting is on the same day as the Kitchen Group are holding their October Shed luncheon, the Royal Show made our usual first Tuesday of the month unviable.  But as an incentive to attend, the ticket price has been reduced to only $15. As usual reserve a place quickly as we seem to get over booked quickly. Guests are welcome but we need to give priority to members of the wine group. If, by the Friday before the event, we still have places available, we will open the bookings to guests.  It would be best if you tell me directly if you would like to bring a guest and I will place them on a wait list (first in best dressed). Contact me via chris.m.harding.52@gmail.com and put “wine night guest” in the subject line  

Woodworking Machinery Induction (Blue Dot) – Phases 1 & 2 All Members who wish to use the woodworking machinery in the Machine Room will need to complete Phase 1 & Phase 2 of the Woodworking Machinery Induction Training. Please Note that Members must have completed the Red Dot course before enrolling in this Blue Dot course? This Course will be conducted in two Phases over two consecutive weeks (9am - 12pm) so you must be able to commit to both sessions before purchasing a ticket. Each Phase will be approximately a three hour duration. There will be a maximum of 3 persons for each Session. The Cost of this course (for both Phases) is $20.  If after booking, for some reason you cannot attend the training, please advise Michael Cahill on 0459062090 as soon as possible, so we can arrange another session for you.  If you cancel or are a “no show” on the day you will lose your $20 fee so please, only book if you can commit to the two consecutive weeks. Payments can be made online by secure credit card.  Once you have completed both phases of the Woodworking Machinery Induction your Membership Badge will be updated to replace the Red Dot with a Blue Dot.  This will reflect that you have completed all the necessary Woodworking Training and are ready to undertake any Woodworking projects in the Shed.