There is certainly a hill out there that if you descend to circuit height (2000' AMSL), and you don't have the gear down you're a chance of having the EGPWS go off. It depends on where you track from/to. Horus to ROC misses it. Horus to the FF probably goes straight over the top. (Working from memory here).
Yes, there are still some of us who fly a visual base by joining at 1500' AGL rather than plug in a 10 mile final.