Darebin Repair Cafe

17/09/2026

Repost from Michael Bird.

"I’m the Team Leader at the Darebin Men’s Shed in East Reservoir, and we’re currently looking for a volunteer to join our Bike Linx program.
If you enjoy bikes, working with your hands and being part of a community, this could be a great fit. The role includes helping refurbish donated bikes, organising parts and supporting the program.
Bike Linx runs Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm.
Please share this with anyone who might be interested.
I can’t respond to direct messages about the role, so all enquiries and expressions of interest need to go to:
[email protected]"

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03/09/2026

Another repair cafe on Sept 19th - this time Greensborough!

Repair Café is a neighbourhood initiative that promotes repair and reduce landfill. As Tim Costello (at our launch) said "it is a moral event...

03/09/2026

Other repair cafes in September - Mernda - see info within event

We're back for our September 19th edition of Mernda Repair Cafe!
Book now: https://events.humanitix.com/mernda-repair-cafe-sept-19th-2026
NEW: Chainsaw sharpening! Please book under Power Tools. Blunt chainsaws are a hazard! Our new repairer Alby can help you with that!
Note: minimum three items of clothing per booking. If you need a zip replaced please attempt to unstitch it. It will save our repairers a lot of time. Thank you!
Note: if you know your item needs spare parts, please bring them with you such as bike parts, or zips for clothes, plugs for electrical items.

22/08/2026

We run 6 repair cafes a year. The next one will be on Sunday 27th September at Jika Jika Community Centre from 10-1 and the booking link will be available within the event under Tickets about 1 week out.

Please put this date in your calendar and also check the Featured posts at the top of the page for our yearly calendar.

If we had a dollar for every person who asks when the next repair cafe is, lol. We're volunteers in a not for profit community group, we're not a paid employee organisation or the council.

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05/08/2026

1. Another fibre glass repair needed to stabilise a cheval mirror. New parts were cast to replace broken plastic parts.
2. Feet re attached to wooden planter box.
3. Small drawer glued back together.

27/07/2026

A repair done pre cafe as it needed fibre glassing. Two new handles made for these much loved and often repaired kitchen scissors. They have now been spray painted black as per the originals.Thank you Jan.

If you've got a vintage valve radio or similar and the bakelite k**b has broken - book it in to general repairs at the next repair cafe and Jan might be able to create a new one for you.