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 left just after 11 to arrive 11:30 in plenty of time for a 1pm start.

It's a tiny clubhouse. Just right for a population of 300 people. We met Manager Rhonda at the bar. We were the only people there. They said the club has six male and four female members!

Rhonda said a few should turn up but hard to say because the Mt Larcom Show is on. We were amazed at how many cars there were at the show for such a small town.

Jenny and Ron turned up. Jenny said everyone comes to the show from Gladstone because the Gladstone Show is rubbish.

There's one green.

It's synthetic - that flat green carpet with black threads. A caterpillar carried some green fluff.

They put the cover over.

Rhonda showed us the stubby holders and fly stoppers. Mal bought the fly stoppers.

We had a rollup in case nobody turned up.

Then we had a short game with Jenny and Ron. Ron and Jean against Mal and Jenny. We played three-bowl pairs.

Jenny said the carpet is about 16 years old. It was quick. Jean had shot and Mal took her out. He kept doing that!

The trains went past every few minutes. Jenny said they were coal trains. Her son is a train driver. Each train has eight million dollars worth of coal.

We didn't score - just had some fun.

Mal finally opened the package with his Ipswich United Barflies shirt. He had to put it on straight away.

Mount Larcom - a little bit of fun on the old carpet.