WIA Centenary Celebration - Canberra

Planning is well advanced for the WIA Centenary activities taking place in Canberra, the nation's capital, over the weekend Friday 28 through Sunday 30 May 2010, the event being just part of the year-long WIA Centenary celebrations.

Highlights of the weekend will include a series of presentations on the early days of radio and a Saturday evening Centenary Dinner with local and overseas dignitaries in attendance.

The Friday evening program will include a guest speaker followed by dinner at the Alto revolving restaurant at the Black Mountain telecommunications tower.

The weekend is promising to be a truly memorable occasion.

Special event station VK100WIA will be operating from Rydges Lakeside over the three days in conjunction with the WIA Centenary Award.

On Sunday there will be an opportunity to visit some of the many interesting sights of Canberra there will be a BBQ lunch and a public display of amateur radio.


Robert Broomhead, VK3DN
Wireless Institute of Australia