Well-tuned Men in a Shed carve a chord

Dareton Men's Shed vice-president Jamie Fox and Michael Good with the guitar they worked on together. Picture: Denika Anderson
Denika Anderson

AMID the various projects underway at Dareton Men’s Shed, one member has been working hard creating a guitar for the first time. “When I was nine I had a pushbike accident, and I’ve been totally blind since 1997,” Michael Good said. “There’s some things I know I can’t do without any vision but what I […]

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