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s part of the Muresk Odyssey 2021, a group ride Sunday was
event was organised from the Muresk site to The very bleak,
Motor Museum of Western Australia, which is with a cold
Alocated at Whiteman Park, a unique recreation front and
and conservation reserve that covers nearly 4,000 hectares morning
of natural bushland and leisure facilities in Perth’s northern storms
suburbs. predicted
to lash
The proposed ride, with discounted museum entry and over Perth
guided tour, was very popular on registration with a total of and hills.
35 Odyssey participants ready to join in. With such a large With that
group it was planned to break the ride into two groups, one in mind, a
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control of the museum tour numbers. A couple of Saturdays museum
leading up to the Odyssey were spent by the two ride ride group
leaders plotting and checking interesting 100km routes that decided to
would take around 90 minutes through the Darling Rangers, drop out, leaving around 24 hardy riders
the mountains overlooking Perth, to the lowlands. ready to face the elements, come rain or hail. Quick change
of plans and the two groups were combined to make just
On the Odyssey weekend, the Friday and Saturday weather the one Sunday ride event.
was fantastic, with many members spending their time
riding the roads around the farmlands of Northam, York and Looking west early Sunday morning, we could see the dark
Beverley. Late Saturday afternoon however, the forecast for weather approaching, with reports that it was bucketing
down in Perth. Most of the group opted for their
wet weather gear for as you know, if you put it on,
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a 25km run to fuel a few bikes that had been left
thirsty from the Saturday rides. All was well until
around 500 metre from the service station the
rain spots appeared on the visors, followed by a
downpour as we just managed to get under cover. A
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as the clouds parted and some blue sky appeared.
With wet country roads a fairly cautious but
enjoyable ride followed taking in some of the
favourite roads used by WA Branches. By sheer
luck, apart from the initial rain patch, the rest of the
ride was dry, maybe there is something about wet

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