With thanks to Wynne ZL2ATH and Ray ZL2RAY we had an opportunity to access Colonial Knob ZL1/WL-107. I also invited Ben ZL4BEN new to SOTA to join us and work some DX SOTA. The weather was cloudy and windy so we weren’t expecting great views. However this summit had not yet been activated so it was a nice one to put in the log, and …
Month: March 2017
Hawkins Hill was the first summit to be activated when ZL1 came online. Andrew VK3ARR managed this one however only made one contact. Blog here https://vk3arr.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/zl1wl-101-hawkins-hill/. A year and a half later it is my turn. This one is only a 15 minute (if that) walk from the carpark. Follow the signs up to the Brooklyn wind turbine then just keep going. There is a …
Sunday morning the sun came out so off I went looking for a summit to activate. Mount Crawford is the lowest summit in ZL1/WL region and is also the only drive-to in vicinity. The car park outside the old Wellington prison is in the activation zone however according to a local the land surrounding the trig (near the water tanks) is public land despite signage …
Work brought me to Wellington for a few days so I thought I would add some extra time in to experience some of the local summits. Boulder Hill ZL1/WL-118 was first up, on my way through Upper Hutt. Unfortunately the views were obscured by low cloud and fog so the scenic photos are limited. However the walk up was relatively easy with the cool breeze …
So we were off on another adventure, this time of the musical variety and a weekend in Wellington catching up with Friends, but of course Warren had plans that meant another summit needed to be ticked off and squeezed into our schedule. Sometimes we have to wonder where we manage to find the time for all of these hill tops, but it must be possible, …