Let's imagine: thoughts from the Men's Shed
Once upon a time, on a dark and stormy night in a land far, far away, some men got together and decided they would start a movement. Too many mates lost, too many friends gone too soon. The men pondered, as they sat in their mate’s garage. What...
Once upon a time, on a dark and stormy night in a land far, far away, some men got together and decided they would start a movement. Too many mates lost, too many friends gone too soon. The men pondered, as they sat in their mate’s garage. What would they call this new movement? Blokes Band? Males for Metal? Cobber’s Club?
Tea was drunk. Lamingtons consumed. Iced VoVo’s dropped even more coconut.
‘Anyways’, said one of the blokes, ‘you got that shed built down the back of your place yet?’
Mug’s paused mid-slurp. Eyes met across the last Tim-Tam. One man laughed, then another, then…
‘MEN’S SHED!!!’ We’ll call it a Men’s Shed! We can get our mates along! Have a yarn, talk through stuff, maybe fix stuff for our neighbours, make kids toys, get maybe a doc’ along to help us out, it’ll be AWESOME!!’
Imagination is a wonderful thing, eh?
Your Men’s Shed. One of a thousand in Australia, and a thousand more worldwide. Helping men relate, talk, learn, heal – shoulder to shoulder.
Here’s Ron (pictured above), who helps our blokes be healthy by giving them The Good Oil. In February we had a great visit from Terry Deegan of the Cancer Institute NSW talking about bowel cancer. Got the Test? Do the Test!
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