Lighthouse Weekend at Cape Campbell

[@ItsTheRandomKiwi]

Great video Nick!

[@zl2neb]

Thanks - it's a really nice part of the country. Certainly worth a visit if you ever get the chance!

[@zl4de06]

I joined the Southland crew at the Stirling Point Lighthouse at Bluff. Cape Campbell was the only lighthouse we managed to work, due to crappy conditions on the Saturday afternoon.

[@zl2neb]

Yes it was a bit of a mixed weekend with not many lighthouse stations on the air that we heard anyway. We did hear a German station but were unable to contact them. It was a good weekend anyway and nice to operate from somewhere different.

[@darrinpearce9780]

Worked the Cape Nelson Light in Western Victoria. Had a great time as usual but don't think we worked any NZ lights. Thanks for posting, great looking site. 73's

[@zl2neb]

It’s a great location but it certainly wasn’t the largest number of contacts that we’ve made. It seemed to be a bit of a struggle this time. We were using a different setup from normal so it wasn’t a complete surprise that we had a different outcome from what we were used to. Maybe we might manage to make a contact next time. 73’s

[@wakajazz1401]

Hey Nick, very nice account of an awesome activation at an even more awesome location. Good deal!. Question about your ‘theme’ music track. Sounds very familiar yet completely unidentifiable to my rapidly fading memory as something from the late 80’s early 90’’s Dunedin scene (Chills, Clean, Bats et al?). It has that quintessential Kiwi alt/punk rock sound from that era. 73 de N6LED

[@zl2neb]

Thanks for the question about the theme music. It's a recording from a band that I played for in the late 90's. It had a variety of names during my time with them - the one that it was best known as was "This Life" which no-one in the band was ever happy with (lol). It only did original music and the guitarist (Phil Brass) was from Dunedin and was really responsible for total sound. Cape Campbell is a great location and well worth the trip if you ever get the opportunity.

[@wakajazz1401]

Thanks for the background info Nick.. love the track, Flying Nun should’ve picked you guys up back then 😉 Cheers!

[@zl3gig921]

Most enjoyable Nick. Cheers 73. ZL3GIG