“It has taken a bit of time this year between bursts of wet weather for the dedicated crew of eight Men’s shedders,” Councillor Allan Baptist, who also spent a morning with them spreading concrete and doing his bit said. 

Partners supplied morning tea each day at 9am while the formwork was being constructed and on early mornings after concrete pouring.

The men all thanked Shed coordinator Barry Ellis and council staff member coordinator for the project, Michael Strachan, helpful and present throughout the project.

Participating communities like Bawley Point-Kioloa get allocated $10,000 a year from council’s general provision for community footpaths in its annual budget of about $100,000.

“Council is a little bit flexible, as in the case of Scerrie Drive, where $10,000 would not have completed the path,” shed spokesman Barrie Ellis said.

“But $12,000 did, so Michael Strachan found the additional funds for us to complete the work.”

Since 2013 volunteers have completed 1.3 kilometres of shared bicycle and walking path in Kioloa.

During 2015 and 2016 the Murramarang Men’s Shed provided the bulk of the volunteer workforce while it saves up funds to build a shed.