Daalko Bushland Reserve VKFF-4177

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Our next activation for Sunday 12th November 2023 was the Daalko Bushland Reserve VKFF-4177. The reserve is located about 10km south of Underbool in northwestern Victoria.

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

Daalko is a parish in northwestern Victoria. Daalko is an aboriginal word meaning ‘good’.

Above:- The Parish of Daalko. Image c/o Mapshare Victoria.

Land in the Daalko area was opened up for farming in the early 1900s.

Above:- Article from The Argus, Melbourne, Tues 7 Nov 1911. Image c/o Trove.

The reserve is divided into three sections, as the Underbool-Patchewollock Road and the Welshmans Plain Road pass through the reserve.

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

There is a Parks Victoria page for the Daalko Bushland Reserve but it contains no information about the reserve.

The reserve is about 84 hectares in size and was established on the 1st day of May 1979. 

I used the special event call sign of VI10VKFF for this activation. We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB before the UTC rollover:-

  1. VK5LA
  2. VK5KAW
  3. VK3PF
  4. VK3KAI
  5. VK1DI/2 (Murramarang Aboriginal Area VKFF-3237)
  6. VK5FANA
  7. VK1AO
  8. VK2MET
  9. VK2IO/p (Watseys Bushland Reserve VKFF-4250)

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB after the UTC rollover:-

  1. VK3MCA/p (Little Desert National Park VKFF-0291 VKFF-0291)
  2. VK1DI/p (Murramarang Aboriginal Area VKFF-3237)
  3. VK2IO/p (Watseys Bushland Reserve VKFF-4250)

Marija worked the following stations on 40m AM:-

  1. VK5LA
  2. VK5KAW
  3. VK3PF
  4. VK3KAI

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB before the UTC rollover:-

  1. VK5LA
  2. VK5KAW
  3. VK3PF
  4. VK3KAI
  5. VK1DI/2 (Murramarang Aboriginal Area VKFF -3237)
  6. VK5FANA
  7. VK1AO
  8. VK2MET
  9. VK3CLD
  10. VK3OAK
  11. VK3CEO
  12. VK1RF
  13. VK2MK
  14. VK4CEE
  15. VK5KLV
  16. VK2VAR
  17. VK2GOM
  18. VK1AD
  19. VK1NAM
  20. VK7EE
  21. VK2YK
  22. VK5GA
  23. VK3SQ
  24. VK2BD
  25. VK3MCK
  26. VK2EXA
  27. VK2IO/p (Watseys Bushland Reserve VKFF-4250)
  28. VK3YV
  29. VK3IDM

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB after the UTC rollover:-

  1. VK2VAR
  2. VK2GOM
  3. VK3YV
  4. VK3MCA/p (Little Desert National Park VKFF-0291)
  5. VK2EXA
  6. VK3SQ
  7. VK2BD
  8. VK3OAK
  9. VK1AD
  10. VK1NAM
  11. VK3PF
  12. VK3KAI
  13. VK5TN
  14. VK3CEO
  15. VK5KLV
  16. VK5DU
  17. VK2ZL/p
  18. VK2OKR
  19. VK2AUS
  20. VK1DI/p (Murramarang Aboriginal Area VKFF-3237)
  21. VK2IO/p (Watseys Bushland Reserve VKFF-4250)

I worked the following stations on 40m AM:-

  1. VK5LA
  2. VK5KAW
  3. VK3PF
  4. VK3KAI

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK1AO
  2. VK2MET
  3. VK4MUD
  4. ZL1HIM
  5. ZL1ALF
  6. VK1RF
  7. VK2MK
  8. VK4CEE
  9. VK2NP
  10. ZL1TM

References.

  1. Blake, L, 1977, Place Names of Victoria.
  2. CAPAD 2022.

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