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"Drove from Wodonga to Bright, then up to Mt Porepunkah VK3/VE-098. Set up beside the trig and made 16 contacts. Packed up and drove around to Peak 1185 m VK3/VE-097. Walked to the high point and set up the gear, making 9 contacts. Packed ip, returned to the car and drove around to Peak 1157 m VK3/VE-104. Set up at the high point and made 8 contacts. packed up and continued along the ridge track, then north to reach Peak 1204m VK3/VE-092 to set up and made 4 contacts. packed up and drove back around to the high point below Peak 1121 m VK3/VE-113 and walked to the high point to set up. I made 6 contacts before i packed up and returned to the car. Exitted down to the NW via Running Creek and returned to Wodonga." — peterfreeman • Dec 26, 2020
"Another day trip from Wodonga. Drove to Bright and then up to Mount Porepunkah to set up a little south of the trig. Activated VK3/VE-098, making 14 contacts. Packed up and drove around to Kinder Peak / Peak 1185 m. Parked and set up on the high point to activate VK3/VE-097, making 15 contacts. Packed up and continued east along the track to reach Peak 1157 m. Set up at the high point, making 13 contacts to qualify VK3/VE-104. Packed up and drove out to Tawonga Gap, down to Tawonga and then back to Wodonga." — peterfreeman • Dec 26, 2019
"Another day trip from Wodonga. Drove to Bright, then up to Mount Porepunkah to activate VK3/VE-098, making 20contacts. Packed up and drove around to Kinder Peak aka Peak 1185 m VK3/VE-097. Walked to the top and activated the summit, making 18 contacts. Packed up and returned to Bright, then headed back to Wodonga." — peterfreeman • Dec 27, 2018
"Drove to Bright and up to Mount Porepunkah. Parked below the summit in some shade and walked to the trig. Returned to the car and set up the radio gear nearby to activate VK3/VE-098, making 14 contacts. packed up and retraced my route to the saddle to the east. Drove up Smart Creek Tawonga Gap Track to reach the summit of Kinder Peak / Peak 1185 m to park off the track. Set up near by and activated VK3/VE-097 , making 22 contacts. Packed up and returned to Bright.
Travelled around to Dederang Road and drove up to the summit of Mount Big Ben. Walked to the summit area. Set up the radio gear and activated VK3/VE-105, making 22 contacts. Packed up and returned to the car and retraced my access route to Dederang Road and then headed back to base in Wodonga." — peterfreeman • Dec 27, 2017
"Drove from Wodonga to the Mount Buffalo Plateau and around to the car park below The Horn VK3/VE-014. Walked up to the summit and set up the radio gear. First contact was with Mitch on Mount Field East in Tasmania. Later I worked Ian on Livingston Hill in NSW. Overall, I made 28 contacts. I packed up and returned to the car and drove around to the saddle below The Cathedral to park. I walked up the walking track and up to The Hump VK3/VE-019. I set up the gear and my first contact was Paul on Brown Hill Range VK5/SE-004 in SA. Later I worked Marija on the same summit. Overall, I made 11 contacts. I packed up and descended to the car. I then drove to Poreunkah and made my way up to Mount Porepunkah. I walked to the trig and set up at the trig, making 8 contacts to qualify VK3/VE-098. I packed up, returned to the car and then descended to the main road. I decided to drive around to Mount Stanley VK3/VE-126. I walked up to the summit and set up nearby, making 8 contacts before packing up. I returned to the car and drove back to Wodonga." — peterfreeman • Dec 31, 2016
"A multi summit day as an alternate route from home to Wodonga. Travelled to Dargo then up the Dargo High Plains Road and parked beside the road up from the junction with Whitelaw Road. Walked through the scrub to the highest point, then returned to closer to the road to set up the radio station to activate SOTA summit VK3/VT-018. Packed up and returned to the car and continued north. Walked into summit of Mount Blue Rag to activate VK3/VE-021. Travelled out to Blue Rag Range Trig. Walked up the final climb and activated VK3/VE-015. Returned to the car and drove back to Dargo High Plains Road, then north to Great Alpine road. North to Bright and up to Mount Porepunkah VK3/VE-098 for the final activation of the day. Travelled on to Wodonga to stay with family for the Christmas - New Year period." — peterfreeman • Dec 21, 2012