On Sunday 19th. October 1986 after many months of organizing, seeking out sponsors, mapping out a section of river and sending out entry forms all over Victoria and New South Wales, we conducted a FISHING BOAT REGATTA on the Loddon River. The regatta, 35km long, Started from Laanecoorie and finished at Bridgewater. (Central Victoria) All craft in the regatta were restricted to hulls of conventional construction of the V or punt type, powered by outboard motors no more than 15hp. and all were split into different classes according to engine size. The idea of fishing boat regatta's originated in some parts of America, and later on adopted by fishing boat enthusiasts in Western Australia. Regatta's were soon set up around Victoria and NSW on rivers and lakes, and now there are many events on the calendar.

Over the past few years a computer segment has been added to the news broadcast to further broaden the interests of the listeners.

The BSB and District News Service came about from on air discussions between the BSB06 John and BSB10 Bill (now deceased) These ideas were presented to other club members at the next general meeting and as the proposal was given an enthusiastic reception it was decided to "give it a go."

BSB06 John and the then BSB10 Bill volunteered as news readers and with Bill's QTH located on one of the highest points in Bendigo it was decided to broadcast the News Service from there.

The News proved to be very popular with the local CB community with up to 150 operators listing their call signs on the roll call in those early days. From BSB10's near perfect location radio coverage was good with regular line of sight copies in a radious encompassing Ballarat in the south to Echuca and Deniliquin in the north and of course no shortage of skip contacts from interstate as well.

The News is still being presented each Thursday evening at 20:00 Hrs. on 27.225Mhz.LSB (channel 22) After 18 years and quite a few news readers. The only nights the news hasn't been put to air in all those years are the few short breaks we have over the Christmas period.

At the helm in the news room at this time is the BSB21 Bill, so if you are reading this and you have access to a radio please have a listen some Thursday evening and break into the news net with your comments! we would love to hear from you.