Qld Darling Downs

Jean Mc

Jul 8, 20231 min read

Surat - beautiful, calm surrounds for bowls!

We're in Surat for one night. Mal rang the club from Roma last night and was told they usually have Saturday morning bowls, but not...

Jean Mc

Jul 6, 20232 min read

Miles - we got a six and won

We drove an extra 90 minutes from Taroom today just so we could play Barefoot Bowls at Miles Bowls Club tonight. We came to the bar to...

Jean Mc

Jul 6, 20231 min read

Taroom - a cute little club with a great green

We dropped in at Taroom Bowling Club on our way to Miles.. It's an hour's drive from Theodore and 90 minutes from Miles. We were...

Jean Mc

Jul 4, 20231 min read

Theodore - no bowls for us!

We drove a couple of hours from Gladstone to Theodore on the edge of The Outback. We set up at the showground and drove to the Theodore...

Jean Mc

Apr 12, 20232 min read

Floods and family at Mundubbera

Jean's been communicating for weeks with Selina from Mundubbera Bowls Club. Selina said we can leave our caravan at the club with power...

Jean Mc

Apr 10, 20232 min read

Watermelons and Cactoblastis in Chinchilla

We arrived in Chinchilla from Goondiwindi about midday. We set up the van, did the washing and hung it out then followed the instructions...

Jean Mc

Apr 9, 20232 min read

A nice, relaxed game with lovely people of Goondiwindi

Goondiwindi (pronounced "Gundawindy or Gundy") is our first Qld town on our way to Hervey Bay for Mal's family reunion. Yesterday we...