Cowangie Bushland Reserve VKFF-4159 and Cowangie silo VK-CWE3

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Our eighth and final activation for Monday 13th November 2023 was the Cowangie Bushland Reserve VKFF-4159 and the Cowangie silo VK-CWE3. This was the first time the reserve had been activated for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program.

The reserve is located about 19 km east of Murrayville in northwest Victoria.

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

The Cowangie Bushland Reserve is about 142 hectares in size and was declared on the 1st day of May 1979. (CAPAD 2022)

The Parks Victoria website has a page regarding the reserve but contains no information other than a park boundary map.

The reserve consists of a number of separate pieces of land surrounding the town of Cowangie.

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

We set up within the activation zone of the Cowangie silo. We found a dirt track in one of the southern sections of the reserve.

Above:- The activation zone at the Cowangie silo. Image c/o SiOTA website.

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

We ended up with a total of 56 QSOs on 40m SSB. As it was getting late, we did not operate on the 20m band.

Marija worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK4NH
  2. VK4DXA
  3. VK3BBB
  4. VK2CCP
  5. VK2LEE
  6. VK3PF
  7. VK3KAI
  8. VK3PI
  9. VK2NP
  10. VK2EXA
  11. VK3SG
  12. VK2IO/p (Brimy Bill (5 Mile Lake) Wildlife Reserve VKFF-2277)

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK4NH
  2. VK4DXA
  3. VK3BBB
  4. VK2CCP
  5. VK2LEE
  6. VK3PF
  7. VK3KAI
  8. VK3PI
  9. VK2NP
  10. VK2EXA
  11. VK2YAK
  12. VK4YAK
  13. VK3SG
  14. VK2HHA
  15. VK3MTT
  16. VK1AO
  17. VK2MET
  18. VK3MIJ
  19. VK3CEO
  20. VK4SMA
  21. VK5WE
  22. VK3ANL
  23. VK5FANA
  24. VK4HMI
  25. VK3VIN
  26. VK3UH
  27. VK5BJ
  28. Vk3APJ
  29. ZL3MR
  30. VK3BEL
  31. VK7DW
  32. VK4EW
  33. VK3EJ
  34. VK1CHW
  35. VK3GJG
  36. VK4EHO
  37. VK5CZ
  38. VK2IO/p (Brimy Bill (5 Mile Lake) Wildlife Reserve VKFF-2277)
  39. VK4EMP
  40. VK4TI
  41. VK5KLV
  42. VI75G
  43. VK3TU
  44. VK3ATL

I worked the following station on 40m AM:-

  1. VK4EW

References.

  1. Australian Government, 2024, Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database, viewed 4th February 2024.

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