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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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A little game of Monday triples at Macarthur
Friday when we were at Heywood, Paul suggested we ring Rose at Macarthur as he thought they were short of Pennant players. Mal rang her...
Jean Mc
Jan 22, 20242 min read
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We watched Pennants - Dartmoor vs Hamilton at Dartmoor
Mal rang Dartmoor yesterday to see if they needed Pennant players. They don't so we're driving out to watch the Pennant game. They've...
Jean Mc
Jan 20, 20242 min read
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Friday afternoon training at Heywood Bowling Club
We're staying in Heywood for a week. We've done Portland Memorial and Portland Bowling Club. Now we only have Dartmoor, Macarthur and...
Jean Mc
Jan 19, 20241 min read
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Mal bowls everybody over at Portland Bowling Club
On our way back from Portland Memorial we stopped in to Portland Bowling Club to put our names down for Thursday Twilight bowls. While we...
Jean Mc
Jan 19, 20241 min read
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Lovely people at Portland Memorial
We arrived in Heywood this morning after our week of rest in Penshurst. Mal rang Portland Memorial and spoke with Trevor who put our...
Jean Mc
Jan 17, 20241 min read
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We drove an hour to Lake Bolac for a rollup
We're in Penshurst for a week but have done all the clubs around. We decided to drive an hour to go to Lake Bolac which is the only one...
Jean Mc
Jan 13, 20241 min read
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