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Mt Larcom - a tiny club
We've been chatting to people in Gladstone who told us Mt Larcom has bowls on Sunday. Mal rang this morning to put our names down. We...
Jean Mc
Jun 25, 20232 min read
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Gladstone - a fun game with wildly different results
We arrived yesterday in Gladstone and ran around town to do some business. We found out the Gladstone Bowls Club is just a short walk...
Jean Mc
Jun 25, 20232 min read
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Miriam vale - we stayed at the club!
The only place to stay in Miriam Vale is a free camp at the Lions Park with no power and water. We parked the van there and walked our...
Jean Mc
Jun 22, 20232 min read
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Gin Gin - no wins or losses here!
We stayed an extra night in Childers as we knew there was bowls in Gin Gin on Wednesday. We came for that. There's some discrepancy about...
Jean Mc
Jun 22, 20231 min read
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Club Isis Childers - a little rollup then a game
The lady at the varavan park told us why everything in Childers is called 'Isis'. It's because the soil is volcanic and Isis is the...
Jean Mc
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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Biggenden - let's have a chat at the bar
Jean's been in touch with President Lyn from Biggenden via Messenger. Lyn assured her there'd be bowls at 1pm Sunday. We arrived in town...
Jean Mc
Jun 18, 20232 min read
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Goomeri - missed again!
Our trip seems to be one day out! Goomeri had their social bowls last night - when we were at Nanango. We watched the club all day but...
Jean Mc
Jun 17, 20231 min read
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Kingaroy - shame we missed it
We discovered yesterday we'd missed Kingaroy's social bowls day so decided to drive out late Friday arvo, just in case they have...
Jean Mc
Jun 16, 20231 min read
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Nanango - Jean coaches a prospective member
We're only in Nanango two nights at the showground so we miss out on their social day. So we came for a rollup. We arrived and walked...
Jean Mc
Jun 15, 20231 min read
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Yarraman - bowls and a feed
Mal rang Yarraman yesterday to find out there's bowls this morning and put our names down. It's about 50 minutes from Kilcoy where we're...
Jean Mc
Jun 14, 20232 min read
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Kilcoy - Jean doubles Mal's score!
We arrived yesterday in Kilcoy. Jean drove to the bowls club to find out they have bowls this morning. She put our names down for 9am....
Jean Mc
Jun 13, 20232 min read
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Lowood - some new stubby holders for us
Jean's been in touch with Lowood club via Messenger. They told her they have Barefoot Bowls on Sunday with a sausage sizzle. We drove...
Jean Mc
Jun 11, 20232 min read
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Goodna - a bumpy green with pleasant company
We're only in Ipswich one day, especially so we can play at Goodna, which we missed when we came through a couple of weeks ago. We rang...
Jean Mc
Jun 10, 20232 min read
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Beaudesert - a nice drink and a rollup
We're only in Beaudesert one night. We're on our way to Jean's sister Roslyn's 50th birthday party on Heron Island end of June. Jean's...
Jean Mc
Jun 10, 20231 min read
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South Tweed - we love good skips!
Yesterday when we were at Kingscliff Beach we asked Terry again where we should play Wednesday. He suggested South Tweed and pointed to...
Jean Mc
Jun 7, 20232 min read
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Kingscliff Beach - Mal was the star of the show
When we were at Cabarita Beach yesterday Terry told us he's a member at Kingscliff Beach and he rang Jenny to get our names down for 9am...
Jean Mc
Jun 6, 20231 min read
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Cabarita Beach - a big loss and a little win
We left Jean's niece Melanie's place in Tyalgum this morning. We arrived at Chindera and Jean immediately rang Cabarita Beach Bowls Club...
Jean Mc
Jun 5, 20232 min read
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Condong - it's all about crushing!
Jean contacted Condong Bowls Club yesterday via Messenger to discover they have Saturday afternoon Bowls. She asked if they could put our...
Jean Mc
Jun 3, 20232 min read
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Mudgeeraba - some characters
Jean's been in touch with Fiona via Messenger about today - triples at Mudgeeraba. (Mudgee-rah-bah). Fiona told us to park the van on...
Jean Mc
Jun 2, 20232 min read
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Canungra - bowls in the country
We haven't been to Canungra before. We drove up and down the mountain through beautiful scenery for Wednesday 'Paddle Pop Pairs'. First...
Jean Mc
May 31, 20232 min read
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