Tag Archives: Mount Yorke

A week of late Bonus season activations in NE Victoria

Posted on 2022/10/20 by vk3pf

October 2022 The SOTA Bonus season for VK3 runs from 15 June to the end 14 October. Given that Victoria switches to Daylight Savings Time on the first Sunday of October, the Bonus season ends at 1100 local time on … Continue reading →

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A late push for Bonus summits despite COVID – Day 3

Posted on 2020/10/24 by vk3pf

Sunday 11 October 2020 The plan for the day was simple – head towards Mount Beauty and then run the Eskdale Spur summit run. After visiting the Mount Beauty Bakery to buy something for lunch, I headed for Mountain Creek … Continue reading →

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A loopy plan

Posted on 2019/10/19 by vk3pf

Warning: Long post! For most of winter, I stayed away from the high summits. I did activate some Parks on the some nicer days. By early September, I was thinking about increasing my SOTA Activator score, particularly on CW. I … Continue reading →

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A four summit day on Eskdale Spur

Posted on 2018/09/12 by vk3pf

Monday 10 September 2018 It was forecast to be another fine day in the northeast, so I decided on another day of SOTA. I loaded up the car and headed to Mount Beauty to visit the Bakery to grab something … Continue reading →

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The pre-Christmas week 2017

Posted on 2018/01/05 by vk3pf

Sunday 17 December Mt Barandudah VK3/VE-189 775 m 4 points Barandudah Regional Park VKFF-0959 I again used Burgess Lane to access the Regional Park, off Boyes Road, then up to the ridgeline via Trig Track and then south and west … Continue reading →

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