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Camperdown - we arrived in the nick of time
Mal was ringing clubs to find out when they play social. Camperdown Bowling Club said "Today, in 20 minutes!" They assured us Lake...
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Mar 5, 20231 min read
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A yucky "Old Synthetic' at Colac City Bowling Club
We went to the Colac Bulla factory. There was a sign to say they are refurbishing and one could buy goods from Coles. Where's the fun in...
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Mar 4, 20232 min read
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Rolled up for Division One Pennants champions at Colac Central Bowling Club
We're only in Colac for one night so we came late in the day for a rollup at Colac Central Bowling Club. We came in to ask if we could...
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Mar 4, 20231 min read
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Roll up at deserted Mentone
Jean's Thermomix broke down again so she had to take it all the way to Moorabbin for service. While we waited we decided to find a club...
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Mar 3, 20231 min read
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Great company and hospitality at Portarlington
Mal kept on his quest to ring all the clubs to find out when they have social bowls. Yesterday Portarlington rang him back to say they...
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Mar 1, 20232 min read
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A little rollup at Queenscliff
No games anywhere on Tuesday so decided to go for a rollup at Queenscliff which doesn't seem to have social bowls. It's actually QBT&C....
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Feb 28, 20231 min read
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Barwon Heads- a big game at a little club
We were supposed to go to Colac this week before heading north to Mildura but we have to wait around Geelong to pick our new mattress. We...
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Feb 27, 20232 min read
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Point Lonsdale welcomes Malcolm
Thursday Jean had to hang around for the guys to put in the new caravan air conditioner. Jean went out to Point Lonsdale during the week...
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Feb 24, 20232 min read
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Torquay by the ocean
Jean went online last week to put our names down because we'd been told it was hard to get a game with so many members. We've been in...
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Feb 22, 20232 min read
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At Anglesea Mal lost the line and weight
We took the weekend off to hang out with Jean's cousin Jenny. On Sunday Jean rang Anglesea to put our names down for Monday. We drove 25...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
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Nice game at 34° in Ocean Grove
Mal was given instructions to ring all the clubs we'll visit in Victoria over the next month to find out when they play social bowls....
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Feb 16, 20232 min read
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We had a ball at Belmont!
We came to Belmont last week to buy some shirts for my Friend Jonathan Knight. It was the closest club to our caravan park so we really...
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Feb 15, 20232 min read
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A Valentines Day rollup at Highton
When we went to Pennants Saturday before last we met Sue and son Ash from Highton. Sue is the proud Mum of a young son who, with his...
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Feb 14, 20231 min read
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Four teams play triples at Geelong Bowling Club
When we visited Geelong Bowling Club on Friday - after our Lara disaster - we met Laurie and Reno who invited us to play on Monday....
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Feb 13, 20232 min read
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No Bell Post Hill - let's try Norlane
Again when we were out and about for Pennants last week we put our names down for a Sunday mixed pairs game at Bell Post Hill. It took us...
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Feb 12, 20231 min read
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We watched Bareena play Premier League on Saturday
We had a day off today. We decided to go to City of Geelong Bowls Club to watch the Premier League. When we were at Bareena on Wednesday...
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Feb 11, 20232 min read
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Two good triples teams at Geelong Cement
Last week at Pennants we put our names down to play today at Geelong Cement. We arrived just after 11:30 for a 12:30 start. When we...
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Feb 10, 20232 min read
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Not welcome as visitors to Lara Vic
We had a look at our spreadsheet and worked out that Lara, 30 minutes north-east of Geelong, is one of the few places with a game on...
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Feb 9, 20231 min read
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Bareena is 110!
When we were at Bareena on Saturday we put our names down for Wednesday. Daryl rang Mal to confirm and told us to ask for him. We met...
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Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Mal wins again - of course - at Eastern Park
We went to City of Geelong and Belmont in the morning to buy some shirts for my Canadian friend Jonathan Knight. Afterwards we went to...
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Feb 7, 20231 min read
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