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Navshield, the NSW Emergency Services Wilderness Navigation Shield, organised by Bush Search and Rescue New South Wales, or BSAR will be held next weekend in the Newcastle region, with WICEN setup on Friday afternoon.

The weekend of 21st to 23rd July will be a recce for the VH-MDX SAREX, with the event on the 15th to 17th September. This is a search and rescue exercise built around the search a light aircraft missing since 1981, in the rugged Barrington Tops.

Trek for Timor Kangaroo Valley is on 7th and 8th October.

Saturday, August 26th is the tentative date for the AGM.

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. Members will be providing communications for the Bom Bom State Forest Horse Enduro this weekend.

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". Yesterday was the BMSC Rallye des Femmes. July 22nd is penciled in as the BMSC Narooma Rally. September 2nd and 3rd is the ACTERA Brookvale Horse Enduro on the north-west border of the Territory. Fitz's Challenge is a cycling event on Sunday October 29. The Club's next Foundation course and all-level exam weekend is 22nd and 23rd July. For more information visit: http://www.crarc.ampr.org

WICEN Victoria holds a net every Tuesday at 2030 on or near 3.6 MHz. Sunday, August 6th is the Rainbow Desert Enduro, an off-road buggy event in the west of the state. The Stockman's Rally on September 17th is a non-competitive motorcycle event in Big RIver State Forest. Their website is: http://vic.wicen.org.au

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