Daily Archives: November 15, 2023

Bambill Bushland Reserve VKFF-4121

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Our third park for Thursday 26th October 2023, was the Bambill Bushland Reserve VKFF-4121. The reserve is located about 89 km (by road) from Renmark.

Above:- Map showing the location of the Bambil Bushland Reserve. Map c/o Google Maps.

The Bambil Bushland Reserve is about 51 hectares in size and was declared on the 1st day of May 1979.

Above:- the Bambill Bushland Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth.

Parks Victoria has a page about this reserve but it contains no information other than a park boundary image.

Above:- An aerial view of the Bambil Bushland Reserve. Image c/o Google Maps.

The Bambil area was first settled during the 1920s. On the 20th day of April 1926, the Post Office opened. It closed in 1959. The railway to the area opened in 1925 and closed in 1977.

Above:- The township of Bambill. Image c/o State Library Victoria

The reserve is located on both the northern and southern side of Millewa Road.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF/p (Karawinna Bushland Reserve VKFF-4123 and silo VK-KRA3)
  2. VK3ZPF/p (Wyperfeld National Park VKFF-0549)
  3. VK5HS
  4. VK2EXA
  5. VK3CEO
  6. VK3SG
  7. VK3APJ
  8. VK3ZS
  9. VK5FANA
  10. VK5HAA
  11. VK3PF/p (Werrimul Bushland Reserve VKFF-4122 and silo VK-WRU3)

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3PF/p (Karawinna Bushland Reserve VKFF-4123 and silo VK-KRA3)
  2. VK3CEO
  3. VK3ZPF/p (Wyperfeld National Park VKFF-0549)
  4. VK2EXA
  5. VK1CHW
  6. VK3ZS
  7. VK3ANL
  8. VK4SMA
  9. VK3JW
  10. VK7MAT
  11. VK4DJF
  12. VK5HS
  13. VK5HAA
  14. VK3DL
  15. VK3SO
  16. VK5WWW
  17. VK7ID
  18. VK5GY
  19. VK4NH
  20. VK4DXA
  21. VK3APJ
  22. VK3PF/p (Werrimul Bushland Reserve VKFF-4122 and silo VK-WR3)
  23. VK3GJG
  24. VK3SQ
  25. VK2BD

After packing up at the park we drove a short distance down the road to the little town of Werrimull. Werrimull is an aboriginal word believed to mean Eagle.

That evening we caught up with Peter VK3PF at the Werrimul Hotel for a meal and a few drinks before heading back to Renmark.

References.

  1. Wikipedia, 2023, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambill,_Victoria>, viewed 15th November 2023.
  2. Wikipedia, 2023, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werrimull>, viewed 15th November 2023.