stories that connect women. creativity that CELEBRATEs community.
Welcome to The Just Saying Project — where storytelling, art and community meet.
YOUR space to create, connect & grow
JSP is an 80-square-metre space at Shop 5, 31 Wood Street — light-filled, flexible, and built for the kind of work that needs room to breathe. Workshops, photography, private events, community gatherings, meetings, launches — if it fits within four good walls, it fits here.
The space comes with flexible furniture, a PA system, kitchen access, and Wi-Fi, with styling, backdrops, and AV available as add-ons. Hire runs Sunday to Thursday, with rates from $65 an hour and half-day and full-day packages available — including discounted rates for community groups and not-for-profits
The Just Saying Project: Home of Women’s Stories opens doors Saturday 25 July
The Just Saying Project is opening the door to its next chapter, with founder Fallon Drewett joining creative forces with her sisters, Breeanna Poxon and Georgia Holden, to create a new home for women’s stories at Shop 5, 31 Wood Street, Mackay.
The new space will be an art gallery, events space, retail store and gathering place for women to connect, create, share stories and host their own conversations.
The community is invited to attend The Just Saying Project Open Day on 25 July, with an opportunity to explore the space, shop the retail store, meet the team and be inspired by what is coming next.
In September, JSP will present its first exhibition in the new space, Behind the Figures, featuring artists from across the Greater Whitsunday region responding to data and stories gathered through JSP’s Behind the Figures survey.
The new Wood Street space will see JSP bring back some of its most loved events, including Leading Ladies, alongside new event series that will spill the tea on women’s issues, and joy-centred gatherings designed to bring women, creativity and life back into the Mackay CBD.
Led by three sisters bringing together storytelling, visual art, decorative art, health, education and community connection, the space marks a powerful evolution for JSP and its mission to celebrate women through joy, strength and purpose. JSP will also continue its JSP Women’s Awards as its major annual event.
Featured Products
Where scraps become stories.
Come take a seat at the table and spend a little time creating, connecting and seeing where your imagination takes you.
Collage + Connect is a relaxed Saturday session at JSP Home of Women’s Stories, filled with beautiful papers, words, people, places, textures and pieces of inspiration for you to cut, layer and piece together into something completely your own.
There are no rules, no right way to do it and absolutely no need to be “good at art”. Simply choose what catches your eye, follow the feeling and let the pieces find their place.
Come on your own or bring your mum, daughter, sister, friend or someone you’d love to spend a little creative time with.
Your $10 ticket includes all collage materials, a cuppa on us, and of course, your creation is yours to take home.
Saturdays | 10am–1pm
Ages 10+ | $10 per person
Not every leading lady has it all together and that’s the point. This afternoon is about owning your flaws and failures, and recognising them as part of your strength, not something to hide. Reinvention doesn’t come from perfection — it often comes after the plot twists you never saw coming. And authenticity? It’s not a weakness. It’s a leadership tool. An invitation to drop the pressure to be polished, embrace what’s real, and lead from a place that is honest, human, and entirely your own.
Our fabulous Leading Ladies for The Power of Imperfect Women are:
Teanna Ramsamy
Danielle Jesser
Kristy Purdon
Ticket includes:
One (1) complimentary drink
One (1) girl-dinner-style platter plate
Three (3) unique stories from women in our region about the moment that shape us
Real conversation with women in our community
Space to reflect, reconnect and invest in you
When you buy a ticket, you're doing more than showing up for a great night — 10% of every sale goes straight back into free programs for women and girls in our community.