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Brisbane Area WICEN Group Inc. (BAWG) is a “Community Service” section of the Amateur Radio hobby in South East Queensland. BAWG provides a group of Trained, Licenced Amateur Radio (often referred to as “HAM Radio”) Operators, who volunteer to assist in Emergency Situations and are able to provide Emergency and Safety Communications when normal communications do not exist or are inadequate.
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Event calendar for 2026 released
2026 is finally here, in fact we’re already a quarter into its second month. Dates are still being worked out for some events, but a preliminary event calendar is now available for the perusal of members and interested parties alike. If any of these events pique your interest, please contact…
Dingo Creek Horse Endurance Ride
Dingo Creek was a challenge from a radio perspective, but was a really well-organised event and a joy to help out with. Far-a-way and Stirling’s Crossing could learn a lot from this group! This has got to be one of the best-organised horse endurance ride events I’ve been involved with….
Kilkivan Horse Endurance Ride
Having thawed out from Southbrook, we return to assist Kilkivan Endurance with another horse endurance ride. This takes place just a week after the town got rattled by an earthquake that was allegedly felt as far away as Sydney: we’re blaming Simon & Rob bouncing around Widgee back-roads for that….
Toowoomba Endurance Horse Riders Hip Pocket Challenge
Brisbane WICEN came out to the freezing cold town of Southbrook to assist the Toowoomba Endurance Horse Riders Association in the running of this year’s Hip Pocket Challenge. This normally takes place in March, and is usually one of the first events on our calendar, however Cyclone Alfred totally blew…
Kokoda Challenge Sunshine Coast
Brisbane WICEN was invited to assist this year in helping the Kokoda Youth Foundation run the 2025 Kokoda Challenge event at Kenilworth in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. This was a unique event for us as it was more traditional message passing rather than counting bicycles or checking off horse endurance…
Far-a-way Easter Endurance Carnival
After a few years hiatus, we returned to Imbil to assist Far-A-Way Horse Endurance Riders with their Easter Endurance Carnival. This is a full-on 4-day long event, running over the Easter long-week-end with the first events starting early on the Friday morning, and the final day’s events starting even earlier…
Kilkivan Endurance Blue Ride
The first event for Brisbane WICEN to support this year was the Kilkivan Endurance Blue ride, which was being run by Kilkivan Endurance Riders Club raising awareness for mens’ health issues. We were to support an event at Southbrook a few weeks beforehand, however Cyclone Alfred knocked that idea on…
Brisbane WICEN Calendar for 2025 released
The Brisbane WICEN Event calendar for 2025 has been released and is nowavailable for your perusal at the usual addresses: Some of the highlights for this year: Also, lots of smaller events. Plenty to keep everyone occupied, for furtherinformation, please contact us, or drop in on one of our monthly…
Toowoomba Endurance Horse Riders Hip Pocket Challenge 2024
Brisbane Area WICEN Group (Inc.) once again assisted at Southbrook (approximately 26km west-south-west of Toowoomba, as the crow flies) with the running of the Hip Pocket Challenge, run by the Toowoomba Endurance Horse Riders Association. This was done in collaboration with Ipswich WICEN. Brisbane and Ipswich WICEN had assisted here…
Stirling’s Starter 2024
Brisbane WICEN’s first Emergency Communications Exercise of the year took place this last week-end at Stirling’s Crossing, assisting them with the running of the Stirling’s Starter. This is an annual horse endurance ride event organised by Stirling’s Crossing Endurance Club and is the first such event on their annual calendar….