I had an enjoyable Saturday afternoon at Wynnum Manly Leagues club punting on the horses in anticipation of the Broncos taking on the Gold Coast Titans that evening. I had never been to the Wynnum Manly Leagues club before and I found their facilities to be very good. Bar / tab staff were friendly and relatively efficient and I could still feel the aura of the great King Wally Lewis as I walked around the place. At one point a horse called King Wally was running in Perth so for an omen bet we had a sneaky go at it, unfortunately the Kings power wasn’t strong enough to get that donkey home.

Oh and a little horse called Apache Cat absolutely annihilated the field in the Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley over 1200m. He gave Weekend Hussler a very solid shellacking before saluting at the great odds of $5.30. Happy times.

The game was good to see but a live but I do prefer to watch league on television. The Broncos looked a little rusty to me and I hope they get things together for the season pretty quickly. They normally get flogged in trials so I guess I should be happy with the win. Good to see a packed house at a local small sporting ground again.

One blight on the weekend was the annoying situation that occurs when using toll roads in this state. I am lucky in that I don’t need to use the toll roads in my everyday life. I can only imagine the frustration of people who are forced to use these things day in and day out.

Can some one tell me why the hell anyone who uses these roads would continue to use the toll booths and pay with physical money. For goodness sakes you slack jawed yokels get a freaking E Toll transponder in your car!

Driving across the gateway on the weekend took and extra half an hour (going North) because 75% of the traffic are trying to fit through 2 booths. I am going to transfer my transponder to on of the army’s new / second hand M1 Abrams tanks and steam role every niffer who is trying to pay for the toll with coin.

Get on Apache Cat and Maldivian next starts!