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Jean Mc
Jun 20, 20242 min read
Everybody had a fun with bowls at Macknade
After our disappointing rollup at Mystic Sands we were so excited to drive an hour to Macknade Bowls Club out of Ingham for a game this...
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Jean Mc
Jun 20, 20241 min read
Only four ends at Mystic Sands Golf Resort
We drove from Townsville 60k north to Mystic Sands Golf Resort. It's a golf club with a bowling green. We will roll up here. It costs...
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Jean Mc
Jun 18, 20242 min read
New and old friends at Jubilee
We drove over to Townsville from our temporary home in Giru for a Tuesday afternoon game at Jubilee Bowls Club. Jean's been chatting over...
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Jean Mc
Jun 17, 20241 min read
A warm rollup at Alligator Creek
We popped over from our cosy spot at Giru Bowls Club to Alligator Creek for a rollup. They have social bowls on Sunday arvo so we missed...
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Jean Mc
Jun 16, 20242 min read
A Sugar Crush at Giru Bowling Club
We've started our trek north to Weipa. This morning we took the short drive to Giru. Jean's been in touch with President Ian via...
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Jean Mc
Jun 15, 20242 min read
A pleasant game of Triples at Ayr
It's our last day staying at Home Hill. Jean contacted nearby Ayr Bowling Club to get our names down for a Saturday afternoon game....
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Jean Mc
Jun 14, 20241 min read
A lonely little rollup at Brandon
We're staying at the Home Hill Showground so we took the 19 minute drive to Brandon. The folks at Home Hill told us yesterday they have...
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Jean Mc
Jun 13, 20242 min read
A lovely afternoon tea with bowls at Home Hill
After our great game at Gold City Charters Towers yesterday we arrived this morning at Home Hill in time to play this arvo. We came a bit...
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Jean Mc
Jun 12, 20242 min read
Bowls and fruit at Gold City Charters Towers
When we were at Hughenden the other day Graeme told us that Charters Towers has Pairs on Wednesday. His Dad John plays there. We...
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Jean Mc
Jun 9, 20241 min read
After all those rollups we got a game at Hughenden
We are so excited that after weeks of just boring rollups we turned up at 3pm in the little town of Hughenden, on the edge of Outback...
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Jean Mc
Jun 7, 20241 min read
No bowls at Normanton or Richmond
We've had so many long drives the last week - it's taking a toll. We took a four hour drive from Four Ways to Normanton then on to...
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Jean Mc
Jun 3, 20241 min read
A friendly rollup under a pine tree at Mount Isa Services
When we were at Cloncurry yesterday Adam told us that, though there's two bowling clubs in Mt Isa the Services Club is the only one with...
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Jean Mc
Jun 2, 20241 min read
A long way for a game of Pairs at Cloncurry
We drove a loooonggg way from Winton to Cloncurry for a rollup. When we arrived we met Adam who is the Games Director here. Adam...
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Jean Mc
Jun 1, 20242 min read
Longreach, oh and Winton!
We drove two hours from Aramac via Barcaldine to Longreach. We know that Longreach social bowls is on Sunday but we're there on Saturday...
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Jean Mc
May 31, 20241 min read
A rollup with a bull at Aramac
We drove two hours from our stay at Blackall to get to Aramac Bowls Club for a rollup. The first thing one see is the white bull. It...
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Jean Mc
May 30, 20242 min read
A slow old rollup at Blackall
We've had several days off as we went to Rubyvale to catch up with Jean's high school best friend Louanne. We stayed an extra day and...
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Jean Mc
May 26, 20241 min read
Too tired to roll up at Emerald
We've nearly arrived in Rubyvale where Jean will meet her old friend. There's just one bowling club in Emerald so we intended to stop...
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Jean Mc
May 25, 20241 min read
Lots of clubs at Moura where we rolled up.
All the bowling clubs we've done recently have been in tiny little Queensland towns. Today is no exception. It's the town of Moura in...
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Jean Mc
May 24, 20242 min read
We rolled up in the tiny town of Wandoan
We're staying overnight at Wandoan on our way to Emerald to see Jean's old friend. Our van is parked close to the bowling club so we'll...
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Jean Mc
May 23, 20241 min read
A quiet rollup at Jandowae
We came to Jandowae after our disappointing visit to Bell. We were all alone but had a nice rollup with help from a staff member. It's a...
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