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!

The launch window will be open between 10am and 5pm. The flyers briefing will begin at 10am 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: 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 Keep your eyes open for the club sign identifying the usual access to the range off the highway. A modified (shorter) Flyers Briefing will be held at 10.00am sharp and anyone planning to fly must attend the briefing.   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. 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. Flights above 13,500 feet AMSL must be requested and approved in advance by the committee. Registration To help us plan the launch, 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!

The launch window will be open between 10am and 5pm. The flyers briefing will begin at 10am 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: 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 Keep your eyes open for the club sign identifying the usual access to the range off the highway. A modified (shorter) Flyers Briefing will be held at 10.00am sharp and anyone planning to fly must attend the briefing.   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. 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. Flights above 13,500 feet AMSL must be requested and approved in advance by the committee. Registration To help us plan the launch, 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!

This is a scheduled CLUB SOCIAL evening starting with dinner at the Bridgewater Hotel following the club working bee at the range. Even if you cannot make the working bee, please join us for dinner and club social at the pub prior to our launch on Sunday. Please register (free) so that we can arrange for the pub to cater for our numbers. They are usually very heavily booked on weekends.

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 alsi 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.   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!

Join us for a social get together and presentations at The Golden Gate Hotel in South Melbourne. Our next club social event will be at 6:30pm on Tuesday 5th September at the Golden Gate Hotel in South Melbourne. We have three great presentations scheduled.   Australian Space Research Institute – AUSROC Sounding Rocket Program The AUSROC series were sounding rockets using liquid bi-propellant motors developed and launched during the 1990’s and early 2000’s by an all-Australian team of rocketry and space enthusiasts.  John Coleman from ASRI has been part of the AUSROC program from its inception and will present a photographic journey through the history of the AUSROC program. This is an important part of Australia’s amateur rocketry history.   2023 Spaceport America Cup – A Round-up from our Victorian Universities The Spaceport America Cup (SAC) is an international competition amongst universities from all over the globe and is held annual in the USA.  Monash HPR and Melbourne ARES teams competed in SAC, and the teams will present an overview of their competition rocket, the outcome of their flights, and how they performed in various parts of the challenge.  This will include anecdotes about the challenges of the preparation and logistics of entering a competition overseas.   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 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, you must register to attend this 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!

EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL 26th OF AUGUST   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 launch window will be open between 10am and 5pm. The flyers briefing will begin at 10am 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: 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 Keep your eyes open for the club sign identifying the usual access to the range off the highway. A modified (shorter) Flyers Briefing will be held at 10.00am sharp and anyone planning to fly must attend the briefing.   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. 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. Flights above 13,500 feet AMSL must be requested and approved in advance by the committee. Registration To help us plan the launch, 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!