Marija and I flew to Perth, Western Australia last Wednesday and spent 6 very enjoyable nights at the home of Andrew VK6AS.

On Saturday 22nd October we attended PerthTech where I delivered a presentation on the World Wide Flora & Fauna (WWFF) program. There were about 65-70 people in attendance.

Scott VK3KJ, the President of the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) and Paul VK2APA, the President of the Radio Amateur Society of Australia (RASA) were in attendance and spoke with the group. It was terrific to speak with both of these gentlemen.

On the Sunday we had planned on taking amateurs out into the field to activate some VKFF parks. Unfortunately the heavens absolutely opened up and it bucketed down with rain. It was impossible to activate. Instead, Hans VK6XN set up his portable station, and we spoke to a small group about VKFF and operating portable.

Marija and I are back home from our 6 nights in Perth. We had a brilliant time.

We attended PerthTech and delivered a presentation on WWFF/VKFF.

We stayed with Andrew VK6AS and would like to thank him very much for his hospitality.

We activated four parks:-

• Swan River Management Area VKFF-3007 – 70 QSOs
• Helena River Management Area VKFF-2975 – 60 QSOs
• Walyunga National Park VKFF-0516 – 24 QSOs
• Alfred Cove Nature Reserve VKFF-1844 – 24 QSOs
  

Thank you very much to Hans VK6XN who took us out to three parks.