Open air cinema evening
OUR Moulamein Pre-School has had a great idea and will run a movie night on the footy oval on November 28.
It is BYO rug, bean bag or chair and unfortunately, due to the dreaded COVID, you have to bring your own food and drinks.
Popcorn and fairy floss will be available on the night.
A special thanks to Murray River Council for supplying their new six-metre inflatable screen for its first event.
This should be a great asset for our council to help raise funds for our shire’s community groups.
The movie is supposed to be a funny one called Red Shoes And The Seven Dwarfs.
Plastic cups only, and cans would be preferred rather than glass on our footy oval.
The night will start at 6.30pm with the movie starting as soon as it is dark enough which should be around 8pm.
The cost will be $12 for adults and $7 for kids.
I could give you the www address to book in, but it is ridiculously long.
Please ring Tara on 03 5034 0591 or text Shantel on 0439 871 182 to book in.
Tickets will be available on the night if numbers do not exceed COVID crowd requirements.
I will give this a go, /www.trybooking.com/BMWWH. I do not think that will work.
But all of you young ones can give it a go.
Gallery photo comp
THE AGM of our gallery mob went off well and my wife, Kathy, was not quick enough to step back.
So, she is the new president.
The rest of the positions stayed the same.
Well done dear, we will have to compare notes on how to run a meeting.
The photos are up for this year’s competition and the announcement of the winner will be tonight at the Moulamein Bowling Club.
There is no real time yet, but it will work in with the club’s meat draw at around 8pm.
Hope to see you there.
Another wild storm
WE had another wind storm on Sunday night.
It got very wild out at our place and my just-raked hay paddock was not a pretty site in the morning.
Lucky my contractor, Walker Baling, knows what he is doing and has somehow got most of it into the bales.
I thought he would have taken one look at it and run.
All is now good on the hay front and I will get a bit into my shed.
This is not the worst of it. It took me till after lunch on Monday to notice that my grandkids’ twisty tree had blown over.
This pear tree may have died 20 or so years ago, but it still sprouts packets of twisties if the kids water it.
Due to a very vivid imagination, our twisty tree should be up and producing before the little tackers visit again.
It could have ended in tears if they were here this Monday.
It would be worse than me losing my beer tree. I must get some seeds out of that one.
More water
WE have been given even more of the water that we own this week.
Us lucky buggers on the Murrumbidgee have picked up another 8 per cent, taking us to 74 per cent.
My mates on the NSW Murray system went up 3 per cent to 39 per cent.
This is great for our irrigation districts and we can only hope that this is the new normal.
Farewell for Judy Gatacre
ALL good things must come to an end and we have been trying to get this together for months.
But, due to the dreaded COVID-19, it could not happen.
Our long-term bush nurse, Judy Gatacre, has finally pulled the pin to put her feet up for a well-earned retirement.
This event will be held at the Moulamein Bowling Club on November 26 at 12 noon.
The cost will be $20 for the meal, and we need numbers for catering purposes.
Please get in touch with Margie on 0429 875 141 or Fran on 0498 975 949 to book in. All will be made most welcome.
I have not talked to Judy for a while, but just before she retired, Judy made it very clear to her husband, Mike, that she was not retiring to become a cheap farmhand.
I am interested to find out how this turned out.
We need names by the 20th, so please book in.
Bowls notes
BOTH our teams copped the top of the ladder teams in this week’s round.
Division four went to Nyah and even though Beesey came out of the blocks on fire, our teams could not keep up the momentum and we ended up with both rinks down.
Our division one team was at home to Murray Downs and it was always going to be a push up hill.
Aaron’s mob got out of the blocks early and I remember thinking, “Who is this Buck feller?” for the first few ends when we were 9-2 up, I thought he was a good bowler?
Well this Buck feller soon got his team together and I think we were about 18-9 down before we scored again, down by 10.
Yep, Buck is a bloody good bowler, he just took a few ends to get going.
Doreen’s mob could not peg their opposition back all day but PA’s mob were well down early, but got back within 4 shots before going down by 9.
A good lesson for our division one mob to see how the big boys do it.
I think we will be short of bowlers this week, so if you are thinking about a game of bowls, now would be a good time to take it back up.
Both teams are away this week, so please get in touch if you can help out.
