Daily Archives: April 23, 2015

Hogwash Bend Conservation Park

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Our third and final activation for Sunday was the Hogwash Bend Conservation Park, which is located near Waikerie in the Riverland region of South Australia, about 183 km north east of Adelaide.  This was to be another unique park for me.

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Above:- the location of the Hogwash Bend CP.  Image courtesy of mapcarta.com

The Hogwash Bend CP was gazetted in 2012 and is about 286 hectares in size.  It is located on the banks of the mighty River Murray.  I have not been able to find out how the park got its name.

The park was acquired by the South Australian State Government and the Australian Federal Government under the National Reserve System program to protect the largest breeding colony of Regent Parrots in South Australia.  There are thought to be only 300 breeding pairs of Regent parrots along the Murray.  And in Hogwash Bend, around 50 pairs use the ideal breeding habittat of mature river red gums, nesting sites and large areas of mature mallee scrubland.  Hogwash Bend plays an important role in the bird’s future which is listed as vulnerable at both State and National level.

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Above:- Regent parrot.  Image courtesy of wikipedia

There is an excellent website dedicated to Regent parrots which can be found at…..

http://regentparrot.org

In fact, the group is very keen to hear from people who sight a Regent Parrot.  You can telephone 1800PARROT.

Hogwash Bend was just a  short 14 km drive from the Ramco Point Conservation Park.  We entered the park off Cadell Valley Road.  The park is well signposted and there is a nice dirt road down to the park which is easily negotiated with a car and even a caravan.  The camping area was very busy with lots of campers and caravaners.  So we headed to the eastern side of the camping area and set up in the scrub.

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Above:- My operating spot.  Image courtesy of mapcarta.com

The park was alive with birdlife, but unfortunately we did not spot a Regent parrot.  But I did see a Whistling kite which flew into a nearby gumtree and sat there for some time, allowing me to take a number of photographs.

http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Haliastur-sphenurus

There was also a Spoonbill busy in a nearby pond and a number of pelicans on the river.

I did intend to operate on 7.095 but there were some VK6 guys operating on 7.093.  A few of them were mobile, and had very good signals into Hogwash Bend.  So I moved up a little higher to 7.096 and called CQ and this was answered by David VK5KC and then Les VK5KLV, followed by Al VK7AN and then Tony VK3VTH mobile.  I then called for any QRP stations and I worked Adrian VK5FANA QRP 5 watts and Bernard VK3AV QRP 4 watts.  I had quite a steady flow of callers from VK3 & VK5.

I managed one park to park contact and that was with Stef VK5HSX who was portable in the Flinders Ranges National Park.  I also worked Allen VK3HRA who was portable on SOTA peak Crowsnest Lookout, VK3/ VS-049.

I then moved over to 20m and called CQ on 14.312.  This was answered by Gerard VK2IO who had a lovely 5/9 signal, followed by Xaver DK4RM, Jarrad VK3HXT, and then Albert S58AL.  I went on to work a total of 38 stations on 20m from VK2, VK3, VK6, Germany, Slovenia, Italy, USA, France, Ukraine, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Russia, Hungary, and New Zealand.  It was very pleasing to get a number of calls from USA stations who were copying me well.  And again I managed to work my very good mate Marnix OP7M.  Copy this time at Marnix end was not as good as previously.  But the 20m band was still opening up.

Unfortunately time was marching on and I needed to pack up, as I still had a 2 & 1/2 hour drive to get home.  I had a total of 62 contacts in the log.

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The following stations were worked on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK5KC
  2. VK5KLV
  3. VK7AN
  4. VK3VTH/m
  5. VK5FANA
  6. VK3AV
  7. VK5FTVR
  8. VK5ZAR
  9. VK5MRE
  10. VK5NRG
  11. VK3ANL
  12. VK5EE
  13. VK3PF
  14. VK3FMRC
  15. VK3KAB
  16. VK5NQP
  17. VK5FADP/p
  18. VK5ZRY/m
  19. VK2IO
  20. VK5FTRG
  21. VK3OF
  22. VK5HSX/p (Flinders Ranges National Park)
  23. VK5FCDL
  24. VK3HRA/p (SOTA VK3/ VS-049)

The following stations were worked on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK2IO
  2. DK4RM
  3. VK3HXT
  4. S58AL
  5. VK2HOT
  6. I5FLN
  7. IK1GPG
  8. KD8GEH
  9. F2YT
  10. WB2ZAB
  11. DL4PT
  12. S5KM
  13. VK4MWG
  14. UT5PI
  15. V4TH
  16. DL5WW
  17. HB9EFJ
  18. VK2YK
  19. KG7HAX
  20. DL1EBR
  21. IZ1UKG
  22. KC5JAV
  23. ON4VT
  24. N4WMB
  25. EA5HPX
  26. ON5SWA
  27. HA6OB
  28. ON4BB
  29. OP7M
  30. IW1FZR
  31. EA1SB
  32. KK4PWE
  33. RA3PCI
  34. HA6NF
  35. DL2NOM
  36. VK4AJR
  37. VK6NI
  38. ZL3CHE

References

Government of South Australia, 2014, River Murray-South East Nature Link

Ramco Point Conservation Park

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Our second park on Sunday was the Ramco Point Conservation Park, which is located near the town of Waikerie in the Riverland region of South Australia, about 180 km north east of Adelaide.  This was another unique park for me.

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Above:- Map showing the location of Ramco Point CP.  Map courtesy of mapcarta.com

The park is located between the Murray River and Hart Lagoon and was proclaimed in 2006.  I could not find a huge amount of information on the internet about this park.  And it is one of those small South Australian Conservation parks which does not show up on Google maps.

Access to the park was quite difficult.  If we did not have the Toyota Hi Lux we would not have made it in there.  The Riverland had experienced a lot of rain over the past 48 hours and many of the off road tracks had become very wet and boggy.

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We set up on the banks of the River Murray between the river and Hart Lagoon.  It was a beautiful idealic spot, and fortunately the weather was holding off for us with no rain.

Screenshot 2015-04-23 13.03.49Above:- Our operating spot.  Image courtesy of mapcarta.com

Prior to calling CQ I scouted around the 40m band and found Tony VK3VTH calling CQ from the Oolambeyan National Park in New South Wales (5/9 both ways).  I then headed down to 7.095 and called CQ and this was answered by Nigel VK5NIG with a very strong 5/9 signal, followed by Arno VK5ZAR, David VK5NQP, and then Fred VK3DAC.  And then much to my surprise I received a call from Mark VK6BSA in Western Australia.  It was 12.15 p.m SA local time and I was very surprised to get a call from a VK6 on 40m at this time of the day.  Mark was 5/6 and gave me a 5/1.  Not bad considering I was running 40 watts and my simple linked dipole.

A few calls later I spoke with Stef VK5HSX who was portable in Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges National Park (5/5 sent and 5/7 received).   I then asked for any other QRP, portable or mobile stations and this was answered by Peter VK3PF running QRP, Adrian VK5FANA running QRP, Mark VK3OHM running QRP, Allen Vk3HRA portable on SOTA peak Mount Cowley VK3/ VC-022 in the Great Otway National Park, and Geoff VK5HEL mobile.

After working a total of 33 stations on 40m I headed over to 20m where I spoke with Lee VK2LEE and Gerard VK2IO.  Both Lee and Gerard had nice strong 5/9 signals.  I then went QRT and headed off for the Hogwash Bend Conservation Park.

On the way to Hogwash Bend, we made a quick stop off at a lookout on the Cadell Valley Road, where we were able to view the Hart Lagoon and the Ramco Point Conservation Park.

The following stations were worked on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3VTH/2 (Oolambeyan National Park)
  2. VK5NIG
  3. VK5ZAR
  4. VK5NQP
  5. VK3DAC
  6. VK6BSA
  7. VK2WE/m
  8. VK5HSX/p (Flinders Ranges National Park)
  9. VK3PF
  10. VK5FANA
  11. VK3OHM
  12. VK3HRA/p (SOTA VK3/ VC-022)
  13. VK5HSX/m
  14. VK5HEL/m
  15. VK3ANL
  16. VK3OF
  17. VK5KLV
  18. VK3DBP
  19. VK5DF
  20. VK3TKK
  21. VK3YDN
  22. VK5FTVR
  23. VK3BWZ
  24. VK1MA
  25. VK5FDEC
  26. VK5NPP/p
  27. VK3NHL/m
  28. VK2KYO
  29. VK2LEE
  30. VK5ZLT
  31. VK3KAB
  32. VK3GFS
  33. VK2IO

The following stations were worked on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK2LEE
  2. VK2IO

Maize Island Lagoon Conservation Park VKFF-827

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Our first park activation for Sunday (19th April 2015) was the Maize Island Lagoon Conservation Park, which is located about 160 km north east of Adelaide, near the town of Waikerie.  The park qualifies for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program and is VKFF-827.  This was to be a unique park for me as an activator.

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Above: Map showing the location of Maize Island Lagoon CP.  Map courtesy of mapcarta.com

On the way we stopped off to view the memorial cairn for two police officers killed in the line of duty back in the 1800’s.  As a serviving police officer, I am always extremely interested in police history.  Corporal William Murray Wickham and Mounted Constable John Dunning Carter who lost their lives on the 7th of May 1847.  In early May, 1847, the pair received orders to travel to Overland Corner, where they were to deal with reported disturbances.  Overland Corner, although used as a resting and grazing area by drovers, had neither facilities nor status as a township.  The pair set out from Moorundee on horseback and, dressed in full uniform – heavy tunics, trousers, riding boots, sabres and firearms – rode through mallee scrub.  Some way into their journey on May 7, the officers decided to stay overnight at the river-front station of J.H. Wigley.  Then, undeterred by major risks, the officers bravely attempted the river-crossing that killed them.  Local Aborigines later recovered the two bodies, which they laid to rest on the river bank.  At a later date, the bodies were exhumed and reburied at West Terrace Cemetery.

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Maize Island Lagoon CP is about 215 hectares in size and is backed by magnificent cliffs created by the mighty River Murray.  The park contains many backwater lagoons lined by majestic River Red Gums.  The park is alive with a variety of waterbirds.  The park was so named because early pioneers had grown crops of maize as fodder for cattle and horses on the drying lagoon bed following high rivers.

The area was first settled in 1880 by the Shephard brothers who named their sheep run Waikerie Station, and built the little homestead still standing on Holder Bottom Road.  In 1888 the Government cancelled pastoral leases and began surveing the country for closer settlement.  Village settlers arrived in 1894 to establish themselves on horticultural allotments in the area of Holder Bottom Road.  In 1921 a pipeline was built to Maize Island and orchards were established there.  In 1956, the infamous Murray River flood struck, with more high rivers in the following years, which convinced the Government to resettle people in 1975 and control the area as a Conservation Park.

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Above: Image chowing our operating spot.  Courtesy of mapcarta.com

Again for this activation I had nominated an operating frequency of 7.144.  I called CQ a few times and this was answered by Les VK5KLV at Port Augusta, followed by Tony VK5FTVR at Strathalbyn, Tony VK3VTH mobile near Hay in New South Wales, and then Adrian VK5FANA on the Yorke Peninsula.

Tony was the first of a number of mobile and QRP stations that called me.  I also worked Mike VK3NMK in the Lake Colac Caravan Park, John VK3PXJ mobile at Nagambie, Bernard Vk3AV QRP 5 watts, Peter VK3PF who was QRP, and Peter VK3TKK mobile.

At about the commencement of the new UTC day, after working 34 stations I started to experience a little bit of QRM.  It was one of the many Sunday morning WIA broadcasts.  So, not wanting to cause any grief to anyone listening to the broadcast, I QSYd down the band to 7.095.  But not before I had worked John VK5BJE who was operating portable in the Terrick Terrick National Park, VKFF-630 (5/9 both ways).

 

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After QSYing to 7.095 I worked a further 14 stations in VK3, VK5 & VK7.  This included Mike VK3XL mobile, Alan VK5AR mobile at Mitcham in the Adelaide suburbs, and Stef VK5HSX mobile at STokes Hill lookout in the Flinders Ranges,

I did call CQ on 14.310 a number of times, but had no takers.  I had a total of 48 stations in the log. So we packed up and headed in to Waikerie for some morning tea at the Waikerie bakery, which we can highly recommend.  We alo stopped off at the lookout taking in the views of the Murray River and the park we had just activated.

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The following stations were worked:-

  1. VK5KLV
  2. VK5FTVR
  3. VK3VTH/m
  4. VK5FANA
  5. VK3NMK/p
  6. VK3PXJ/m
  7. VK3AV
  8. VK5ZAR
  9. VK5KC
  10. VK3DAC
  11. VK3PF
  12. VK3HRA
  13. VK2NEO
  14. VK5EE
  15. VK5ZLR
  16. VK5NJ
  17. VK3OF
  18. VK5NQP
  19. VK3TKK/m
  20. VK5TN
  21. VK5AV
  22. VK5LA
  23. VK2LEE
  24. VK5IS
  25. VK5KLV
  26. VK5ADL
  27. VK5ZGY
  28. VK3NMK/p
  29. VK5WG
  30. VK2LX
  31. VK5BJE/3 (Terrick Terrick National Park)
  32. VK3KAI
  33. VK1MA
  34. VK5FMID
  35. VK5NRG
  36. VK5HCF
  37. VK3SQ
  38. VK3XL.m
  39. VK5FTVR
  40. VK5AR/m
  41. VK3HSR
  42. VK7VDL
  43. VK3OHM
  44. VK3UP
  45. VK3AFW
  46. VK5FTRG
  47. VK5KBM
  48. VK5HSX/m

 

References.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Parks of the Riverland

Monument Australia, 2015, <http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/government—state/display/98413-corporal-william-murray-wickham-and-mounted-constable-john-dunning&gt;, viewed 23rd April 2015

National Parks South Ausralia, 2015, <http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_park/Browse_by_region/Murray_River/Maize_Island_Lagoon_Conservation_Park&gt;, viewed 23rd April 2015

Murray River National Park VKFF-372

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After activating the Pooginook Conservation Park, Marija and I headed to the Murray River National Park.  The park is located in the Riverland region of South Australia, and is about 220 km north east of Adelaide.  The park qualifies for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program and is VKFF-372.

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Above: Map showing the location of the Murray River NP.  Courtesy of mapcarta.com

On the way we stopped off and had a look at the Lake Bonney Hotel ruins.  This is also known as Napper’s Ruins, and is located on the north side of Lake Bonney.  Napper’s Ruins once stood strong as a hotel built for former workers of Cobdogla Station.  It was originally called Lake Bonney Hotel and consisted of 11 rooms that included a well stocked bar and an eating room that could cater for 12 people.  This room was occasionally used as a dance room.  The hotel is now nothing more than ruins and includes some interpretive information signs.

The ruins are the remains of the accomodation house which was built by William Parnell in 1859 and later sold to William Napper in 1863.  Napper’s first wife is buried in Cobdogla and was the first white woman buried in the Riverland.  The graves of William Napper and his second wife are also in this cicinity.  The cottage behind the ruins is locally known as the Fisherman’s cottage.  During the 1956 flood, this building was inundated with water.

The buidlings belong to the local branch of the National Trust but unfortunately have fallen victim to vandals.  We were saddened to see all the grafitti over the Fishermans cottage.

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We continued on south down through Loveday and into the Katarapko Section of the Murray River National Park.  The park is very well signposted and easy to find.  We headed down to the water’s edge of Katarapko Creek and set up there, right alongside of the creek.

The Murray River National Park is 13,000 hectares in size and consists of three separate areas: Katarapko, Lyrup Flats, and Bulyong Island.  The largest and most popular area of the park is Katarapko.  This area features floodplains and several permanent and semi-permanent wetlands.  The area is a breeding ground for most of southern Australia’s waterfowl and other waterbirds.

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Above: Map showing my operating spot.  Map courtesy of National Parks SA.

It was still quite overcast, but fortunately no rain, so ideal for park activating.  And it was a very idealic setting alongside of Katarapko Creek.  I went to my nominated operating frequency of 7.144 and called CQ and this was answered by my old mate Dave VK3VCE in Victoria, followed by Tom VK5FTRG in Millicent, and then Rex VK3OF and then Les VK5KLV in Port Augusta.  This was a good spread for the first 4 callers, all the way from the north of South Australia down to the very south east and across to Victoria.  All had 5/9 signals.

Many thanks to Arno VK5ZAR, who was my fifth contact, for placing me on parksnpeaks.  A steady flow of callers followed from VK1, VK2, VK3, VK4, and VK5.

But only five calls in, I started to receive extremely bad bleed over from somebody nearby.  I tuned down the band and found that it was one of the AM fellas on 7.125.  And boy was he wide.  I thought perhaps it might have been the sensitive front end of the Yaesu FT-857, but Andrew VK1NAM agreed.  The VK2 on 7.125 was 10kc wide.

I worked a total of 21 stations on 40m including a few QRP stations.  This included Peter VK3PF and Cleeve VK2MOR who was running just 2 watts (5/9 sent and 5/8 received).

I then QSY’d up to 20m and started calling CQ.  My first taker there was Cleeve VK2MOR who had followed me up from 40m.  This was followed by Gerard VK2IO and then the first of the DX, Swa ON5SWA and then Albert S58AL.  A very big pile up ensued with so many stations calling it made it very very difficult to pull out callsigns.  So for the first time ever, I operated split.  Because I had not operated split previously using the FT-857d, I had to quickly work out via the menu on how to do this.  I couldn’t find out how to listen up, so I listened down 5 kc.

I worked a total of 43 DX stations in Belgium, Italy, Spain, England, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, France, Japan, Puerto Rico, & USA.  This included my very good mate Marnix OP7M.  And also some VK’s amongst the DX including Greg VK8GM, Adam VK2YK, John VK6NU in the Avon National Park, and Mike VK6MB.

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I then headed back to 40m briefly, on 7.144, for any last desperados who would like Murray River National Park.  First taker there was John VK2YW in Wagga, followed by Adam VK2YK, Ian VK5CZ, Adrian VK5FANA, and then Adrian VK4FBMW who was running QRP 5 watts.

Whilst I was working Adrian, I heard a very pronounced noise coming from behind me.  It sounded like a big gust of wind.  However, it was quite calm up until this point and the sun had just set and it was now almost completely dark.  As I looked over my should downstream along Katarapko Creek, I soon worked out what the noise was.  It wasn’t wind.  It was rain…and heavy rain!  So unfortunately in the middle of the QSO with Adrian I had to shut down in huge hurry and rush back to the 4WD with the FT-857D.  Sorry to cut it short so quickly Adrian.  And I am also sorry to others that I know were waiting to work me including Rob VK4FFAB.

So after 90 minutes in Murray River NP, I had a total of 74 contacts in the log.  We then headed off the the Barmera Hotel for our evening meal and a few beverages.

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The following stations were worked on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3VCE
  2. VK5FTRG
  3. VK3OF
  4. VK5KLV
  5. VK5ZAR
  6. VK4FBMW
  7. VK1NAM
  8. VK2YW
  9. VK5KPR
  10. VK1EM
  11. VK2UH
  12. VK3PF
  13. VK3OHM
  14. VK1MA
  15. VK1ATP
  16. VK3ARR
  17. VK3DAC
  18. VK3DBP
  19. VK3HRA
  20. VK2MOR
  21. VK5NQP
  22. VK2YW
  23. VK2YK
  24. VK5CZ
  25. VK5FANA
  26. VK4FBMW

The following stations were worked on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK2MOR
  2. VK2IO
  3. ON5SWA
  4. S58AL
  5. S52KM
  6. I5FLN
  7. IK1GPG
  8. EA4DTV
  9. ON4VY
  10. ON4BB
  11. M0WYZ
  12. OZ5HP
  13. OP7M
  14. VK8GM
  15. M0HDX
  16. DL5WW
  17. DK4RM
  18. RA3PCI
  19. IK2TTJ
  20. CT1IUA
  21. VK2YK
  22. HB9AFI
  23. EA3MP
  24. OM7OM
  25. DF1YQ
  26. VK6NU/p (Avon National Park)
  27. ON4GI
  28. HA6NF
  29. IZ1JMN
  30. ON5JE
  31. K4MIJ
  32. EA8AXT
  33. OK7WA
  34. EC7DZZ
  35. DL2NOM
  36. EA1DR
  37. JA8RJE
  38. F1RUK
  39. VK6MB
  40. OH6IUDL1EBR
  41. DL5JK
  42. I3FGX
  43. WP3EF
  44. EA2DT
  45. F4HJO
  46. EA1DFP
  47. F4FFH
  48. DD3SAT

References.

Barmera Visitor Information Centre, Historical Icons

Pooginook Conservation Park

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Pooginook Conservation Park was our first park activation for Saturday (18th April 2015) after leaving the Riverland Radio Club’s get together at Overland Corner.  Pooginook was just 23 km up the road from Overland Corner.  It was well sign posted and easy to find and easy to access.  The park is located about 200 km north east of Adelaide and is located in the Riverland region of South Australia.

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Above: Map showing the location of Pooginook CP.  Map courtesy of mapcarta.com

Pooginook CP consists of mallee scrub and rolling sand dunes.  The northern part of the park is dense mallee scrub, while the southern section features open mallee as the area was once largely used for wheat farming.  The park provides refuge to a large amount of wildlife including Western grey kangaroos, Red kangaroos, echidnas, fat tailed dunnarts, Southern Hairy-nosed wombats, Balam’s mouse, and the rare malleefowl.  Marija and I saw quite a few wombat burrows in the park.  The wombat population was introduced to the park in 1971 and have become well established.  Over 20 species of reptiles have been recorded in the park including Desert skinks, Nobbi dragons, Barred snake-lizards and Jewelled geckos.

The park is quite large and is about 2,862 hectares in size.  The name Pooginook, comes from Aboriginal words meaning ‘place of good food’.  The Ngawait aboriginal tribe occupied this area.  Pooginook Station was established in 1851 by John Taylor.

We accessed the park off the Goyder Highway and followed the eastern boundary track.  I strongly suggest that if you venture to far into the park, that you only try to do so if you have a 4WD.  If you try your luck with a conventional vehicle, I am quite confidence in saying that you will get bogged.

Although it had become quite overcast, the rain was holding off.  In fact, when the sun poked its head out from behind the clouds, it was quite warm.  We parked the 4WD just off the main track and walked a bit into the scrub and set up my fold up table and deck chair and all the radio gear.

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Prior to calling CQ I had a quick look around the 40m band and found Tony VK3VTH calling CQ from the Barmah National Park VKFF-739.  Tony had a solid 5/9 signal.  I then went down to 7.095 and started calling CQ and this was responded to by Greg VK5GJ, then David VK5KC, and then Arno VK5ZAR.  A good little flow of callers from VK2, VK3 & VK5 ensured.  My 17th contact for the afternoon was with Tim VK3MTB who was portable in Holy Plains State Park VKFF-758, near Sale in Victoria (5/7 sent and 5/8 received).

As I normally do during my activations I listened out for QRP, mobile and portable stations.  It can be a bit of a challenge to break through the mini park pile ups if you are one of these stations, so I always ask for the QRO stations to stand by while I give the lower power stations a chance.  This resulted in me working Matt VK5ZX who was mobile at Freeling, Marc VK3OHM operating QRP, Peter VK3PF QRP, and Brendon VK5FBFB who was also QRP.

After working 42 stations on 40m I decided to head over quickly to 20m and try for some of the further afield VK’s.  I called CQ on 14.310 and this was answered by Gerard VK2IO (5/9 both ways).  But Gerard was the only taker after about a dozen CQ calls.

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Marija and I spent about 1 hour in the park, before packing up and heading off to the Murray River National Park.  I had a total of 43 contacts in the log.

The following stations were worked on 40m SSB:-

  1. Tony VK3VTH/2 (Barmah National Park)
  2. VK5GJ
  3. VK5KC
  4. VK5ZAR
  5. VK3FQSO
  6. VK5ZGY
  7. VK5EE
  8. VK5KBJ
  9. VK5HEL
  10. VK2EMF
  11. VK3OF
  12. VK2YW
  13. VK3YAR
  14. VK5AV
  15. VK2UH
  16. VK3DAC
  17. VK3MTB/p (Holy Plains National Park)
  18. VK5KLV
  19. VK3CRG
  20. VK5ZX/m
  21. VK3OHM
  22. VK3PF
  23. VK5FBFB
  24. VK5DF
  25. VK5JK
  26. VK5NQP
  27. VK5HCF
  28. VK2YK
  29. VK1NAM
  30. VK3VIN
  31. VK3HRA
  32. VK3FLCS
  33. VK3HJD
  34. VK3TKK/m
  35. VK3DBP
  36. VK7BO
  37. VK5ZGG
  38. VK2NEO
  39. VK2KF
  40. VK3YDN
  41. VK4GSF
  42. VK4FAJB

The following station was worked on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK2IO

References.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Parks of the Riverland

National Parks South Australia, 2015, <http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/Murray_River/Pooginook_Conservation_Park&gt;, viewed 23rd April 2015

National Parks and Wildlife, Conservation Parks of the Murraylands (North West Zone) Management Plans, 1994.

Rootsweb, 2015, <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~safpfhg/counties_hundreds_sa.htm&gt;, viewed 23rd April 2015

SA Herpetology Group and Field Naturalists Society SA Mammal Club, <http://www.swiftpages.com/site_images/289/PooginookCP%20Info%20Sheet.pdf&gt;, viewed 23rd April 2015