Fixing things the old fashioned way

I took the opportunity to attend the cafe that operates within the Goods Shed behind the Wonthaggi Neighbourhood House after reading your article about it in last week’s paper.  

I write this in the hope that more people will become aware of not only the expertise in the volunteer fixers that are there every time the cafe runs, but the valuable information you can get from talking to the others that are around the place having a cuppa and a chat.  

I not only got my worn-out shearers fixed while I waited, but learnt a lot from chatting to everyone that was there and it opened my awareness to how much, being the consuming society that we are, goes to landfill that can be fixed and reused. 

I will become more conscious now about what I send to landfill as I gain more information.

I grew up in a time where everything got fixed.  

Besides there was not the income to purchase new and be the throw away generation that we are now. 

I commend all of those gentlemen that give their time to happily repair if possible, and for all of the valuable information that I gained and the knowledge that tonnes of stuff has been regained from being disposed at our tips.

I walked away with a cuppa, a great deal of information that I would use and a very efficiently working shearer. 

How good is that and I am grateful for time spent there last Sunday.  

If anyone is not familiar with this cafe and when it operates, please check in to the Wonthaggi Neighbourhood house for more information.

Dilene Hinton, Inverloch