Kulin Men's Shed

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Aug 23

Keven Giles, and Clarrie King at the current President of the Kulin Men’s Shed.

You can’t miss the Men’s Shed and Museum as you drive into Kulin - the brightly painted building on the corner mirrors the golden canola fields that surround the town.

Whilst the membership of the Kulin Men’s Shed might be small in number, the combined knowledge and passion for the town’s history that these blokes hold more than makes up for that. Keven, the current president, and Clarrie who is the museum guide and oversees the book exchange, are lifelong friends. Born just two months apart and raised in Kulin, they appear in each other’s earliest memories, shared travel adventures after they left school, and were the best man at each other’s wedding. Clarrie proudly told me that he’d been married now for 61 years.

The museum in Kulin's main street is packed full of treasures

Textures and patterns in rust on old signage and vehicles

Keven Giles is the president of the Kulin Men's Shed

The Men's Shed membership in Kulin may be small, but their combined knowledge and passion is huge.

Man in his shed surrounded by old tools and treasure

Clarrie King is the tour guide at the museum in Kulin, in WA's wheatbelt

Two old blokes with a blue tractor and brightly painted wall

The Men's Shed in Kulin has a collection of vintage cars and farm vehicles

Keven Giles in the window of the Kulin Men's Shed and Museum, with his old motorbike

Clarrie King photographed beside the book exchange he set up outside the Kulin Museum and Men's Shed

Old man with a collection of secondhand books

Men's Shed president Keven Giles with Pepper the dog, his constant companion

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