Carina Bushland Reserve VKFF-4150 and Carina silo VK-CRA3

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Our next activation for Thursday 9th November 2023 was the Carina Bushland Reserve VKFF-4150 and the Carina silo VK-CRA3.

Carina is located in northwest Victoria, close to the South Australia/Victoria State border.

Above:- Map showing the location of Carina in Victoria. Map c/o Google Maps.

Carina is a locality in the Sunraysia region of Victoria, on the Mallee Highway, about 14km west of Murrayville. The Carina area contains several smaller areas such as Mulcra which had a post office that was operational from 1910 to 1968, and Boltons Bore.

Above:- Map showing the locality of Carina. Map c/o Mapshare Victoria.

Carina is an aboriginal word meaning water. The area was opened up for farming in the early 1900s.

Above:- Article from the Kapunda Herald, Fri 17 Jul 1908. Image c/o Trove.

The Carina Post Office was opened on the 17th day of June 1923 and closed in 1949.

The Carina Bushland Reserve is about 15 hectares in size and was established on the 8th day of May 1990.

The main section of the reserve is located on the northern side of the Mallee Highway just to the west of Carina North Road. There are two smaller sections on the southern side of the Mallee Highway.

The Carina silos are located on the southern side of the Mallee Highway.

We operated from one of the small sections of the Carina Bushland Reserve within the activation zone of the Carina silo.

We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole for this activation.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK5HS
  2. VK3VIN
  3. VK3DAC
  4. VK3CEO
  5. VK3ZSC
  6. VK2IO/p (Ouyen I85 Bushland Reserve VKFF-4212)
  7. VK7ALH
  8. VK3PF
  9. VK3BEL/p (Barmah National Park VKFF-0739)
  10. VK3APJ
  11. VK5FANA
  12. VK5FBIC/p (Fort Glanville Conservation Park VKFF-1031)

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK5HS
  2. VK3VIN
  3. VK3DAC
  4. VK3CEO
  5. VK3ZSC
  6. VK2IO/p (Ouyen I85 Bushland Reserve VKFF-4212)
  7. VK7ALH
  8. VK3PF
  9. VK3BEL/p (Barmah National Park VKFF-0739)
  10. VK3APJ
  11. VK5FANA
  12. VK3MHZ
  13. VK5AV
  14. Vk3DCQ
  15. VK3MAP
  16. VK3IDM
  17. VK3SMW
  18. VK3SQ
  19. VK2BD
  20. VK7XX
  21. VK2HHA
  22. VK2EXA
  23. VK3UAO
  24. VK3ACZ
  25. VK5KLV
  26. VK3VPM
  27. VK3KGW
  28. VK5AAF
  29. VK3ZLD
  30. VK5TN
  31. VK5FBIC/p (Fort Glanville Conservation Park VKFF-1031)
  32. VK3KRL
  33. VK3TBS
  34. VK5GY

I worked the following stations on 40m AM:-

  1. VK3MHZ
  2. VK3PF
  3. VK3CEO
  4. VK5HS
  5. VK3KAL
  6. VK3SQ
  7. VK2BD

I worked the following stations on 40m FM:-

  1. VK3SQ
  2. VK2BD
  3. VK3ACZ

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. ZL3MR
  2. VK1AO
  3. VK3MET
  4. VK4NH
  5. VK4DXA

References.

  1. Balek, L, 1977, Place Names of Victoria.
  2. CAPAD 2022
  3. Wikipedia, 2023, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina,_Victoria>, viewed 23rd December 2023.

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