More baking than making at Canungra Men’s Shed

THE Men’s Shed Association is a place people go to socialise and build using equipment onsite. A byproduct of this interaction is being able to talk things out, something important for men’s mental health. The association’s tag line is ‘Men don’t talk face to face, they talk shoulder to shoulder’. Being productive is a byproduct, […]

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