Hello and welcome back to the Shed Wireless podcast.

We have a very special episode for you today – bringing you chats with the winners of the recent 2026 National Shed Awards! I was privileged to attends the awards presentation night at the National Gathering in Brisbane and meet the award winders in person.

And – I also sang a few tunes at the dinner – what a great night. But enough of that – let’s talk to the winners and find out about the projects that scored them the award! First up we have the Green Shed award, which recognises a project or activity that puts the environment or recycling at its heart. There were so many great entries in this category that the judges couldn’t decide on one winner -so they awarded two. Today I’m talking to Alan Reid from the Nepean Men’s Shed on the outskirts of Sydney. G’day Alan.

Welcome to The Shed Wireless Podcast 2026 National Shed Awards special! The Green shed award was previously called the Sustainability award, so that gives you a pretty clear idea what it’s about! This year two sheds took out that honour and Marty’s talking to one of those winners

The Dingley Village Men’s Shed in Victoria.

Welcome to The Shed Wireless Podcast 2026 National Shed Awards special. In this segment we’re chatting to the winners of the Bright Spark award. That’s the award for the shed that shows innovation, – a unique or unusual approach to a problem or project

And the winner this year was the Marlin Coast Men’s Shed in Queensland. Here to tell us all about it is Eric Wilson.