The Ulysses Club
The Ulysses Club is an Australian motorcycle club that caters for the needs of the 'more mature' rider. The club was established in December 1983 and is the largest motorcycle club in the southern hemisphere. Current membership is 22,813 (Feb '07)
The aim of the club is to provide ways in which older motorcyclists can get together for companionship and mutual support, to show by example that motorcycling can be an enjoyable and practical activity for riders of all ages and to draw the attention of public and private institutions to the needs and views of older riders.
The name Ulysses comes from a poem of the same title by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It tells how the great Greek hero Ulysses, now middle-aged and securely in charge of his kingdom of Ithaca, is getting bored with things around him and longs to go adventuring again with his shipmates of old. It describes very well indeed the sort of person who still has enough spark to go on riding into middle and later years. Too long to quote here, you will find it in any good poetry anthology such as the Albatross Book of Verse.
You can become a member of the Ulysses Club by going to the Ulysses web site here, or download a printable form to join through the Darling Downs Branch here.
The Darling Downs Branch meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month at The Toowoomba Hockey club, Boundary Street commencing at 6.30pm. All members and interested parties are always welcome to attend the meetings and to join us for dinner and socialising afterwards. We would appreciate Members who join through the National Branch or via the net advising a committee member so that we can include you in the mail-out of the monthly newsletter.
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" Grow Old Disgracefully "
SITE VISITORS
The Ulysses Club
Darling Downs Branch
