Gerty Dancer wrote:

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To be fair (sometimes I doubt the fairness of some bikies activities) most clubs have get-togethers and rallies. Ulysses club had one in Mildura some time ago, CMCA has them at least annually.

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There is a difference between 'Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs' and bikers clubs.  Read this,

<Thousands of ageing motorcyclists have been ordered to remove badges from their jackets after a bikie gang threatened to harm them for crossing their turf in Canberra.

About 5,000 members of the Ulysses Club for veteran motorcyclists, aged from 40 to 91, have converged on the national capital for their annual general meeting - in the heart of Rebels Motorcycle Club territory.

The Rebels have threatened Ulysses Club members with violence unless they ditch their rockers - badges placed around the Ulysses logo of an old man in a motorbike helmet which makes the logo look more like a bikie patch.

Ulysses Club national president Rick Bedford has urged all members to get rid of their badges or warned the Rebels would "enlighten them".>

http://www.mcnews.com.au/NewsArchives/2005/ulysses_rebels.htm

and

<THE Nomads bikie gang has warned a Gold Coast social motorcycle club to remove their club insignia because it ''offends'' the outlaw organisation.

The Gold Coast Cruiser club, which has more than 160 members, was ordered to ''get the patches off'' after a member wearing the social patch was spotted by a member of the Nomads outlaw gang.

The Nomads from the southside chapter of the gang confronted the biker as he was coming out of a doctor's surgery.

A statement on the Cruiser website has urged members to remove their patches.>

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/11/22/367725_gold-coast-news.html

Now in Kalgoorlie, heading for Tammin, then Perth.   One news reports says 600 bikes, another says 1000.....

Don't know the purpose of their trip, just a holiday jolly it would seem and some flag waving......be interesting to see how the local bikie clubs react to it...

Wizardofoz wrote:

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'Duh', with that many travelling, one can only assume that they are either, 1/ all retired and on the pension or self funded, or 2/ all on long service leave or have great employers that gave them special leave. Otherwise, how else could this many afford the money and time for this friendly sojourn? (lol)

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 Gday...

I do actually think there are 1,000s of working people who are able to use their four weeks annual leave and their savings to take a couple of weeks leave to attend the annual rally/convention of their group in a part of Australia.

CMCA seem to do it every year, when I was in a motorsport club we used to meet each year for a week at different places in OZ (plus travel to and from), footy teams do it at end of year - even local teams, the Labor and Liberal parties as well - I could go on.

This motorcycle club (gang?) have every right to have their annual rally/conference ... this does not mean they do not deserve the reputation they have attracted, but they can have an annual get-together.

Cheers - John

Wizardofoz wrote:

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'Duh', with that many travelling, one can only assume that they are either, 1/ all retired and on the pension or self funded, or 2/ all on long service leave or have great employers that gave them special leave. Otherwise, how else could this many afford the money and time for this friendly sojourn? (lol)

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When they interviewed their President on TV, he said most of them had regular jobs and had to return to them, mind you we don't know what those regular "jobs" entailed or the source of their income.

Very mind blowing to see them all on the road and the throb of so many Harley's! lol ! 

About 200 of them rode into Ceduna a couple of days ago heading to Perth for their annual meet.

We were having a quiet beverage at the pub when we heard the thunderous raw approaching.

They swarmed into the bottle shops, take away pizza place and ensured that everyone within range could hear them and their bikes.

We overheard a few of them in the pub about their plans and were comforted by the fact that they had to be on the road early the next day so we decided to retire back to our home in the caravan park a few kilometres out of town.

Interesting to note that the "locals" were somewhat intimidated by their presence and the law enforcement population quadrupled as well.

We were initially a little concerned that when we returned to the quiet comforts of home we found a few Britz rented motorhomes and a dozen or so bikes had set up camp right behind us and we could hear more bikes approaching the park.

With all due credit, they were respectful and did not make any fuss whilst in the park and left early, tidied up their cans and rubbish and headed off. Later we heard that many of them stayed in town and played up some, but they were all gone by early morning.

According to a fellow vanner here, it is when they ride home, after the festivities are over is when they tend to misbehave ... Great!