To maintain your Blue Dot Woodworking Accreditation you will need to, you will need to undertake a Verification of Competency (VOC) Assessment as follows. Woodworking members aged under 75 years will be assessed every 24 months Woodworking members aged 75 to 84 years will be assessed every 18 months Woodworking members older than 85 years  will be assessed every 12 months You will be assigned a simple task which shouldn’t take more than about 30 minutes. This is not a test of your craftsmanship; it is simply a demonstration that you can competently use the machinery unsupervised without endangering yourself or others.  You can book your VOC Assessment by clicking on your preferred VOC Assessment date below. The Rostered Supervisor for the day will oversee your assessment and he will either deem you "competent" or refer you to a Trainer for further assessment or training. If you choose not to do the VOC Assessment,  you will no longer be able to use the Machine Room equipment unsupervised.

Steve Rogers from the Bee Keeping Group will be runniung an Introduction to Bee Keeping Presentation on Saturday 8th June between 9am and 12pm. This is free for Shed Members.  There are 7 spots left for this Presentation, so if you interested in Bee Keeping and would like to attend, please book a free ticket.

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

This is a special meeting to call together all of those who are interested in setting up a golf simulator group within the Shed. At this meeting we will discuss the results of that rapid fire Golf Simulator Survey that the Shed Committee requested and where we are currently with this proposal. In broad terms 140 shed members responded to the survey. Without getting into too much detail the distilled results were 1: Members not in favour 62 (representing 44% of respondents), 2: Members in favour 53 (representing 38% of respondents) and 3: Members open minded to the idea being 25 (representing 18% of respondents). From these results, if you take a pessimistic view that only the 53 members who are in favour of the proposal were to form the golf sim group, then this group would be one of the largest groups in the shed. If you take an optimistic view and project the survey result percentages to the whole of our 300 members, then the golf sim group would have over 120 members and it would be the largest single group in the shed of consistent users of shed facilities in a month. At this month’s Beer & Bullshit session, we will discuss the survey results, and enlighten Sheddies to the proposal that has been put forward and all the hard work that is going on behind the scenes to determine if this proposal will be adopted or not. So, if you are a golfer who would like to see this group get up and running, then this is the meeting for you. If you have an interest in this new prospective group, I encourage you to come along and be informed and gain a better insight into the world of golf simulators. From those attending the meeting we will be looking to form the leadership team for this prospective group and continue the work necessary to get this group established. If you are a Sheddie who is just interested in getting the detail of the survey, then you too should attend. However, if you are a Sheddie who just likes to come along and enjoy the company of your fellow sheddies, then you are most certainly welcome to attend. So come along, be educated, inquisitive, engaged and be social by enjoying the company of your fellow Sheddies at this Sundowner. Looking forward to catching up with all my potential new Golfing Buddies and my usual Beer and Bullshit mates. Finally, keep a look out for news of our next Beer and Bullshit meeting, coming up in a couple of weeks. Through the contacts of our very own John Suthers, we have managed to secure Dr Craig Challen SC OAM as our next guest speaker. Craig was honoured as the joint 2019 Australian of the Year for his role in the cave rescue. Craig will hopefully discuss the Thai Cave Rescue of which he was an extremely vital component, and his recent experience as a contestant on Australian SAS, shot on location in Jordan. Best regards Peter Panek  

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 and learn a little as other members experiment and create. No previous experience is necessary.

SAMPLING SOUTH AUSTRALIA South Australia is known for its wide range and quality of luscious wines, especially its Shiraz and Rieslings. Self -dubbed "The Wine State" it boasts a range of seven major wine regions. Allan Bandt (an ex South Australian) will take us through a variety of primarily of a mix of robust red wines spanning some of these regions. Most of the wines for this evening will be sourced from five-star wineries with 5 star ratings by Halliday or similar wine reviewers. Following in the footsteps of Peter Trinders excellent presentation, we will be exploring the similarities and differences of these range of wines. Most of our wines for the evening will be somewhat younger that some of previous presentations, so it will be interesting for us to identify and comment on the cellaring potential of these excellent mix of wines The final mystery wine is yet to be chosen. As a disclaimer, it won't be a Grange!

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. 

All members are welcome to join our team leaders, Bruno and Richard, every Tuesday and Wednesday morning for the bicycle group's regular bicycle repair events.  No experience is necessary but a good sense of humour is encouraged to fully appreciate the friendly banter and fellowship during these events.  No experience is required, just come along. Over 230 bicycles have already been delivered since 1 July 2023

To maintain your Blue Dot Woodworking Accreditation you will need to, you will need to undertake a Verification of Competency (VOC) Assessment as follows. Woodworking members aged under 75 years will be assessed every 24 months Woodworking members aged 75 to 84 years will be assessed every 18 months Woodworking members older than 85 years  will be assessed every 12 months You will be assigned a simple task which shouldn’t take more than about 30 minutes. This is not a test of your craftsmanship; it is simply a demonstration that you can competently use the machinery unsupervised without endangering yourself or others.  You can book your VOC Assessment by clicking on your preferred VOC Assessment date below. The Rostered Supervisor for the day will oversee your assessment and he will either deem you "competent" or refer you to a Trainer for further assessment or training. If you choose not to do the VOC Assessment,  you will no longer be able to use the Machine Room equipment unsupervised.

The Shed will be open as usual on Monday 3 May, WA Day.  Everyone is welcome.

Join everyone in our lovely garden area  (or in the conference room if the weather is inclement) for fresh baked scones, jam and cream with friendly companionship. All existing members as well as any prospective members are welcome.

Back by popular demand In this session Sonya will cover -  - the sources of cashflow in retirement, - generating a sustainable yield from your investments, - the importance of considering how inflation will impact your retirement over time. Sonya Soudure is a Private Portfolio Manager with Euroz Hartleys Ltd.  Sonya started working with her father Greg Soudure in 2001, and continued to do so until he retired in 2021. Sonya specialises in the construction and management of discrete private investment portfolios, focussing on the combination of income and growth in a transparent and tax-efficient environment. The majority of her clients hold their investments within their self-managed super funds, private companies / trusts or in their personal names . Sonya’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Psychology and a Master of Management (HRM) from the University of Western Australia, and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance through the Securities Institute of Australia (now the Financial Services Institute of Australasia).

To maintain your Blue Dot Woodworking Accreditation you will need to, you will need to undertake a Verification of Competency (VOC) Assessment as follows. Woodworking members aged under 75 years will be assessed every 24 months Woodworking members aged 75 to 84 years will be assessed every 18 months Woodworking members older than 85 years  will be assessed every 12 months You will be assigned a simple task which shouldn’t take more than about 30 minutes. This is not a test of your craftsmanship; it is simply a demonstration that you can competently use the machinery unsupervised without endangering yourself or others.  You can book your VOC Assessment by clicking on your preferred VOC Assessment date below. The Rostered Supervisor for the day will oversee your assessment and he will either deem you "competent" or refer you to a Trainer for further assessment or training. If you choose not to do the VOC Assessment,  you will no longer be able to use the Machine Room equipment unsupervised.

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 and learn a little as other members experiment and create. No previous experience is necessary.

All members are welcome to join our team leaders, Bruno and Richard, every Tuesday and Wednesday morning for the bicycle group's regular bicycle repair events.  No experience is necessary but a good sense of humour is encouraged to fully appreciate the friendly banter and fellowship during these events.  No experience is required, just come along. Over 200 bicycles have already been delivered since 1 July 2023.