It's our last day in Clunes before we head back to Ballarat. We drove 20 minutes to the tiny town of Waubra for a rollup at Waubra Bowling Club.
Jean had been in touch with Pete via Messenger about training this arvo.
Pete put out a Facebook post about our visit so we hoped there'd be people to roll up with. We met Bob and Bill. They were expecting us.
According to Wikipedia Waubra and surrounds has a population of 305 people. It's pronounced "Warbra". The club has 40 members which is impressive for a tiny town. According to the signs on all the seats, they like people to sit and watch.
The club is in a sports complex with Footy next door.
And Netball.
Pete said a lot of the younger members don't live in Waubra but they bowl there because of family connections. It's a cute little clubhouse. Pete said it's the next thing they have to fix up. It's been there since the 50's.
They have one big eight-rink synthetic.
The plastic kind.
They had quite a few turn up to practise which impressed us. There were quite a few young people.
Bob and Pete rolled up with us.
Jean had two but, as usual, Mal took one out.
Jean kept nagging Mal to put down a photo-worthy bowl. He finally did it on our last end but Pete did one better.
When we finished Horry came over. He'd read about us on Facebook. He said "It's all about the social here at Waubra." That was clear. They were all friendly and welcoming.
(Horry, Bob, Pete and Mal)
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