General News
19 March, 2024
OTF - the prez and his raffle prizes
THE bowling raffle stakes have a new supreme grand champion. The prez at Bridgewater has now completely outdone the amazing record set last year by the Good Doc and His Wife with a win for the fourth straight week. The prez’s sticky fingers have...
THE bowling raffle stakes have a new supreme grand champion. The prez at Bridgewater has now completely outdone the amazing record set last year by the Good Doc and His Wife with a win for the fourth straight week. The prez’s sticky fingers have now plucked out a couple of pub vouchers and some great local wine. He says a fifth week is needed to win the meat tray!
ONTO other sporting exploits involving cuisine, the stars of Boort’s C Grade netball side say they are well-positioned to recruit players for their premiership side. Apparently, there’s a few around prepared to line up this season and share in the post-game victory experience.
AND in the drinks department, there were more than a few cricket and tennis players putting in extra yards at the weekend. Some put in more steps during their matches fetching the water container than returning balls.
UNLIKE the detectorists out on Wedderburn’s Hard Hill looking for treasure tokens and gold. They created a somewhat refreshing breeze with the swishing movement of the detector while sipping from backpack water bags.
GOING back in time, when heatwaves saw many days in the 100s (old scale) and air-conditioning was rare, you’d see a water bag strapped to the front bumper of the old FJ. “Made from long flax canvas, its universal handle enables it to be hung on bumper bar, wire fence or on hook or nail,” said a 1959 newspaper advertisement.
HISTORIANS tell us the availability of clean cool drinking water in remote rural locations was essential for survival under the blistering Australian summer sun. This was in a pioneer era when transport, roads and convenience stores were in a lot of “outback” Australia, in short supply and survival was dependent upon what could be carried by vehicle or pack horse.