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All the greens are out at Cooma
Cooma Bowling Club is our last stop on our way from Victoria to Queensland via home. We thought we'd come for Friday night bowls. We...
Jean Mc
Mar 1, 20241 min read
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Not paying $40 to roll up at Jindabyne and Adaminaby
Jean got in touch with Adaminaby via Messenger and found out there is no social bowls. The person who got back said they charge $10 per...
Jean Mc
Feb 29, 20242 min read
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A fast game for Mal on grass at Club Bombala
We drove three hours on Tuesday from Bairnsdale to Bombala. Last night I sent my last post for a while to BowlsTalk Vic. Now we're in...
Jean Mc
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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Our last game for a while in Victoria at Howitt Park
We skipped the rest of West Gippsland on Saturday and drove over to Bairnsdale. We're hankering to get back to Canberra for a while. ...
Jean Mc
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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Great to finally roll up on grass at Bairnsdale
We drove unexpectedly to Bairnsdale on Saturday. We went to the Bairnsdale Bowls Club to check it out. It was full of Pennants finals. ...
Jean Mc
Feb 25, 20241 min read
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A win and a shellacking at Warragul
Jean's been in touch with Jeanette at Warragul Bowls Club. Bowls is on Thursday at 12. However Jeanette messaged Jean while we were at...
Jean Mc
Feb 22, 20241 min read
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A hot game of triples at Drouin
Jean's been in touch with Mary at Drouin Bowls club and found out there's social bowls on Wednesday. We rearranged our trip so we could...
Jean Mc
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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We met the boys at Neerim
We didn't end up playing in the tournament at Boronia so decided to drive up to Neerim Bowling Club to check it out and roll up. When we...
Jean Mc
Feb 19, 20241 min read
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We rolled up at Cardinia Waters Retirement Village
We saw there's a bowling club at Cardinia Waters Retirement. We're a bit uncertain so thought we'd turn up on Pennant day to see if they...
Jean Mc
Feb 19, 20241 min read
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A Triples Tournament at Garfield
Jean's been in touch with Damian at Garfield Bowling Club via Messenger. Damian's managed to get us into their Triples Tournament on...
Jean Mc
Feb 18, 20242 min read
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Bowling Fibrous Plasterers at Pakenham
We got a message to say that Pakenham has social bowls on Saturday. We booked in to the caravan park on Friday so we could get there...
Jean Mc
Feb 16, 20241 min read
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We had a ball at Yarra Junction
After our visit to storm-ravaged Cockatoo we drove over to Yarra Junction to finally get a game of bowls. After all our lonely rollups...
Jean Mc
Feb 15, 20242 min read
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All the trees down at Cockatoo
We were staying in a caravan park in Healesville but yesterday afternoon there was a big storm and the power went out across Victoria. ...
Jean Mc
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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Hot and windy again at Yarra Glen
We haven't heard back from Yarra Glen about social bowls. We left Healesville bright and early this morning and drove here to check it...
Jean Mc
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Bowling in 32° at Healesville
This morning we rolled up at Whittlesea, then took the hour-long drive over to Healesville for a very warm rollup. Jean had been chatting...
Jean Mc
Feb 12, 20242 min read
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A fiery rollup at Whittlesea
We've been hearing about Whittlesea at a number of clubs so we look forward to coming here. Social bowls day is Thursday so we'll miss...
Jean Mc
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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A chat with the President at Wallan
Wallan is the next bowling club on our trip back home via Gippsland. There's no social bowls on a Sunday so we'll stop for a rollup. We...
Jean Mc
Feb 11, 20241 min read
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We met some old and new mates at Digger's Rest
We came to Diggers Rest on our way to Qld via Canberra. It's saturday Pennants day so we hoped we could get a rollup before the matches....
Jean Mc
Feb 10, 20241 min read
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Hoppers Crossing has a great new paint job!
We're on our way back to Queensland via Canberra . We stopped in at Hoppers Bowls Club for a Friday morning rollup. We stopped for a...
Jean Mc
Feb 9, 20241 min read
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We camped our van at Birregurra for Training night
Birregurra is a little town just east of Simpson where we were staying on our way to Geelong. We missed it about three times when we...
Jean Mc
Feb 8, 20242 min read
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