My last activation for my 4 days away was the Wills Creek Conservation Park, which is located near the little town of Price, about 132 km from Adelaide, on the Yorke Peninsula.
Map courtesy of mapcarta.com
The Wills Creek Conservation Park was proclaimed in 2006 and is 1,130 hectares in size. It is situated at Mangrove Point on the north western shores of Gulf St Vincent. It is a significant coastal wetland and estuary area supporting mangroves and intertidal habitats. The park extends south from the township of Port Clinton to the town of Price.
The park consists of mangrove and samphire habitats along the coastal fringe. Wills and Shag Creeks are known fish nursery areas and as an important habitat for sea birds.
I travelled to the end of the Causeway Road, leading out of Price, and set up at the boatramp on Wills Creek. It was now very hot. My temperature gauge showed 38 deg C. So I quickly set up the gear and sought refuge in a little wood and tin shelter in the carpark, near the Creek.
map courtesy of mapcarta.com
I called CQ on 7.095 and this was answered by Greg VK5GJ at Meadows, running his normal QRP 5 watts. Greg’s signal was 5/4 but extremely readable due to the very low noise floor in the park. My second caller was Brian VK5FMID in Mount Gambier, followed by Nev VK5WG at Crystal Brook, and then Mick VK3FAFK in Stawell in western Victoria. I went on to work a further 16 stations in VK3 and VK5.
This was a quick 25 minute activation. I had a total of 20 contacts in the log.
The following stations were worked:-
- Greg VK5GJ (qrp)
- Brian VK5FMID
- Nev VK5WG
- Mick VK3FAFK
- Adrian VK5FANA (qrp)
- John VK5BJE
- Tom VK5EE
- Amanda VK3FQSO
- Jim VK5JW
- David VK5NQP
- Tony VK3CAT
- Richard VK5ZRY
- Fred VK3DAC
- Jeff VK5JK
- Peter VK3TKK
- Ian VK5IS
- Steve VK3NSC
- Rob VK3ECH
- Stan VK3BNJ
- John VK5FTCT
References.
Department for Environment and Heritage, 2009, ‘Mainland Conservation Parks of Yorke Peninsula’.
