Manno at Bateau

The Men from Manno gathered at Mannering Park early in the morning and loaded onto the bus for the trip to Bateau Bay.

Arriving with plenty of time the Manno Mens Shedders were given the full tour by experienced guide and president, John Sharples. After some talk about the centre of activity, the meeting room, they took a tour of the metal work shed followed by some well supplied morning tea.

After an extended morning tea with jokes supplied by George, Bruce Wall from Mannering Park thanked John and the Bateau Bay Men's Shed for the hospitality on their visit.

The tour continued in the carpentry workshop while the Bateau Bay shedders resumed work on various projects. The new awning and extensions were discussed and contribution by ADSSI to the development was strongtly acknowldged.

The garden is not much to show yet but Johns description of the potential of the site for a lunch room, disability toilet and extensive commuinity garden make it all very real.

The video from AMSA was show and some general discussion about the way ahead rounded out an extensive visit and was concluded by a visit from Marty Leist.

After a sausage sandwich the Manno Bus headed north and the new shedders were a buzz with ideas and enthusiasm for a shed in Mannering Park.