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The Jenkins Report - August 2013 Visitors - We had a visit from 12 VCE students from Loreto College with their teacher Emma. This is the third year we have had a visit from the school. The girls were very respectful and attentive a ... Read more
The Jenkins Report - July 2013 Visitors - We have had a couple of men visit including Jim T from Albion Park Men's Shed near Wollongong. They have 1 men's shed in a population of 500,000. Trevor S also visited a men's shed on the ... Read more
The Jenkins Report - May 2013 Dougâ€™s Report, April 2013Mayorâ€™s Visit â€“ Last Thursday the Mayor, Cr John Burt visited. We showed him around the workshop and he spoke to us over lunch. Questions were asked a ... Read more
Visit from HMAS Ballarat On April 24th we had a visit from HMAS Ballarat. Not the ship that's tied up in Sydney but 15 of the crew who were in Ballarat for the Anzac Day service on the 25th. A bus load of men and women vo ... Read more
The Jenkins Report - April 2013 Dougâ€™s Report-March 2013Sick List - Continue to remember Graeme Muir. Â Moyle BunworthÂ further treatmentÂ needed, and a couple of other members are waiting test results. Farmers Mark ... Read more
The Jenkins Report - March 2013 Dougâ€™s Report-February 2013Â Sick ListÂ Â - Good to see Graeme Muir back at the shed. For those of you who enjoy good health Graeme is certainly an inspiration. Â Moyle Bunworth Â ... Read more
The Jenkins Report - February 2013 Itâ€™s been a while Â between magazines as we did not have a January edition. Sick ListÂ Â Â Â Â Graeme MuirÂ has had stays in hospital both here and in Melbourne. A couple of m ... Read more
The Jenkins Report - December 2012 Dougâ€™s Report- December Â 2012Sick ListÂ Â Â Alan Buchanan had a short trip to hospital in Melbourne. He is busy back on deck but wonâ€™t know the results for a few months. Iron ... Read more
The Jenkins Report - October 2012 Dougâ€™s Report- October Â 2012Sick List - Â Graeme Muir has had a spell in hospital with another stay and more tests to come. Â Denis Costigan has been in hospital and has had a couple of ... Read more
Begonia Festival - Parade When we were asked to build the 3 little pigs float I thought it should be a simple task, but in reality it has taken a huge amount of hours and some ingenuity. Some of the guys have displayed talen ... Read more