Thanks for Visiting
Chapter Six is a Group of Sober Motorcycle Riders whose motto is “Stand and Deliver"
We are all members of Alcoholics Anonymous who have experienced an incredible change in our life because of our sobriety.
The Logo :- The outside circle has the date, being the year AA started, Chapter Six and Into Action is from the Big Book which cover's step 5 to step 11 all action steps
The inside circle has Stand and Deliver which covers step 12 and means
Stand up and be counted, and Deliver the message to the still suffering alcoholic.
The motorcycle, because we are a motorcycle group and the circle and triangle because we are all AA members.
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Chapter Six Motorcycle Group AA Meetings
Shepparton :- First Thursday of each month 8 pm. ( Closed Meeting )
Contacts : Gary 0418177228 Ron 0428855027
Meeting Place :- Scott's Church cnr Fryers & Corio Sts Shepparton
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Geelong :- Each Saturday 5pm to 6.30pm ( Open Meeting
Contacts : Shane 0402541136 Greg 0409389417
Meeting Place :- Cnr Moorabool & McKillop Sts Geelong
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StanleyVic :- Third Friday of each month 8pm ( Closed Meeting )
Contacts : Steve 0407004169 Syd 0402184262
Meeting Place :- Stanley Soldiers Memorial Hall
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Boronia Vic :- First Saturday of each month 12 noon. ( Open Meeting )
Contact : Richard 0433157217
Meeting Place :- Uniting Church Hall Cnr Zeising Court & Boronia Road Boronia.
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Please Note :-
All AA members, or any person who believes they may have an
alcohol drinking problem, is welcome to attend any, Chapter Six Motorcycle Group AA meeting.
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Chapter Six Motorcycle Group Service Office.
Address :- P.O.Box 7202 Shepparton Vic 3632
SERVICE OFFICE COMMITTEE MEETING DATES
Omeo - First Sunday in March 4/3/12
Geelong - Last Saturday in July 28/7/12
Shepparton - Last Sunday in November 25/11/12
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AA LINKS
AA Times Website
Alcoholics Anonymous Australia
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Up Coming rides
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Riding with the Chapter Six Motorcycle Group
All you need is a Motorcycle !
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Over the Mountains
5th Anniversary Ride
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th ,6th
March 2012
Chapter Six Motorcycle Group
AUSTRALIA
Thursday , 1 March :- Chapter Six AA open meeting. 8pm
Get ready to leave Shepp at 9am Friday
Friday , 2 March :- Over Strathbogie Ranges, Yarra Ranges.
To Traralgon (poker run starts Healesville )
Attend AA meeting Traralgon or Mafra 8pm
Saturday, 3rd March :- To Lakes Entrance ( poker run ends )
Tour of Lakes Entrance, up the Alpine Ranges to Omeo
Attend AA meeting Omeo 8pm
Sunday, 4 March :- Recreation, Rest and Meeting Day at Omeo
10am Spiritual Concept Meeting
Lunch where-ever you please Omeo
1pm -3.30 Rides around Omeo area
Bar-B-Q Tea and Fire-Side Singalong
Monday, 5 March :- Down the Alpine Ranges through Bingo Munjie
Falls Creek, Mt Beauty, & up Mt Hotham
B.Y.O Bar.B.Q Tea ( 1 hour Hows ya day been AA meeting )
Friends & Family get together
Tuesday, 6 March :- Down Mt Hotham, last get together Myrtleford lunch
Contact No’s Gary 0418177228
Syd 0402184262
Ron 0428855027
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Chapter Six Motorcycle Ride 2012
AA Convention Melbourne Sunday 8 April
1pm to 3pm
Any-one who rides a motorcycle welcome
Motorcycle ride will leave the Convention Centre at 1pm sharp, ( riders need to be assembled by 12.45 ).
After a brief presentation of our safety rules and riding procedure,the ride will travel through Williamstown, Altona, etc, there will be designated lead and rear riders.
We will include as many Ocean views on the ride as we can
A designated spot has been arranged to stop for a coffee or what ever break, of about 30 minutes.
Then shortest route return to Convention Centre by 3 pm.
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News & What Ever
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Geelong’s Chapter Six Anniversary Ride 2012
As seen by Gary W.
I had been thinking through the week about how I was going to meet up with the boys at the Shepparton lake, you see, I was towing my bed for the first time and I did not know how I was going to make my u turn when leaving the lake. I know what I will do, I will go down a few back streets and park on the south side of the road and then I will not have to do a u turn. But what about the other riders lined up on the other side of the road. Well, I had better stick with tradition and just ride down to the lake and take it from there. I rode over the railroad crossing and looking for the other boys who should be parked at a nice place near the lake. There was no one there; Ron E and Gary B were parked on the south side of the road. It just goes to show, you must always expect the unexpected.
The three of us had a bit of a laugh and headed off, it was a great day for a ride and we were meeting up with Pinoclean Sid and Shifty Steve at Broadford. I was in my usual position at the back of the group and as we rode into Nagambie for our first wee spot, low and behold if the Posties son and his family pulled in just behind us. After a wee talk, we headed off to our next stop, the all night fuel stop just south of Seymour. All fuelled up and back on the road again we were. Just south of the Tallarook turn off I saw a bike do a u turn from the north bound lane and join us, it was no other than the next mayor of Tallarook, Lord Gaetan on his big black steed. That made four of us and when we rode into Broadford and met up with Sid and Steve, it looked like that was us, six of us.
Shifty handed all of us a ride map and we were on our way again. Down through Kilmore, Lancefield and on to Woodend where we met up with Castlemaine Ken on his Guzzi. We had a nice lunch break at the local bakery, coupled with a good coffee and a few laughs about one thing and another. The group, seven of us soldered on to Bacchus Marsh down through some of Shift’s camping grounds around Trentham. What a great ride plan Shifty had prepared for us, lots of rolling hills with the odd bend or two and just great countryside riding.
Just finished lunch at Woodend and getting ready to ride on.
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We rolled into Bacchus Marsh with some time up our sleeves, had a stop and coffee in the main street and I ran into a nephew of mine and his wife from Bendigo as we were about to leave. We had around fifty odd ks to do before we hit Geelong and it was a good ride through more great countryside. We arrived at the little church meeting place of Geelong’s Chapter Six around 4pm.
The Geelong group put on a good feed before and after the meeting, a big thankyou to all the Geelong members involved looking after everyone. Geelong was booked out at all accommodation places and Andrew offered to put us all up at his home for the night. I thought that I overheard someone say that there were around fifty who attended the Geelong Chapter Six Meeting. Rod, Shane, and John joined us at Andrews for a bit of good reminiscing. I set up my bed that I towed behind the old reliable Kwakka and turned in at 10pm and everyone else did the same one by one up till midnight.
The Bed
I heard the sound of a Harley rider (Shifty) at 8am saying that it was time to get up Gaz, your brekkie is on the table. Shifty was concerned about how much shampoo and conditioner I had to use to wash my hair. I only had three bottles of each.
Andrew and Shane escorted us out of Geelong and rode with us to Bacchus Marsh. I lite up a smoke as we came into he Marsh and Shane rode up beside me with his arms waving all about, I wounder if he was getting sick of the smoke fumes drifting back over
him. I don’t think so. The same thing happened to me as we rode down the mountain one year and it was Frank from Omeo behind me, and he had to pass me also to get away from the smoke drifting over him. We had a brief stop at the Marsh and bid farewell to Andrew and Shane, thanking them for all they did for us and we were on our way again. We pulled up in Woodend for a light lunch, and it was there that I found a hat that liked me at the local market. We said good bye to Castlemaine Ken. The three remaining amigos rode on till we came to the Shepparton off ramp on the Hume and it was there, that we said good bye to Steve. Sid and Gaten made their way home after the Geelong Meeting. Mick Y from Numurka was also at the Geelong meeting and he had relatives to stay with.
What can I say? As far as I know everyone had a great time catching up with new and old members at Geelong. The ride there and back was one that I will remember, because it is another one of them things happening beyond my wildest dreams. They say that I am an older member now, well once I was young, brain and thought dead. I have been given the opportunity to meet some very wonderful people, who I can share part of my life with in an unconditional love for all.
Thank You All. Gary W.
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Over the Mountains Ride 2010
The Omeo Meeting – What it meant to me.
Peter H. (Lorne, Victoria)
For many members, the Omeo meeting was about a ride up the mountains and a camp in the hills. I have learnt in my time in Chapter Six that this was a long way from the truth.
We pulled up at the hospital entrance and several riders arranged their bikes outside the door. The sound of the big twins thundering at the entrance so late in the evening brought out a bewildered night duty nurse. Being a long weekend and a wet one at that, her first thoughts were to the safety of our group. Had one of our Chapter fallen on the lonely mountain roads that night?
In fact, we were here for the monthly Omeo Saturday night meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous and our gracious host Frank, was yet to arrive. The March meeting at Omeo has become our annual pilgrimage and part of the over the mountains run. Whilst several riders watched on, I followed in the footsteps of one of our co-founders Bill Wilson and asked the duty nurse if she had any patients suffering from alcoholism? You see friends, Chapter Six has a motto of ‘stand and deliver’, and on that windy, stormy night, we were doing just that.
In fact, the duty nurse did have a patient admitted for alcoholism and whilst she inquired of his capacity to attend our meeting, we set up the room and enjoyed some fellowship. Being sedated, our prospect was unable to attend the meeting and we have left some work for Frank. We also left a message for our sick friend, via nurse who had spoken to many recovered alcoholics interested in his welfare.
Riding home down the mountains my thoughts were of Bill Wilson and the early days of AA. Caught in a lonely place for a weekend on business, a nearby bar had beckoned him. Shocked by the temptation of alcohol, he had turned away and searched out a prospect in that small town of Acron, Ohio. It was through the hospital he found a man suffering from this disease that has killed so many, alcoholism. That man was a doctor and he became our cofounder.
So my friends, I wish to acknowledge all those who organised this ride over the mountains. My acknowledgment is written on the tank of Richard’s bike….
‘To all of you who are about to Rock.
I salute you.’
Peter H.
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Anniversaries, Conventions and Events
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THE 47 th NATIONAL
AA CONVENTION
with Al-Anon & Alateen participation
5 - 9 April 2012
MELBOURNE VIC AUSTRALIA
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REGISTRATION IS OPEN
For the 2012 AA National convention in Melbourne
Visit: www.melbourne2012.org to register online or download a registration form (if paying by cheque or money order).
Register now and enjoy more than 70 AA sessions (including workshops, panel discussions, topic meetings, national and international speakers), a full program for Al-Anon and Alateens.
Special interest meetings for AAs including juggling parenthood & recovery, carrying the message not the mess, sex & relationships, and never too young;
A motorcycle ride, MCG tours and more, all culminating in a spectacular Dinner Dance in the 1920’s Plaza Ballroom, with a Roaring 20's theme
The Convention will be at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from Thursday 5 April through to April 9.
phone: 0414 936 832
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MELBOURNE A DESIGN FOR LIVING
NATIONAL AA CONVENTION 2012
Registrations are already rolling in from all over Australia. Paper flyers are being sent out to all groups Australia wide over the next few months, but you can get an electronic copy from
Accommodation options have already been released, and within a ten minutewalk of the venue there are seven hotels and serviced apartments who have negotiated special rates for us - details on our website and the registration form.
Also, for those on a budget, there are a large number of backpackers and low price options in the area -search online for details!
The Australia-wide fellowship of Al-Anon family groups, including Alateen, is pleased to participate in the 2012 National AA Convention in Melbourne. Come and celebrate
55 years of fellowship in Australia. Be part of this fantastic milestone. Alateen, for younger family members, will have their own space in the program. See you there for fun and fellowship.
There's so much happening over the Easter weekend inMelbourne, why not make a
holiday of it all!
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Please Note
All rides published on this Web site are not organised rides, they are an invitation only to join us, you ride with us entirely at your own risk,
we take no responsibility for any injury or damage that may occur to you or your property on any of these rides.
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We hope to see you again, Check back later for new updates to our web-site,
there's much more to come
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