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Cessnock
Men's Shed & Community Garden
Inc.
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How to get to the
Cessnock Men's Shed and Community
Garden:
From
Cessnock take the Wine Country Drive
towards the airport and turn left at the
Calvary site then follow the signs to the
shed and garden.
Management
Committee
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President/Chairman:
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Peter Torenbeek |
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Vice President:
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Grahame
Dunnicliff |
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Secretary:
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Col
Chapman |
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Treasurer:
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Gerry
Egan |
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Committee:
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David Chalker |
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Neville Radnidge |
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Lindsay Forbes
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Profile
Cessnock
Men's Shed & Community Garden
committee was formed out of The Two
Bishops Trust initiative in 2005 with a
view of establishing a community gathering
point for people of like minded interests
and pursuits to develop ideas and skills
and participate in a comfortable and
social environment for the betterment of
the community.
Currently
with a membership of
approximately 110, many members meet
at an area off Wine Country Drive at
Nulkaba on Mondays and Thursdays from
8.00am till 2.00pm . (Please check with
Peter Torenbeek before attending.)
On
property leased from Hunter New England
Health, we have an area of over an acre
comprising several buildings, a
greenhouse, large space for gardening
activities, plus storage areas etc.
The
committee has been managing donations and
funding from several areas including
Premiers Department, Cessnock Lions Club,
Coal & Allied Trust, and Rotary. Much
support comes from local contact, in kind
and by way of donations of materials.
The Cessnock Men’s Shed
do a wide range of ‘hands on ‘ projects,
many members work on horticultural
endeavours, a social gardening group
exists, and we provide a point for outside
groups to direct clients to assist in
their recovery or rehabilitation back to
society.
There are four
activities in our shed and you are
welcome to participate.
We
build bird boxes (parrot breeding), and
sell these to help re-establish parrots in
the community and prevent Indian or Common
Myna birds from stealing parrot nesting
places. We have currently set
up separate woodworking and metalworking
areas, along with storage
containers. Myna bird traps are
built in our metal work area.
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Bird Boxes
Installed
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Trailer Being
Built
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Horticulture
We collect seeds and grow
them into plants, in our shade house for
supply to the community and for land care
groups.
Community
Garden
The community garden is open
to members and produces local fresh
produce for the shed members and the
community.

Contact
Cessnock Men's Shed
& Community Garden
PO
BOX 548, Cessnock 2325
Peter Torenbeek -
President - 02 49901198 or 0422
336 367
Col Chapman
- Secretary - 0407 003 280 or email col-chapman@bigpond.com
Address: The
Shed is via Calvary Aged Care Facility,
off Wine Country Drive, Nulkaba
Email: info@cmscg.org.au
Website: www.cmscg.org.au
Proudly Supported
by:
Hunter New England Area Health,
Cessnock Lions Club
and
Last updated by MSHC
Webmaster on: 07/08/2018
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