Herberton in the hills

Yesterday when we were at Atherton we met Bruce again. He invited us to play and stay at Herberton for Saturday.

It's a tiny, cute little clubhouse with a long bar.

When we arrived we met Dennis who we'd met at Yungaburra when we met Bruce the first time. Dennis was with his lovely wife Joi. Dennis proudly declared "58 years!"

Apparently the bowls club is also daycare 😅.

The club has history. It was created after WWII on the site of a doctor's surgery and three shops.

There's a long poem about 'The Bowls Club in the Hills' on the wall which pleased Jean!

It has a pleasant verandah by the green.

We found a good spot for our caravan.

Ken and Harry organised the draw.

They have an old roller against the shed.

There's one grass green. Bruce was mowing it when we arrived. He said it's pretty heavy.

Bruce finished mowing and came inside.

There were enough people for two games of Three-bowl Triples. It was Dennis, Jean and Harry.

Against Cindy, Lloyd and Bruce. Harry is Bruce's older brother and Cindy is their niece.

Norm, Mal and Kay played

Ken, Steve and Jim.

Mal seemed to have nailed Bruce's slow green.

Mal had done two good bowls. Jean hadn't done any by end six - well none that stayed for a photo! They were 13-zip! Jean said "No way I'm doing a nudie run!"

Finally - on the last end - she did it! We have another game though so there's a chance!

We both lost then came in for Smoko. The boys put on the barbie for a sausage sizzle.

That hit the spot!

Second game we swapped opponents. There was good music in the background. Jean definitely played better. "All I needed was a sausage!" She cried. It wasn't fantastic but she did ok!

Jean had finished taking photos of our bowls then Mal put in a beauty.

Jean lost 8 to 12. Mal lost 7 to 16. We went back inside for celebrations and commiserations.

We really loved the club, the people, the conversation and the game. Shame we got beaten.

Herberton - we both got killed but loved it!