Mal subbed for a tournament at Yungaburra

On our way up to Weipa we've skipped Cairns and headed north-west to Yungaburra .

Shane from South Johnstone gave us a phone number for Ashley at. Yungaburra. Mal's been chatting with Ashley about social bowls. We met Ashley when we arrived.

It's a nice little clubhouse

The bar is impressive.

They have some cartoons on the wall.

Mal met a bloke whose face was familiar. Mal asked "Have you ever been to Canberra?" JD replied "I come from Canberra!" Apparently they lived in Charnwood at the same time.

Then we met Jodie and Guy. There'd been some discussion about where we could park our van. Guy offered for us to stay at his.

Nearby is the sign for Cookie's Memorial Garden.

There's a drawing of Cookie inside.

Outside is a nice covered verandah.

There are solid permanent shades.

Out the front there are two plaques for the 50th and 75th celebrations.

The green is synthetic.

The Bob Pritchard Memorial Green.

They were playing the 'Ken Kitson Cup' which is a Tablelands inter-club social event between Herberton (with other clubs Dimbulah, Ravenshoe, Atherton) and Yungaburra. The boys said "It'sYungaburra against the world!"

Mal had also been talking to Dennis from Herberton this morning. He told us he'd be at Yungaburra today. He said "Just ask anybody there where's Dennis!" We did and found him.

Guy asked Mal would he play if Guy sat out the second game. Jean walked up to the car to get his bowls. He couldn't say no! He even bought himself a shirt. Parramatta colours!

After the first game they came in for Smoko and Sandwiches.

Game 2 Mal played Second for Skip Ashley (Bert). It was Lorraine, Mal, Bert and Meryl.

Their opponents were Norma, Harry, Alan and Bahl representing Herberton with players from Ravenshoe. Herberton suffers from few members so everyone helps out.

Ravenshoe has two shirts. The green one has an endangered Possum on it.

The purple 👕 shows what will happen if the Possum isn't protected.

It took Mal a couple of ends to work it out

Then he did it.

A few ends later they were two down and Mal took out the opposition's shot for one.

Last end Mal's team was one up on the scoreboard. They all put one in for four. They ended up with two for a win.

Bruce from Herberton came and chatted with Jean. He said "Get a photo so I can be in the blog!"

They tallied the scores and Herberton won by seven.

A fun afternoon with nice people at Yungaburra.