Working Bee’s

I realised I hadn’t done a working bee story for this year as yet, what am I saying, I haven’t done one because I just haven’t had the space, but with all the work being completed I thought it really was time to remind everyone who has helped out of what a fantastic job you are all doing!

Copi Hollow is looking fantastic, even with no leaves on the tree’s.  The front toilet block looks fresh from its new coat of paint, the surrounding bush area’s cleared out, the public toilets also have a new coat of paint and look fresher then they have in years.  The kitchen area has been cleaned and sorted and many, many other jobs have been completed.

As always the food is fantastic and plentiful, the company friendly and helpful and the entertainment, loud at some and more subdued at others.

When you think of a working bee you really don’t think of something that creates great friendships and or great fun but no matter what is going on at any working bee, the common denominator is that everyone enjoys themselves.

Something else that comes out of working bee’s that isn’t really considered is by working at a working bee, you can use this as part of your resume.  Seeing that you volunteer your time to a prospective employer shows that you are willing to go that extra mile for the greater good (it is not saying that you would work for your prospective employer for free) but it does show a great deal of excellent character.

Also as I found out in the recent working bee, you can learn new skills you may never have learnt.  Thanks to Tracey Barker for teaching me to use the Tip Truck, I now have a new skill and had a thoroughly enjoyable day.  I have also picked up heaps of useful cooking hints and tips.  I’m sure there are others out there who have learnt heaps of different things, let me know what you have learnt and how and I’ll write a story about it.

One thing I know Roo learnt this last working bee was to take a wheel off a loader without any manual effort what so ever…mmmm you might want to ask him about it.

Pictured below:  Roo on the loader, loading the tipper truck, Andrew Stewart on an old fashioned chainsaw, Chris Barker (Commodore) rolling up the rope that was used for pulling various steel things from the bush land that was being cleared, Kristie Pinnuck dumping the cleared bushes in the tipper truck, Jamie Liddell and Rob Kennedy, I’m told that its not a good idea to let them use your personal gear, take a close look at the wheel, mudguard and tail gate…I’m sure there is a story in there that I want to know about.