A little rhyme I was taught when starting out flying on X country navs out of Moorabbin:
"If you fly through pucka (punyal) you're a dead mutha f**k*r"
Yes I have had a VCA as a brand new PPL and owned up. Wasn't marked as a restricted area on the ERC but I didn't read the NOTAMs properly that day.
Filled out the paperwork.
Lesson learned.