Ulyssian. Newsletter of the Ulysses Club Inc. Glasshouse Mountains Branch PO Box 380 Morayfield QLD 4506 glasshousemountains.ulyssesclub.

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1 DECEMBER ISSUE 250 Glasshouse Mountains Ulyssian Newsletter of the Ulysses Club Inc. Glasshouse Mountains Branch PO Box 380 Morayfield QLD 4506 glasshousemountains.ulyssesclub.org Glasshouse Views, Beerwah 24/11/2018 What a wonderful Day at Glasshouse Views visiting the oldies! Santa & his helpers took everyone for a ride & then we handed out Christmas pressies & cheer!! It was a beautiful day full of laughter & love!! thanks to everyone for making the day so special!! 2 denise s

2 Glasshouse Mountains Branch Committee 2018 President AND Lyndell Storm Ward Raffle Coordinator Secretary June Saggy Langtree Committee Member Peter Big Pete Field Committee Member Cliff Diesel Gadsby Treasurer Deb Ashton Committee Member Mick O Meara Committee Member Deborah Skinknee Fleming Committee Member Denise Niecey Stanaway dsdenisechristine@gmail.com Exofficio Welfare Officer Don The Don Gregory TM dongreg@optusnet.com.au Committee Social Co-Ordinator Tiena Kermit O Hanlon tienaohanlon@hotmail.com Newsletter Editor Denise Niecey Stanaway dsdenisechristine@gmail.com DON T FORGET WHEN YOU JOIN US ON A RIDE YOU GO INTO THE DRAW FOR A FUEL VOUCHER ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE MEMBERS MEETING. ALL THE RIDES ARE ON THE GLASSHOUSE MOUNTAINS BRANCH WEB- SITE. ALSO ON THE BACK OF THE NEWSLETTER. Disclaimer: Newsletters are produced monthly. Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect those of the Ulysses Club Inc Glasshouse Mountains Branch. The Editor and the Ulysses Club Inc. Glasshouse Mountains Committee accepts no responsibility for any article or advertisement in this publication and have the right to refuse any piece for publication if he/she feels that it will breach any advertising laws or offend any person/persons. It is assumed that any photos submitted for the Newsletter have the permission of the subjects. 2

3 PRESIDENT S REPORT Hi everyone, hope you are all well, even with this mad weather. Well it is nearly Christmas again, which means our Christmas Party is on, at the Delaneys Creek Pony Club. Neicey has tickets and both her and June would like to have numbers finalised for the catering people. We have had our ride to Beerwah to take the Oldies for a ride, which they enjoyed very much, photos have been posted, so have a look. The next ride is for the Disabled kiddies at Burpengary, to give them a few Christmas goodies. You will find nomination forms on the table to elect a new President, Treasurer, Secretary, Committee plus a new Raffle person is needed. I have enjoyed being your President for the past 4 years, but some fresh blood and thoughts are needed. I would like to thank every one for supporting my terms as President and I would like to thank my Treasurer and Secretary plus the Committee for their help as well. It has been a pleasure and an honor to support our branch. So until my term has finished in February, you will have to put up with me for a couple more months. So I will see all you wonderful people at The Big Fish each Wednesday, Cheers for now from Lyndell ( Storm ) Ward. # SECRETARY S REPORT Hi all, Just like to remind everyone that our Branch Meeting is held on the first Wednesday of every month. If you have anything you wish to discuss please have your say at the General Business section of the meeting. We will address your complaints, problems,suggestions and anything else you wish to mention at this time. My new address is gmail.com Lots of rides coming up so keep an eye on the web and ride calender. Last meeting night is 19 th December returning on the 9 th Jan with AGM Nominations!!!! AGM will be on the 6 th February CHRISTMAS PARTY DECEMBER 8 TH AT DELANEY CREEK PONY CLUB $25 A TICKET look forward to seeing you all there!!!! Merry Christmas Everyone & a Happy 2019!!Thanks June # Editors Report Hello Members, Can t believe it is the end of another year is almost here. Once again we have lost a few but it has been a good year for the most part. I saw Choc s plaque put up at the Memorial Gardens. Particularly hard day for me. I have been back on the rides again on my untrustworthy Spyder, broken down at the moment. Also time to think about the Christmas Party again, 8th December 2018 at Delaney s Ck Pony Club. Got some good ideas for rides and socials coming up so join us if you can. Don t forget to check the ride calendar as it is updated on the website for our club rides. Check the website and Facebook as there may be changes. Ride safe - Ride hard and stay upright. Niecey # UPCOMING EVENTS 2018 For more info on Rides and Socials contact any of the Committee or the latest rides or socials will be on our website or Facebook page. Don t forget to get your Birthday Drink Voucher from the Secretary when your name is announced on the night. Contents 2. Committee 3. President / Editors Report 4 Secretary s Report 5. Treasurer s Report 6. February Birthdays 7. Ride Reports 8 Ride Report 9 Ride Report 10 Ride Report 11 Ride Report 12 Ride Flyer 13 Ride Flyer Ride Flyer 16 Ride Flyer 17 Glasshousefieds 18. Glasshousefieds 19. Advertisments 20. Ride Calendar 3

4 Ulysses Club Inc Glasshouse Mountains Branch Income and Payments Summary for November 2018 Branch Funds as at 29 th October, 2018 (Bank) = $5, Plus Income for November 2018 :- $1,266.80Inc (GST $102.44) = $6, GST Received $ Raffles $ (Excludes GST) Regalia $40.91 (Excludes GST) Functions $0.00 (Excludes GST) Membership (Excludes GST) Donations 0.00 (Excludes GST) Bank Interest $0.00 (Excludes GST)11 Advertising $0.00 (Excludes GST) Sundry $0.00 (Excludes GST) Events $ (Excludes GST) ATO $0.00 Less Expenses for November 2018 :- $ Inc (GST $ ) =$5, GST Paid out $28.54 Raffles $ (Excludes GST) Regalia $0.00 (Excludes GST) Function $0.00 (Excludes GST) Membership $ (Excludes GST) Donations $0.00 (Excludes GST) Newsletters $48.00 (Excludes GST) Stationery $0.00 (Excludes GST) Bank Fees $0.00 (Excludes GST) Sundry 0.00 (Excludes GST) Events $54.55 (Excludes GST) ATO (Quarterly BAS-GST) $0.00 Net Branch funds as at 29 th November 2018 (Bank) :- = $5, Made up of :- Everyday Account - = $4, Sub Account (Interest Bearing) = $1, Total Branch funds as 29 th November, 2018 :- = $5, VR Shirts Sales & Other Regalia Sales proceeds (Total includes Comms UHF Set donations Surplus ref Members inc GST = $348.00) Accounts to Pay Membership P.Clarke paid awaiting clearance. $ I believe this to be a statement detailing the true financial situation for The Glasshouse Mountains Branch of The Ulysses Club Inc, on 29 th November, 2018 Deborah Ashton (# 54399) Glasshouse Mountains Branch Treasurer. Date:

5 GLASSHOUSE MOUNTAINS BRANCH ULYSSES CLUB INC. MEMBERS MEETING Date: 7 th November,2018 Venue: Big Fish Tavern Apologies: Mick, Don & Tiena Opened: 7.48pm Minutes read out by Secretary: Members can read these in the Newsletter. Moved: June Seconded: Cliffy Business Arising from Minutes No business arising from previous minutes Treasurer s Report: Balance $5, all good Moved: Deb Seconded: Don Newsletter & Webmaster: All Good Welfare Officer ; Don has the man flu. Harry had sun spot removed & skin graft all good Social : Christmas party 8 th Dec Delaney s creek pony Club $25 a head Names & Nos needed by end of November Raffles: Going Good GENERAL BUSINESS : Glasshouse views ride as many as possible to come the oldies a ride. Cartmill ride 0n the 1 st December. UCARF Tickets AGM -6 th February Storm is stepping down as president & raffle chick Nominations need to be in by 9 th Jan 2019 There being no further discussion. Closed: 7.59 pm Next Meeting 5 th December, 2018 President Secretary Ulysses GHM Branch Members Meeting 5

6 December Birthday s Kerry Eckart Keg 01-Dec Lyndell Ward Storm 07-Dec John Goudkamp 08-Dec Karen Stritch Kazz 08-Dec Wayne Blincoe 15-Dec Richard Hingley Groper 18-Dec Ian Anderson 19-Dec Ross Leach 29-Dec Myra Eckart Toots 31-Dec 2. You know why you never see elephants hiding up in trees? Because they re really good at it. 3. What is red and smells like blue paint? Red paint. 5. Where does the General keep his armies? In his sleevies! 6. Why aren t koalas actual bears? The don t meet the koalafications. 8. What do you call bears with no ears? B 9. Why dont blind people skydive? Because it scares the crap out of their dogs. 10. I went in to a pet shop. I said, Can I buy a goldfish? The guy said, Do you want an aquarium? I said, I don t care what star sign it is. 12. A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel on his pants, a peg leg and a parrot on his shoulder. The bartender says, Hey, you ve got a steering wheel on your pants. The pirate says, Arrrr, I know. It s driving me nuts. 13. I saw a wino eating grapes. I told him, you gotta wait. 23. I have an EpiPen. My friend gave it to me when he was dying, it seemed very important to him that I have it. 6

7 HARRy s kin kin ride On Sunday 11 th November, Harry s fill in, Don led us up through Peachester and around Reevesville Rd to Howells Knob Lookout where we stopped for a walk & a look around. We arrived in Kenilworth in time for the Remembrance Service. Harry had a nose job and couldn t make it. It was a lovely little service plus we were treated to a cuppa & morning tea ( Don couldn t miss this) After this we headed to Kin Kin where we caught up with Redcliffe & Northern Gateway. We had a yummy lunch and a great catch up with everyone!! The weather was perfect and we had a good roll up of bikes, trikes and spyder s. Good to see a few new faces also. Niecey was to join us for lunch and continue the ride but she broke down and never made it. Continued on page 7. 7

8 The food was good and the beer was cold. The company was great so what more could we ask for. Thanks to all for coming on the ride & to Don & Jude for leading it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOME OF OUR MEMBERS RECEIVING AGE AND MEMBERSHIP BADGES 8

9 FarRide East #53 Eden Wharf Café, Eden, NSW FarRide East #53 on Saturday 13 th of October 2018 was to the Eden Wharf Café at Eden on the far south coast of New South Wales. I registered on the FarRiders website to ride a FR10, a minimum of 1000 km in a 24 hour period around the check in window of 11:30am-12:00pm AEDT. (Aust. Eastern Daylight Time) Your start time is verified by obtaining a fuel docket that has a location and time stamp on it, with the earliest time stamp permitted being 12:01pm AEDT Friday 12 th October You present this along with the number of kilometres travelled at the check in desk upon arrival at the destination. There is no early check in, but if you are even 1 minute late you are a nonfinisher. A check of the FarRiders website on Thursday night showed 62 riders and pillions from across the country had registered to participate in this ride. I planned to leave home at about 7:00am on Friday 12 th October 2018, ride to Grafton for my start docket then continue down the coast road to Sydney then on to Mittagong for Friday night. A check of the BOM showed morning temperatures in Goulburn, Queanbeyan and Cooma ranging from -2 C to 3 C. With this information in mind I changed my plan to ride down to the coast through Kangaroo Valley from Mittagong. It had been raining for a couple of days and the Weather Bureau have been predicting a major weather event along the East Coast for the weekend. I decide not to put on my wet weather gear but pack it into my pannier and leave home on Bribie Island on my BMW R1200ST (Boris) at about 6:00am. I leave earlier than planned as I anticipate I will be slowed by the tradies peak hour on the Bruce Hwy and Gateway Mwy along with roadworks on the Gold Coast and south of Ballina. As I make my way along the Bribie Rd to the Bruce Hwy for the run south it begins to lightly rain and I pull up next to a bus shelter and put on my wet weather gear. Although I have encountered showers and wet roads all the way to the NSW border I am still running about 40min ahead of my plan. I decide to have an unplanned stop at the BP Chinderah roadhouse for a coffee and to stretch my legs. After a 20min break I am heading south on the Pacific Hwy in light traffic, the showers are becoming more frequent and heavier the further south I travel. Just south of Ballina I am slowed to 80 for the first section of roadwork that stretches for the next 150km. It is raining lightly and I am caught in a line of traffic moving along at 60 to 70kph with no opportunities to get past until around Woodburn. I arrive at the BP Clarenza in South Grafton right on schedule having lost my 20min buffer due to roadwork, slow traffic and rain. It is a quick stop where I refuel and obtain my starting docket time stamped 12:01pm. I am now on the clock for FarRide#53 and continue south on the Pacific Hwy on wet roads. About 10km south of Grafton I ride onto the new section of highway that bypasses Woolgoolga, however the Coffs Harbour bypass is still in the design phase and it s a slow ride, in pouring rain, catching every red light through the town. Once through Coffs Harbour the roadwork through to just north of Newcastle has been completed and it s an 110kph dual carriageway all the way. I make an unscheduled old man s stop at the Caltex Roadhouse on the Taree Interchange and as its only 25km short of my planned stop at Nabiac I use this opportunity to refuel. A quick calculation shows I am still on schedule to be at my booked motel in Mittagong by 8:00pm local time. The closer I get to Newcastle the heavier the traffic is becoming and its stop/start to cross the Hunter River at Hexam and through to the Pacific Mwy interchange. Once on to the Pacific Mwy an overhead sign says there is a traffic accident ahead to expect delays or seek an alternate route. As I am already on the Motorway and there are no exits or u-turn points I am left no option but to sit in the stopped traffic in pouring rain. The traffic creeps forward about 50 metres then stops for 5 to 10 minutes before creeping forward again. Boris is getting hot from all the idling and slow speed so I turn off the ignition with every stop. This went on for about half an hour before we are moving again at the speed limit. The closer I get to Sydney the traffic and rain is getting heavier. I arrive at the first set of traffic lights at Wahroonga in Friday afternoon peak hour traffic in pouring rain. As soon as I stop at the lights my visor immediately fogs up and it s raining too hard to open my helmet. At the next set of lights I briefly open my helmet to read my GPS to see it s about 4km to travel before I need to turn onto the M2. Once onto the M2 although the traffic is heavy it s moving at the speed limit. Spray from the wet road is a bit of a problem but as I am no longer stop/start the fog on my visor has cleared. It is getting dark as the M2 becomes the M7 and fully dark by the time I see signs telling me I m on the Hume Hwy. The rain has eased to a drizzle and its getting 9

10 quite cold by the time I pull into my planned stop for fuel and something to eat at the 7/11 Roadhouse at Pheasants Nest. I have a long stop at Pheasants Nest as its only 25km to the motel in Mittagong. Reception at the motel is closed and in darkness when I arrive at about 8:45pm local time and the key to my room is where we arranged. I am about 45mins behind my schedule having ridden just under 1100km today in some fairly trying conditions. A nice hot shower and a hot cuppa before setting the alarm for 5:00am local time. I wake before the alarm and its cold (5 C) and raining steadily. As I leave the motel my GPS is directing me back to the Hume Hwy toward Goulburn. It would appear that I had not loaded my modified route that would take me to the coast from my computer to my GPS. I pulled up under the awning of a closed service station and deleted the waypoints that would take me toward Canberra and put in a waypoint for Nowra. The new route took me to Bowral before taking me down the range into Kangaroo Valley. There is no traffic, it is still dark and raining steadily as I gingerly make my way down the range hoping all the while the rain and cold is going to keep the wildlife tucked up under the trees. The day dawns to a bleak, cold, wet morning as I ride through the small village of Kangaroo Valley then over the range to Nowra. I am lucky with the traffic lights in Nowra stopping only once as I make my way through town to continue my southbound journey along the Princes Hwy. I ride through Eden and down to the wharf, it is still raining as I pull up next to Peter (FR#176) on his Honda Gold wing from Swan Hill in Victoria. We are about 30 min early for check-in and the carpark quickly fills with bikes. I mingle with the other riders, meet old friends and make new acquaintances. We share our stories of the ride to here and I hear of a couple of riders who went down in the treacherous conditions coming down the range from Canberra After the group photo and check-in was completed, a few of the riders who were on a mission left and the rest of us moved into the café where I ordered a seafood basket for lunch. I had lunch with Graham and Elwyn (FR#379 & 1122), Phil (FR#770), Rex and Debbie (FR#392 & 393) from Victoria. After a very nice lunch and good company I bid them farewell a little before 1:00pm and head off in the rain to my cousins place just north of Canberra. I have ridden 1475Km since I left home yesterday morning and rode 1099km from Grafton to Eden to successfully complete FarRide# of the 62 riders who registered finished FarRide East#53 with 5 riders & pillions coming down in the wet conditions. Fortunately injuries were minor but at least one bike was written off. This time there was 4 FarVirgins completing the challenge of planning and executing a 1000km ride within the permitted timeframe for the first time. Life doesn t get much better. HarryR 10

11 Woodford to Toorbul Ride On Sunday 25 th November we all met at Kallangur McDonalds to go on Budgies Woodford to Toorbul Ride however Budgie was a no show due to bike problems!!!! So Russell & Keren led the ride.we headed out through Dayboro up Mt Mee going around the back on Robinson Rd to the Woodford Gardens cafe for a coffee. After this we took the long way to Toorbul up through the Bellthorpe Range down through Mt Mellum Rd onto old Gympie Rd then to Pumicestone Rd out to Toorbul. Toorbul shop was suddenly invaded by all these bikies looking for a cold drink & lunch the day had really started to warm up mind you it was lovely in the hills. Thanks to everyone for coming for a ride & to Russell & Keren for leading us, It was a beauty & BUDGIE MISSED A REALLY GOOD RIDE!! A BIG THANK-YOU TO THE COMMIT- TEE OF ALSO THANKS TO THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE CLUB THIS PAST YEAR. HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THE CHRIST- MAS PARTY 8TH DECEMBER, DELANEY S CK PONY CLUB. ALSO PLEASE JOIN US AT DONNYBROOK 16TH DECEMBER FOR A SWIM AND LUNCH. SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR!! 11

12 CARTMILL 2018 Cartmill Christmas party - a wonderful day with the kids, families & voluteers!! Thanks also to Santa and the helpers. Deb won the best dressed bike. Congratulations. GREAT DAY!!!!! 12

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17 VINNIE IS SELLING HIS HYOSUNG GV650 AQUILIA REGISTERED TILL 8/18. 22,500KLMS. $3, ONO. PHONE GREAT LITTLE BIKE AND WELL LOOKED AFTER C109 Boulevard. $7, x brand new tyres. 80,000klm Very Good condition Kerry and Barry Honda 400 Shadow and compliance plate. Very Good Condition. Asking Price [Club Members $ or $ non club member] Info ; Purchased New July 2015 Registered to 28 Jan Klms Helen 3 weeks till Christmas Just sayin IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADVERTISE YOUR BIKE FOR SALE PLEASE SEND THE INFORMATION TO NIECEY AT dsdenisechristine@gmail.com THIS IS A FREE SERVICE TO MEMBERS. A SMALL DONATION WOULD BE APPRECIATED WHEN YOU SELL YOUR ITEM WE CAN ALSO ADVERTISE TRAILERS OR CAMPERS ALSO. MOBILE: PLEASE NOTE: Closing date for all submissions to the newsletter is the 4 th Wednesday of each month. Any material received after this date will be printed in the following month s Newsletter unless it is urgent and requires to be in the coming issue. 17

18 2008 Phoenix Trike VW 2.1L Fuel Injected $35,000 ono Immaculate condition (as new), low km s. 2.1L VW Fuel Injected, 4 speed manual. Only two owners. Current owner is a lady rider. Rego to 27 July Two seater. Comes with Garmin Zumo 660 widescreen motorcycle navigator. Comes with helmet, with ScalaRider (Bike-to-Bike) intercom. Reconditioned disk brakes and new pads. Always garaged. Engine immobiliser and security system. Windscreen. Tow bar. Contact: Martin or carrma@bigpond.com Advertising Prices Business Card - $ Annually 1/4 page - $ Annually 1/2 page - $ Annually 3/4 page - $ Annually Full Page - $ Annually We still have space for advertising. If you know anyone with a business, let them know how cheap it is to advertise in our newsletter. 18

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20 35 Morayfield Rd Caboolture 4510 Daniel Harmsworth Phone: (07) No 1 Workshop Service Mobile: Easy Finance Fax: (07) daniel.harmsworth@cabmoto.com.au Caboolture Yamaha Web: Large Range of Helmets Full Stock of Jackets & Vests Full Range of Accessories eg. Screen & Sissy Bars No 1 Customer Service Top Trades All at the One Stop Shop All Ulysses Club Members offered 10% off Purchases on presenting Current Ulysses Club Card DATE DESTINATION MEETING TIME DESCRIPTION 8/12/2018 Christmas Party MYOW MYOW Delaney s Ck Pony Club 16/12/2018 Niecey s for lunch Donnybrook 6/1/2019 New Year Fish & Chip Ride 13/1/2019 Redcliffe Brunch Ride 20/1/2019 Harry s Mystery Ride Big Fish Servo Big Fish Servo Big Fish Servo Big Fish Servo 10.00am for 10.30am leave 5.00pm for 5.30pm leave 11.00am for 11.30am leave 8.00am for 8.30am leave Bring your togs and towel TBA TBA TBA 27/1/2019 Australia Day Party TBA TBA TBA 3/2/2019 Mt CoothaTwilight Ride 10/2/2019 Ten Pin Bowling & Dinner Big Fish Servo Big Fish Servo 17/2/2019 TBA Big Fish 3.00pm for 3.30pm leave 3.00pm for 3.30pm leave TBA TBA CHECK RIDE FACEBOOK CHANGES Servo SITE FOR Ulysses Club Glasshouse Mountains Branch Meets Socially at The BIG FISH Tavern 459 Pumicestone Rd, Caboolture. Approximately 6:00pm every Wednesday evening. The Branch Members Meeting is held the 1st Wednesday of each month at 7.30 pm 20