Tag Archives: VK3/VE-080

A week of late Bonus season activations in NE Victoria

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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Another December trip to Wodonga – part 2

26 December 2021 Family tasks occupied the entire morning and into the afternoon. I decided to head to Barnawartha and into the nearby Park. Chiltern – Mount Pilot National Park VKFF-0620 I parked in an area off Rileys Road and … Continue reading

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A late push for Bonus summits despite COVID – Day 2

Saturday 10 October 2020 A text message exchange on Friday evening suggested that the Dargo High Plains Road and Blue Rag Range Track were both open. This made the option of Mount Blue Rag as a possible target. Thus a … Continue reading

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A loopy plan

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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Ebenezer Range and Albion Point

Friday 14 September 2018 With yet another fine spring day forecast, I decided to again head for the hills. I considered many options for the day, but decided to head to beyond Bright, From Bright, I headed towards Freeburgh, turning … Continue reading

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Christmas to New Year’s Eve 2018

Wednesday 27 December 2017 After several days of enforced short drives only due to the wrecked tyre suffered coming out from Beetoomba Spur, the task for the day was to get a new tyre fitted. All the tyre places were … Continue reading

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Mount Hotham SOTA weekend: Sunday

Sunday 21 February I was again woken by our early riser and got up and organised my breakfast and then lunch. Once again, there were several groups heading out in various directions. I loaded my gear into Compton’s 4WD and … Continue reading

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