Category Archives: KRMNPA

SOTA on a bike – good or bad idea?

Yesterday I wanted to get out and hike to at least one SOTA summit as it had been over 2 months since I last strapped on the boots in anger. I started looking around the hills to the east of … Continue reading

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2014 Keith Roget Memorial National Park Award activaion weekend

Back in 2011 Tony, VK3VTH, the ARV Awards manager suggested we have a weekend in November to promote the activation of Victorian National Parks for the Keith Roget Memorial National Parks award. A summary of these weekends is below; 2011 … Continue reading

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Terrick Terrick National Park activation

Yesterday I took a drive up north to the Terrick Terrick National Park. I have previously activated this park, at the start of the KRMNPA activation weekend in 2012. The activation yesterday was again part of the the Keith Roget Memorial … Continue reading

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Mitchell River National Park activation

Today I ventured east to the Mitchell River National Park for an activation in support of both the Keith Roget Memorial National Parks award and the World Wide Flora and Fauna, WWFF, Award. I had previously activated Mitchell River National … Continue reading

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Armstrong 500 activity

Last weekend Ash VK3FASH and I provided two radio type activities for the annual Armstrong 500 competition hiking event. The activities involved providing instruction on using the phonetic alphabet at one site, then using it to send various words related … Continue reading

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