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Laughs with the Edgeworth folks!
We'll be home in three weeks - headed south! This morning we left Abermain and drove across to Edgeworth for a rollup. It's a mid-sized...
Jean Mc
Aug 25, 20241 min read
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Just one rink at Abermain
It's our last day with the five clubs in the Cessnock district. We drove from Cessnock to Abermain for Saturday afternoon Bowls. It's a...
Jean Mc
Aug 24, 20241 min read
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Mal played well at Kurri Kurri
We drove over to Kurri Kurri (called Kurri) from Cessnock for Mal to play Friday bowls with the men. There's a board out the front with...
Jean Mc
Aug 23, 20241 min read
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Six of us at Bellbird
During our fun time yesterday at East Cessnock we were told to turn up at 9am to bowl Thursday at Bellbird. It's a nice little...
Jean Mc
Aug 22, 20241 min read
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Jean and the boys of East Cessnock
Just west of Newcastle there are five clubs together. We went to Paxton yesterday, Bellbird tomorrow, Abermain and Kurri on Friday and...
Jean Mc
Aug 21, 20242 min read
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Jean and the ladies of Paxton
We drove today from our overnight at Greta Workers to the little town Paxton. It has Ladies bowls here today so Jean will play. The...
Jean Mc
Aug 20, 20241 min read
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Jean tops it at Greta
We drove the six minutes it takes to get from Branxton to Greta Workers Club. Jean got permission from Ross the CEO to park our caravan...
Jean Mc
Aug 19, 20241 min read
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Bowls at Miller Park pub!
We drove to Miller Park after our successful game at Denman. It's a bowling club at a pub. Jean's been in touch with Faye from here. ...
Jean Mc
Aug 18, 20241 min read
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No shots scored at Denman
We drove just half an hour from our nice stay in Merriwa to the little town of Denman and its Bowling Club. We'd heard on the...
Jean Mc
Aug 17, 20242 min read
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Back to a good green at Merriwa
We stayed two nights at Coolah Sports Club . After our very ordinary rollup we moved on to Merriwa. Jean has a special place in her...
Jean Mc
Aug 16, 20242 min read
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Too hard to bowl at Coolah
We drove half an hour from our unsuccessful stay at Binnaway this morning to the Coolah Sports Club where we'll park our van. There's an...
Jean Mc
Aug 15, 20241 min read
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Can't stay at Binnaway
We stayed t he last two nights in Coonamble and got a game . We drove two hours today to the little town of Binnaway and its bowls club....
Jean Mc
Aug 14, 20241 min read
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Jean saves the bacon at Coonamble
Since we decided not to stay at Mendooran , we drove on to Coonamble. We know they have bowls on Tuesday morning so we'll be there in...
Jean Mc
Aug 13, 20242 min read
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No rollup for us at Mendooran
We'd heard about Mendooran at some of the other clubs like Trangie . Sam from Dunedoo told us Mendooran closed a couple of years back. ...
Jean Mc
Aug 13, 20241 min read
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A friendly rollup at Dunedoo
When Jean lived in Gulgong in the 70's she visited Dunedoo quite often. We've had a lovely time to date in Nyngan , Gilgandra ,...
Jean Mc
Aug 11, 20241 min read
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Bowl with the Billy Goats at Trangie
We were supposed to come to Trangie on Thursday for a game however when we were at Gilgandra Noel told us there's a memorial day at...
Jean Mc
Aug 10, 20242 min read
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Not at Tullamore
We've been on to Tullamore about social bowls and staying at the club. We decided to come on Friday for a rollup. Hmm, not so! There...
Jean Mc
Aug 9, 20241 min read
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We played with the boys at Narromine
We drove today f rom the nice stay we had in Gilgandra to Narromine. We'd heard on the grapevine that there's Men's bowls on today so...
Jean Mc
Aug 8, 20242 min read
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All things being equal at Gilgandra
We had such a lovely time staying two nights at Nyngan. We said a sad goodbye this morning and drove over to Gilgandra. They play at...
Jean Mc
Aug 7, 20242 min read
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Friendly people at Nyngan
We drove over six hours today - Monday - from Cunnamulla to Nyngan. They have social bowls on Tuesday morning so we wanted to be here in...
Jean Mc
Aug 6, 20242 min read
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