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Happy visitors at Tatura
Our first day in Shepparton we came to Tatura for training day. Jean's been in touch with Jason from the club about social bowls and...
Jean Mc
Oct 17, 20232 min read
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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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Hey Hay - let's have some fun!
Hay is the furthest west we get on this leg of our trip as we head for Shepparton. A bloke told us next stop west is South Australia. We...
Jean Mc
Oct 7, 20232 min read
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Darlington Point - one game of triples with the boys
We're in Darlington Point because we were going to Griffith to play today. We discovered there is a bowling club here and popped in...
Jean Mc
Oct 5, 20231 min read
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Coleambally - trouble with fertiliser
We just recently discovered Darlington Point. When we stopped in on Wednesday the boys told us about Coleambally. We came back to...
Jean Mc
Oct 5, 20231 min read
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Barellan - hello Evonne Gooloogong!
We drove through Barellan on our way to Darlington Point for our Griffith game. Jean said "I think there's a bowling club here." Mal...
Jean Mc
Oct 4, 20231 min read
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Ariah Park - a generational club
So we arrived this morning at the Ariah Park Camp ground and dropped into the bowling club on our way to the shops to check in. The club...
Jean Mc
Oct 3, 20232 min read
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Bowls and high-tea in Ardlethan
Today we're in Ardlethan. Its a tiny town of 400 people with the bowling club as the hub. Ardlethan is 'The Kelpie Town'. We saw it. We...
Jean Mc
Oct 2, 20232 min read
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Ungarie - let's watch the footy instead!
When we were at West Wyalong Sports yesterday We told them we'd come to Ungarie today for a rollup They laughed and said "Have a good...
Jean Mc
Oct 1, 20231 min read
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West Wyalong Sports - yay, Mal won the money!
We last came to West Wyalong in December last year. It seems we didn't know about the other club there - the West Wyalong Services and...
Jean Mc
Sep 30, 20232 min read
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A tiny little rollup at Caragabal Country Club
We came to Caragabal Country Club from Grenfell on our way to play a game in West Wyalong. We were told in Forbes and Grenfell it's...
Jean Mc
Sep 30, 20231 min read
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Grenfell poor Mal did his best!
We're just in Grenfell for a day. We're free-camping at the historic railway station. It's men today so Mal's here for a game. First...
Jean Mc
Sep 29, 20232 min read
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Forbes - at last a game for us!
We came to Forbes a day early because we didn't go to Gooloogong. We popped in on Wednesday to put our names down for Thursday afternoon....
Jean Mc
Sep 28, 20232 min read
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