"The Rock", is a huge bolder of granite, so it was a good site as it was about 200 metres north, off the road (grid Sq QF56AA) and well secluded, eventually the National Park Rangers blocked the track to it, back in about 1984 and has become overgrown. It would be hard to find now, but it was the last straight section of road and just prior to the crest that takes you down to the end of the road, (see item "1" on the map) where "The Walls" are situated. It was on the left side of the road driving east towards "The Walls" and there was a large granite rock shelf on the opposite side of the road. Excellent site for VHF/UHF, worked into VK5 on 2m SSB and was heard in VK6, it was quiet RF wise, so good for weak signal DXing. On our last visit to "The Rock" we had to go bush in our cars to avoid the road blockage, by weaving through & between trees to join the old track further into the bush.(entrance at 33.987993 S, 150.064487 E) Another good spot, just along from here to the east, has another large rock, (shown on my photos page), you would have to bush-bash to get off the road out of site to put up some antennas (33.989808 S, 150.06968 E) The scrub is low, with no large trees, so not hard to get a mast up above the scrub. On one trip, in fact the first trip to that area, we setup at the end of the road near "The walls", (Grid Sq QF56BA) (see item "2" on the map) but elevation was not as good and lack of seclusion meant we could not run a generator at night, I can still remember operating at night, immersed in low cloud, with visibility of 5 metres with hurricane lamps bleeding into the fog, with unbelievable silence. We were often enshrouded with low cloud on several occassions when operating at "The Rock" as well. The low cloud killed the VHF/UHF, so it often meant doing a bit of DX on HF, ie. 80m, 15m & 10m to pass the time. Other places we went to for day trips were Mt Coricudgy,(Grid Sq QF57DD) which is east of Rylstone/Kandos area, a good high spot, accessible by dirt road, flat on top, but heavily shrouded with big trees, you would need to take a large mast to get above the trees. Other places were Mt. Tomah (Grid Sq QF56FK), Mt. Banks (Grid Sq QF56EK), Mt. York (Grid Sq QF56EK) and several other high spots up in the Blue Mtns west of Sydney, it was not uncommon for us to grab some VHF gear and a yagi and go look for some mountains to conquer. Mt York had good take off to the west and is situated a couple of klms west of Mt Victoria on the Great Western Highway. Another top site, out at Shooters Hill (Grid Sq QF46WC), south of Oberon and a also a few good hills near the town of Edith (Grid Sq QF46XE), which is a few klms west of Jenolan Caves. In recent years, Dave & wife Phillipa have bought their own mountain and farm (Grid Sq QF46PV) near Hill End, so we can do mountain top portable operation anytime they like, the mountain top has recently been cleared and we hope to do some operating from there whenever possible. A good, clear site, void of trees is Bald Hill, just a few minutes west of Hill End (Grid Sq QF46QX) Another site to visit with some gear is Mt Kaputar, which is in northern NSW, between Tamworth and Narrabri, you need to drive to Narrabri to get to it, but from the summit, the view is excellent, working two hundred klms with just a 2metre handheld radio. You can drive to about 50m from the summit. An excellent site I discovered accidentally was driving from Gunnedah to Casino, I think along the Bruxner Highway, it has a teahouse at the top of the hill, accessible by car. (see the photos ) I would like to know the exact location. May 2008 - visited the lighthouse at Fingal Bay point,(Port Stephens) excellent VHF & UHF location, clear view up and down the coast line, accessible by 4WD but requires permission from NWPS to get past the gate. (see the photos), Alternative is carry some gear up Mt.Tomaree at Shoal Bay. There is a road, but need permission from Dept of Health to access their site. July 2007 - visited Kanangra Walls for bushwalking, I also went looking for and located our old favourite haunt "The Rock" (grid Sq QF56AA) to see what it looked like now, (see the photos) it looked like a bushfire had been through in recent years, so the bushland was quite thin and easy to walk through. Parts of the old roadway leading in were clearly visible. Back along the road towards Jenolan Caves, I found the road to Mt Thett which looks to be a good high point for VHF/UHF and worth investigating in the future. July 2008 - I drove out south of Edith,(Grid Sq QF46XE) which is south west of Jenolan Caves, the State Forest had been recently cleared east of Shooters Hill, lots of bald hilltops, great for VHF and UHF, being able to park on top of a hill void of trees (see the photos) excellent takeoff and low noise floor, just follow the Shooter's Hill/Goulburn road from Oberon to Edith, or take the Tuglow Caves Road from Edith.