Our fifth park for 7th March 2023 was the Commeralghip Flora Reserve VKFF-2296. The park is about 143 km northwest of Melbourne and about 43 km southwest of Ballarat.

Above:- Map showing the location of the Commeralghip Flora Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.

The Commeralghip Flora Reserve is a tiny reserve. It is only 3 hectares in size and was established on the 22nd day of April 1993.

The park is located on Chathams Road.

Above:- An aerial view of the park. Image c/o Google Earth.

It was absolutely blowing a gale, so we decided to operate from the 4WD. Our antenna was the 20/40/80m linked dipole, inverted vee, supported on a 7-metre heavy duty squid pole.

Marija made the following QSOs on 40m SSB:-

1. VK3PF
2. VK3ANL
3. VK2EXA
4. VK5HS
5. VK3APJ
6. VK3SQ
7. VK3QH
8. VK3VIN
9. VK1AD
10. VK7JFD
11. VK5BJE
12. VK5AYL

I made the following QSO on 20m SSB:-

1. VK4FW
2. VK8MM
3. VK4EHI
4. VK2IO
5. VK5HS
6. VK4TJ
7. VK4EMP
8. VK4TI
9. VK4EW

I made the following QSO on 20m AM:-

1. VK4FW
2. VK8MM
3. VK4TJ
4. VK4EMP
5. VK4TI
6. VJK4EW
7. VK4EHI

I made the following QSOs on 40m AM:-

1. VK3PF
2. VK7JFD
3. VK5HS
4. VK3SQ
5. VK3APJ

I made the following QSOs on 40m SSB:-

1. VK3PF
2. VK3ANL
3. VK2EXA
4. VK5HS
5. VK3APJ
6. VK3SQ
7. VK3QH
8. VK3VIN
9. VK1AD
10. VK7JFD
11. VK5BJE
12. VK5AYL
13. VK7PAL
14. VK5HAA
15. VK3UAO
16. VK3GJG
17. Vk3SMW
18. VK3KTT
19. VK3MDC/m
20. VK5WY
21. VK1RF
22. VK2MK
23. VK4CEE
24. VK3BBB
25. Vk2CCP
26. VK5SFA
27. VK5CZ
28. VK3NP
29. VK3GRK/p (Alpine National Park VKFF-0619)
30. VK1NAM

References.

1. CAPAD 2020.