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JUG 20th YEAR works put a bit of stop on progress and a bit of a worry if
our planned arrival time of 12.30pm would be met. The
CELEBRATIONS holdups fortunately were relatively short and we progressed
down through the hills to Mindarie via the Reid Highway and
The call went out to all old and new Joondalup Branch north up the Freeway.
members and partners to come and join in our 20th Year
luncheon celebrations on the 11th July at The Boat Tavern, A reception party of video cameras greeted us as we turned
Mindarie Marina and if possible join in a ride to Toodyay, into the marina precinct and parked in our kindly supplied
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2001 with 150 people attending.
The lunch turned out to be a truly lovely afternoon. We had
The weather on Sundays leading up to the luncheon had around 65 members and partners with most reminiscing the
seen two weekends rained out and the BOM site showed past years with all ‘true’ stories. It was great to see founding
that Sunday 11th would typically be another morning of members Dr Tom Barrett and John Porter and wives join us.
rain and thunderstorms. By Saturday, however, the weather Tom and his wife Merin had driven up from Greenbushes to
reports were showing a much brighter forecast for Sunday be with us for the day.
and luckily the day greeted the 24 riders and pillions with The Boat was a great venue, with plenty of space for our
sunshine, albeit a bit chilly.
rowdy mob, and food and drink consumed with glee. It was
Ken had the pleasure to lead the ride, a classic up Neaves fantastic to catch up with members that I had not seen for a
Road to Bullsbrook, into the Chittering Valley along few years, some still riding and others having given it away,
Chittering and Chittering Valley Roads, on to Julimar and although all still liked to receive our branch information to
into Toodyay. With the sun out, every biker in Perth seemed keep up with what is going on.
to be heading to Toodyay as well, but luckily having left the Around 3.00pm the crowd started to thin with good-bye
suburbs fairly early found ample parking for our group.
handshakes and hugs with the comment that we must catch
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on a long wait for some but we were ready for the return Ken Eaton
ride to Mindarie by around 11.00am. The original thought #51189
was to ride back through Dewars Pool Road and Bindoon
but considering unknown factors of road conditions it was
decided to take Toodyay Road back. Good plan but road

Telemachus Award - Mark

Dixon #40152
Ulysses Club Perth Branch

At the recent Perth Branch Social Meeting held at Perth
Tattersalls Bowling Club in East Perth Mark Dixon was
presented with the Telemachus Award.
Mark has been an active member of Perth Branch for over
17 years and during this time has played an important
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branch. 2005 Held the position of MC for over two years, Been an
active Committee Member for 13 years
His outstanding contribution to Perth branch over the years
include:
Mark leads his annual rides which are always popular and
well attended. He is also a regular attendee at our Saturday
Branch Secretary for 11 years Webmaster for 12 years (and DIWHUQRRQ FR໤HH JDWKHULQJV LQ 9LFWRULD 3DUN
still our webmaster) Designed web pages and registration
forms for WA branches & Odysses’s Chaired Perth branch Perth Branch President John Gliddon presenting the
AGM’s on many occasions Lead branch rides every year since Telemachus award to Mark Dixon.

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