{"id":38615,"date":"2023-10-23T13:54:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T03:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vennu.com.au\/blog\/?p=38615"},"modified":"2025-04-28T12:50:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:20:24","slug":"space-for-your-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/space-for-your-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"Space for your hobby."},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row header_feature=”yes” padding_top=”90″ padding_bottom=”50″ margin_bottom=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]We all know hobbies can offer joy, connection, and a sense of purpose. They are also crucial to our mental health and well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes, we need more than just time to fit them into our busy lives. We need space!<\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/span>Statista<\/span><\/a> cooking, baking, reading, and gardening are among the most popular hobbies in Australia. These aren’t just time-filling exercises; they offer a chance to feel more joy, purpose and connection, and happily, we can often do them at home.<\/span><\/p>\n

What about our other favourites, video gaming (when we want to share the thrill of the game with others in the same space or a draw for your online fantasy football), DIY projects, and arts and crafts that need many hands to make them work, sports and fitness, meditation and wellness, photography and making music?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We know we need to make time to take hobbies seriously. We also need to find a suitable, local and affordable space for you and your friends to share your hobbies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The joy of purpose \u2013 or of no purpose at all<\/b><\/h5>\n

Yazdan Mansourian, researcher, and senior lecturer from Charles Sturt University has been studying hobbies for years.<\/span><\/p>\n

The simplest form of hobby is one that is “for pure pleasure, for having fun”, like reading a book, having dinner with friends or walking, he tells\u00a0<\/span>ABC RN’s Life Matters<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

No time for a hobby?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Rob Donovan, the founder of Mentally Healthy WA’s\u00a0<\/span>Act-Belong-Commit campaign<\/span><\/a>\u00a0says a hobby can keep us active “mentally, spiritually and socially”, and \u2014 particularly those done in a group \u2014 they give us a sense of belonging, identity and connection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hobbies also help to build a sense of “meaning and purpose in life” and a “sense of resilience and capability”, says Professor Donovan, who is also an adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia’s School of Human Sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n

No space for your hobby?\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n

We can help you with that. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row section_type=”fullwidth”][vc_column]

<\/div>\"Huskisson <\/div>
Huskisson Scout and Guide Hall<\/h6>The Huskisson Scout and Guide Hall, Husky Hall, is ideally located moments from the village of Huskisson on the shores of Jervis Bay on the south coast of NSW.\n\n<\/span> <\/div> <\/figcaption> <\/figure><\/div> <\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\"1st <\/div>
1st Austinmer Scout Group Hall<\/h6>The 1st Austinmer Scout Group Hall is the perfect venue to hire for all your parties, photoshoots, community events, and gatherings.\n\nSet on a quiet suburban street, the Austinmer Scout Hall offers an open and large hall space fitted with wooden flooring.<\/span> <\/div> <\/figcaption> <\/figure><\/div> <\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\"Bulli <\/div>
Bulli Scout and Joeys Hall<\/h6>The Bulli Scout and Joeys Hall has a high pitched white raked ceilings which feels light and bright all year round.\n\nDark wooden floorboards compliment the clean and light walls \/ ceilings.\n\nThis hall is perfect for yoga, Pilates, Kids parties, craft and book fairs, art exhibitions, ballet and dance classes and more.<\/span> <\/div> <\/figcaption> <\/figure><\/div> <\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\"Sea <\/div>
Sea Scout Main Hall<\/h6>The Sea Scout Main Hall in Ulladulla is a large and open-plan hall with high-pitched ceilings, lots of natural light, stainless steel beams, and newly sanded and sealed beautiful timber floorboards.\n\nNew glass and screens have just been installed in all hall windows making the space feel open and inviting in the fresh sea breeze.\n\nA burnt orange colour theme for the walls ensures this hall feels toasty and welcoming. Interior and exterior lighting has also been upgraded.<\/span> <\/div> <\/figcaption> <\/figure><\/div> <\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\"Balgownie <\/div>
Balgownie Scout Hall<\/h6>The Balgownie Scout Hall is a beautifully maintained spacious hall full of character with wood panelling detail, timber flooring and soaring high ceilings that provide a feeling of space and light.<\/span> <\/div> <\/figcaption> <\/figure><\/div> <\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\"Oak <\/div>
Oak Flats Scout Group Hall<\/h6>The Oaks Flats Scout Group Hall is a large and fun open-plan space.\n\nThe walls are white with grey trimming and the impressive ceiling space features canoes within the rafters. It\u2019s an adventurer’s haven.\n\nThe space holds around 80 guests and has a domestic kitchen, unisex bathrooms, and a large open hall space to enjoy.<\/span> <\/div> <\/figcaption> <\/figure><\/div> <\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\"Albion <\/div>
Albion Park Scout Hall<\/h6>Albion Park Scout Hall is a vibrant and colourful hall, with unique art on every door and wall, that is sure to inspire you!<\/span> <\/div> <\/figcaption> <\/figure><\/div> <\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\"2nd <\/div>
2nd Abbotsford Scout Hall<\/h6>The 2nd Abbotsford Scout Hall offers an absolute waterfront venue hire at Scout Hall Prices.\n\nOur Scout hall is available for hire on a one off, occasional or regular basis.\n\nIt is ideally located only metres from Abbotsford ferry and bus terminus, with ample street parking. This is an easily accessible venue for any event and is now air conditioned for those hot days.<\/span> <\/div> <\/figcaption> <\/figure><\/div> <\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\"1st <\/div>
1st Putney Scouts<\/h6>The 1st Putney Scouts Alison Small hall is large and well maintained, beautifully located in a park close to the Parramatta River.\n\nSituated in Cleves Park, in the City of Ryde with a cricket pitch and kids play area, there is plenty of street parking and bus and ferry services nearby.\n\nThis hall is ideal for loads of family fun!<\/span> <\/div> <\/figcaption> <\/figure><\/div> <\/a><\/div> <\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row header_feature=”yes” padding_top=”90″ padding_bottom=”50″ margin_bottom=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]We all know hobbies can offer joy, connection, and a sense of purpose. They are also crucial to our mental health and well-being. Sometimes, we need more than just time to fit them into our busy lives. We need space! According to Statista cooking, baking, reading, and gardening are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":38625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}