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The two Numurkahs
There are two bowls clubs in Numurkah - Golf and Town. We understood one was closed down so only planned to visit one. We were wrong so...
Jean Mc
Oct 16, 20232 min read
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Wunghnu - bowled for Mal's cousins!
Jean got in touch with Wunghnu Club via Messenger and found out they have social bowls on Sunday at 3pm. We stopped in at Strathmerton...
Jean Mc
Oct 15, 20231 min read
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Strathmerton - let's watch Pennants!
We have a little trouble finding a game on a Saturday because Pennants is on. We came to Strathmerton (Strathy) today to watch rather...
Jean Mc
Oct 14, 20231 min read
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Barooga Sporties - a friendly game
We drove around to a few clubs in NSW and Vic on Monday and managed to get our names down for Friday arvo at Barooga - just on the NSW...
Jean Mc
Oct 13, 20232 min read
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Berrigan - One win out of four for Mal :-(
Berrigan is a small town of around 1,200 We came to the Golf and Bowling Club on Monday for a rollup. It's a golf club so the clubhouse...
Jean Mc
Oct 12, 20232 min read
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Cobram - happy to be back in Victoria!
So our first club back in Victoria is Cobram. We're staying here for six days to do all the Vic and NSW clubs around. We came in on...
Jean Mc
Oct 11, 20232 min read
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Tocumwal - no bowlers, just golfers!
So we were supposed to stay a week in Tocumwal but decided to stay in Cobram Vic instead. We came to Club Tocumwal to find out about...
Jean Mc
Oct 10, 20231 min read
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Finley - a club in trouble
We were supposed to be in Tocumwal today but decided to stay a couple of nights at The Finley Showground to do Berrigan and Finley. The...
Jean Mc
Oct 9, 20231 min read
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Bowling greens, cod and yabbies at Deni RSL
Mal rang the Deni RSL and spoke with Wayne Bradley. Wayne said it was unlikely there'd be social bowls today but we were welcome to have...
Jean Mc
Dec 29, 20222 min read
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An uneventful rollup at Deniliquin Bowlo
We stayed at Jean's (Dad's) cousin's farm just outside Deni. We drove into town for some Christmas Eve shopping and a rollup at the Deni...
Jean Mc
Dec 26, 20221 min read
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A tough synthetic at Jerilderie
We arrived early at Jerilderie in case bowls started at 10am. We were told by the caravan park lady it's on at 6pm so we could relax. The...
Jean Mc
Dec 22, 20221 min read
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A winning feeling at Narrandera
We rang on Tuesday to get our names down for Wednesday at 1pm in Narrandera - The Redbacks. Mal's been looking forward to visiting...
Jean Mc
Dec 22, 20222 min read
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Lockhart- a club with heart
We drove again from Wagga, this time to Lockhart for a game. When we got there we met President Barry who opened the club then set about...
Jean Mc
Nov 20, 20222 min read
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Yerong Creek - a welcoming club
We drove on Saturday from Wagga Wagga, past The Rock, to Yerong Creek for a Rollup. The road out there was pretty good. Many fewer...
Jean Mc
Nov 19, 20221 min read
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A game for boys at Wagga RSL
We went to Wagga Wagga RSL on Friday. It was men only so just Mal played. Jean offered to play if they were short. They looked at her...
Jean Mc
Nov 19, 20221 min read
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Nice synthetic to rollup at The Rock
We took a 40 minute drive from Wagga Wagga to The Rock for a Rollup. (The Rock) We were surprised that for a tiny town the bowling club...
Jean Mc
Nov 17, 20221 min read
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Fun company at Wagga Wagga Rules Bowling Club
It's mid November now and we're at Wagga Wagga Rules Club. From the moment we arrived we were engaged in interesting conversation with...
Jean Mc
Nov 17, 20222 min read
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Got our $5 back at Junee Exies
After our lovely roll at Junee Bowling Club we decided to go to the Ex-Services club to check out its green. Chalk and cheese! It had...
Jean Mc
Nov 14, 20221 min read
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Nice green to roll up at Junee Bowling Club
We came to Junee to re-live Jean's experiences when she came here at age 18 to learn to pull a beer at the pub of 1st cousin-once-removed...
Jean Mc
Nov 14, 20221 min read
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Oh, so slow to roll up at Stockinbingal
We drove 20 minutes from Cootamundra to Stockinbingal for a rollup. We didn't have it on our list initially because it wasn't on the...
Jean Mc
Nov 12, 20221 min read
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