This year The Snowy Ride will fall on Melbourne Cup Weekend again and Mick Hedger has got in early with an accommodation booking for 3 nights in Thredbo Village, Friday 1st November -Sunday 3rd November inclusive, with spare beds available.
What can I say?
For two years running we had a combination of extreme heat and some rain. Hang on, that sounds typical of a Victorian summer day come to think of it.
Friday, July 19, 2019 - 10:00am to Sunday, July 21, 2019 - 4:00pm
Echuca Branch is holding another get-together at Treetops Camp in Victoria, near Cohuna on 19th, 20th and 21st of July 2019.
All Ulysses Club members are welcome to attend. There is virtually no limit to the amount of campers. There's five acres of camping area.
Christmas in July will again be a feature. (No pressies, just maybe dressup for the occasion). Hope to see many members there.
Here’s the report from the previous get-together at Treetops, with some photos.
The Echuca Branch of Ulysses Club recently held a campout at Treetops near Cohuna.
Treetops is situated on the banks of the Gunbower Creek. There are fish in the creek, although they are notoriously hard to catch.
Treetops is a very basic scout camp. It has showers and toilets with nice hot water and a huge kitchen stocked with plenty of cutlery and crockery. Fridges and stoves are there, along with stainless steel benches and sinks. The only thing required by campers is accommodation, ie; a caravan, tent, or people can throw a swag down in the building itself. There are 2 fireplaces outside in the grounds, and a large open fireplace in the main building which has a separate room for sleepers.
The town of Cohuna is 10 k's away and has an IGA that can supply everything required.
On the Saturday night we had a 'potluck' tea. Everybody supplied a dish to share. This made a wonderful dinner for all that attended.
I have attached some pics of the site, buildings and the happy campers.
The word was put out to other branches, and a few different branches either came along and camped, or called in for a visit through the weekend.
We had Echuca, Central Vic (Bendigo), Geelong, Central Murray (Swan Hill) branches there at various times.
The weather was just right for the weekend which was themed Christmas in July. (Just dress ups, no presents). Everybody seemed to have a good time, the only complaint was that they had to go home. We had about 40 people overall at lunch on Saturday.
Paul Butler #17758 Sec. Echuca Branch Ulysses Inc.
MELBOURNE BRANCH- SOCIAL NIGHT –3RDFRIDAY OF THE MONTH VENUE - East MalvernRSL, Stanley Grose Drive, East Malvern (Melway60A12)
Our Social Night will be held at the East MalvernRSL, Stanley Grose Drive, East Malvern, from 6.30pm.
The East Malvern RSL serves bistro meals at reasonable prices and also offers seniors’ deals. Drinks can be purchased from the bar.
The RSL is centrally located for our many members who come from east, west, north and south so we are looking forward to seeing you there.
If you haven’t been to one of our social night get-togethers for a while, give it some thought. Come along and catch up on all the news, exchange some disgraceful lies and enjoy the company of your fellow Ulysseans
Meet for a Saturday Morning Coffee at MELBOURNE BAKEHOUSE 210 Bay St. Port Melbourne Located between Liardet and Graham Streets
Drop in for breakfast or just a coffee and a chat! We are not a large group for Saturday socials, but do call in if passing through
** Plenty of bike parking available **
Or
If you wish to visit thetraditionalheart of motorcycling in Melbourne
Call in at Gloria Jeans 382 - 384 Elizabeth Street (Just north of Latrobe Street) where some of the "traditionalists" still meet to exchange some disgraceful lies
From 10.30am to meet some fellow Ulysseans & enjoy a coffee, chat and or breakfast and then check some bike shops
Roger will take the group on another of his great rides from Kalkallo. This time to Gisborne for morning tea and an interesting and unusual route on to Kilmore.
Meet for a Saturday Morning Coffee at MELBOURNE BAKEHOUSE 210 Bay St. Port Melbourne Located between Liardet and Graham Streets
Drop in for breakfast or just a coffee and a chat! We are not a large group for Saturday socials, but do call in if passing through
** Plenty of bike parking available **
Or
If you wish to visit thetraditionalheart of motorcycling in Melbourne
Call in at Gloria Jeans 382 - 384 Elizabeth Street (Just north of Latrobe Street) where some of the "traditionalists" still meet to exchange some disgraceful lies
From 10.30am to meet some fellow Ulysseans & enjoy a coffee, chat and or breakfast and then check some bike shops
![](https://ulyssesmelb.com/system/files/styles/juicebox_medium/private/ridealbum/John_Cook/04/03/2019%20-%205%3A35pm/20190302_085348.jpg?itok=ltjvmydh ""Batty" a Ulysses character from further north visiting Mexico")
![](https://ulyssesmelb.com/system/files/styles/juicebox_medium/private/ridealbum/John_Cook/04/03/2019%20-%205%3A47pm/20190302_100250.jpg?itok=HofdIYez "A couple of "photo bombers"")
![](https://ulyssesmelb.com/system/files/styles/juicebox_medium/private/ridealbum/John_Cook/04/03/2019%20-%206%3A02pm/20190302_112733.jpg?itok=uzlWAL3l "I believe "interstaters" are jealous of our parking arrangements for bikes")
![Well they looked like wise old men](https://ulyssesmelb.com/system/files/styles/juicebox_medium/private/ridealbum/John_Cook/04/03/2019%20-%206%3A02pm/20190302_112754.jpg?itok=Dl0zVGBy "Some "wise" old men?")
![great effort and participation](https://ulyssesmelb.com/system/files/styles/juicebox_medium/private/ridealbum/John_Cook/04/03/2019%20-%206%3A14pm/20190302_185359.jpg?itok=tbvP4UvM "Each of these people had the name of a different "racehorse" on their shirts")
![](https://ulyssesmelb.com/system/files/styles/juicebox_medium/private/ridealbum/John_Cook/04/03/2019%20-%206%3A14pm/20190302_190230.jpg?itok=TcbcRDAw "Our "own" John Wait")
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