Our final park for 20th November 2022 was the Illawarra Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2111. The park is located in western Victoria near Stawell, about 243 km northwest of Melbourne.
Above:- Map showing the location of the Illawarra Nature Conservation Reserve. Map c/o google maps.
Prior to heading to the park we booked in to our accomodation in Stawell.
We then drove the short distance out to the park. The Illawarra Nature Conservation Reserve covers an area of about 600 hectares.
The critically endangered Swift parrot can be located in the park.
We set up in a clearing amongst the scrub off Commercial Road. As it was raining on and off, we operated from the 4WD for this activation, running the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.
Above:- An aerial view of the park showing our operating spot. Image c/o Google Earth.
Marija made the following QSOs on 20m SSB:-
- VK4HAT
- VK4SMA
- VK4TJ
- VK6AB
- VK4NH
- VK4DXA
- ZL4NVW
- VK6NU
- VK6JK
- VK3VEK
- VK4MUD
- VK4FW
- VK8MM
- VK2IO/p (Windsor Downs Nature Reserve VKFF-2020)
I made the following QSOs on 20m SSB:-
- VK4HAT
- VK4SMA
- IK4IDF
- HA4FB
- VK4TJ
- VK6AB
- VK4NH
- VK4DXA
- ZL4NVW
- SP5INQ
- VK6NU
- IW2NXI
- UT5ZC
- VK6JK
- ZL3MR
- VK3VEK
- VK4MUD
- VK4FW
- VK8MM
I made the following QSOs on 40m SSB:-
- VK3AHR
- VK3ZPF
- VK7XX
- VK5BJE
- VK3SQ
- VK3DL
- VK3PF/m
- VK5MSA
- KG5CIK
- VK4FW
- VK8MM
- VK2YAK
- VK4YAK
- VK2IO/p (Windsor Downs Nature Reserve VKFF-2020)
- VK3VIN
- VK3GJG
- VK5FANA
- VK5KLV
- VK4NH
- VK4DXA
- VK2GMC
- VK2MET
- VK1AO
- VK5AYL
- VK3ZK
- VK3CWF
- VK3UAO
- VK2YK
- VK5GA
- VK3ACZ
- VK7PSJ
- VK3ANL
- VK3UH
- VK1DI
- VK4HMI
- VK4EW
- VK4HAT
- VK4MUD
- VK4TVR/m
- VK1HF
We packed up and headed back to Stawell and purchased Fish N Chips and went back to our motel room for the evening.
References.
- Bonzle, 2023, <http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=58774&cmd=sp>, viewed 9th January 2023.
- SWIFFT, 2023, <https://www.swifft.net.au/cb_pages/sp_swift_parrot.php>, viewed 9th January 2023.
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