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All things being equal at Gilgandra
We had such a lovely time staying two nights at Nyngan. We said a sad goodbye this morning and drove over to Gilgandra. They play at...
Jean Mc
Aug 7, 20242 min read
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Friendly people at Nyngan
We drove over six hours today - Monday - from Cunnamulla to Nyngan. They have social bowls on Tuesday morning so we wanted to be here in...
Jean Mc
Aug 6, 20242 min read
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No damp rollup at Cunnamulla
Our last stop in Queensland for 2024 is Cunnamulla. It's in the Outback - just above the NSW border. They have social bowls on Thursday...
Jean Mc
Aug 4, 20241 min read
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A rollup in the Outback at Quilpie
We're almost done in Queensland for this year - we spend our last couple of days in The Outback. Today we came to Quilpie for a little...
Jean Mc
Aug 3, 20241 min read
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A slow roll at Charleville
We left Mitchell this morning and drove a couple of hours to Charleville. There's no social bowls on today but the club is open from 4pm...
Jean Mc
Aug 2, 20242 min read
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Bowl with happy people at Mitchell
Jean contacted Mitchell Qld a couple of weeks ago to find out about social bowls and whether we can park our van there overnight. We...
Jean Mc
Aug 1, 20241 min read
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A rollup with the locals at Injune
Jean's been in touch with Injune Bowling Club via Messenger. She found out that on Wednesday night they have social rollups. We don't...
Jean Mc
Jul 31, 20242 min read
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A lonely rollup at Biloela
We left Rockhampton this morning and drove down to Biloela. Jean's been in touch via Messenger and told them we'd be here Monday for a...
Jean Mc
Jul 29, 20241 min read
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Jean wins for a change at Gracemere
On our last day in Rockhampton we'll visit Gracemere for a Sunday game. We dropped in on Saturday to put our names down. There was an...
Jean Mc
Jul 28, 20242 min read
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Bowls by the river at Victoria Park
Jean found out on Messenger that Victoria Park has bowls on Saturday - our second-last day in Rockhampton. MONDAY We dropped in to get...
Jean Mc
Jul 27, 20242 min read
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Practice night at Yeppoon
We'd been in touch with Yeppoon some months ago and we're told there is social bowls Friday afternoon. We planned for that but found...
Jean Mc
Jul 26, 20241 min read
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Bowling for the Diggers in Rockhampton
We found out a while ago that Diggers' Memorial has Men's bowls on Thursday. Mal will play in his Queanbeyan RSL shirt 👕. MONDAY We...
Jean Mc
Jul 25, 20242 min read
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Mal kills it at Emu Park
Jean's been talking on Messenger with Emu Park's PR officer Caite. She was excited when Jean told her that we were coming today. It's a...
Jean Mc
Jul 23, 20242 min read
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A quick visit to Rockhampton
We came to Rockhampton Bowls Club to get our names down for Wednesday. We didn't realise it was Ladies' day. Jean wasn't keen to drive...
Jean Mc
Jul 23, 20241 min read
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We came to Clermont and Dysart
We're headed south to see Jean's sister Susan at Keppel Sands - then home for a bit. On the way we stopped at Clermont and Dysart in the...
Jean Mc
Jul 21, 20242 min read
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A nice rollup at Moranbah
We were supposed to go to Moranbah yesterday but had to stop in Mackay for an ill-fated caravan check-in. We rolled up here today. When...
Jean Mc
Jul 19, 20241 min read
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A new shirt for Jean at Mackay
We accidentally drove to Mackay because we had to get an urgent repair to our caravan. We were going to come and play Scroungers but...
Jean Mc
Jul 18, 20241 min read
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Bowl with the pit ponies at Collinsville
We drove three hours from Townsville to Collinsville. We know there's no bowls on a Wednesday but came to stay and roll up. Hoppy...
Jean Mc
Jul 17, 20242 min read
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The Women's Northern Challenge at Suburban
We're stopping overnight in Townsville on our way to Keppel Sands to catch up with Jean's sister Susan and her daughter. We wanted to do...
Jean Mc
Jul 16, 20241 min read
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Ravenshoe and Malanda - two greens closed for now
RAVENSHOE We met some people from Ravenshoe a couple of weeks ago when we were at Yungaburra. We drove over to Ravenshoe from Heberton...
Jean Mc
Jul 14, 20242 min read
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