Paul L’Huillier

Community Events

August 28, 2019 By Paul L'Huillier

Understanding Dementia — Monday 2 September 2019. Free session

Adult Learners Week (#learn1thing) – Building Digital Skills Event. Free event. Tuesday 3rd September 2019. Booking essential.

BBQ/General Meeting & Guest Speaker – Fri 16th August

August 13, 2019 By Paul L'Huillier

When: Friday 16th August 2019
Start Time: 11:30 am for a 12 noon sit down BBQ .
Where: The Shed – 2 Tennis Court Ave Mount Beauty
Cost: $7.00
Who is invited: Members, potential members & visitors.

Program:

• BBQ — Again the Shed will be providing many BBQ delights. There will be the usual socialising, camaraderie and fellowship.

• Guest Speaker — Helen L’Huillier (OAM).

Earlier this year Helen and husband Paul spent 3 weeks helping out on the historic Dunlop Sheep Station on the Darling River near the township of Louth NSW, 100km west of Bourke. Helen will talk about some of their interesting experiences and the type of work they did during their stay, as well as the history of the station and the owners’ plans for the future. Helen has a collection of photos and a short video to accompany her talk.

Helen & Paul’s experiences are fascinating and the photos are outstanding. Come and hear about the shearers who went on strike and swam across the Darling River to play cricket on the other side, much to the fury of the boss who had sheep in the yards waiting to be shorn.

Major Shed News

Football/Netball Gate volunteers — Please contact the co-ordinator Mark Hardidge if you can assist: Mob: ‬‭0407 549 651‬ or Email: <maurk01@bigpond.com>. The last Dederang home game is this Saturday 17th August i.e. nine for the season. Please offer to assist. It’s the Shed’s major fundraiser. It’s a lot of fun and very social.

Healthy Male for Men, Family & Friends (eNews) — July 2019.
Click [HERE]

The **Eagle Chair** in position after having it sand-blasted and galvanised. Final installation on Wednesday. Thank you *Mal Darwent & Barry Hinson*.

**Shane Clooney** spray painting the metal framework for the Tawonga Store seat.

How good is this photo taken by local photographer **Diane Griffith** at 2:00 am (3ºC) in the morning.

UKV Shed News – fundraising

July 24, 2019 By Paul L'Huillier

Fundraising for our Shed Extension — West Peak Hotel

This Friday night 26th July from 5:30 pm. The West Peak Hotel and the Men’s Shed is conducting another raffle which is put on by the Hotel. The Hotel provides the tickets and the prizes (which the Shed pays for out of the takings on the night). We sell the tickets and already have volunteer sellers.

We need your support again at this function so come down for a meal which is available from 5:30 pm, buy a few tickets and enjoy a fun social evening. Raffle draw is at 7:00 pm — usually have about 30 draws so your chances of a win are very good.

**Barry Hinson** – *working on the metal lathe to build a bike rack for the Hospital Opp Shop*

**John Driver** – *Test & Tagging all electrical leads and power tools. An annual exercise.*

**Shane Clooney & Len Sims** – *restoring an old seat and table for the Tawonga Store*

A new free magazine for Men called MALE — Click [HERE] to view the magazine. It has 23 pages of varying topics on important health issues for all Shedders.

North East Litter and Illegal Dumping Survey

July 18, 2019 By Paul L'Huillier

This Survey is forwarded to members of the
Mount Beauty & District Men’s Shed
as requested by the Alpine Shire

Have your say and play a role in identifying litter and illegal dumping priorities for the region.

The North East Waste and Resource Recovery Group (NEWRRG), which plans for waste and resource recovery for the region, has received funding from the Victorian Government to develop a Regional Litter and Illegal Dumping Plan.

The plan will be the result of a partnership between councils, alpine resorts, state government departments and agencies and community and environmental groups based on local evidence identifying litter and illegal dumping priorities for the region.

To help develop the plan, the NEWRRG are investigating community views, concerns and priorities about items that should have been disposed of correctly that become litter or are illegally dumped. NEWRRG are seeking your views on these two issues separately where litter broadly is considered to be small items of waste while illegal dumping generally relates to larger items bigger than a plastic shopping bag.

The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete and is confidential and anonymous. Individual responses will be collated and analysed as group data and reported back to the community as the regional plan is developed. Completed surveys must be received by midnight Sunday 4 August 2019.

Anyone that lives in the region is invited to complete a survey. When you complete the survey if you choose to provide your contact email address you automatically enter a draw to win a $100 gift card.

It would be appreciated if you could distribute the survey to your membership by directing them to the Engage Victoria webpage — Click this link to take the Survey < www.engage.vic.gov.au/regional-litter-and-illegal-dumping-plans/north-east>. Survey closes Sunday 4th August.

On behalf of the North East Waste and Resource Recovery Group and partners, thank you very much for taking the time to complete the survey.

Regards

Jenny CorserDevelopment Officer (Youth & Communities)Mob: 0419 915 319 Monday, Wednesday – Friday

Alpine Shire Council ABN 14 821 390 281 Great Alpine Rd, Bright PO Box 139, Bright, VIC, 3741 Tel: 03 5755 0555

Reminder — BBQ & General Meeting this Friday 12 noon at the Shed.

BBQ/General Meeting – Fri 19th July

July 16, 2019 By Paul L'Huillier

When: Friday 19th July 2019
Start Time: 11:30 am for a 12 noon sit down BBQ .
Where: The Shed – 2 Tennis Court Ave Mount Beauty
Cost: $7.00
Who is invited: Members, potential members & visitors.

Program:

• BBQ — Again the Shed will be providing many BBQ delights. There will be the usual socialising, camaraderie and fellowship.

The meal will comprise corned beef with an optional mustard sauce and traditional vegetables. BBQ snags also available. Mini quiches and green salad also available for wannabe vegetarians.

Major Shed News

Football/Netball Gate volunteers — Please contact the co-ordinator Mark Hardidge if you can assist: Mob: ‬‭0407 549 651‬ or Email: <maurk01@bigpond.com>. There is a Dederang home game this weekend. After that only two games to go.

8th National Men’s Shed Conference — September 2019, Adelaide SA. The committee is sending president Dick Puttyfoot along to represent the Shed and pick up any ideas and information that we can possibly use to improve our operations.

Shed Extension Grant — This was submitted to the Victorian Department of Health & Human Services this week. We applied for $60,000.00. Total project cost is estimated at $120,000 i.e. a completely finished extension. The Shed will need to contribute another $60,000 in cash and in-kind labour & materials. Notification of success or otherwise will not be known until late December 2019.

Victorian Men’s Shed Newsletter — June 2019. Click [HERE]

Welcome to new member — Jeremy Reichl

Peter Panozzo (left) with that ‘log’. Peter and brother David have a portable ‘milling machine’ that they use to mill timber on-site. At the Shed Tuesday from left: Warwick Mitchell, Alf Thistlethwaite, Brian Keeble, Josh New, Len Sims & president Dick Puttyfoot

More Shed Happenings

June 20, 2019 By Paul L'Huillier

There has been plenty happening at the Shed the last few weeks. The Shed extension foundation and drainage work are well on the way. A number of community, Shed and client projects have also been completed.