Lillydale Lake Repair Cafe Inc

Lillydale Lake Repair Cafe Inc Come along to the Lillydale Lake Repair Cafe Inc and our Repairers will attempt to fix or diagnose your items for a donation.

22/06/2026

The Next community repair cafe event is Sunday July 5th 10am to noon.

Thereafter the dates are posted at the top of the page AND shall be posted the week before the Repair session.

We are a volunteer run and led community focused project. All tools used are brought my community repairers each month.

Thanks all

Cheers

Rowan and the Repair Team

Hello community!Here are a few highlights from last Sundays sessions. Many items were fixed and some need parts and will...
21/06/2026

Hello community!

Here are a few highlights from last Sundays sessions. Many items were fixed and some need parts and will return next month.

Please enjoy the photos of repairs on the day.

Thanks for generous donations from attendees which allows us to keep the doors open for more repair sessions

Our next repair session is Sunday July 5th 10am to noon

One Electrical item per person please

We look at, diagnose and repair

Old and new electrical
Mechanical items
Electronics
Bicycle advice and basic repairs
Sewing with machines and by hand X3
(Alterations are not repairs, have fees)
Digital harsware and software support and diagnosis and repair. Including trouble shooting with smart devices.
Knife, scissor and tool sharpening (1 per person as Luk gets very busy).

**********Great news********

Our newest repairer to the team can look at, give advice, repairs and maintenance on:

Manual typewriters
Oil lamps and lanterns
Fountain pens

He can offer repair, cleaning and advice on buying or selling these items.

We are very lucky to have C as our newest volunteer repairer.

Do you have an old typewriter, oil lamp or lantern or fountain pen in need of love and care?

Please hit up the post with your comments on his repair offerings.

Let us know so we can keep his skills on our community.

Thanks all

Cheers

Rowan and the Repair Team

Community service announcement!Incase you didn't already knowRebel Sport in Chirnside Park have two recycling Programs.1...
17/06/2026

Community service announcement!

Incase you didn't already know

Rebel Sport in Chirnside Park have two recycling Programs.

1 for a wide range of sports balls

And the other for shoes- not only sports shoes.

Read the box in pic for information.

This is a Victorian Shop Stewardship Program that is a pivotal part of the circular economy where all items are reused to make new items instead of digging up or creating raw or virgin materials.

This is a partnership between the Sport Association, Tread Lightly and Rebel

See link below

https://treadlightly.asga.com.au/collection-locations-sportsballs/

Planet Earth does not have enough resources to feed our appetite.

Please reconsider and rethink before you buy new
Other options

Buy & get second hand- use Buy Nothing Page on Facebook and Op Shops

Reuse and repurpose

Gift and donate

Repair all items at your local repair cafe

Recycling should comes last for most things.

It's all about caring enough to change habits and behaviours.

The next repair cafe session is Sunday July 5th 10am to noon

Be there or miss out

Cheers

Rowan and the Repair Team

Happy Saturday communityThe repair cafe is on tomorrow Sunday June 14th 10am to noon.Where: Lillydale Lake Community Ro...
12/06/2026

Happy Saturday community

The repair cafe is on tomorrow Sunday June 14th 10am to noon.

Where: Lillydale Lake Community Room inside the lake complex on Swansea Rd

What do we repair you ask?

*Old and new electrical items
*Electronics
*Mechanical items
*Sewing with machines and by hand including specialised costume repair
*Digital hardware and software triage and repairs by a software engineer
*Knife, scissor and tool sharpening
*And more

Bring your item in to be looked at by a skilled repairer. Diagnosis is the first step

We use multi meter and tag and test machines to check your items and have a wide range of tools repairers bring from home to fix your items.

Free tea and coffee while you soak up the repair vibe.

One Electrical item per 2hr session pls.

Donations are appreciated to cover project costs and room hire fees.

We are a circular economy community focused initiative to keep items out of landfill and in use for longer.

See you all there!

Cheers

Rowan and the Repair team

The next repair cafe is this Sunday 14th June 10am to noonLillydale Lake Community Room inside the lake complex.Electric...
11/06/2026

The next repair cafe is this Sunday 14th June 10am to noon

Lillydale Lake Community Room inside the lake complex.

Electrical
Electronic
Mechanical items
Sewing with machines and by hand
Digital hardware and software
Knife and scissor sharpening
And more

Bring your item in to be looked at by a skilled repairer.

We use multi meter and tag and test machines to check your items.

Free tea and coffee while you soak up the repair vibe.

One Electrical item only per 2hr session pls.

Donations are appreciated to cover project costs.

We are a circular economy community focused initiative to keep items out of landfill.

See you all there!

Cheers

Rowan and the Repair team

08/06/2026

Hi all

We hope you've enjoyed the long weekend- Thanks King Charles.

Have you been harbouring a broken item? ..Time to give it some love

The next repair cafe is this Sunday 14th June 10am to noon.

Where

Lillydale Lake Community Room inside Lake complex above the playground

Swansea Road, Lilydale.

Why

To keep items out of landfill and get your broken things looked at by a repairer

What

We can offer to diagnose and fix

Old and new electrical items
Mechanical
Electronic
Digital hardware and software
Sewing with machines (alterations attract a fee and at repairer discretion)
Sharpening of knives, scissors, tools
Bikes and other items too :)

Lots of skills in the group so bring it in to be looked at and grab a cuppa from our dedicated Tea Lady.

If it needs parts the repairer will advise

Donations are appreciated to cover room hire and project costs

We hate waste and want to return to a culture of repairing things. We are community focused circular economy iniative.

See you there this Sunday at 10am

No booking necessary just turn up

Limits may apply if busy

Cheers

Rowan and the Repair Team

On the tail end of National Volunteering Week I would like to take a moment to thank my incredible team of 15 volunteers...
22/05/2026

On the tail end of National Volunteering Week I would like to take a moment to thank my incredible team of 15 volunteers who donate their time, expensive tools, skills and knowledge to the Yarra Valley community every month.

We have a wonderful team of people who love fixing things and others who love supporting their community in non repair roles. Without them our doors do not open.

We are passionate about keeping items out of landfill and in use for longer. We hate waste and so much is absolutely unnecessary.

Over the last three years the team has collectively repaired over 300 items- weighing over 400kgs.

That's around 10 items every 2hr session :)

They have diagnosed over 600 items and many needed spare parts which were sourced and the item usable again. Some were not repairable for a range of complex reasons.

We, as a society would benefit from returning to a culture of repair as the the next step when an item breaks. Take time to value our items and not buy new.

So thanks to each and every Volunteer current or past who has contributed to fixing things.

**More broadly these are the statistics in Victoria**

Some sobering data from the Victorian government's website

Victoria's waste profile:

In 2023- 2024 total waste generated by Victorian's was 14.23 million tonnes.

Sent to landfill 4.5 million tonnes of waste. 30%

Recovered and/or recycled 9.73 million tonnes 70%

We are doing better but more can be done and it starts with you!

The circular economy is here to stay - that's where every item is turned into something new when at end of life.

We need to think of our children and generations after us who also need resources to live a stable life.

That is what sustainability is all about. Having enough to use now and into the future without compromising quality of life for humans, the environment and business.

The three pillars of sustainability.

Thanks for your time and PLEASE take a moment to thank the team with some kind words and share what item you had fixed.

Cheers,

Rowan

Hello everyone and Happy Friday! Beautiful blue skies today.Did you know that you can collect all your medication bliste...
22/05/2026

Hello everyone and Happy Friday!

Beautiful blue skies today.

Did you know that you can collect all your medication blister packs and recycle them at your local pharmacy.

Direct Chemist and Chemist Warehouse accept them.

The box is usually tucked away at the back of the shop.

Well worth recycling as metal is a high value product.

Here is my collection from the last 5 months.

Every small act of kindness to our environment makes a difference when we all unite!

Drop a comment and let us know where you recycle your blister and medicine packets.

Our next repair session is Sunday 14th June 10am to noon

See you there!

Cheers

Rowan and the Repair Team

Thanks to everyone who came down on Sunday to have an item looked at and celebrate our 3rd birthday.Huge thanks to the t...
06/05/2026

Thanks to everyone who came down on Sunday to have an item looked at and celebrate our 3rd birthday.

Huge thanks to the team at Montrose Commmunity Cupboard for their donation of bread and hot dog rolls for our free sausage sizzle. They were a hit with repairers and attendees alike.

Another huge thanks to the Yarra Valley Fly Fishers for use of the hall and their BBQ!

Items fixed on Sunday

Sony CD player with a twisted ribbon
Sewing A shopping bag handle
A wide range of other sewing
Portable DVD player that wouldn't read the disc and needed nee power supply cable
Shark brand dust buster that was cutting out
Many knives and thighs sharpened
A lady Bird wheely Bug with a torn ear :)
Sewing machine with a bent needle hitting foot
Re*****on clippers
lamp

Some items were diagnosed and advised for parts to buy and bring back in June.

Enjoy our photos and please drop a kind comment if you visited and went home with a smile!

Next repair session is Sunday June 14th 10am to noon.

Follow our page to stay updated on new repairs and what we're up to!

See you there!

Cheers

Rowan and the Repair team

Address

Lillydale Lake Community Room (inside The Lake Complex Above The Playground)
Lilydale, VIC
3140

Telephone

+61450828800

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