The launch window will be open between 10am and 4pm. The flyers briefing will begin at 10am and the range will open immediately after the briefing. If you are planning on launching, it is mandatory to attend the briefing. IMPORTANT: This event is subject to weather and may be postponed. Confirmation will be made on the Thursday evening before the event with updates on social media and this event page.   Launch Site Location: At our Serpentine Launch Site! For more information visit our Serpentine Launch Site page. Keep your eyes open for the club sign identifying the usual access to the range off the highway.    Registration Everyone that attends this event MUST register in advance using the registration button. Registration is free for members of the Victorian Rocketry Association and Interstate Tripoli Prefecture (TRA) Members. All other attendees 18 years or older must purchase a visitor pass on the day. The cost for the pass is $5.00 cash. This visitor’s fee contributes to on-site facilities such as the purchase and upkeep of our portable toilets. All attendees must go to the registration tent on arrival at the event to have your registration confirmed. You will be issued either a member’s wristband or a visitor’s wristband. Visitors under 18 will also be issued a visitor's wristband, although no fee will be charged. Please have a cash payment of $5.00 at the event (please have a $5 note with you) for registration payment as we do not have EFTPOS on-site. Please note if you are not wearing a wristband at the event, we will ask you to register. If you have any questions, please contact us via email membership.vra@mail.tidyhq.com   Certification Flights Please let us know if you will be attempting to Certify. Members attempting Level 2 are requested to advise the President, Isaac Sims in advance via email president.vra@mail.tidyhq.com. There may be options to complete the written exam PRIOR to the launch weekend.   Altitude The interim altitude restriction of 15,000ft still remains in place.    Pad Operations Key update: Recent global Tripoli Prefecture decision, only paid-up current members of TRA (US) are permitted past the flight line to the launch pads for insurance reasons. All spectators need to stay behind the flight line. This applies to university rocketry teams where all members must be paid-up Tripoli members (not 5 to 1 as previously) to be on range.

Join us for a social get together and presentations at The Golden Gate Hotel in South Melbourne. Our second club social event of 2024 will be at 6:30pm on Tuesday July 23rd at the Golden Gate Hotel in South Melbourne. Presentations: TBA   Registration Is Essential: This event is for VRA members and also anyone that has an interest in these topics.  Registration to attend is essential so that we can manage numbers at the venue. 

The launch window will be open between 10am and 5pm. The flyers briefing will begin at 10am and the range will open immediately after the briefing. If you are planning on launching, it is mandatory to attend the briefing. IMPORTANT: This event is subject to weather and may be postponed. Confirmation will be made on the Thursday evening before the event with updates on social media and this event page.   Launch Site Location: At our Serpentine Launch Site! For more information visit our Serpentine Launch Site page. Keep your eyes open for the club sign identifying the usual access to the range off the highway.    Registration Everyone that attends this event MUST register in advance using the registration button. Registration is free for members of the Victorian Rocketry Association and Interstate Tripoli Prefecture (TRA) Members. All other attendees 18 years or older must purchase a visitor pass on the day. The cost for the pass is $5.00 cash. This visitor’s fee contributes to on-site facilities such as the purchase and upkeep of our portable toilets. All attendees must go to the registration tent on arrival at the event to have your registration confirmed. You will be issued either a member’s wristband or a visitor’s wristband. Visitors under 18 will also be issued a visitor's wristband, although no fee will be charged. Please have a cash payment of $5.00 at the event (please have a $5 note with you) for registration payment as we do not have EFTPOS on-site. Please note if you are not wearing a wristband at the event, we will ask you to register. If you have any questions, please contact us via email membership.vra@mail.tidyhq.com   Certification Flights Please let us know if you will be attempting to Certify. Members attempting Level 2 are requested to advise the President, Isaac Sims in advance via email president.vra@mail.tidyhq.com. There may be options to complete the written exam PRIOR to the launch weekend.   Altitude The maximum altitude that we can fly is 23,500 feet AMSL. Flor flyers wishing to fly above 13,500 feet AMSL we ask that you notify the committee during the flyers briefing.    Pad Operations Key update: Recent global Tripoli Prefecture decision, only paid-up current members of TRA (US) are permitted past the flight line to the launch pads for insurance reasons. All spectators need to stay behind the flight line. This applies to university rocketry teams where all members must be paid-up Tripoli members (not 5 to 1 as previously) to be on range.

The launch window will be open between 10am and 5pm. The flyers briefing will begin at 10am and the range will open immediately after the briefing. If you are planning on launching, it is mandatory to attend the briefing. IMPORTANT: This event is subject to weather and may be postponed. Confirmation will be made on the Thursday evening before the event with updates on social media and this event page.   Launch Site Location: At our Serpentine Launch Site! For more information visit our Serpentine Launch Site page. Keep your eyes open for the club sign identifying the access to the range off the highway.  WE ARE USING A GATE FURTHER NORTH FROM BENDIGO THAN OUR NORMAL ENTRANCE.   Registration Everyone that attends this event MUST register in advance using the registration button. Registration is free for members of the Victorian Rocketry Association and Interstate Tripoli Prefecture (TRA) Members. All other attendees 18 years or older must purchase a visitor pass on the day. The cost for the pass is $5.00 cash. This visitor’s fee contributes to on-site facilities such as the purchase and upkeep of our portable toilets. All attendees must go to the registration tent on arrival at the event to have your registration confirmed. You will be issued either a member’s wristband or a visitor’s wristband. Visitors under 18 will also be issued a visitor's wristband, although no fee will be charged. Please have a cash payment of $5.00 at the event (please have a $5 note with you) for registration payment as we do not have EFTPOS on-site. Please note if you are not wearing a wristband at the event, we will ask you to register.     Certification Flights Please let us know if you will be attempting to Certify. Members attempting Level 2 are requested to advise the President, Isaac Sims in advance via email president.vra@mail.tidyhq.com. There may be options to complete the written exam PRIOR to the launch weekend.   Altitude The interim altitude restriction of 15,000ft still remains in place.    Pad Operations Key update: Recent global Tripoli Prefecture decision, only paid-up current members of TRA (US) are permitted past the flight line to the launch pads for insurance reasons. All spectators need to stay behind the flight line. This applies to university rocketry teams where all members must be paid-up Tripoli members (not 5 to 1 as previously) to be on range.

The launch window will be open between 10am and 5pm. The flyers briefing will begin at 10am and the range will open immediately after the briefing. If you are planning on launching, it is mandatory to attend the briefing. IMPORTANT: This event is subject to weather and may be postponed. Confirmation will be made on the Thursday evening before the event with updates on social media and this event page.   Launch Site Location: At our Serpentine Launch Site! For more information visit our Serpentine Launch Site page. Keep your eyes open for the club sign identifying the access to the range off the highway.  WE ARE USING A GATE FURTHER NORTH FROM BENDIGO THAN OUR NORMAL ENTRANCE.   Registration Everyone that attends this event MUST register in advance using the registration button. Registration is free for members of the Victorian Rocketry Association and Interstate Tripoli Prefecture (TRA) Members. All other attendees 18 years or older must purchase a visitor pass on the day. The cost for the pass is $5.00 cash. This visitor’s fee contributes to on-site facilities such as the purchase and upkeep of our portable toilets. All attendees must go to the registration tent on arrival at the event to have your registration confirmed. You will be issued either a member’s wristband or a visitor’s wristband. Visitors under 18 will also be issued a visitor's wristband, although no fee will be charged. Please have a cash payment of $5.00 at the event (please have a $5 note with you) for registration payment as we do not have EFTPOS on-site. Please note if you are not wearing a wristband at the event, we will ask you to register. If you have any questions, please contact us via email membership.vra@mail.tidyhq.com   Certification Flights Please let us know if you will be attempting to Certify. Members attempting Level 2 are requested to advise the President, Isaac Sims in advance via email president.vra@mail.tidyhq.com. There may be options to complete the written exam PRIOR to the launch weekend.   Altitude The maximum altitude that we can fly is 23,500 feet AMSL. Flor flyers wishing to fly above 13,500 feet AMSL we ask that you notify the committee during the flyers briefing.    Pad Operations Key update: Recent global Tripoli Prefecture decision, only paid-up current members of TRA (US) are permitted past the flight line to the launch pads for insurance reasons. All spectators need to stay behind the flight line. This applies to university rocketry teams where all members must be paid-up Tripoli members (not 5 to 1 as previously) to be on range.

This is the second day of our annual 2 day launch event, which is now GO FOR LAUNCH The launch window will be open between 10am and 5pm on Saturday the 15th, and 10am to 4pm on Sunday 16th.  An informal dinner will be held on the Saturday evening. Please register to attend here to help us with making the booking. The flyers' briefing will begin at the commencement of each days activities. The range will open immediately after the briefing. If you are planning on launching, it is mandatory to attend the briefing. Launch Site Location: At our Serpentine Launch Site! For more information visit our Serpentine Launch Site page. Keep your eyes open for the club sign identifying the access to the range off the highway.  WE ARE USING A GATE FURTHER NORTH FROM BENDIGO THAN OUR NORMAL ENTRANCE.     An Important Safety Note: We have been made aware that some areas of the launch site, in addition to being recently sown, have been treated with slug poison. This poison is toxic not only to slugs, but also to humans and animals, if ingested. Whilst we normally welcome our four legged friends on a leash, we request that you please do not bring any animals to the range for this launch. Please also be prepared to supervise children closely. For members and guests staying on the flightline, any risk can be mitigated by following good hygiene practices, and driving at walking pace ONLY to keep the dust down. For those involved recovering rockets, we recommend the following PPC to minimise any contact with the pesticide, particularly when picking your rocket off the ground: - Long sleeved clothes - Nitrile gloves - N95 facemask - Safety glasses/sunglasses - Separate shoes for recovery The areas that have been treated will be clearly marked and communicated in the flyers safety briefing. The farmer has requested that we keep foot traffic on all paddocks to an absolute minimum to protect the recently sown seeds. To that end we will request that only one person per rocket (where feasible) is to proceed across the paddock on foot, with any additional support staying on the tracks and off the crops.   Registration Everyone that attends this event MUST register in advance using the registration button. Registration is free for members of the Victorian Rocketry Association and Interstate Tripoli Prefecture (TRA) Members. All other attendees 18 years or older must purchase a visitor pass on the day. The cost for the pass is $5.00 cash. This visitor’s fee contributes to on-site facilities such as the purchase and upkeep of our portable toilets. All attendees must go to the registration tent on arrival at the event to have your registration confirmed. You will be issued either a member’s wristband or a visitor’s wristband. Visitors under 18 will also be issued a visitor's wristband, although no fee will be charged. Please have a cash payment of $5.00 at the event (please have a $5 note with you) for registration payment as we do not have EFTPOS on-site. Please note if you are not wearing a wristband at the event, we will ask you to register. Visitors wishing to attend both days of the two-day launch should purchase both a Saturday and Sunday ticket. Saturday tickets can be found here.  If you have any questions, please contact us via email membership.vra@mail.tidyhq.com   Certification Flights Please let us know if you will be attempting to Certify. Members attempting Level 2 are requested to advise the President, Isaac Sims in advance via email president.vra@mail.tidyhq.com. There may be options to complete the written exam PRIOR to the launch weekend.   Altitude The maximum altitude that we can fly is 23,500 feet AMSL. Flor flyers wishing to fly above 13,500 feet AMSL we ask that you notify the committee during the flyers briefing.    Pad Operations Key update: Recent global Tripoli Prefecture decision, only paid-up current members of TRA (US) are permitted past the flight line to the launch pads for insurance reasons. All spectators need to stay behind the flight line. This applies to university rocketry teams where all members must be paid-up Tripoli members (not 5 to 1 as previously) to be on range.

We have finalised our booking with the hotel. You are more than welcome to attend, but we recommend that you make your own private booking with the hotel to be sure of a seat. Join us for an informal pub social night at the Bridgewater Hotel after a day of flying rockets. We request that you regiester for this event so we know how many people to book for.

This is the first day of our annual 2 day launch event, which is now GO FOR LAUNCH! The launch window will be open between 10am and 5pm on Saturday the 15th, and 10am to 4pm on Sunday 16th.  An informal dinner will be held on the Saturday evening. Please register to attend here to help us with making the booking. The flyers' briefing will begin at the commencement of each days activities. The range will open immediately after the briefing. If you are planning on launching, it is mandatory to attend the briefing.     Launch Site Location: At our Serpentine Launch Site! For more information visit our Serpentine Launch Site page. Keep your eyes open for the club sign identifying the access to the range off the highway. WE ARE USING A GATE FURTHER NORTH FROM BENDIGO THAN OUR NORMAL ENTRANCE.   An Important Safety Note: We have been made aware that some areas of the launch site, in addition to being recently sown, have been treated with slug poison. This poison is toxic not only to slugs, but also to humans and animals, if ingested. Whilst we normally welcome our four legged friends on a leash, we request that you please do not bring any animals to the range for this launch. Please also be prepared to supervise children closely. For members and guests staying on the flightline, any risk can be mitigated by following good hygiene practices, and driving at walking pace ONLY to keep the dust down. For those involved recovering rockets, we recommend the following PPC to minimise any contact with the pesticide, particularly when picking your rocket off the ground: - Long sleeved clothes - Nitrile gloves - N95 facemask - Safety glasses/sunglasses - Separate shoes for recovery The areas that have been treated will be clearly marked and communicated in the flyers safety briefing. The farmer has requested that we keep foot traffic on all paddocks to an absolute minimum to protect the recently sown seeds. To that end we will request that only one person per rocket (where feasible) is to proceed across the paddock on foot, with any additional support staying on the tracks and off the crops. Registration Everyone who attends this event MUST register in advance using the registration button. Registration is free for members of the Victorian Rocketry Association and Interstate Tripoli Prefecture (TRA) Members. All other attendees 18 years or older must purchase a visitor pass on the day. The cost for the pass is $5.00 cash. This visitor’s fee contributes to on-site facilities such as the purchase and upkeep of our portable toilets. All attendees must go to the registration tent on arrival at the event to have your registration confirmed. You will be issued either a member’s wristband or a visitor’s wristband. Visitors under 18 will also be issued a visitor's wristband, although no fee will be charged. Please have a cash payment of $5.00 at the event (please have a $5 note with you) for registration payment as we do not have EFTPOS on-site. Please note if you are not wearing a wristband at the event, we will ask you to register. If you have any questions, please contact us via email membership.vra@mail.tidyhq.com   BBQ We'll have a BBQ and drinks available. Please bring small notes or change for purchases, as we do not have EFTPOS on-site. Vegetarian and vegan options won't be provided, so please plan accordingly. Volunteers for cooking are welcome on the day. Sausages: $3.00 Soft Drinks: $2.00   Certification Flights Please let us know if you will be attempting to Certify. Members attempting Level 2 are requested to advise the President, Isaac Sims in advance via email president.vra@mail.tidyhq.com. There may be options to complete the written exam PRIOR to the launch weekend.   Altitude The maximum altitude that we can fly is 23,500 feet AMSL. Flor flyers wishing to fly above 13,500 feet AMSL we ask that you notify the committee during the flyers briefing.    Pad Operations Key update: Recent global Tripoli Prefecture decision, only paid-up current members of TRA (US) are permitted past the flight line to the launch pads for insurance reasons. All spectators need to stay behind the flight line. This applies to university rocketry teams where all members must be paid-up Tripoli members (not 5 to 1 as previously) to be on range.

Join us for a social get together and presentations at The Golden Gate Hotel in South Melbourne. Our first club social night of the year is fast approaching! Head on down to the Golden Gate Hotel on Tuesday April 30 to catch up with fellow members over a parm and a pint. The event will begin at 6:00pm for those who have not seen David Boyd's explosives presentation yet. This was also presented last year, and is being repeated for people that were not able to attend, and for new members. He will be presenting an overview of the Victorian Dangerous Goods (Explosives) regulations. This talk will focus on the key things you MUST know about the law, and how it affects you as a rocket motor user. If you have already seen this presentation, the rest of the evening will begin at 6:30pm. We have two more presentations lined up: RMIT will discuss the upcoming AURC competition. They will show their five sub-systems and how they plan to test/verify them to ensure safety and success. They'll also briefly talk about the progress the team has made thus far and their plans going forward. Melbourne Uni will be discussing recent research and testing on recovery, mainly insights from people in the skydiving industry. They have a supporter of the team who is a professional parachute rigger and has been helping adapt skydiving philosophies to rocketry.   Registration Is Essential: This event is for VRA members and also anyone that has an interest in these topics.  Registration to attend is essential so that we can manage numbers at the venue. 

The launch window will be open between 10 am and 5 pm. The flyer briefing will begin at 10 am and the range will open immediately after the briefing. If you are planning on launching, it is mandatory to attend the briefing. IMPORTANT: This event is subject to weather and may be postponed. Confirmation will be made on the Thursday evening before the event with updates on social media and this event page.   Launch Site Location: At our Serpentine Launch Site! For more information visit our Serpentine Launch Site page. Keep your eyes open for the club sign identifying the usual access to the range off the highway.    Registration Everyone who attends this event MUST register in advance using the registration button. Registration is free for members of the Victorian Rocketry Association and Interstate Tripoli Prefecture (TRA) Members. All other attendees 18 years or older must purchase a visitor pass on the day. The cost for the pass is $5.00 cash. This visitor’s fee contributes to on-site facilities such as the purchase and upkeep of our portable toilets. All attendees must go to the registration tent on arrival at the event to have your registration confirmed. You will be issued either a member’s wristband or a visitor’s wristband. Visitors under 18 will also be issued a visitor's wristband, although no fee will be charged. Please have a cash payment of $5.00 at the event (please have a $5 note with you) for registration payment as we do not have EFTPOS on-site. Please note if you are not wearing a wristband at the event, we will ask you to register. If you have any questions, please contact us via email membership.vra@mail.tidyhq.com   BBQ We'll have a BBQ and drinks available. Please bring small notes or change for purchases, as we do not have EFTPOS on-site. Vegetarian and vegan options won't be provided, so please plan accordingly. Volunteers for cooking are welcome on the day. Sausages: $3.00 Soft Drinks: $2.00   Certification Flights Please let us know if you will be attempting to Certify. Members attempting Level 2 are requested to advise the President, Isaac Sims in advance via email president.vra@mail.tidyhq.com. There may be options to complete the written exam PRIOR to the launch weekend.   Altitude The maximum altitude that we can fly is 23,500 feet AMSL. Flyers wishing to fly above 13,500 feet AMSL are asked to notify the committee during the flyer briefing.    Pad Operations Key update: Recent global Tripoli Prefecture decision, only paid-up current members of TRA (US) are permitted past the flight line to the launch pads for insurance reasons. All spectators need to stay behind the flight line. This applies to university rocketry teams where all members must be paid-up Tripoli members (not 5 to 1 as previously) to be on range.

Join us for an informal pub social night at the Bridgewater Hotel after our working bee. We request that you regiester for this event so we know how many people to book for.

Saturday prior to our Sunday launch will be a club working bee to undertake maintenance and preparation work on our range equipment for the upcoming launch Season. We will also do some work around our equipment storage area to clean-up the site, remove debris, and cut grass. We will have an informal social event and dinner on the Saturday evening. Please register for dinner here to help us with the booking.   Launch Site Location: Our Serpentine launch site is located approximately 43km from Bendigo along the Loddon Valley highway. For those heading out of Melbourne, drive to Bendigo, and then out through Eaglehawk along the Loddon Valley highway (B260), after approximately 30 mins start looking for a bridge over “Bullock Creek” 3.5km from this bridge you will see a cluster of trees, and on your right you will see a gate, you can enter through this gate and drive to the launch site. Please approach the site slowly as we all don’t want to be covered in dust, and there maybe cables across the road. If you miss this entrance 6.5km from the creek you will see another entrance to your right, drive in through here and then right out along the track past the harvester shed, follow the road along the edge of the field until it makes a right hand turn, continue to follow this until your reach the intersection, where you will find our range head. If you continue down the highway and your reach “Serpentine” you have gone too far! For Serpentine the GPS coordinate of the entry gate is -36.50066, 144.01692 https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B030'02.4%22S+144%C2%B001'00.9%22E/@-36.50066,144.0147313,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x5c37ecb02ea5b157!8m2!3d-36.50066!4d144.01692 Registration To help us plan the activity, you MUST register for this event.  If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us via our website, facebook or instagram. We look forward to seeing you there!

Joins us for a social get together and our AGM at The Golden Gate Hotel in South Melbourne Members are welcome to arrive after 6:30pm and order drinks and a meal. The formal AGM will be held at 7pm. The agenda is: Confirm Minutes of Previous AGM Presidents Report Financial Report General Business Election of Committee Members (President, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, and general committee members) If you wish to stand for election for any of these positions, or you wish to submit an item of general business, please do so in advance of the meeting. General Business items cannot be added to the agenda at the meeting. To register your interest in standing for a committee position, or if you have an item of general business to address at the meeting, please email our club secretary at secretary.vra@mail.tidyhq.com. Only current members of the VRA can stand for election or participate in the AGM.  However, we welcome any of our rocketry community and their friends and family to enjoy the evening. Presentation The hunt for the purple rocket - by Nick Florent Most of us have lost rockets in the past and have walked the fields in vein looking for them. Lost rockets can be hazadeous to the land owner, their livestock, and their machinary. We also invest a significant amount of time and money into building rocket and we want to get them back. I will be discussing the lessons we learnt locating a ‘misplaced’ rocket and techniques we found bennifical. We encourage our rocketry community to attend this event.  It not only helps you participate in the running of the club, but also helps us cover the costs of hiring the venue as we have to achieve a minimum spend by participants for food and drinks to subsidise our costs.  

Unfortunetly we have had to cancel this event The flyers briefing will begin at 9:00am and the range will open from 9:15am until 2:00pm. As the briefing includes critical information for flyers, anyone wishing to fly MUST be on-site to attend the briefing. Range setup will begin at 8:00am.  Please note, this event is subject to weather and can be postponed. Confirmation will be made on the Thursday evening prior to launch with updates on social media and this event page. Altitude: The launch ceiling for the Drouin site is 2,000 ft. Registration: To help us plan the launch, please register for the event. We just need to know how many will be coming in your group/family. Registration is free. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us through our website, facebook or instagram. We look forward to seeing you there!

The flyers briefing will begin at 9:00am and the range will open from 9:15am until 2:00pm. As the briefing includes critical information for flyers, anyone wishing to fly MUST be on-site to attend the briefing. Range setup will begin at 8:00am.  Please note, this event is subject to weather and can be postponed. Confirmation will be made on the Thursday evening prior to launch with updates on social media and this event page. Altitude: The launch ceiling for the Drouin site is 2,000 ft. Registration: To help us plan the launch, please register for the event. We just need to know how many will be coming in your group/family. Registration is free. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us through our website, facebook or instagram. We look forward to seeing you there!