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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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Just a little rollup at Lorne
On our long drive back up to Canberra from Victoria, we're stopping for a day in Lorne on the Great Southern Ocean. We decided not to...
Jean Mc
Feb 7, 20241 min read
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A couple of ends in transit at Apollo Bay
So we're starting our month-long journey back to Canberra before we head to Queensland. Our first stop is Apollo Bay - on the coast,...
Jean Mc
Feb 7, 20241 min read
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We came to the Pennants end-of-season party at Port Fairy
It's our last day in the Warrnambool region in southern Victoria. We wanted to play a game at Port Fairy. We were told that social day...
Jean Mc
Feb 6, 20242 min read
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Bowls on the Lawn (Tennis) at Warrnambool
When we were at Dennington on Wednesday they told us about Warrnambool Lawn Tennis Bowls Club. We didn't have it on our map. Jean added...
Jean Mc
Feb 5, 20242 min read
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Met some nice people rolling up at City Memorial Warrnambool
We came to City Memorial Bowling Club (the big one) on Thursday to find out about Saturday social bowls, we met a bloke who told us it's...
Jean Mc
Feb 5, 20241 min read
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Two little wins at Warrnambool
Jean found out on Messenger that Warrnambool Bowling Club has bowls on Friday which suits us well. We dropped in on our way home from...
Jean Mc
Feb 2, 20241 min read
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Koroit - a little game with a little win and a little loss.
When we were at Dennington yesterday, we had it confirmed that they play bowls at Koroit on Thursday. Jean's been in touch via...
Jean Mc
Feb 1, 20242 min read
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Runners up at Dennington
We drove this morning from Hamilton to Warrnambool. Jean checked the information about social bowls on her map and Dennington seems to...
Jean Mc
Jan 31, 20242 min read
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Hamilton - 140 and still going strong!
We're in Hamilton for a week. Yesterday we rolled up at Grangeburn. When we were at Dartmoor the Hamilton boys told us to come Thursday...
Jean Mc
Jan 25, 20241 min read
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We came back for Australia Day at Grangeburn
We're in Hamilton now for a week and have two clubs to visit. Hamilton and Grangeburn. We were told by the Grangeburn guys at Heywood...
Jean Mc
Jan 24, 20242 min read
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