Join us on Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday 9am to 12pm at Country Paradise Parklands. On Wednesdays members often work on unfinished projects over a cuppa.
The Sheilas Shack is a non-profit organisation where women meet to share knowledge & skills, build friendships, and have an opportunity to attend workshops & activities. The Sheilas Shack is located at Country Paradise Parklands, 231 Beaudesert-Nerang Road, Nerang Qld 4211. Our organisation promotes women’s health and wellbeing, while providing an opportunity for all women from all walks of life,
from young mothers and working women to retirees, to connect with others in the community. We also try to connect with those who may otherwise be isolated or not know how to be involved in our local community. The Sheilas Shack is open on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9am to 12pm when everyone is welcome to call in for a Cuppa & Chat. On Thursdays many play cards and on Saturdays we often have workshops and other organised activities. The Sheilas Shack has a Book Club whose members meet once a month to discuss the latest book over a shared lunch. We recently started a Poetry Group facilitated by our Life Member Beryl - also meeting once a month over a shared lunch. We offer a variety of ever-changing workshops for our members. These have included : CPR Emergency First Aid, Arakan Ladies Self Defence, Road Safety & Tyre Changing (Nerang Police), Indigenous Connection - Local History & Aboriginal Art (Dot Painting), Drumming, Computers & iPhones for Beginners, Mosaics, Felting, Acrylic Painting, Charcoal Painting, Crystals, Making Jewellery, Knit & Crochet, Decoupage, Drop Spindle Spinning, Macramé, Resin Cheeseboards, Floral Arrangement and the list goes on! The charge for workshops varies from $2 and depends on the cost of materials needed for a particular workshop. We occasionally have demonstrations which have included Candle Making, Beeswax Food Covers, and Cooking demonstrations - including Pasta Making, Gnocchi, Italian Donuts and Curries. We have even had make up demonstrations! Over the years we have had many guest speakers offer an insight into a variety of different topics. Members can come along to our monthly lunch at one of the local restaurants, dinners at Nerang RSL and theatre nights at Javeenbah Theatre or one of the other local theatres. Sometimes members also visit places outside the Sheilas Shack, like the Mudbrick Cottage Herb Farm at Mudgeeraba and the Crystal Castle in Mullumbimby. Annual Membership is $30 and there is an attendance fee of $2 per visit which covers the cost of tea/coffee, morning tea etc. As one of several non-profit community groups at Country Paradise, we participate in local events, like the markets or the Family Funanza day, a collaborative effort of many community groups and organisations in Nerang. We sometimes organise joint workshops with other community groups, eg making Native Beehives and the Bird Nesting boxes at the Men's Shed for placement throughout the parklands by the Riverkeepers. We have painted and decorated fence palings which have been placed in the Sensory Garden in the Parklands. It's a wonderful thing when the community works together for the good and wellbeing of everyone! The Sheilas Shack always supports people in our community who need help, especially those in crisis situations. We also provide monetary donations to help positive change. For example, a Trivia Night we organised and donated all profits to the charity RizeUp who assist to rehouse women and families escaping domestic violence. We have also assisted local homeless people, knitting blankets/ponchos and beanies, as well as providing basic bathroom supplies for Support the Girls and Rosies for distribution. We are currently supporting Hearts of Purple, a not for profit charity who assist high risk domestic violence victims. Visitors are always welcome at the Sheilas Shack. Call in for a cuppa, check out our events and workshops and see what all the fuss is about! For more information, email: [email protected]
20/04/2026
Thanks to all our Sheilas who donated items to Hope in a Suitcase🙏Today we dropped these off to the office of Meaghan Scanlon MP, a collection point for donations.
Hope in a Suitcase is a non-profit organisation who provide children entering foster or out-of-home care, a suitcase of new essential items, sending them a message of hope and that they are cared for by the community. 💜💛 https://www.hiasc.org.au/
19/04/2026
Thanks Sylvia for sharing your knowledge at yesterday's Watercolour painting workshop. Beautiful art created! The lucky first 5 members to register did the workshop. Sylvia's doing another workshop soon for 5 more members 🙏 💜💛
18/04/2026
Country Paradise markets are on from 4pm to 8pm today. Call in to the Sheilas Shack arts & crafts stall and pick up some beautiful bargains!
11/04/2026
A big shout out to Jackie, valued Life Member of the Sheilas Shack for showing us how to make a useful potholder with a seagrass mat and rope 🙏 We all enjoyed today's workshop and are keen to make more! Thanks Jackie 💜💛
07/04/2026
The Sheilas Shack supports Hope in a Suitcase Australia. This is a non-profit organisation who provide suitcases of new essential items for children going into foster care or out-of-home care. While our members are doing our donation drive, if anyone else would like to assist, you'll find more information on this link: https://www.hiasc.org.au/about-us/ The local collection point in Nerang is the office of Meaghan Scanlon MP🙏💜💛
Hope in a Suitcase is a non-profit organisation run entirely by passionate and dedicated volunteers and through donations of new items from the community, and
04/04/2026
Happy Easter! A big shout out to Bernadette, friend of the Sheilas Shack, Artist & Workshop Facilitator, who judged today's Easter Bonnet Parade🙏
Supreme Winner Helen G - A Whole Farmyard Concotion
Most Elegant Liz H - Design for Haute Couture
Most Innovative Christine - Caged Rabbit
Thanks to all members who participated 👏👏👏
We did Eileen's annual unboiled egg throwing contest (this year there were a few crackers when they hit the trees, road and pole😆 but we had lots more that remained unbroken, with several winners. Throwing the rubber chook into the bucket - Helen F.'s throw was the first win! Drawing a rabbit while wearing a blindfold was tricky and the little chickens bouncing on the tables was an addition to our barnyard of fun 🤣🐣🐣🐣
28/03/2026
Come on down to Country Paradise Parklands - Retro cars, music, bar, food trucks - and of course the Sheilas Shack’s homemade art & craft stall💜💛
21/03/2026
A big shout out to Bonnie for showing us the art of creating Washi Eggs. Here's some of the eggs we decorated using Japanese washi paper. When they dry, they'll be varnished to make them shiny and pretty! Thanks Bonnie 🙏💜💛
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Country Paradise Parklands, 231 Beaudesert-Nerang Road Nerang, QLD 4211
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The Sheilas Shack is located at Country Paradise Parklands, 231 Beaudesert-Nerang Road, Nerang Qld 4211.
Our organisation promotes women’s health and wellbeing, while providing an opportunity for all women from all walks of life, from young mothers and working women to retirees, to connect with others in the community. We also try to connect with those who may otherwise be isolated or not know how to be involved in our local community.
The Sheilas Shack is open on Thursdays and Saturdays from 9am to 12pm when everyone is welcome to call in for a Cuppa & Chat.
On most Saturdays the Sheilas Shack has a workshop. These have included CPR Emergency First Aid, Arakan Ladies Self Defence, Road Safety & Tyre Changing (Nerang Police), Indigenous Connection - Local History & Aboriginal Art -Dot Painting (with Aboriginal Artist, Stanley Geebung and his son Alara), Charcoal Art class and also Acrylic Painting workshop (with local Visual Artist, Hazel Cope), Drop Spindle Spinning (with Sara Probyn), Italian cooking demonstrations (by Giulia Collis), Photography (with Mark Williamson of Shed 11) and Macramé (with Alan Brown, Bunnings) .
Our members also coordinate workshops including Indian Cooking, Mosaics, Felting, Crystals, Scrapbooking, Embroidered Card Making, Computers & iPhones for Beginners, Jewellery making, Learn how to Knit & Crochet, Decoupage, Rock Painting, Clothing Exchange...and the list goes on!
The Sheilas Shack also has a Meditation group and a Creative Writing group who meet once a month and both groups enjoy a shared lunch in the peaceful Parklands.
We have also had joint workshops with other community groups on-site. We made Native Bee Hives and Bird Nesting boxes in the Men's Shed for placement throughout the parklands by the Riverkeepers. Mark Williamson from Shed 11 has facilitated two Photography workshops for our members at no charge. It's a wonderful thing when the community all work together for the good and wellbeing of everyone!
Members of the Sheilas Shack enjoy regular social events. We wouldn’t miss a production at Javeenbah Theatre. Sometimes we go to lunch and the movies and sometimes we visit places outside the Sheilas Shack for workshops, like the Mudbrick Cottage Herb Farm at Mudgeeraba and Crystal Castle in Mullumbimby. Members also get together for day trips to places like Byron Bay, China Town in Brisbane and others.
Annual Membership is $20 and then members pay just $2 for workshops. Non-members can also join in at a cost of $5 for workshops. Cuppa & morning tea is $2. We fundraise to cover all our expenses, including the cost of materials needed for the workshops. This is how we keep charges affordable for everyone!
Getting fit is free and anyone can join the Sheilas Shack Walkers, our registered Heart Foundation walking group. Walkers meet at the Sheilas Shack on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays at 6am and walk through the beautiful Country Paradise Parklands.
As one of several non-profit community groups at Country Paradise, we participate in local events like the Gold Coast Folk Festival organised by Coast Acoustics, or the Family Funanza day, a collaborative effort of many community groups and organisations in Nerang, and market nights, which attract many people to the Parklands and many follow-up visits to the Sheilas Shack.
The Sheilas Shack supports those in need in our community with our Christmas food and toy hampers and collecting school stationery items for students needing assistance in local schools. In 2016 we held a very successful Trivia Night and donated all profits to the charity “RizeUp”, an organisation which assists to rehouse women and families escaping domestic violence. We have assisted homeless people by knitting blankets/ponchos and beanies for the Gold Coast Homeless Connect and when possible we make on-off donations to other groups in the community. We are currently collecting sanitary items, toiletries and underwear to be passed on to disadvantaged women in our community by the organisation “Support the Girls”.
For more information about the Sheilas Shack, call in any Thursday or Saturday between 9am and 12pm. Visitors are always welcome at the Sheilas Shack.
