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Next Sunday, the 21st will be the Hunter edition of Alzheimer's Australia NSW's Memory Walk and Jog, held at Tulkaba Park in Teralba. The Port Macquarie event will be at Westport Park on 4th June. These are short events, and are suitable for new members.

True Grit, promoted as a "military inspired obstacle challenge", is on June 10 and 11 in Lower Portland, north-west of Sydney. As one of the competition classes in this event continues overnight, additional operators are sought, in order to work in shifts.

Bush Search and Rescue New South Wales, or BSAR organises Navshield, the NSW Emergency Services Wilderness Navigation Shield, to be held on June 24th and 25th, with WICEN setup the afternoon before.

The weekend of 21st to 23rd July will be a recce for the VH-MDX search, which will be held on 15th to 17th September.

Several training days are being planned. One is expected to be a day at Dural dedicated to a First Aid qualification. Please express your interest to WICEN Operations.

Facebook users will find the official WICEN New South Wales page, and an informal national WICEN group.

WICEN Northern Rivers has a weekly net on Tuesdays at 8:00pm summer time, on the Lismore repeater VK2RSC on 146.8 MHz, requiring a 123 Hz tone. Listen for VK2WIR. The Region has a meeting on Sunday 11 June at 1000, at the SARC club rooms.

The WICEN Mid North Coast Region monthly meeting is held on the first Saturday of the month, at SES HQ Central Road, Port Macquarie, beginning at 1530 hours.

WICEN ACT is part of the Canberra Region Amateur Radio Club, and supports events in the ACT and the surrounding "Capital Country". May 26th to 28th is the BMSC National Capital Rally. The weekend of June 10 and 11 this the SCSCC Bega Rally, and the 17th is the BMSC Rallye des Femmes. July 22 is penciled in as the BMSC Narooma Rally. The next Monthly General Meeting of CRARC on Wednesday 24th May is WICEN training and preparation for the NatCap Rally listed above. Doors open at 7:30 pm at the Mount Mugga Scout Hall, at 17 Astrolabe Street in Red Hill. For both WICEN and Club information visit: http://www.crarc.ampr.org

WICEN Victoria holds a net every Tuesday at 2030 on or near 3.6 MHz. The Mallee Rally is 10th and 11th June at the spectacular Lake Tyrell, near Sealake. Sunday, August 6 is the Rainbow Desert Rally. Their website is: http://vic.wicen.org.au

Submitted by Julian Sortland VK2YJS, on behalf of the WICEN State Management Committee.