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24 to 27 September 2021
Planning for the 2021 Odyssey began in November 2019 when a few
Joondalup members visited Muresk Institute, near Northam (~95km east
of Perth). The variety of accommodation, a Pavilion to use as Ulysses
Central, with kitchen and ablution facilities, and a Homestead for a
catered dinner on the Saturday night made it an ideal venue. This proved
true with several people commenting at the weekend how nice the venue
was.
The plan was to keep things as simple as possible, so everyone got to
enjoy the weekend. To this end we engaged Fresh Start to cater for the
cooked breakfasts and salads and desserts for the BBQ dinners (Friday
and Sunday).The Fresh Start Recovery Program is a drug and alcohol
service with a live-in rehabilitation centre for adult males in Northam.
They run several social enterprises to assist their clients in learning new
skills and to give them an opportunity to give back to the community. For
more information visit https://www.freshstart.org.au/
The BBQ meat was sourced from Quin’s Gourmet Butcher in Northam and
was delicious.
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a local DJ, in the beautiful, historic Dempster Homestead. Dave Wright
secured some funding assistance from Business Events Perth which
allowed us to subsidise the cost of the dinner. Thank you, Business Events
Perth. For more information visit https://www.businesseventsperth.com/
Several rides were planned, with varying distances, to provide variety for
the 92 participants experiencing the region. Spring in the Wheatbelt is a
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The threat of wet and windy weather on Sunday did not deter seventeen
hardy souls from enjoying the tour of the WA Motor Museum conducted
by our own Patric O’Callaghan who is Manager there (see write up from
Ken Eaton). The event injected over $21.5K into the Northam-region. This
does not include what participants spent on lunches etc.
The no-fuss format of the last two Odysseys, initially necessary because
of COVID-19 restrictions, was discussed at the Presidents’ Meeting as the
way for future Odysseys.

Thank you to everyone who came along and, especially to those that
helped. It was a pleasure to see the great teamwork over the weekend
with minimal involvement from me!
That’s All Folks! Stay Upright and Keep COVID Safe.
Karen Moore #68143

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