Our seniors just got home on Saturday. The Murrabit crowd were going mad.
We were well up at half time but the home team came back and were up at 3 quarter time. The last quarter was a slog and we ended up one point up when the siren went as Amos Farrel took a screamer about 50 or so metres out.
Not many of us heard the siren as the Murrabit crowd were that excited. The Murrabit players heard the siren and they were that spent.
A lot of them just collapsed on the field. Amos saw his opportunity and went back to kick a good old fashioned torp, with no one guarding the goals.
This massive torp landed well out in front of goals and bounced to the left. It bounced to the right and maybe to the left again to go through the big sticks to get us up by 7 points.
I am sure it will get to 75 metres out when he tells the tale. It would have been good to see Murrabit win their first game – they deserved it, the way they played. But not against us.
That was our only win in the footy and only the under 17s got up in the netball.
We go across the Hay plains this week. Be sure to book into the bus early if you need a ride.
I am a bit old for bus trips so I will find my own way over there.
Getting over is easy, getting home could be a bit much for an old feller.
Kings Birthday Bowls Tournament
This event is held across the weekend of June 10-11. Two bowls triples. Five games x 14 ends.
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea supplied both days. Thank you to McLardy McShane for being our major sponsor. For more information, please call Kerryn on 0407 800 111.
Save the date
Our Moulamein Footy-Netball Club will be having their Commodity Auction on Saturday June 17 after our Pride game against our mates from Ultima.
This is a great night to support your club and pick up a bargain. This is the Mighty Swans’ biggest fund raiser of the year and a bloody good night out with our mates from BR&C donating their time to get as many bids as possible.
Hope to see you there.
Rice harvest nears end
With the run of good weather over, the rice crop harvest has almost come to an end.
Most people seem happy with their yields after a very trying growing season. Get those sheds empty. Next year could be a big one.
Sculpture competition
You still have time to weld some scrap together for our Gallery Girls Competition.
There is $1500 up for grabs for the large sculpture and $700 for the small sculpture. This will all happen on Saturday, June 10.
Entries must be delivered to the Gallery by 3pm on June 9. For more information, please ring Joy on 0488 380 470.
Rain
We had a little bit of rain on the weekend just to prove it can still do it. About 11ml out here.
There is plenty of water flowing again across pastures to give our Turbo Chooks something to paddle around in.
There are also still plenty of ducks around if you run water across a paddock just to remind us, they are still there.
I used to run a column a while ago, “Weather According To Jack”, as my son in law has a hobby of following the weather patterns.
For those of us that would like a bit more rain, just hang in there and hope Jack is wrong.
Not looking good for the rest of Autumn and into winter. Jack has been wrong before and things can change.
At least the weather gave us a sniff of rain last weekend and it looks like we may get a few showers this weekend.
Southern Bell Frogs
I know I keep going on about these rare frogs. It may put our district on the map if we are the only area that they are in plague proportion.
The cold weather is keeping them a bit rare at the moment.
There seemed to be more out before the rain than after it which is unusual.
Rain usually gets them out and about. Unfortunately, they have gone underground. That is not bad to keep them safe.
Until you start to knock down flood banks like I did today so we can get machinery back though a gate. I saw two and a half giant Bell Frogs and what was left of a Spotted Marsh Frog in the little bit of bank that I knocked down. Bugger. They are everywhere. Even underground.
River levels
Our Edward has finally started to rise now they have let Stevens Weir go.
This rise will be short lived but it may liven the cod up so we can get a feed.
The Edward is just over 1,500 megs at the moment and around 1.85 metres.
The Billabong is still supplying around 200 megs a day.
Get your fishing rod in while you can and tell me if you catch one.
At the moment it is still carp, carp and the odd small cod.
The positive note is that you can just squash the carp and put it in your drop net to get a feed of yabbies. They are still biting.
In 2016, the yabbies went off as quickly as they came on. Get a feed while you can.
