Wayde Petersen
22nd January 2003, 20:52
I found this article about your home town in the Weekly Times today, Kev and I thought that this may interest you (If you get it, there's a great photo of 5 Marnoo FC jumpers hanging on hooks in the Clubrooms, with the Club Song Board in the background).
(This originally appeared in the Weekly Times, January 22, 2003. Jumbuck by Geoffrey Wright).
Like the rest of the state, Marnoo, 50km north of Stawell, is getting a hard time from the drought. Last year, Marnoo only had 25cm (or 9 & 3/4 inches) of rain.
If that's not bad enough, Marnoo is suffering from another type of drought. The town has run out of fit, young blokes and, as a consequence, has had to drop out of the Lexton Plains League.
Marnoo publican Graeme McNolty says that he prays every night that a busload of young blokes, especially ones with names like Hird, Harvey, Lloyd or Daicos, will one day decide to reside in Marnoo.
But there is a bit of good news. The Marnoo Cricket Club is playing like the Aussie Test team and now holds outright top position on the GCA ladder, after finishing the first half of the season undefeated.
Re: The Cricket. Marnoo residents regulalry recieve a community news report and a writer with the pen name, "Square Leg", covers the cricket. (No one would tell me his real name).
Sqare Leg has a droll sense of humour. Like " Ben 'Benny' Duxton quotes that it is only 264 paces to the local inn from his place. Well he took about 250 paces on the way home, only making it to his front lawn."
And:"Our local shopkeeper bowled a ball in the pub at about midnight on Saturday Night, Sadly it was only clocked at around 40km/h."
And: " Who was that riding through town in his birthday suit on Sunday Night? That very person has been seen in a few locations this year in the same suit."
Yes, Jumbucks, although the town only has a population of 80, it's got an unofficial nudist colony.
Fair Dinkum ! Graeme McNulty said that there were a few half a dozen young blokes who loved getting thier gear off.
"I won't let them into the bar if they pull that stunt," he said, "I've got a strict rule - no clothes, no service. What makes them do it? Maybe there is something in the water."
(This originally appeared in the Weekly Times, January 22, 2003. Jumbuck by Geoffrey Wright).
Like the rest of the state, Marnoo, 50km north of Stawell, is getting a hard time from the drought. Last year, Marnoo only had 25cm (or 9 & 3/4 inches) of rain.
If that's not bad enough, Marnoo is suffering from another type of drought. The town has run out of fit, young blokes and, as a consequence, has had to drop out of the Lexton Plains League.
Marnoo publican Graeme McNolty says that he prays every night that a busload of young blokes, especially ones with names like Hird, Harvey, Lloyd or Daicos, will one day decide to reside in Marnoo.
But there is a bit of good news. The Marnoo Cricket Club is playing like the Aussie Test team and now holds outright top position on the GCA ladder, after finishing the first half of the season undefeated.
Re: The Cricket. Marnoo residents regulalry recieve a community news report and a writer with the pen name, "Square Leg", covers the cricket. (No one would tell me his real name).
Sqare Leg has a droll sense of humour. Like " Ben 'Benny' Duxton quotes that it is only 264 paces to the local inn from his place. Well he took about 250 paces on the way home, only making it to his front lawn."
And:"Our local shopkeeper bowled a ball in the pub at about midnight on Saturday Night, Sadly it was only clocked at around 40km/h."
And: " Who was that riding through town in his birthday suit on Sunday Night? That very person has been seen in a few locations this year in the same suit."
Yes, Jumbucks, although the town only has a population of 80, it's got an unofficial nudist colony.
Fair Dinkum ! Graeme McNulty said that there were a few half a dozen young blokes who loved getting thier gear off.
"I won't let them into the bar if they pull that stunt," he said, "I've got a strict rule - no clothes, no service. What makes them do it? Maybe there is something in the water."