Headed down the NSW South Coast to Ulladulla for a few days to escape the Canberra cold. Decided to activate a SOTA summit on the way, Mogood Lookout VK2/SC-049. Been a while since I last activated it in 2019, wanted to see what happened to it after the 2019-2020 summer bushfires.
After driving down to Batemans Bay and lunch headed along the Princes Hwy to Ulladulla, turning off onto the Old Princes Hwy, an unsealed road but still an easy drive. Turned left off onto Barkshed Rd, then the River Rd. Crossed over Shallow Crossing, a large water ford over the Clyde River. Luckily the river level was low so no issues. After crossing the river turned right onto Backhouse Rd, which becomes Clyde Ridge Rd. Reached the Cattlemans firetrail, a sign here for the lookout.
A short steepish climb up to the lookout. The large tree on the summit had died in the fire, but the trig was still okay, if a little beat up. The name plate Mogood no longer readable.
Still good views here. Looking North to the Budawang ranges
Looking South East to the coast.
Set up the squid pole on the trig. As had a table and chair a very comfy SOTA activation.
FT857D on the table.
Got on 40m on 7.090Mhz, SOTA call frequency. Easy to spot, good mobile signal here. Worked
VK1AO, VK2IO/VK2GEZ, VK1AD,
VK2TER in VKFF-2783 Parramatta River Regional Park
VK2VAR/VK2GOM, VK5TUX, VK7XX, VK3PF, VK3SG.
A summit to Summit with VK7FADZ Stuart on VK7/WC-013 Mount Field East.
VK2MOE in VKFF-1320 Goodiman State Conservation Area
Tried 30m. Worked VK2YW/mobile, VK3PF/VK3KAI, VK3ZPF.
Tried 20m, no answers to my calls. Packed up and headed to Ulladulla for the night. Took about an hour on dirt roads even though not that far away.
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