The 'Wheel of Cheese' incident actually happened. While the writers were visiting various bowls clubs for inspiration, one of them explained the sordid story of a club investigation into a member using the cheese for a sandwich instead of the regulation cheese and biscuits.
The scenes set at "Cityside Bowls Club" were shot at Melbourne Bowling Club in the inner-city suburb of Windsor. Founded in 1864, Melbourne Bowling Club is Australia's oldest lawn bowls club.
Boggera Bowls Club is actually the Corowa Bowling Club in New South Wales; the largest bowls facility in the southern hemisphere. (There's actually no such suburb of Boggera in Melbourne.)
The bowls club that is located by the beach is actually the Carrum Bowls Club in Victoria. This club has been redeveloped since the film was made, and now has a restaurant called Crackerjack Beachfront.
Mick Molloy's own home brewed beer was used for the filming of the scene in the movie.