Gnarr I75 Bushland Reserve VKFF-4181

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After leaving Mossop Bushland Reserve, Marija and I travelled north along Campbell Road and then east of Aikman Road, and we soon reached our next park activation, the Gnarr I75 Bushland Reserve VKFF-4181. This would be another first-time activation for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program.

The reserve is located about 13km north of Underbool in northwestern Victoria.

The reserve is located on the southern side of Aikman Road, between Campbell Road and Gnarr Road.

Above:- An aerial view of the Gnarr I75 Bushland Reserve. Image c/o Google Earth.

Gnarr I75 Bushland Reserve is only a small park. It is 7 hectares in size and was established on the 1st day of May 1979. I have been unable to find the origin of the name Gnarr. There is a Mount Gnarr located to the northwest of the park, and two other parks with the name Gnarr: Gnarr Flora & Fauna Reserve and Gnarr I237 Bushland Reserve.

I used the special call of VI10VKFF to celebrate 10 years of the VKFF program. We ran the Yaesu FT857, 40 watts, and the 20/40/80m linked dipole. We operated from a narrow track in the park.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3SG
  2. VK2IO/p (Turrif West School Bushland Reserve VKFF-4248)
  3. VK3SQ
  4. VK2BD
  5. VK3APJ
  6. VK3BBB
  7. VK2CCP
  8. VK5MK
  9. VK3VIN
  10. VK3PI
  11. VK7MAT/p (Punchbowl Conservation Area VKFF-3389)
  12. VK3ZPF/p (Yarra Ranges National Park VKFF-0556)
  13. VK3JW/p (Yarra Ranges National Park VKFF-0556)
  14. VK2FRBQ/p (Yanununbeyan National Park VKFF-0555)
  15. VK2IO/p (Wathe Flora & Fauna Reserve VKFF-2480)

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK3SG
  2. VK2IO/p (Turrif West School Bushland Reserve VKFF-4248)
  3. VK3SQ
  4. VK2BD
  5. VK3APJ
  6. VK3BBB
  7. VK2CCP
  8. VK5MK
  9. VK3VIN
  10. VK3PI
  11. VK5FANA
  12. VK3DAC
  13. VK3PF
  14. VK3KAI
  15. VK1AO
  16. VK2MET
  17. VK3GJG
  18. VK2PKT
  19. VK3MTT
  20. VK3EJ
  21. VK3SO
  22. VK3CEO
  23. VK3YV
  24. VK2NP
  25. VK3JK
  26. VK3UH
  27. VK7MAT/p (Punchbowl Conservation Area VKFF-3389)
  28. VK2EXA
  29. VK2HHA
  30. VK3CWF
  31. VK4SYD
  32. VK3AN
  33. VK3ZPF/p (Yarra Ranges National Park VKFF-0556)
  34. VK3JW/p (Yarra Ranges National Park VKFF-0556)
  35. VK7JFD
  36. VK5YX
  37. VK5LA
  38. VK5KAW
  39. VK2FRBQ/p (Yanununbeyan National Park VKFF-0555)
  40. VK3OAK
  41. VK7EE
  42. VK5KPR
  43. VK2RO
  44. VK7AAE
  45. VK5TR
  46. VK2IO/p (Wathe Flora & Fauna Reserve VKFF-2480)

I worked the following stations on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK4MUD
  2. VK4EMP
  3. VK4TI
  4. IK1GPG
  5. ZL3ASN
  6. VK4SMA
  7. F1BLL
  8. IW2NXI
  9. ZL2STR
  10. OH6GAZ
  11. VK6JK
  12. VK6LMK
  13. VK4PDX
  14. ON4VT
  15. ZL2GLG
  16. ON2CB
  17. UT5PI
  18. SQ9CWO
  19. ZL4NVW

References.

  1. CAPAD 2022.

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